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Amy Void

She can take the dark outta night time and, baby, paint the day time blackkkk.

About Me

Check out:FACETS Multimedia. We've got new Rentals picks up each month. www.facets.org 1517 W Fullerton Chicago, IL

My favorite customer at the video store, who reminds me a little of Gina Rowlands, gave me a rose on Mother's Day.

Winter-time in Chicago.

My Interests

music, movies, pulp paperbacks, true crime, saving the earth. drinking and dancing. bubble gum and high heels.

I'd like to meet:



Amy and Mike at LaGuardia after the Radio Heartbeat Power Pop Fest. And Amy and Kevin after seeing Top Ten in Chicago.

Immortalized by the oh-so-talented Canderson! With Jay and the Romance Novels.

Cleveland rocks!

Music:

soul, blues, doo-wop, power pop, girl groups, the spits, the magnetix, the fevers, the subsonics, black lips, bo diddley, ike and tina turner, the sonics, the rolling stones, gram parsons, the mummies, the pretty things, X, the standells, the 5 6 7 8s, the pogues, ny dolls, the sweet, etta james, otis redding, howlin' wolf, muddy waters, robert zimmerman, les sexareenos, t-rex, the briefs, the velvet underground, os mutantes, them, betty davis, the who, thee headcoatees, the cramps, leonard cohen, rebecca's band. and also some electroclash that i can't help but dig. etc etc etc... Also love At The Altar Of The Cosmic Unicorn. garagepunk.com, dave the spazz wfmu, goner records

Amy and BBQ, yumm!

Gito Gito Hustler

Pointed Sticks

Movies:

an inconvenient truth, cache, how's your news?, children of men, infernal affairs, the constant gardener, swingers, contempt, chungking express, wet hot american summer, the piano teacher, manhattan, secretary, pickup on south street, the swimmer, touchez pas au grisbi, seconds, singles, persona, klute, wayne's world, the hitcher, night of the living dead, the french connection, the conversation, girls just want to have fun, that thing you do and tons and tons more~~

Television:

the office, beauty and the geek, family guy, law and order, medium, sex and the city, twilight zone, lancelot link: secret chimp, muppet show, columbo

Books:

Slouching Towards Bethlehem- Joan Didion; Travels With My Aunt- Graham Greene; Hollywood Babylon, Legs Diamond: Gangland's Glamourboy, Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara Miniskirts and Madness- Or My Life As A Fabulous Ronette, any Joseph Wambaugh, Black Dahlia- James Ellroy, Patty Hearst by Patricia Campbell Hearst, Apes Men and Morons.

Heroes:

Lauren Bacall, Deborah Harry, Susan Surrandon, Diane Keaton, Ida Lupino, Jane Fonda, Isabelle Huppert. Zachary L. Proctor.

My Blog

No End In Sight

From the beginning of this year up until this point, I have been a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter.  I have to admit also that while I have been against the Iraq war that Hillary also proposes ...
Posted by Amy Void on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:33:00 PST

Because today is a very special day.

Today is March 7th and it marks the birthday of a very special person that meant a great deal to me and to a lot of others.Zachary Logan Proctor would've been 30 years old today! Wow, I guess time rea...
Posted by Amy Void on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:25:00 PST

March Rentals Picks

Well, it's been a while, but here's a new installment!Check out the website for the rest of the Staff Picks.  www.facets.org/rentalsLooking through a troubled lens.Coming ApartRed RoadEyes of Lau...
Posted by Amy Void on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:16:00 PST

November Rentals Picks

Seeing as how Facets is anything but dependable, our September Rentals Picks carried over into October and now October's picks are serving as Novembers.  Oh well, no big loss.  (Just gave me...
Posted by Amy Void on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:12:00 PST

Facets Rentals Picks

So, I decided to post my picks for our Rentals section at Facets here every month.  Everyone at the store is really getting into it and I think we're all having a lot of fun with it.  So go ...
Posted by Amy Void on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:40:00 PST

"New" laptop!!

For the first time in over a year I have internet at home again!!!No more internet surfing while looking over my shoulder at work so my boss doesn't pop in and cat...
Posted by Amy Void on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:03:00 PST

Remembering Fatty Beef Pattie

Hello Friends, It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of Mr. Fatty Beef Pattie.  His health had been steadily declining since Christmas and his once stout body just couldn't...
Posted by Amy Void on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:35:00 PST

Tampoffs

I'm so glad I picked this up. The only recording (that I know of) of this band is them live on a radio show.  And it's really great! Also, the Frustrations 7" and Tyvek 7" are awesome!!...
Posted by Amy Void on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:27:00 PST

what i can't stop listening to

The Methadones - 21st Century Power Pop Riot!!!
Posted by Amy Void on Tue, 23 May 2006 05:38:00 PST

my new stuff/listening to

The Lids - self titled Wreckless Eric - Almost A Jubilee, The Donovan of Trash   Milk 'n' Cookies - self titled New fav song - Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World!!
Posted by Amy Void on Sun, 14 May 2006 11:23:00 PST