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amandine

where words fail... music speaks

About Me

A creative soul, born of Russian/Jewish/Irish/Catholic descent. I come from a long line of musicians (mostly jazz), however unfortunately the music talent gene didn't rub off on me, but I have a HUGE love and appreciation for it instead. My other passion is fashion, after working in the fashion industry for 18 years, in all facets from fashion buying, designing my own range and having my own boutique in Oxford St, Paddington, to working as a Model Agent for one of the Sydney Agencies for about 5 years... I have finally stumbled upon working as a Real Estate Agent,but I still design jewelry on the side to keep those creative juices flowing.I've lived most of my life in Sydney, Australia, but was bi-coastal between Sydney and Los Angeles for many years and had a two and a half year stint of living in Tel Aviv, Israel too - which was very cool, but I was thankful to return home.I'm a music loving, fashion forward, freedom fighter who appreciates all things of beauty... with my feet planted firmly on the ground and my head permanently in the clouds...Not sure how I got here, or where I'm going, but I'm enjoying the ride... :)

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My Interests

Music, Live Music, Art, Film, Fashion, Photography, Literature, Theatre, Meditation, Jewelry Design, Painting, SHOES, Accessories, Flea Markets, Pop Culture, Current Affairs, Poetry, Philosophy, Herbal Tea, Dark Chocolate, The Whole Foods Market, Candles, Being Pampered at Day Spas, Hotel Architecture, Travel, Tropical Destinations, Good Food & Wine (Red), Cooking, Animals, Football (NFL, College and Aussie Rules), Basketball, Tennis, The Ocean - it purifys, replenishes, refreshes and rejuvinates the soul AND being with friends and family, the people that I love...oh and shopping!!!... :)FAVORITE PLACES I'VE BEEN.... so many more to come......
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I'd like to meet:

People with broad taste, varied interests and open minds. Faithful skeptics and cynical idealists. Indie-rocking house heads and hip-hop jazzbos. Happy go lucky existentialists. Astral travelling homebodies and serious jokesters. Industrious slackers and stationary drifters. People who defy categorization. Readers of books and of people.
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THINGS THAT MAKE ME GO HMMMM.... dad's baby Herbie rockin' with the CMI my favorite actor - Robert Downey Jr. my other favorite actor - Zooey Deschanel my other bestie... Dominique

Music:



Create Your Own!Prince No. 1 forever! James Brown, Led Zeppelin, SonnyBoy, Erykah Badu, The Foreign Exchange, Little Brother, Muhsinah, Martin Luther, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Common, Outkast, Meshell Ndegeocello, J Dilla, De La Soul, Cee-Lo Green, Panacea, Jean Grae, Jazz Liberatorz, Living Legends, Slum Village, K-Os, Strange Fruit Project, 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, J Rawls, Murs, Ohmega Watts, Santogold, J*Davey, M.I.A., Ayo, India Arie, Krystle Warren, Alice Russell, Goapele, Amel Larrieux, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Estelle, The Noisettes, Maxwell, Whild Peach, Flying Lotus, Coupe de Ville Theory, John Legend, Cody ChesnuTT, Lenny Kravitz, Anthony David, Amp Fiddler, Gym Class Heroes, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Ben Harper, Van Hunt, Vikter Duplaix, Michael Franti, Spearhead, The Neptunes, N.E.R.D., Kanye West, The Cool Kids, Jay Electronica, Kenna, Chrisette Michele, Janelle Monae, Imani Coppola, Little Jackie, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Gap Band, Mint Condition, The Time, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Leon Ware, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Isaac Hayes, Bob Marley, Blondie, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne, The Pharcyde, Tre Hardson, Fatlip, Tribe Called Quest, Guru, Gnarls Barkley, Tricky, Gorillaz, Portishead, Bilal, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Chocolate Butterfly, Saul Williams, Jill Scott, Chaka Kahn, Rick James, The Mary Jane Girls, Sade, Sweetback, Roy Ayers, Al Jarreau, Chet Baker, Shirley Bassey, Grace Jones, George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, Fela Kuti, Afrika Bambaataa, Bootsy Collins, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Petula Clark, Freddy Mercury, Betty Davis, Patrice Rushen, Sly and The Family Stone, Zapp & Roger Troutman, Earth Wind & Fire, Teena Marie, SOS Band, Scissor Sisters, Air, Living Colour, Corey Glover, Fishbone, Curtis Mayfield, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Amy Winehouse, The Pretenders, Joy Division, Zap Mama, David Bowie, Queen, Rolling Stones, The Jam, The Clash, Psychedelic Furs, GrandMaster Flash, Sergio Mendes, Burt Bacharach, Beck, Michael Jackson, Terence Trent d'Arby, Kelis, The Sugarhill Gang, Gangstarr, Aretha Franklin, Minnie Ripperton, Alicia Keys, Madonna, The Supremes, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, NWA, Nina Simone, Blackalicious, The Fugees, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Peaches, Steely Dan, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Sanada Maitreya, Jose Gonzalez, Yael Naim, Aviv Geffen, Sia, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Nina Hagen, Velvet Underground, Aerosmith, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Black Crowes, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, The Ramones, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radiohead, James Iha/A Perfect Circle, The Presets, Wolfmother, Jet, Silverchair, Midnight Oil, INXS, The Beautiful Girls, Sneaky Sound System, The Hellmenn, Celibate Rifles, Radio Birdman, Hoodoo Gurus, Stevie Wonder, Isley Brothers, The Last Poets, Gil Scott Heron, Ohio Players, Will Downing, Cameo, Confunkshun, Earth Wind & Fire, The Temptations, The Spinners, Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Bill Withers, Miles Davis, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington, Charlie 'Bird' Parker, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Jose James, Roy Hargrove, Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven & David Livingston Bross R.I.P.



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Movies:



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Television:

Tudors, Sex and the City, Miami Ink/LA Ink, Afro Samurai, The Boondocks, Project Runway,So You Think You Can Dance, Summer Heights High, Ab Fab, Six Feet Under, The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel, Fashion TV, The Hills, The First 48 Hours, The Wire, Oz, America's/Australia's Next Top Model - (I can't help myself!!!)

Sun Sign: Aries
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Moon Sign: Libra
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Rising Sign: Sagittarius
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Books:



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Heroes:

Kim Barry, the most beautiful soul to have ever graced this earth.... gone too soon... R.I.P. I didn't get to tell you how much you mean to me... but I'll see you on the other side...
Kim Barry Memorial Scholarship

KEN BRAITHWAITE - Aug'66 - Nov'07

Still can't believe you're gone... I loved that you named me 'pretty pea'... one of the funniest, craziest, most intelligent people I ever knew... gone, but never forgotten...
In Memory Of Kenneth N. Braithwaite