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King Jaffe Joffer

About Me

This site is problematic. I stay on here to keep in touch with certain people and for bulletins from bands I like. I blog elsewhere . I'm interested in the stuff on the left. And especially...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Audrey Horne, Shelly Johnson, and Laura Palmer

Music:

Arcturus, Anathema, Bloodbath, Björk, Blonde Readhead, Cocteau Twins, Crowbar, Dark Tranquillity, Dead Can Dance, Dissection, Enslaved, Explosions in the Sky, GY!BE, Immortal, Katatonia, Mira, My Dying Bride, Neurosis, Satyricon, Slowdive, Shape of Despair, Sigur Rós, The Smiths, Solitude Aeturnus, Swallow the Sun, U L V E R, WHW...recently Nick Cave

Movies:

Almodóvar, Bergman, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, von Trier, WKW

2046, Buffalo '66, Caché, Dancer in the Dark, Eyes Wide Shut, Fanny and Alexander, Full Metal Jacket, In the Mood For Love, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Mysterious Skin, Ordinary People, Solaris, Talk to Her

Television:

Ali G, Family Guy, The Office (UK), The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Twin Peaks

Books:

too hard to say, but reading Yasunari Kawabata right now

My Blog

Last Blog Here - 5-14-06

I have no interest in blogging here anymore, not to mention even logging in.  I'm going to keep this page because I can stay in touch with certain people easily through MySpazz.  But that's ...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Sun, 14 May 2006 09:47:00 PST

Another Appreciation Blog - 4-9-06

Blogging on here isn't exciting me, so for now, all I have to say is that if you have never given The Sopranos a chance, consider doing so.  And if you're a fan of Cocteau Twins, you really need ...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:19:00 PST

Thank God - 3-26-2006

I'll admit that the first episode left me skeptical, but this is the best show I've ever seen, and I'm glad it's back.  I don't think this season is going to disappoint when all is said and done....
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:45:00 PST

Crash is the Best Movie Ever - 2-23-06

Sike.The Oscars are coming up.  I know, "Who cares?"  I guess for me it's just a guilty pleasure and a source of pointless indignation.  On that note, I hope Crash takes best picture, j...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:39:00 PST

Onward - 1-25-06

I'm moving out of Baltimore.  Things kind of just fell in my lap, and I got offered an insane place at an insane price with people I've known an insanely long time.  So I'm packing my stuff ...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:09:00 PST

New Year, New Things - 1-10-06

Desson Thompson recently wrote the following in The Washington Post:Ah, the new year . It stretches ahead of us, full of possibility, like a runway before our taxiing plane, or nine verdant slopes pep...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:21:00 PST

Dancer in the Dark, Film Courses, Christmas - 12-17-05

I feel like I'm always playing catch-up.  In a lot of things, really, but in film especially.  In all fairness to myself, I had been meaning to see Dancer in the Dark for a long time. ...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:26:00 PST

Tattoos, San Francisco, Middlesex - 11-22-05

Thankfully, some interesting things are just around the corner. Tomorrow I'm off to finally get my GY!BE tattoo I've wanted for some months.  It will be on my chest (right over my heart), which ...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:09:00 PST

movie docket

Well, thank God some good shit is coming to the theatre in the next 2-3 weeks. I'll be off to see Pretty Persuasion, Saraband, and 2046.  I'll post my thoughts as I see each one.  If noone ...
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:16:00 PST

hi

I'm new here.  I don't know if I'll spend my time on this site, but maybe if I meet some new friends I will.  
Posted by King Jaffe Joffer on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:33:00 PST