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alana

I am here for Friends

About Me

if i don't drive around the park, i'm pretty sure to make my mark. if i'm in bed each night by ten, i may get back my looks again. if i abstain from fun and such, i'll probably amount to much; but i shall stay the way i am, because i do not give a damn."observation" dorothy parker.

My Interests

playing drums and guitar, being around live music, speaking icelandic (poorly), travelling, bicycling, painting nearly everything, european history, films...

I'd like to meet:

bill. dorothy. palmolive.

Music:

HOLE, PJ Harvey, Soundgarden, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, The Smiths, The Pixies, Otis Redding, Nick Cave, Bjork, Portishead, The White Stripes, Billie Holiday, The Black Dahlia Murder, Patti Smith Group, Melt-Banana, Rasputina, Johnny Cash, Ween, L7, ESG, The Birthday Party, Robert Johnson, Corky & the Juice Pigs, Jorane, Aretha Franklin, The Dresden Dolls, Megadeth, The Organ, The Raincoats, Cannibal Corpse, The Yardbirds, Big Trouble in Little China, Edith Piaf, Van Morrison, Magma, The Slits, The Unicorns, Loretta Lynn, Cancerslug, Peaches, The Cars, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Billy Bragg, Jeff Beck, Ham, Babes in Toyland, The Epoxies, The Angry Dragons, Yes, Bob Dylan, Wife, Node, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, The King Khan and BBQ Show, The Jurassic Five, The Roots, The Trashmen, Heart, The Breeders, Sir Lord Baltimore, Nico, American Flamewhip, Camel, Rush, Crass, Devo, Mountain, Judy Garland, "the original new-waver", Fleetwood Mac, The Melvins, Tribe 8, Them, Yoko Ono, Smashing Pumpkins, Frank Zappa.

Movies:

hedwig and the angry inch, Y tu mama tambien, nico and dani, rocky horror, the juniper tree, suspiria, edward scissorhands, 24 hour party people, the last unicorn, julien donkey-boy, the acid house, clementine mechanique, the life aquatic, amelie, tampopo, the holy mountain, battle royale, kill bill, natural born killers, harry potter, 1984, dancer in the dark, the forbidden zone, pretty much anything bill murray did give or take larger than life and garfield..., wayne's world 1&2, before night falls, fear and loathing in las vegas, the secret of the sword (he-man and she-ra), purple rain, beat, tank girl, i'm the one that i want, the man who fell to earth, the aviator, guerilla: the patty hearst story, la vie en rose, once, no country for old men, reservoir dogs, team america.

Television:

the antiques roadshow, the prisoner, deadwood, the simpsons, the office (UK), sex & the city, six feet under, arrested development, NOT curb your enthusiasm...

Books:

the little prince. catcher in the rye. the portable dorothy parker. genghis khan and the making of the modern world. dragonology. tikki tikki tembo. peter pan. cinderella's big score. the balloon tree. catch-22. the pig and the skyscraper: chicago "a history of our future". dirty blonde. boudicca. dorothy parker "what fresh hell is this?". dylan thomas in america. other rooms, other voices. great expectations.

Heroes:

billy bragg.

My Blog

best thing i’ve heard all day

while looking up cultural references to "Jezebel" (don't ask why), i discovered this amazing piece of information:Edith Piaf recorded a song called "Jezebel," which was later covered in tribute by Ann...
Posted by alana on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:12:00 PST

Gorgon Videos!!!

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Posted by alana on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:01:00 PST

romeo and the dire straits

nobody should listen to this song too often or anything...it's like gloomy sunday...but i still like it. a lot. a lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss serenade laying everybody low with a lov...
Posted by alana on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:03:00 PST

one-man bohemian rhapsody

AMAZING!...
Posted by alana on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:24:00 PST

you’re 37, take a look....

Nico-Femme Fatale Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by alana on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:04:00 PST

its a relief when someone else thinks this way...

"I know we're not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and lavatory jokes, and most of the dirty people; we can catch buses and count our change and cross the roads and talk real sente...
Posted by alana on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:50:00 PST

always so fucking weary of this

today i saw a pamphlet on the bus stating that if you think the holocaust was bad, the same thing is happening to 30 million chickens a day. i don't know if it's just me, but i am really fucking bothe...
Posted by alana on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:09:00 PST

just because i keep getting asked this...

top 5 albums of all time: 1.Hole : Pretty on the inside 2.Soundgarden : Badmotorfinger 3.Patti Smith : Horses 4.Tom Waits : Raindogs/Prince : Purple Rain 5. The Raincoats : self-titled there. now you ...
Posted by alana on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:40:00 PST

dear holy fuck: what?

it's always so fucking weird when you find stuff written about your band somewhere on here....sept. 8th, 2006Earlier this summer, one of the greatest things ever to happen on national television took ...
Posted by alana on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:51:00 PST