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Laura

GOT KNACK?

About Me

Married mom. Wonderful Brit husband, beautiful son! Work full-time as a technical editor (yawn!). I kicked cancer's patootie in 2005. I drive a mini-van but aspire to a Mini Cooper. Can't imagine a life without good food and good wine. And good music! Lucky enough to be able to GET THE KNACK now and then. Life is good!

What I'm listening to:

Nick Lowe, 24/7! Love that man!

My Interests

MUSIC * FOOD * READING * TRAVEL * ALL THINGS BRITISH

I'd like to meet:

Any of my fave musicians * Anthony Bourdain * Bill Clinton

Music:

THE KNACK * Nick Lowe * The BCR * The Beatles * Badfinger * The Smithereens * Big Star * The Posies * Todd Rundgren * Queen * The Tubes * The Mockers * Stereophonics * Oasis * DEVO * Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry * The Babys (well, the first two albums, anyway!) * The Cars * Mystery Pop * Fastball * David Bowie * Elvis Costello * Talking Heads * The Who * Live * The Monkees * Miles Davis * Duke Ellington * Grant Lee Phillips/Buffalo * Fiona Apple * Liz Phair * Jackson Browne * America * Neil Young * Neil Diamond * The Cowsills * cheesy oldies from the 60's/70's

Movies:

Plan 9 From Outer Space * Amadeus * Love Actually * Dr. Strangelove * A Fish Called Wanda * Animal House * any movie starring Edward Norton or John Cusack * all the Monty Python films * 1970's disaster movies

Television:

No Reservations * Six Feet Under * Sex and the City * House * BBCAmerica *

Books:

The Inspector Rebus series by Ian Rankin * "Heat" by Bill Buford * "Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend" by Tony Fletcher * "Cool for Cats" by Jessica Adams * "Power Pop: Conversations with the Pop Elite" by Ken Sharpe and Doug Sulpy * Books about Watergate * Books by Anthony Bourdain Bob Woodward Jeffrey Eugenides Michael Cunningham Stephen King David Sedaris

Heroes:

My mom * My family * My doctor * Doug Fieger and Berton Averre * Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein * Anthony Bourdain * My cool co-workers * My UK and Aussie friends and The BCR, who brought us together! Shang A Lang indeed!