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roc-elle

everything has its wonders, even darkness & silence, and i learn, whatever state i may be in, th

About Me

"the vote, i thought, means nothing to women. we should be armed."
-edna o'brien

"everything has its wonders, even darkness & silence, and i learn, whatever state i may be in, therein to be content"
-helen keller

"the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes"
-marcel proust

JUST DANCE.

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My Interests

dance film music acting photography writing parties promotion pleasure thought talk: (languages). experimental theatre & film. the avant-garde. pop. culture. performance & production. performance art...........love. masochism. over-analysis. rage & trembling & loathing & fear. crying on the subway. yelling at construction workers. yelling at bouncers. yelling at my ipod. yelling at myself. in my own head. in dreaming lies our immortality. word is bond. but most people's isnt.

I'd like to meet:

james dean. sylvia plath, ernest heminway, oscar wilde, friedrich nietzsche. georges bataille. meryl streep. jean-luc godard, jean-michel basquiat, jean-paul sartre. edie sedgwick?nihilists and romantics. passionate cynics.i just made u up to hurt myself.

Music:

zack hagan. ellen allien. joan osborne. !!!. disco biscotti. conspirator. fiona apple. imogen heap. angie stone erykah badu talib kweli (+mos def = black star) atmosphere flaming lips dan dyer arcade fire pharcyde alkaholiks 2pac outkast b.i.g. tricky massive attack dj shadow amon tobin graph nobel portishead lethy d. afu-ra tegan & sara outhud papa dee jay-z mobb deep pharoahe monch pink floyd lcd soundsystem charlie parker. project lumens. bloc party. nikki borodi.ladytron. dead prez. my little brother billy.

Movies:

the cook the thief his wife & her lover - seven - sylvia - eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - clockers - the godfather - scarface - dog day afternoon - american history x - bamboozled - lost highway - from dusk till dawn - tirez sur le pianiste - pierrot le fou - the tenant - belle de jour - repulsion - lost in translation - fear & loathing in las vegas - cidade de deus - vivre sa vie - amores perros - old school - l'avventura - blow up - fellini satyricon - heavenly creatures - il conformista - the usual suspects - the virgin suicides - punch-drunk love - panic in needle park - clay pigeons - the sheltering sky (bertolucci). Godard. bunuel. lynch. greenaway. polanski. scorsese. dark city. the wisdom of crocodiles. i havent seen a lot of movies i totally should have by now. so many movies.. forever. i cried the most ever watching monster & titanic. the royal tenenbaums is soo williamsburg, but like totally brillante. like totally. baz luhrmann's romeo & juliet. eyes wide shut. closer. parker posey's. dave chappelle's block party (I WUZ THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay). stranger than fiction.

Television:

curb your enthusiam - da ali g show - seinfeld - sex & the city (did u doubt it?) - the family guy - x-files - in living color - er (george clooney days DUHHH) - twin peaks - the office (both) - who's line is it anyway? (uk)

Books:

a clockwork orange, catch 22, the unbearable lightness of being, the ravishing of lol stein, huis clos, upon a winter's night a traveller..., the bell jar, the malady of death, the old man & the sea, the importance of being earnest, l'experience interieure, a streetcar named Desire, the brothers karamazov, a good man is hard to find.....joan didion everything (play it as it lays, democracy..).... hemingway everything...... 20th century french philosophy kicks my ass & i like it.. nietzsche knows whats up, bitches.

Heroes:

ANNA KARINA. MARY JORDAN. ASIA ARGENTO...........OSCAR WILDE. al pacino. PARKER POSEY!!!

My Blog

tranCendenZ

mondays make me gloomy. i make myself gloomy on mondays. cold & gray, commutes and therapy .. creative stagnation at each subway station, i relate and emote in the same boat. as he. Anxiety, flee.my b...
Posted by roc-elle on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:07:00 PST

for shame part two

HOSTEL THE SEQUEL. i am SO PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! first by the film - (SHAME on you Eli - Cabin Fever was your high point clearly - & SHAME on you Quentin - should have known you never really have the l...
Posted by roc-elle on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:30:00 PST

for shame

you know your culture is fucked up when you're on myspace (okay, i guess that's alarm number 1) - and there's a banner that says:What Did Lindsay Get Caught in the Bathroom With?CocaineCoca Cola (trad...
Posted by roc-elle on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:33:00 PST

roc-elle's highlights of the week

JOAN OSBORNE's BREAKFAST IN BED album on Time Life, Inc.is IN STORES TODAY!!!!! Joan will be doing an in-store performance w/ her band at Barnes & Noble THIS THURS in Chelsea - 675 6th Ave @ 22nd - 7P...
Posted by roc-elle on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:39:00 PST

i would like to go

the feeling of being trapped. where do you go w/ thative been posting no blogs cuz i dont want myspace to own themi need a host for my websitea host to parasite-like attach my listless mindwanderings ...
Posted by roc-elle on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:05:00 PST

conjurer

it's not all mei see possibilities,not reality necessarily, but still, a way things could go.time's not slow, i wish i could pause it,put a price on it, slice itand wise to it, sell it.i'm dwellin on ...
Posted by roc-elle on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:58:00 PST

falling, awakening

fall awakeningfalling i awaken trust slackensas im back in the same placefaces blend and it ends as beforethe lore bores meim bound to seethings uglybefore longsongs stun mestuns gun mei want to stun ...
Posted by roc-elle on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:25:00 PST

since i like nothing better than competing w/ ryan...

.... my upcoming concert schedule:10/6 brothers past (north six)10/7 john legend (in dc, venue tbd)10/17 kanye, goldfrapp, the strokes, carl cox (hennessey event)10/27 benevento russo duo & tom hamilt...
Posted by roc-elle on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:50:00 PST

off the cranium_my top 10 albums

aqueminimaxinquayeblack starmama's gunvoodooyoshimiall eyez on meready to diereasonable doubtentroducinginspiration obrigada a ry, carl, alyssa et dominique
Posted by roc-elle on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:51:00 PST

polarity addendum..

or, you know, i might stay in the stuy. and i got more skillz at lay-ups anyway......
Posted by roc-elle on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:30:00 PST