Writing, guitar, photography, cooking, rockabilly, art, sleeping, linguini, quicksand, giant squid, leopard print, stilettos, vintage clothing, antiques, collecting old records, pin-ups, corsets, bourbon, artichokes, absinthe, burlesque, red wine, tattoo art, and caterers who can play the drums.I looked my name up as an acronym and this is what I got! Haha
Intelligent, funny, well-read, talented, sexy, creative men and women who enjoy witty conversation, cold beer, and beautiful music (Also: People who understand both Selina Kyle and Catwoman).And Al Gore.
Rockabilly, cowpunk, Delta blues, smoldering jazz, early Los Angeles punk, throbbing industrial rock, German cabaret music. More specifically, my strange mix of favs include: The Blasters/Dave Alvin, X, Los Lobos, The Knitters, Flesh Eaters, Bughouse 5, The Gun Club, The John Doe Thing, Robbie Fulks, Concrete Blonde, Tom Russell, Siouxsie, Grateful Dead, Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey, The Clash, NIN, David Bowie, Julee Cruise, The Kills, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, The Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Jeff Beck, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Son House, Little Willie John, Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Ry Cooder, John Hammond, Buddy & Julie Miller, Velvet Underground, Supersuckers, The Runaways, The Doors, Nina Hagen, early Rolling Stones, Blood Meridian, Joe Henry, Swank, The Modelos, Neko Case, The Cramps, Morphine, HorrorPops, Big John Bates, Rich Hope, Rodney DeCroo and so many more it isn't even funny! And my ex's bands: The Nervous Breakdowns, The Grange, The Pretty Sad Band, Pernell Reichert & The Hard Drinkers (and sometimes more!)
Classic noir, cult flicks, Russ Meyer, cheesy b-movies, foreign films, David Lynch, Frederico Fellini, The Coen Brothers, Luc Besson, Charlie Kaufman, City of Lost Children, kinky art films, Tim Burton, Streets of Fire (my fav movie, it's true), Secretary, Some Like it Hot, Gilda, Girl on The Bridge, Psycho Beach Party, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, From Dusk Til Dawn, Bound, SHOWGIRLS, Jade, Wizard of Oz, David Cronenberg, Boogie Nights, The Graduate, the dreamers, Swimming Pool, Victor Victoria, The Man with Two Brains, The War of the Roses, Jeffery, Chasing Amy, The Virgin Suicides, Into the Night, Scarface, American Beauty, Ghost World, Exotica, and more
The L-Word, documentaries on giant squid, Showcase after dark, Twin Peaks, Clone High, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Arrested Development, Futurama, Weeds, Rescue Me, Top Chef, Project Runway
Any Rough Times Are Now Behind You (a collection of writings by Dave Alvin AND my fav book of all time!), Love in The Time of Cholera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Alice in Wonderland, The Story of O, The Favourite Game, Hey Nostradamus!, girls, The Devil's Larder, The Phantom Tollbooth, anything by Shel Silverstein, everything by Dr. Seuss
Lili St. Cyr, Exene Cervenka, Catwoman, Douglas Coupland, my cat (Isis), Jessica Rabbit, Nigella Lawson, Billy Wilder, Mr. Peabody.