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David White-Crain

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About Me



My Interests



I paint, I read, I listen to music, I make and eat food, I peacefully co-exist with The Man Spouse ... and I eagerly await the arrival of the first child(ren).

I'd like to meet:


Samuel Beckett, Judy Holliday, Nina Simone

Music:

16 Horsepower, Aaron Copland, Aimee Mann, Alban Berg, Alexander Balanescu, Alexander Zemlinsky, Andreas Scholl, Angelo Badalamenti, Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, Ashley Macisaac, Art Tatum, Arvo Pärt, Ástor Piazzolla, The B-52s, Balkan Beat Box, Barry Ingle, The Beatles, Béla Bartók, Ben Webster, Benjamin Britten, Bessie Smith, Bester Quartet (Cracow Klezmer Band), Billie Holiday, Björk, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bright Eyes, Cesaria Evora, Cheb I Sabbah, Chet Baker, The Chieftans, Cocorosie, David Cook, Dean Martin, Daniel Giorgetti, Devendra Banhart, Devotchka, Django Reinhardt, Dmitri Shostakovich, The Dresden Dolls, Eartha Kitt, Edgar Meyer, Eivør Pálsdóttir, Emerson String Quartet, Eurythmics, The Flaming Lips, Flight Of The Conchords, Frédéric Chopin, Georg Philipp Telemann, Gerry Mulligan, Gillian Welch, Gustav Mahler, Heinz Holliger, Howard Shore, Igor Stravinsky, Iron And Wine, JS Bach, Jason Webley, Johannes Brahms, John Adams, Johnny Cash, Josh Rouse, Julie London, Klaus Nomi, The Klezmatics, The Klezmer Conservatory Band, Kraftwerk, Kronos Quartet, Krzysztof Penderecki, Kurt Weill, Leif Ove Andsnes, Leonard Cohen, Lotte Lenya, Louis Armstrong, The Mamas and The Papas, Mari Boine, Marianne Faithfull, Mark O'Connor, Matmos, Matt Haimovitz, Michael Nyman, Miles Davis, Morton Feldman, Muzsikás, My Morning Jacket, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Osvaldo Golijov, PJ Harvey, Pearl Jam, Peter Björn And John, Peter Kooy, Philip Glass, Pierre Boulez, The Polyphonic Spree, The Punch Brothers, Radiohead, Renée Fleming, Ryan Adams, Rufus Wainwright, Ry Cooder, Sergei Prokofiev, Simon and Garfunkel, The Smiths, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Reich, The Swell Season, Teitur, Thelonious Monk, Thomas Adès, Tom Waits, Wilco, And Willie Nelson.

Movies:

Adrienne Shelly, Alan Bates, Alan Cumming, Albert Finney, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Cuarón, Amanda Plummer, Andrei Tarkovsky, Anjelica Huston, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Atom Egoyan, Béla Tarr, Ben Kingsley, Bette Davis, Brad Byrd, Brian Cox, Buster Keaton, Callum Keith Rennie, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Keener, Christian Bale, Ciarán Hinds, Cillian Murphy, Coen Brothers, Daniel Day Lewis, Daniel MacIvor, Danny Boyle, David Duchovny, David Lynch, Dianne Wiest, Don Cheadle, Don McKellar, Donal Logue, Drew Barrymore, Forrest Whitaker, Frances Conroy, Frances McDormand, François Ozon, François Truffaut, Gary Oldman, Gena Rowlands, Guillermo Del Toro, Gus Van Sant, Hal Hartley, Harold Lloyd, Helen Mirren, Holly Hunter, Hope Davis, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Ian Holm, Ian McKellan, Ian McShane, Ingmar Bergman, James Ivory, Jan Svankmajer, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jeanne Moreau, Jennifer Aniston, Jeremy Sisto, Jessica Lange, Joan Allen, John Cameron Mitchell, John Cassavetes, John Waters, Judd Apatow, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, Julie Harris, Keith Carradine, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Lili Taylor, Louis Malle, M Emmet Walsh, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Martha Plimpton, Martin Donovan, Marx Brothers, Max von Sydow, Michael Gambon, Michael Haneke, Michael Pitt, Michelangelo Antonioni, Molly Parker, Montgomery Clift, Naomi Watts, Neal Jordan, Nicole Kidman, Parker Posey, Patricia Clarkson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Greenaway, Peter Jackson, Peter Sarsgaard, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pier Paolo Pasolini, PIXAR, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Richard Burton, Robert Altman, Robert Bresson, Samantha Morton, Sandy Dennis, Sarah Polley, Seth Rogan, Sissy Spacek, Vanessa Redgrave, Viggo Mortenson, Vincent Price, Wallace Shawn, Wes Anderson, Željko Ivanek.

Television:

The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood .. and then Weeds, 30 Rock, Flight of the Conchords, Pushing Daisies, Carnivale, The Wire, Whitest Kids U Know, Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, You Bet Your Life, Twin Peaks

Books:

Albert Camus, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, August Strindberg, Barry Unsworth, Brian Aldiss, Karel Capek, Cecilie Løveid, Cees Nooteboom, Daniel MacIvor, Danilo Kis, David Sedaris, Doris Lessing, Dr. Seuss, e e cummings, Edward Albee, Edward Gorey, Edward Whittemore, Edmund White, Elias Canetti, Eugène Ionesco, Flannery O'Connor, Franz Kafka, Fredric Brown, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gene Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Graham Greene, Guy Davenport, Hal Duncan, Halldór Laxness, Hanif Kureshi, Harold Pinter, Henrik Ibsen, Herbjørg Wassmo, Herman Bang, Iain Banks, Ian McEwan, Ingmar Bergman, Iris Murdoch, Italo Calvino, JG Ballard, JRR Tolkien, Jean Genet, Jean-Paul Satre, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Joseph Campbell, Jorge Luis Borges, Karen Blixen, Knut Faldbakken, Knut Hamsun, Lars Gustafson, Lewis Spence, Lillian & Russell Hoban, Lloyd Alexander, Margaret Atwood, Martin Andersen Nexø, Maurice Sendak, Michael Moorcock, Michael Ondaatje, Olaf Stapledon, Patrick Gale, Peter Høeg, Peter Nadas, Philip K. Dick, Rainer Maria Rilke, Roald Dahl, Salman Rushdie, Sam Shepard, Samuel Beckett, Sigrid Unset, Sigurd Hoel, Stanislaw Lem, T.S. Eliot, Tarjei Vesaas, Thích Nhat Hanh, Thomas Mann, Thor Vilhjálmsson, Tom Stoppard, Tomas Tranströmer, Tove Ditlevsen, Ursula K. LeGuin, Victor Pelevin, Villy Sørenson, WG Sebald, Wallace Shawn, and William Heinesen.
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Heroes:

Wallace Shawn, Samuel Beckett, Maurice Sendak, Lloyd Alexander, Nina Simone, Anselm Kiefer, Lucian Freud, Tom Waits, Gavin Newsom

My Blog

The Barack Obama Hope Poster is Now Available as a Sticker

Sticker Robot has teamed with Shepard Fairey to bring Fairey's Obama Hope poster to sticker format, available in sets of 10, 25, 50 or 100. All proceeds from the sales of the Hope stickers will go tow...
Posted by David White-Crain on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:08:00 PST

Bushs Secret Plan to Destroy Any Chance of Eventual Democracy in Iraq

George W. Bush has so little class that he refused to congratulate Barack Obama on securing the Democratic Nomination for President, an unprecedented historic event in American History. He'll personal...
Posted by David White-Crain on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:45:00 PST

California agrees to join the 21st Century effective June 17, 2008

From The San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2008:California counties can begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17, the state's Office of Vital Records determined today. That is a d...
Posted by David White-Crain on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:38:00 PST

Bravo to New Yorks Governor Paterson

From The New York Times, May 29, 2008:ALBANY  Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in oth...
Posted by David White-Crain on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:33:00 PST

Its Official

Following the California Supreme Court's ruling that a ban on same-sex marriage is in violation of the Constitution of The State of California, county court houses across the entire state have been gi...
Posted by David White-Crain on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:00:00 PST

Five Points Regarding The Same-Sex Marriage Case Now Before The California Supreme Court

If one had gone into the city today, one could have seen the masses of people swarming outside the Federal Court House in San Francisco. As the San Jose Mercury News reported:For more than three hours...
Posted by David White-Crain on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:40:00 PST

Larry McMurtry on Diane Keaton

I was reminded today of Larry McMurtry's piece on Diane Keaton, whom I have long admired, in which he discusses her four books on photography along with various scenes for their thirty years of friend...
Posted by David White-Crain on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:46:00 PST

My hair will shine in the sun and my ass will have the shape and density of a basketball ...

I find myself drawn to Salon.com's Heather Havrilesky, one of the good television critics working today. We agree often -- on the shows I actually watch -- that it's sometimes scary. (She was dead wro...
Posted by David White-Crain on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:44:00 PST

The Obligatory First Post

Let's start with the basics.Okay. My name is David White-Crain, I am a painter (and sometimes photographer) who lives in the San Francisco Bay area. I grew up mostly in Wyoming, with short stints in s...
Posted by David White-Crain on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:08:00 PST