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frankie teardrop

i'm the only one left alive...

About Me

i flip off the stars, love fiercely, and attempt to poke fun at everything at least once.
aim = an ark lark
systems of romance - an mp3 blog for all things synthpunk, postpunk, minimal wave, and other assorted oddities
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FUNERAL CRASHERS-
La Fin Absolue Du Monde (2007)

Funeral Crashers debut full-length La Fin Absolue Du Monde (the absolute end of the world) is thirteen tracks of twitching assault on the senses. The NYC band's inspiration draws from punk, post-punk and early gothic rock, as well as The Velvet Underground, 70's glam, 60's girl-pop, and the Jesus and Mary Chain's aggressive brand of shoegaze.
CD available on Cdbaby, Interpunk, iTunes, the
Hungry Eye webstore, Projekt, and via funeralcrashers.com.
tracklisting:
1. Menlo Park
2. Disconnected
3. Safe
4. Faithless Sons
5. Whisper
6. A Personal Vendetta
7. Blackout Days
8. Mystery Hand
9. Malediction
10. Uninvited Guest
11. Video Killer
12. Nuclear Man
13. Curtain Rise / Curtain Fall

My Interests

vintage erotica, making out like fifteen year olds, karaoke, unexpected kitten, literature, philosophy, art, punk metal karaoke, photography, cellos and other string instruments, harry potter, swingsets, keyboards, the ocean, horror films of all sorts, eyeliner, well-distorted bass guitar, queen anne's lace, conversations far past sane bedtimes, big black boots, synthesizers, music boxes, the smell of rain, kittens and cats of all sizes, being snooty, stargazing, sips of wine, coloring books and crayons, the crackle of vinyl

I'd like to meet:


Music:

#- 16 horsepower, 23 skidoo

a-al bowlly, a place to bury strangers, asylum party, adam & the ants, au pairs, altered images, action pact!, antonio carlos jobim, anita lane, absolute body control, autechre, alexander von borsig

b-big black, bauhaus, black uhuru, billie holiday, brian eno, bruce springsteen, bunnydrums, birthday party, black ice, boris, black heart procession, boytronic

c-clara rockmore, connie francis, chopin, cocteau twins, crime & the city solution, the crystals, cranes, chrome, the chameleons, cab calloway, coil, comsat angels, the caretaker, cabaret voltaire, can, clan of xymox, cluster, colourbox

d-david bowie, dandi wind, devo, the damned, d.a.f., the dancing did, dead can dance, duchess says, danielle dax, the darling buds, depeche mode, dirty three, die haut, dixie cups

e-einsturzende neubauten, edith piaf, eddie cochran, ecstasy of saint theresa, echo & the bunnymen, erase errata, the ex, eyvind kang, echo west

f-fad gadget, fovea hex, the fall, fuzzbox, france gall, faust, frank sinatra, foetus, felt, the flamingos, for against, front 242, fun boy three

g-garnet mimms, gun club, game theory, guillaume de machaut, gary numan, gene pitney, gang gang dance, grauzone, goblin, guerre froid

h-his name is alive, harry belafonte, harold budd, the holy kiss, hank williams, HEALTH, the honeymoon killers, human league, husker du, the hunt

i-iggy pop, the ikettes, in the nursery, ian dury

j-julee cruise, japan, john foxx, jerry lee lewis, jacques brel, jeff & jane hudson, joy division, jesus & mary chain

k-kas product, kissing the pink, killing joke, the kinks, kraftwerk, klaus nomi, kylie minogue, the knife

l-l'enfance eternelle, leonard cohen, linda scott, little nemo, linear movement, lee dorsey, lesley gore, lee hazelwood, lydia lunch, lowlife, lords of the new church, the lost patrol

m-mina, mazzy star, manic street preachers, magazine, monte cazazza, the meters, mary goes round, malaria!, magick heads, marlene dietrich, martial canterel, missing persons, morphine, minimal compact

n-nick cave, norma loy, nervous gender, nancy sinatra, neko case, neu!, new model army, norma loy, the normal, neil diamond, neon judgement, nirvana, nine inch nails, noir desir

o-only ones, the outlaws, our daughter’s wedding, opera de nuit, opus finis, opal, ornella vanoni

p-patsy cline, pink turns blue, PiL, peter gabriel, prince, psychedelic furs, popol vuh, paul lansky, pop group, p1/e, pet shop boys, peggy lee, public enemy

q-q lazzarus

r-the ronettes, the raincoats, roy orbison, romeo void, roxy music, ruth, robert rental, religious knives

s-scott walker, sixteens, the shangri-las, silver apples, the stooges, serge gainsbourg, swans, slowdive, the shirelles, swell maps, severed heads, six finger satellite, snowy red, secret shine, sort sol, sigue sigue sputnik, siouxsie & the banshees, soft cell

t-throbbing gristle, the tiger lillies, tuxedomoon, trash groove girls, trisomie 21, tom waits, taxi girl, t.rex, telex, television, tim hecker, tobias bernstrup, tones on tail

u-ultravox, units, the undertones, ulver

v-vera lynn, vivaldi, velvet underground, virgin prunes, the vaselines, visage

w-wire, weep, wu-tang clan, wolfgang press, william basinski, the walker brothers

x-xeno & oaklander, x-ray spex, xmal deutschland

y-yabby you, young marble giants

z-zounds, the zombies, zero le creche

and tons more where all these letters came from.

Movies:

the cranes are flying, wings of desire, the man who fell to earth, josie and the pussycats, the last temptation of christ, blade runner, starship troopers, spirited away, day of the dead, blue velvet, cry baby, wild strawberries, beyond the valley of the dolls, freaks, night of the living dead, the brood, barbarella, suspiria, rebecca, 13 going on 30, ed wood, eyes wide shut, inland empire, pans labyrinth, belle de jour, big fish, moulin rouge, videodrome, irma vep, the prestige, the thing, they live!, the libertine, groundhog day, labyrinth, jacob's ladder, metropolis, slither, the searchers, breakfast at tiffany's, the omen, vertigo, harold and maude, sin city, crash, deep red, heavenly creatures, the empire strikes back, reanimator, 28 days later, alice, american psycho, a history of violence, the proposition, the 40 year old virgin, natural born killers, amelie, barry lyndon, bringing up baby, casablanca, fifth element, bram stoker's dracula, borat, heathers, lost highway, little shop of horrors, dark city, texas chainsaw massacre, walk the line, the princess bride, the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford, sunshine, superbad, the last man on earth, carrie, the descent, hairspray, la vie en rose, cigarette burns, withnail & i, meet the feebles, return to oz, wet hot american summer

Television:

twin peaks, buffy the vampire slayer, south park, the venture brothers, undeclared, freaks & geeks, kids in the hall, carnivale, drawn together, futurama, and discovery channel shark week/dinosaur extravaganzas

Books:

authors: franz kafka, albert camus, hermann hesse, vladmir nabokov, clive barker, ee cummings, h.p. lovecraft, ts eliot, nathaniel hawthorne, bill watterson, gabriel garcia marquez, anais nin, j.k. rowling, james joyce, jorge louis borges, jack keruoac, sylvia plath, roald dahl, neil gaiman, jd salinger, jean paul sartre, charles baudelaire, william faulkner, philip k. dick, j.g. ballard, kurt vonnegut, edgar allan poe, george orwell, nick hornby, shel silverstein, and selected stephen king

also: and the ass saw the angel, alice's adventures in wonderland, through the looking glass, i am legend, the hours, a streetcar named desire, waiting for godot, king lear, the beach, a tale of two cities, the phantom tollbooth, ethan frome, charlotte sometimes, leaves of grass, brave new world, seven gothic tales, catcher in the rye, scary stories to tell in the dark, american psycho, the great gatsby, the secret diary of laura palmer

My Blog

exotic birds playlist 6.6.08

slow burn of a night...but turned out fine and dandy in the end.  biggest surprise of the night is bolded.   1. theme from 'a summer place'- percy faith orchestra 2. moving away from the pu...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:55:00 PST

exotic birds playlist 5.31.08

set 1: 1. ghost rider- suicide 2. gary gilmore's eyes- the adverts 3. contort yourself- james chance & the contortions 4. jesus wants me for a sunbeam- the vaselines 5. outdoor miner (long version...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:04:00 PST

exotic birds playlist 5.24.08

1. the robots- kraftwerk 2. love parasite- fad gadget 3. daydreaming- massive attack 4. the 15th- wire 5. clones (we're all)- alice cooper 6. sleeping beauty- dandi wind 7. useless- badd inc. 8. spons...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sun, 25 May 2008 10:17:00 PST

contempt playlist: 5.16.08

1. pavillion- lives of angels 2. christine- house of love 3. pound pound- jeff & jane hudson 4. after all- pink turns blue 5. the last song- trisomie 21 6. otto's song- cockatoo 7. satisfie...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sat, 17 May 2008 11:10:00 PST

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Posted by frankie teardrop on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:41:00 PST

legion setlist 3.1.08

set 1: 1. performance- tones on tail 2. reptile- the church 3. ami-amant- opera de nuit 4. this cloud- boytronic 5. romeo's distress- christian death 6. (do the) empty house- the comsat angels 7. musc...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:45:00 PST

cossacks are charging (coco 66) playlist 2.28.08

1. trans-europe express- kraftwerk2. hero- neu!3. i put a spell on you- screamin' jay hawkins4. fallen lords- martial canterel5. the world's a girl- anita lane6. we called upon the author- nick cave &...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:30:00 PST

ottos shrunken head playlist 2.8.08

1. the light pours out of me- magazine 2. new rose- the damned 3. the hair shirt- the birthday party 4. blessed state- wire 5. homosapien- pete shelley 6. rebellious jukebox- the fall 7. so aliv...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:08:00 PST

systems of romance: podcast 02

Systems of Romance- Podcast 02 1. Wild in Blue- Suicide 2. Confusing Outsides- Martial Canterel 3. Magazine- Bunnydrums 4. Fallout Fever- the Floor 5. A Day's Wait- Altered Images 6. A Shoulder to ...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:46:00 PST

contempt setlist 1.25.08

set 1: 1. quiet life- japan 2. ami-amant- opera de nuit 3. (don't fear) the reaper- clint ruin & lydia lunch 4. moving hands- the klinik 5. you- boytronic 6. ahead- wire 7. the fire- the sound 8. ...
Posted by frankie teardrop on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:17:00 PST