SHAKIN' + co-pilot SPINNIN' it w/ Rebecca @
*BANG BANG ROCK & ROLL*
(R.I.P. -- may it return soon)
(for YOU True Believers, THURSDAYS in the Basement of The Vortex),
filmmaking, creating music, theatre, lit, poetry, le flics, strategic tabletop games (GEEK!), travel, movement/voice work --want to learn Argentinian Tango, too, just like Gomez Addams...engarde!), snowboardin', travel, camping in the great southern utah backcountry (with plenty of sunblock), etc.
I'd like to meet:
*** ESPECIALLY WELCOME: gals who seem to "intimidate" (with your intelligence, accomplishment, exterior, charisma, whatever it be-eth) -- me likey *** grrrlies who seek to be compassionate and nonexclusionary of others while still having a flair for the lushly dramatic and offbeat (aesthetically I'm a child of the Ziggy Stardust/Stooges/Velvet Underground generation that preceded mine, and the indie/postpunkdom that followed). You're intellectually awake, reflective, curious, tre charmant (*inside* included), have a yen for similar schtuff, of a cuddly disposition, while also valuing your own space/time. Creators, appreciators, or patrons of the arts received with particular enthusiasm.
ALSO INTERESTED in meeting fellow artists of either gender who may be interested in colloborating (music, film, theatre). I'm especially keen on rubbin' elbows with drummers, guitarists, other instrumentalists and song writers.
Nick Cave... dark and creepy. You're a bi-polar
genius, with equal passion for the most
degrading aspects of humanity, as well as the
beauty & wonder of God and Heaven.
Which fucked-up genius composer are you?
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Which David Bowie are you?
You are Suede. Youre quite introverted and
reserved. You dont like to draw attention to
yourself, which is a shame, as youre very
talented and unique. You enjoy film and
literature for the glamorous characters and
plot lines, which means you can sometimes be a
bit of a romantic.
Which Britpop Band Are You?
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.."center"
Music:
The one, the only, Belgian chansonnier legend Jacques Brel!
Iggy Pop w/ David Bowie on the Dinah! show. Goody...
Crime & the City Solution in thier Roland S. Howard glory days doin' "Six Bells Chime", from the Wem Winders film, Wings of Desire...
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich from '66 in three consecutive clips doing a blues medley followed by a gorgeous "Bend It" (in vivvvid color) and finishing up with the infamous "Hold Tight"!
A video for SF-based Scissors For Lefty, created by my good friend Danny Drysdale, using new footage combined with segments from the Franco-era Spanish psychedelic-horror-religious thriller, The Dead, The Devil, and the Flesh. Enjoy.
postpunk, indie, 1st generation death rock/classic goth, aussie outlaw country scene, ny no wave, psychedelia, shoegaze, glam, surf, northern soul, international beat, garage, british new romantic/newwave, old & alt-underground country, bluegrass, reggae, dub, two tone, blues, jazz, opera, folk, americana, etc. A few specifics: Echo + the Bunnymen / New Order was my first concert, and I was always a rabid Cure (pre-90), the Smiths, U2 (pre-86) devotee. Of more immediate relevance, I’m a huge fan of The Velvet Underground, Joy Division, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Doors, Scott Walker, Bowie (70s), Johnny Cash, Radiohead, The Stones (late 60s/early 70s), 80s 4AD, The Stooges, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bjork, Supergrass, 60s bossa nova, Bonnie Prince Billy, Wire, The White Stripes, Clinic, Willie Nelson, PJ Harvey, Arcade Fire, The Flaming Lips, Royal Family + the Poor, Belle & Sebastian, British Sea Power, The Fall, Miles Davis, The Pixies (especially Doolittle and before), Kate Bush, Beck, The Dirty Three, And Also The Trees, Warlocks, Tuxedomoon, Gram Parsons, Beasts of Bourbon, The New York Dolls, Galaxie 500, Broken Social Scene, Nick Drake, The Undertones, Sigur Ros, The Angels of Light, Crime + the City Solution, Low, The Mars Volta, Pinback, My Bloody Valentine, Doves, Explosions In the Sky, The Scientists, Spirogyra (the 60s psych-prog ensemble, not the 80s jazz group), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Stereolab, The Shadows, Blonde Redhead, Pedro the Lion, Lou Reed, At The Drive In, Hendrix, The Silver Mt Zion, Murder City Devils, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Explosions in the Sky, Townes Van Zandt, Air, My Morning Jacket, 16 Horsepower, Bela Fleck, Death by Deathray, Robert Johnson, Bloc Party, Monkey vs Robot, The Black Keys, Eloy, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Syd Barrett, The Postal Service, McCluskey, Nico, Frank Zappa, Idaho Syndrome, John Prine, Black Sabbath (the Ozzy years), Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Film School, Liars, Small Faces, Tex Ritter, Glass Candy, Doc Watson, The National, The Gun Club, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, The Shins, Face, Pink Grease, Red House Painters, Serge Gainsbourgh, Mogwai, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a slew of other artists range of genres and periods. Raised on Bauhaus, Love + Rockets, Tones On Tail, Siouxsie, Big Audio Dynamite (first incarnation), Modern English, Cocteau Twins, The Clash (especially the later dub-influenced material), Depeche Mode, Wall of Voodoo, Kraftwerk, REM (Life’s Rich Pageant and before), the ‘Pistols, Agent Orange, Ultravox, Blondie, Duran Duran (first two albums), Sisters of Mercy, etc. What matters to me most in music and art and life is AUTHENTICITY above all else...
Movies:
Trailer for "Control"...
Climax of "The Party", starring the incomparable Peter Sellers (spot him in red dancin' w/ the bouncin' brunette)
The effortlessly and immortally tongue-in-cheek hep dance interlude from Godard's A Band Aparte. Dig.
Uberswingin' Mohammed Rafi and friends doing Bollywood proud, as featured in the opening sequence of Ghost World, another great film.
The Duel, finale from one of the greatest films of all time, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (if you haven't seen the film in its entirety, don't watch this clip, as it'll ruin it for you -- go see the whole movie first). Grand opera in cowboy boots.
Breathless, Un Homme Et Un Femme, 8 1/2, The Seven Samurai, New York Doll, Buffalo 66, Waiting for Guffman, Ordet, la Grand Illusion, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Andrei Rublyev, Fitzcarraldo, Trois couleurs (Bleu especially), Bladerunner, Kill Bill 2, Night of the Living Dead, Delicatessen, Manon des Sources, Jean de Florette, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Wings of Desire, A Room with a View, Blade Runner (dir. cut), Danger: Diabolik, Touch the Sound, Serenity, Dancer in the Dark, Andrei Rublyov, Spirited Away, Rififi, Dig!, Bob le flambeur, Dogville, Zazie dans le métro, Babette's Feast, Vampyr, Shaun of the Dead, The Interview, Ivan the Terrible I + II, Nosferatu (original + Herzog's remake), Jules + Jim, 300, Black Sunday, Howl's Moving Castle, Lovers on the Bridge, La Dolce Vita, The Five Obstructions, Murder by Death, Grindhouse, Dr. Strangelove, Amelie, Lord of the Rings, Faust, Alice, Harold & Maude, Enchanted April, Batman Begins, Last Year at Marienbad, Borat, Fast Cheap and Out of Control, Apocalypto, The Nightporter, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Hawk the Slayer, Manhattan, etc.
Television:
Austin City Limits, Firefly (R.I.P.), Conan, Get Smart, M*A*S*H, The Addams Family, Dark Shadows, Lost, Powerpuff Girls, The Equalizer, Extras, South Park, Heroes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Twilight Zone, Spaced, The Prisoner, The Office (orig & US), Rome
Books:
Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Dostoevksy, Chekhov (the Russians have such a loves for human beings, their complexity, infinite nature, minute details and flaws of character), Tolkien (THE SILMARILLION is by far my favorite of his works), CS Lewis (profound insight into the human heart and the nature of truth), Poe (raised on THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE PIT & THE PENDULUM, MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, etc.), HP Lovecraft (his DREAM QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH serves as an uncanny pulse-reading into the deepest realms of the unconscious, and inspires the imagination), Jung (same goes for his MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS), BoM, PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, APPROACHING ZION, THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED, KINSKI UNCUT, THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, HIGH FIDELITY, THE BELL JAR, CAT'S CRADLE, EAST OF EDEN, Roald Dahl's demented children's books (THE WITCHES, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY), Michael Moorcock's ELRIC OF MELNIBONE series, CASH by The Man in Black, TOWARDS A POOR THEATRE, PETER PAN, THE WAR JOURNAL OF MAJOR DAMON ROCKY GAUSE, THE INVISIBLE ACTOR, MOBY DICK, Fritz Leiber's FAFHRD + GREY MOUSER books, THE DICTIONARY OF THEATRE ANTHROPOLOGY, ZEN + THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE, LE FLEURS DU MAL, THE EMPTY SPACE, the ASTERIX graphic novels, all things Dr. Suess, LUST FOR LIFE, AND THE ASS SAW THE ANGEL, THE FOUNTAINHEAD, DESERT SOLITAIRE, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, BEHIND THE NORTH WIND, THE ALCHEMIST, 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE, WHAT REALLY MATTERS: A SEARCH FOR WISDOM IN AMERICA, currently reading GUNS, GERMS, & STEEL, RUMO, and THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF ALL AGES ...
Heroes:
See a bit more about one of my heroes, Ralph Nader, in this trailer for "An Unreasonable Man"...
Be a hero for the future, and see this trailer for "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
Jesus Christ, Eve, Joseph & Hyrum Smith, Johnny Cash, Wiliam Shakespeare, M., Lord Byron, the Knights Templar, Eliza R. Snow, Joan of Arc, David Bowie (70s), Rumi, Sir Laurence Olivier, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Sarah Bernhardt, Sir Francis Drake, Moshe Feldenkrais, my late grandfather Benjamin, Henry Grow, the Buddha, Confuscius, J.M Barrie, Benjamin Franklin, Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba, Roberta Carreri, Karl Dreyer, Cate Blanchett, Simon Russell Beale, Ralph Nader, Edgar Allen Poe, Christopher Marlowe, Porter Rockwell, Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe, Emanuel Swedenborg, Michael Chekhov, Barbara Dilley, Ethelyn Friend, Wendell Beavers, Brian Eno, Dario Fo, Sofia Loren, the Monkey King (from the Mahabharata), Pallas Athena, the Moon...
