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Michelle Bel.

Why are you so far away? she said. Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you?

About Me

Pray for Peace. Visualize love. Breathe out fear, breathe in love. I'm honest, trustworthy, kind, gentle, loving, have an abundance of compassion and love to dance. I love long slow kisses that last for days (thank you, Bull Durham). On a spiritual path. A voluptuous and saucy vixen. Clean and sober since 1990, god willing. Read my entertainment-related writings at The Envelope (www.theenvelope.com). I'm MicheBel. I'm MicheBella Mandelbrot on Second Life. Check out my podcasts: http://whisperedpearls2.mevio.com (the erotic one), http://michebelzhollywood.mevio.com (the entertainment one) and http://goldenpath.mevio.com (the erotic audiobook). Also check out my new podcast pages: http://www.myspace.com/whisperedpearls and http://www.myspace.com/michebelzhollywood and http://www.myspace.com/goldenpathofloveCheck out my Podshow Channels here: http://www.podshow.com/listeners/collection/?channel_id=5388 5http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=81 287

My Interests

Movies. Anything entertainment--theatre, dance, music, art, opera, radio, television. PODCASTING!Hooked on podcasts, digg.com and dotherightthing.com. Our next wave. Massively hooked on Facebook and Twitter. And Second Life. This is the funniest site: http://www.planethiltron.com where you see celebrities, you know, as if they were real people. Hilarious!Paris and Toronto. Yoga, Pilates and reiki. Cats and dogs.Languages, especially French, German and Spanish.A Macintosh girl all the way, currently reworking my life on a MacBook Pro. Lusting for an iPhone.The spiritual journey and ability to be kind are more important than exterior features.Extremely liberal politically. Don't email me if you're a Republican. Yes, I'm serious.
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I'd like to meet:

HONEST people. People with open minds and open hearts. A true friend. Other sober folk. People who make me think about old things in new ways. Men who are kind and compassionate. Those who like to give head (M to F). People who are alive. Those on a spiritual path. People who listen to my podcasts. Hot women with large breasts or who like large breasts. :-) Cute boys (over 18) who speak in complete sentences. Any of my Lusts of the Week.PET PEEVE: "Hi, I'm with Band XYZQ. We saw you on the friends list of (insert super hot mega-selling group here) and we think we are just like them, and you'll like our music." Whatever happened to "we are who we are, and maybe you'll like us?" You're not like that other group. NOT EVER. Stop it. Stop it now. BTW, if your comment looks like an ad, it has no place on my page and will be removed. Repeat offenders will be blocked. Anyone who tries to "buy" or "sell" me in a comment is blocked. Who I don't want to meet? People trying to sell me things. Also, I have a real pet peeve about bands who live in other parts of the country or world leaving comments about some event miles away from me. Unless you are promoing something in the LA area, DON'T leave me such a comment. I will delete it and block you. You have been warned. (God, I'm such a biatch in this part... Sorry.) Oh, and if you have any radio station logo in any of your comments (other than Indie 103), I will delete it. Especially if it says something about that evil corporate station down the dial. Oh, and if you don't have a pic in your profile, I won't approve you.

Music:

Congratulations to Indie 103 on receiving Rolling Stone's Best Radio Station accolade. FAVORITE MUSIC RIGHT NOW: Earlimart, Radiohead, I O Echo, Sam Sparro's "Black & Gold," Regina Spektor, Let's Go Sailing, The Mae Shi, Airborne Toxic Event, Low Vs. Diamond, The Deadly Syndrome, Castledoor, Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf, Great Northern, Emily Wells, Sara Lov, Dengue Fever, Everest, Afternoons, Xu Xu Fang. Radiohead. NIN.Just because I have you in my friends list, doesn't mean I listen to your band, or care where you are playing. Listen to Indie 103.1. That's where it begins and ends. www.indie1031.com. It's the coolest music in Los Angeles, streaming worldwide.For the coolest music in San Diego, listen to 94.9, especially Halloran's show. Bob Dylan. Bryan Ferry. Billy Bragg. Patsy Cline. Air. Barry White. Aztec Camera. David Bowie. The Clash. Television. Madonna. Kate Bush. Tom Tom Club. Tom Jones. Edith Piaf. Bruce Springsteen. Ween. No Doubt. Serge Gainsbourg. Pizzicato Five. Tony Bennett. Prince. Johnny Cash. Patti Smith. Peter Gabriel. No Doubt. X. DEVO. Lily Allen. Joe Jackson. Mel Torme. Was (Not Was). Just too many more to name...Sugar Candy Kisses. "Begin the Beguine".

Movies:

ANTICIPATING: Young@Heart; Sin City 2, Dark Knight. RECOMMENDED: Control; Good Night, and Good Luck. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King! The Dreamers. Pirates of the Caribbean (and everything Ted and Terry write). The Matrix trilogy. Casablanca. The Wizard of Oz. All About Eve. Gilda. Now, Voyager. Sunset Boulevard. Citizen Kane. Berlin Alexandrplatz. Defending Your Life. Les enfants du paradis. David Lean's Summertime. 8 1/2. Blade Runner. Far too many to name...

Television:

SHOWS I DIG: Californication, Dirt, Friday Night Lights, The Showbiz Show with David Spade ANTICIPATING (haven't watched yet): Dirty Sexy Money, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies FAVORITE SHOWS: 24, Grey's Anatomy, The Office, Heroes, 30 Rock, Weeds, Lost, Entourage, Boston Legal, Survivor, Back to You, The Riches, Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List, My Name Is Earl. Craig Ferguson is the funniest and sexiest man on TV, even if he hates me. Best TV show of all time? Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, of course!

Books:

Reading: Bob Dylan's Chronicles, Part One. The Alchemist. A Course in Miracles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Conscious Heart. How to Recognize Emotional Unavailability and Make Healthier Relationship Choices. Elizabeth Warner's Ditching Dr. Right... Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man, the Conversations with God books, Learning to Dance Inside, the Art of Sexual Ecstasy, Marianne Williamson's Return to Love, Bukowski's Hollywood, Hillary Clinton's Living History. Mike Davis' Ecology of Fear. Looking forward to reading Fritjof Capra. Joe Jackson's A Cure for Gravity. Lemony Snicket (on book 4). Recommended: Craig Ferguson's Between the Bridge and the River. AUTHORS (of whom I try to read everything): Joyce Carol Oates. John Irving. Neal Stephenson. Dickens. Fitzgerald. Victor Hugo. Anne Rice. Marianne Williamson. And if you like any of the stuff I do, or just wanna see what I'm into, check this out:

Heroes:

My sisters; Michael Moore; Dennis Kucinich; George Clooney; David Bowie; Elvis Costello; Billy Corgan, Eddie Vedder and Tommy Chong; the Dixie Chicks; Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins; Princess Diana; the Arquette family--especially Richmond; Oprah Winfrey; Thomas Jefferson; Tom Paine; Marianne Williamson; the ACLU; Amnesty International; Habitat for Humanity; anyone who fights for the rights of the oppressed. My Aunt Ruth. Everyone at Indie 103.1, thank you for making terrestrial radio matter again. BlackBoxVoting.org. Henry Rollins (and Engineer X) who make me hear music differently. The Podfather who gave media new life: Adam Curry, to whom I am forever indebted. Love.

My Blog

Iron Man

In the first tentpole movie of the summer, yes, there are a lot of explosions that blow up real good. A good villain or two, lots of splashy tech and a boy meets girl story. But those aren't the real ...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Sat, 24 May 2008 12:45:00 PST

Fording the Social Media Streams

In my daily perusal of the Twitterverse today, and the ensuing reading of Scoble's column, I realized again that not everyone is at the same place I am in the whirl of social media. It still kind of a...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:28:00 PST

Can’t Get Used to Losing You

thank you to the English Beat...I can’t get used to losing you No matter what I try to do Gonna spend my whole life through Loving youI can’t get used to losing you No matter what I try to...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:45:00 PST

No matter what...I Keep Faith In You

the words of the amazing BILLY BRAGG:If you want to make the weatherThen you have to take the blame.If sometimes dark clouds fill the sky and it starts to rain,Folks complain.And though you’ll h...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST

The boy across the street

It has often been said that even though we all lived packed in together in large cities, we don’t know each other. This was brought home to me this week.On the street where I live, I could look ...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:00:00 PST

Neon Neon Resurrects Delorean and the big bad 70s

To a kid growing up in Detroit, John Delorean was an iconic, perhaps even mythic, figure. After all, he invented his own cars. He rode his visions of grandeur all the way out to illustrious Los Angele...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:23:00 PST

MOST FAVORITE SONGS on Indie 103.1

Man, I'm going to try to narrow it down to 10. I'm going to try to not automatically name ten great local bands that are currently being played, and just fill up the list immediately. Without further ...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:57:00 PST

LEAST favorite songs played on Indie 103.1

1. TOOL Vicarious2. Any and all songs by the artist formerly known as Indie's morning DJ. Also goes by "Dickie Barrett."3. SOCIAL DISTORTION Far Behind4. MIKE NESS Don't Think Twice5. Dylan's Positive...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:47:00 PST

Cotillard is a stunning Piaf in La Vie en Rose

I'm bored to death with biopics. After the parade of them we had last year, I could live without a biopic for several more years. That being said, I adore France, and its star singer, Edith Piaf. When...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:50:00 PST

U2 3D

When I sat in my seat during U2's Vertigo tour in early 2005, one of the things I kept marveling about was how very state-of-the-art their stagecraft technology was. I had never been to a concert wher...
Posted by Michelle Bel. on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST