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About Me

Is there something in the water?
I grew up in Nashville.. wading knee deep in music (and shoulder deep in Johnny Cash's pool) not realizing what kind of affect that environment would have on me down the road.
I saw guys get off the bus downtown with a guitar and not much else and wonder "what kind of dream do they have that would send them here just to knock on doors?"
Now I know
I think of myself as the nonsensical drawings and scribbles of poetry you find in the margins of borrowed books.
My meaning is perfectly clear, to somebody :)
I'm drawn to serendipitous happenings and out-of-my-comfort-zone adventures;
People are most attractive and interesting to me... when they aren't really trying to be.
I love music, old stuff, manic creativity, playing pretend, hearing people laugh.... and coyotes
Where the hell is home?
I write random thoughts at a new place:
http://judywithawhy.blogspot.com
or for the older stuff:
http://3j.typepad.com (safe from hackers again - yay!)
Check out these videos by Mike Doughty and The Panderers
These guys represent hope for music
and they're good people :-)
This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? using original artwork by Marah Johnson. Go get one!

My Interests

I'm perpetually curious and interested in everything

Favorites:
maps; forgiveness; making art; long form improv
funky Nassau
fresh fruit
sword fights; Coffee!
climbing walls
tree pose
morning discount matinees

artfully decorated cupcakes

cheese grits, basketball
thrift store finds
Soft old hoodies on rainy days
Burlesque (as it was)
bittersweet chocolate; fresh flowers

the collard greens at Tom's Home Cooking in Five Points

my fat cruiser bicycle
the smell of garlic in the kitchen

plays and writers and songs no one has heard of

the perfect cheesecake

This American Life

architecture, old buildings/churches
botanic gardens

sushi sushi sushi!!
being spared from doom
the french press

late night eggs and pancakes
the deep canyons of Southern Utah

I said coffee, right?

Not too fond of:
flakey people; hubris; anchovies; stereotypes;

I'd like to meet:

Bill Murray; Nic Harcourt (KCRW)
(Actually I just want to BE Nic Harcourt)

People who want to be met, known, accepted, hugged, laughed with, let go of when it's time to go, missed when they are away.

Music:

Duh. I can't breathe without it

mix tapes,mashups and original music made by my friends

underground & old school hip-hop
jazz/experimental
turntablism
R&B/Soul
1950's Havana
alt.country
Madchester/Factory Records
electro-dancey
sad-bastard music
happy bastard music

Right now: The Panderers; Mike Doughty; Tom Waits; Ryan Adams; Shelby Lynn; James Brown; Nina Simone; Mojave 3; Tim O'Brien; Brian Eno; Jakob Dylan; Gillian Welch; Bill Frisell; Coltrane; Tito Puente; Devotchka, Bloc Party; Plant & Krause; Connely Farr; Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings; Vivaldi; Breakestra; Marco Benevento; the Weakerthans.... and a TON of local artists for the Adventure Records project. (See our page for more info)

Chocolate City & Metropolis (KCRW)
SUPPORT LOCAL & INDIE MUSIC
KCRW-Santa Monica, WFMU-NY/NJ, KEXP-Seattle, Radio1190 and KGNU-Boulder.

I will never forget my days and nights (and friends) at KAFM 88.1 and KMSA 91.3

Movies:

Hopeless film-a-holic
drafty art house stuff
DVD from my comfy sofa in winter
Indie, film noir, hitchcock, david lynch, tim burton, kubrick
animated everything, linklater, erotica, pollock, wes anderson, sci-fi, .. kleenex crunchers, dark comedy

The Darjeeling Limited...Lost in Translation... Oh Brother Where Art Thou.....Y Tu Mama Tambien.... skinny Elvis movies

Television:

Basketball, movies and Battlestar Galactica..when I can sit still :)

Books:

yes please

Right now:
Neruda in Spanish, Edward Abbey (again);
Old Testament psalms; the Tao; Mojo & Filter magazines

Heroes:

June Carter Cash, Frida Khalo, my grandmothers, Gilda Radner, Tina Fey, Samurai Jack, Johnny Quest

My Blog

I hope you know this will go down on your permanent recorrrrrd

I decomposed my Facebook account today. Just not into it... too many pieces of flare and shit to add and walls to write on. ...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:32:00 PST

Footprint

I posted Footprint on the other page..... I'm beginning to feel like deep thoughts by Jack Handy & nbsp;Th...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:24:00 PST

art shmart

schmart? Hart. He's our cover artist for this years Adventure Records release. Little piece on the bloggity page about him. More to follow. Have...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:32:00 PST

starry starry night...

I've got no Van Gogh. I need to add some photos. but I have music and Garcia Marquez to help me connect the dots on the flipside page. ...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Sat, 31 May 2008 09:08:00 PST

light cues

They say the lighting guy (ok, person) is a player on stage as well. I think sometimes, that the universe and forces that guide me are my "lighting guy"...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Fri, 30 May 2008 03:34:00 PST

cheaper than moving to another city

I just landed from a trip into the high country for the weekend.... I LOVE road trips, especially to places where the masses fear to tread. They feared - and I reaped the...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Tue, 27 May 2008 04:57:00 PST

goodnight postcard

I LOVE little moments like this: 12:30am, coming home from hanging with friends after our show, I pull up to a stop sign just before my building, and there's a guy gracefully skating around in t...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Fri, 23 May 2008 12:16:00 PST

the bullets I bite

often taste better than the ones I dodge just more stuff..... I believe Jakob Dylan is going ...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:45:00 PST

what dogs know and we dont

over the last year or so, I've become much more comfortable writing openly and from a place of vulnerability. In reading the work of others who perhaps...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Mon, 12 May 2008 10:11:00 PST

Gravitys Rainbow

this has nothing to do with Thomas Pynchon but I suppose I would re-read that title and my Ian McClellan stack if I took a vacation to the northwest........ &nb...
Posted by Judy, for the moment on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:52:00 PST