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Schwagerl

I like cheese.

About Me

HERE FOR keeping in touch with real-life friends and checking out music like the stuff on my list. Just for the record, I hate daytime beach activities and team sports.hmm... *looking around* I don't think I mentioned anywhere that I'm here for cyber pick ups, especially by men into that special trio of ugly cars, football and Jimmy Barnes; who are either half or twice my age; who can't be bothered reading profiles, and/or who dress in something resembling what their dog threw up...nope, no I didn't.

My Interests

The cat didn't run away from home. All is well. I am interested in unusual gifted people and their work. Strange phenomena. Interpreting dreams. Collecting musical instruments. Drinking coffee. Storms. Costume parties. Talking. Flamingoes. I've been known to go-go dance on more than one occasion (one of the myriad of Sounds of Seduction's girls). I've visited Cuba, England, Scotland... also Berlin, Copenhagen, Auckland, Los Angeles. The more I travel the more there is to discover, I like that.

I'd like to meet:

Freaks, geeks, flamingo loving tiki heads (just the heads).

Music:

Lounge to noise, world to outsider. A few examples... the Mu Mesons, Jarboe, Swans, Diamanda Galas, Laurie Anderson, Barry Adamson, Eliert Pilam, Transglobal Underground... Parliament, Dead Voices on Air, the lovely (Sir) Lustmord, Irene Moon, Evolution Control Committee, Blind Boys from Alabama, lounge compilations, the Necks, Einsturnzende Neubauten, Jim Thurlwell... this is just scratching the surface..... Unfortunately I can't muster any feelings for reggae or r&b - no disrespect, it's just not who I am.

Movies:

Cult films, b-grade horror, monster movies, anything with zombies or aliens. Most Studio Ghibli stuff.

Television:

Autopsies for beginners.

Books:

My encyclopaedia of musical instruments. Fortean Times magazine. Anything that pulls you in so much you don't notice time pass. Oh and Jack Sergeant - I'll have to read your damn books some day, Jack!! Where's the one on trepanation?

Heroes:

I don't worship anyone. I admire and respect Jarboe, Diamanda Galas and Laurie Anderson as female role models in a performance/musical sense...

My Blog

historical novel "Helena" by... my mum!

A while back I set up my mum's (Jo-Anne Berthelsen) website www.jo-anneberthelsen.com to promote her novels and speaking engagements, but for some reason didn't think to write about it here....
Posted by Schwagerl on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:03:00 PST

Devil receives setback ungraciously

Onion-style story I wrote a while back (http://www.theonion.com/) - they don't accept unsolicited stories so I thought I'd put it here...Plans of the Great Destroyer were themselves destroyed ye...
Posted by Schwagerl on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:02:00 PST