Check out my music page, Monica Hayes, ask to be my friend cause you're all pretentious and won't accept requests from bands, but either will I ;) A lot of my time goes towards two main things, my super-rad magical friends and family, and music. I write my own solo Folk music, I write for the band (PollEN *RIP*), I write lyrics and do vocals for electronic songs (Ball of Waxx, Eastern Sun), I'm a mediocre guitarist with a beautiful guitar. I am a strong vocalist who smokes way, way, too much for way, way too long..... When I'm not completely lost in the world of making music, I enjoy flying through the sky on my pegasus... and...umm.... Closing my eyes real tight, and pretending like I just woke up into this life...,Burning Man (no, it's not just for hippies, besides, I'm just a wannabe hippie anyway)..., desert parties (Moontribe of course), ROAD TRIPS, YOGA, meeting interesting people who have been interesting places, stories, learning new ways, culture, wildlife, mimosas, girls, boys, movies, camping, writing, poetry, beer for breakfast, cooking, reading, movies, brunch, !!SAKI!! , a bottle of wine with a friend, Mary in the evening, Mary in the morning, Music, music, music...listening and playing, singing and guitar at dawn when everything feels wrong...oh jeez...could be here for daze! Basically...Music. ******* A lot of ya'll have asked to hear some stuff I've done. You can check out my voice at ballofwaxx.com. CD's: Beautiful Being (the first 5 tracks), and Groove Closet (a cd that everyone should own...my song is Desert Dress, first track on the album). Pollen broke up...boohoo. I'm finally over it. Starting new project that's going to blow you away!!!
People who inspire me to be a better person. People who dedicate their time to a greater cause. People who think. People who believe. People who aren't afraid. People who laugh.
Silversun Pickups, Goldspot, Sparklehorse, Darker My Love, Manic, Eastern Sun, Brian Eno, Big Star, Belle and Sebastian, Lord Runningclam, Daniel Johnston (my new obsession, thx Delaski=)), Built To Spill, Ministry, Massive Attack, Portishead, Jesus and Mary Chain, Swervedriver, Cat Stevens, Dead Can Dance, Meat Beat Manifesto, Bauhaus, Bjork, Pinback, Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr., The Smiths, Depeche Mode, Neil Young, Qui (shout out), Rolling Stones,The Strokes, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Future Pigeon, Crass, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Doosu,The Cure, Jump Rope Girls, Red House Painters, Course of Empire, Shudder to Think, Burden Brothers, The Shins, IRON AND WINE, Theivery Corperation, Failure, No, Suicidal Tendancies, J Giles Band, Beatles, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, NIRVANA, PJ Harvey, Willie Nelson, Counting Crows, Elvis Costello, Bright Eyes, Coldplay, Black Sabbath, My Morning Jacket, Metallica, Guns n Roses, Skid Row (that's right), Motley Crue, Queen, Whitesnake, White Lion, Journey, Bon Jovi, 808 state, front 242, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult, Pigface, SKINNY PUPPY, KMFDM, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Psychedelis Furs, Olivia Newton John, Lu Lu, Tom Jones, Tom Waits, Beck, Blondie, Garth Brooks (he), The Carpenters, The Melvins, The Mission UK, New Model Army, Death Cab..., Queen, Concrete Blonde, Jesus Jones, Smashing Pumpkins (gish, of course), The Killers, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Jimmi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Belly, Mazzie Star, Mudhoney, Postal Service, Outhud, Janes Addiction, Violent Femmes, Moby, Elliott Smith, Revolting Cocks, Billy Holliday, Edith Piaf, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Morphine, Gomez, Consolidated, Ryan Adams, Damien Rice, Tori Amos (hold all groans), The Cult, Modest Mouse, POLLEN, electronic music: Psy-trance, house, breaks....DUB!!! These are musicians/music I was/am seriously influenced by. Basically, I love ALL music because it holds a place in time or a feeling had by an individual that I can relate to via sound. Music stays when everything goes away. Umm...I'm not sooo much a fan of rap and country, but again, I'll give it a go because it paints a picture of a word I am not otherwise a part of. Amen.
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I totally just got cable
Sexus, The Mists of Avalon, Behold A Pale Horse, The Glass Castle, Montauk Project, A Wrinkle In Time, Jitterbug Perfume, Hitchhikers Guide, Great Gatsby, Go Ask Alice, Angelas Ashes, The Tao Te Ching, the I Ching, books on religion, almost any Autobiography or biography, especially rock icons and writers, All plays by Tennessee Williams (my favorite playwright), old National Geographics (love that shit!), Travel Books, Anne Rice, Lawrence, Miller, Bukowski, Thompson, Millay, Poe, Emmerson,...etc, etc.
my dad, my mom, my sister, Minel, Henry Miller, Edna St Vincent Millay, Bukowski, Che, Tree sitters, Activists, Hippies, Punks, Kurt Cobain, couch surfers, Monks, Lao Tzu, Siddhartha, Willow, Romeo and Juliette, and Jesus.