Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna

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Member Since: 03/06/2007
Band Website: www.carriebv.com
Influences: Things I L-O-V-E Love: My life. My hubby Chris. My cat Priscilla. My house. Victorian etiquette books. Victorian era anything. Planning, hosting and throwing fabulous parties (my girlie sleepovers rock!). Re-decorating in my “Rebel Chic” way. Traveling (I’m going to Slovenia for my birthday this year!). Vintage aperitif glasses. Absinthe and all of its accoutrements. Deviled eggs. Cheap caviar. Champagne. Dark or surreal artwork by Joe Sorren, Mark Ryden, Marilyn Manson, Camille Rose Garcia. Animals. Mexican crosses and pottery. Bad reality TV.. Mary Tyler Moore’s dinner parties. My nicknames through the years: Carrie Tyler Moore, Betty Rocker, Gotha Stewart. Writing letters on lovely stationery. Recipes from the ‘50s that call for lard. Women who speak their mind. Vivienne Westwood, Dolce &; Gabbana, &; Marc Jacobs. Black patent leather anything. Good manners. Super high heels. Fleur-di-lis. Boy short panties. The sound of our cat Priscilla eating. Getting into debates about anything. Minding your Ps and Qs. Friends. Family. Food. Fine Wine and much more.
Sounds Like: My Favorite Music
I love chick rock, alternative, old school metal, love songs from the '70s, rock operas, concept albums, and yes, the occasional Hot 100 single. Also: Nirvana, Scissor Sisters, Jay-Z, anything Jack White does, Placebo, Depeche Mode, Gwen Stefani, the Cure, Bow Wow Wow, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, good mash-ups, Bjork, The Bee Gees, comedy CDs by David Cross, Dane Cook, Mitch Hedberg. Donna Summer, Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, Pat Benatar, Shirley Manson, Peeping Tom, Regina Spektor, and totally sincerely every single band my husband has ever been in or worked with (tweaker, Gnarls Barkley, Humanzi, Marilyn Manson, NIN, A.I., the Start, Jack Off Jill, Scarling, the Dear &; Departed, Rasputina and others.)My Favorite Movies
In the past year or two, I loved: Running with Scissors, Junebug, Notes on a Scandal, The Cat’s Meow. Favorite weird movie of all time is Tom Noonan's "What Happened Was." I'm a sucker for “Grease,” “Saturday Night Fever,” “Pretty in Pink” The obvious: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Casablanca,” “Funny Face,” “Barbarella.” The avant guarde/film noir: “The Maltese Falcon,” “A Clockwork Orange,” “Apple.” Others: Broadcast News, Lost in Translation, Almost Famous, Spinal Tap, Ocean’s 11, Adaptation.My Favorite TV Shows
Everything. I can’t even list them. But, gun to my head, I’d have to say these are some faves: House, The Office, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Unit, The Shield, The Soup (Joel McHale is the funniest man on television), Everything on Animal Planet, but especially the series “Growing Up…”, , Absolutely Fabuluos re-runs, all reality shows, marathons of MTV's "The Real World," all entertainment shows, Conan O’Brien’s monologues, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN’s Nancy Grace, Intervention, most ‘fat husband/hot wife’ sitcoms but especially the King of Queens.My Favorite Books
From childhood to now -- “Pippi Longstocking,” “The Outsiders,” “Nancy Drew,” “To Kill a Mocking Bird,” “In Cold Blood,” “Franny and Zoey,” “Lolita,” “Catcher in the Rye,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Naked Lunch,” Anise Nin erotica, “The Fuck-Up,” “High Fidelity,” “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” and many others I’m spacing on now.My Heroes
Rock wives Bianca Jagger and Priscilla Presley. (My cat is named after Priscilla!)
Record Label: Simon & Schuster (my book publisher)
Type of Label: Major