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H. Silk Champagne

Wild as the Taliban

About Me

things get funnier everyday.

My Interests

Getting drunk and doing whatever the fuck I want, reaching the highest level, taking it to the limit, gold jewelry, being really serious, ganjatronix, dancing, red lipstick, writing, books, bruises, scar stories, biking, radio, personal freedom, dressing like my grandma, dressing like lil'wayne, the ocean in maine, water, non profits, grant writing, grant giving, not being loved enough

Music:

Right now: Girl group compilations; Hairspray Soundtrack. MF Doom, Typical Cats, DRE, Jay-Z, Nas, Talib Kweli, The Fitness, Biggie, Outkast, The Coup, Astronautilus, Common, Immortal Technique, Murs, WuTang Clan, Qwel, Diplo!!, lil'wayne, RJD2, DeL, Flosstradamus, Girl Talk, Princess Superstar, Annie, Of Montreal, El Perro Del Mar, Babyshambles, The Libertines, Hot Chip, Ms.Li, LCD soundsystem, The Pipettes, Animal Collective, Nina Simone, Para One, the Futureheads, Justice, Panda Bear, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Sly and the Family Stone, Billy Holiday, Dr.Dog, Franco Battiato, Prince, The Beatles(I guess), Velvet Underground, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Hefner, almost anything Swedish, Doo-wop and Motown, and Arcade Fire...and other stuff

Movies:

Aguirre: Wrath Of God, Breathless, Day for Night, My Best Fiend, The American Friend, Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Vivre sa Vie, Rescue Dawn, Grizzly Man, Style Wars, Fade to Black, 400 Blows, Midnight Cowboy, Belly, Brown Sugar, The Bicycle Thief, Wings of Desire, Stan Brakhage, Mean Girls

Television:

Arrested Development, strangers with candy, northern Exposure, M*A*S*H, curb, I don't eat, I just watch top chef.

Books:

William Faulkner, Sartre, David Sedaris, Anais Nin, Inside the Crips, Angry Black White Boy, The Bell Jar, The Stranger, Fargo Rock City, Subway Series, Notes From the Underground, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, lots of non fiction, other books

Heroes:

werner herzog. And my dad. They are very similar (although my dad is slightly less of a genius) and I want to be like them.

My Blog

Nightmares

I just had one of the scariest dreams I've ever had.  Usually my nightmares involve being chased and are pretty horrible from beginning to end.  This was was pretty harmless until the very e...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:19:00 PST

Upgrade/Downgrade Prince Edition: Edit: LET'S GO CRAZY!!

THIS IS ALL NULL AND VOID BECAUSE I DID GET TO SEE PRINCE, at target center, AND IT WAS AWESOME!!!!  BEST ROLLER COASTER RIDE EVER!!! Set list, again: 1. Purple Rain   2. Take Me With ...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:43:00 PST

Strange Bedfellows

I just read another really great interview with my favorite man alive, Werner Herzog.  The excitement for his upcoming film with Christian Bale is eating me alive, but I'm saving my eyes for when...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:23:00 PST

The Night my Life didn't Change Forever

Last night was supposed to change my life.  I was supposed to meet some of my all time idols, David Wain and Ken Marino, and see their new film. Well, I saw the film.  It was awesome.  ...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:37:00 PST

Rainy Days (are good for something)

Against Me! is playing tonight.  Four years ago they played in a dance studio in Portland.  Everyone had to take their shoes off.  Imagine a room full of (early) Against Me! fans withou...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:56:00 PST

300

Was just awful.  Perhaps I had my hopes a little too high for a movie that I didn't even want to see in the first place, but the commercials had me seriously convinced. I will attest to the ...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:04:00 PST

The (further) Degradation of America

I've just seen a video of what might be the stupidest thing middle American kids and parents are obsessing over; cup stacking. The goal of cup stacking is to see how fast you can stack and de-stack pl...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:41:00 PST

Music & Lyrics

I spent the first few hours of the day of love watching a movie that was about love.  But the real message that I got from this movie was not about loving others, but about loving yourself. The m...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:37:00 PST

I'm going to shove this down your throat (and it's not my cock)

I know I posted this as a fucking bulletin, but i just don't think that did it justice.  This list is seriously funny and seriously scary at the same time.  I didn't know the Christian Right...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:27:00 PST

Nights at Nye's!

Last night I finally checked out Nye's Polonaise, the best bar in ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />America according to Esquire Magazine.  I've a...
Posted by H. Silk Champagne on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:34:00 PST