sleep, owls, records.singin' and hip shakin'. frenetic tambourine, the bang!
porch swings, dream pets, 60's japanese dolls, bad movies, walks, good friends, good friends-to-be. trying to find free time to spend with friends!
grad school , arts-based redevelopment, trying to learn how to make a living without being a corporate slave forever.
vernors and scotch, good popcorn at the movies, bbqs with veggie/fish options, sushi, northside grill, big ten burrito, NYPD, mexican village, earthen jar, polish village, the chick-inn, those little potato sticks in a can, slow's catfish & mac'n'cheese, samosas.
finding cool shit on the ground, dumpster-diving, making stuff, printmaking, old clothes, plastic jewelry, listening, observant people.
cute little dogs, especially white floofy ones or bulldogs named ringo.
I'd like to meet:
rockers, readers; lovers, not fighters. people who get amazing shit happening! people with a good eye for design, graphics, and possibly a love of print-making. people with good ears, eyes, brains, hottt skills (in whatever their thing may be) with a heart to match. people making music that does it for me. people who know how to have fun! genuinely! people who are NOT afraid to shake their hips!
the ghost of paula pierce.
hans fenger
Hey People, especially bands -- I'm probably not going to add you if I don't actually know you personally or you don't at least say hi and explain why you're adding me!
Music:
gris gris, brian glaze, black lips, prototypes, patsy cline, pleasure seekers!, the reigning sound, soundtracks to john carpenter movies on vinyl, italian soundtracks, ike & tina, pandoras, 5678's, a-lines, gore gore girls, the dials, rogers sisters, the knife, kaito, epoxies, stereo total, quintron & miss pussycat, flossie & the unicorns, duke spirit, hobart smith, dirty three, calexico, april march, francoise hardy, claudine, delmonas, holly golightly, headcoatees, kelly jean caldwell, pixies, woggles, magnolia electric company, mummies, delmonas, headcoatees, etc., monks, spiders, them, animals, gino washington, ray charles, johnny cash, tom waits, t. rex, bowie, langley schools music project, old alan lomax recordings, stereo total, tralalas, bang! bang!, saturday looks good to me, flashpapr, will oldham, velvet underground, gun club, shadows of knight, king khan, the hentchmen, pulp, le tigre, the gossip, von bondies, cyril lords, hard lessons, tough & lovely, wanda jackson, patti smith, nathaniel mayer, guitar wolf, muppets music, nikki & the corvettes, tina & the total babes, the runaways, blondie. always blondie.
Movies:
mystery train, the jerk, dead man, star crash, ice pirates, biker chick movies
Television:
when there's a TV around, I develop a Law and Order habit. on DVD, i'm into Lost, Arrested Development & the muppet show.
Books:
guns, germs & steel, lorrie moore, 60s and 70s Sears catalogs, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Julie Doucet, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Public Life of Arts in America, ReadyMade, BUST, The Omnivore's Dilema, old children's books.
Heroes:
anyone who keeps on despite all the haters.
