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ken b miller

Don't worry. It won't stay that way permanently. I hope.

About Me

I try to do a lot of different creative things... Check out my websites for some of my attempts at these: drawings & paintings , Recessive Traits (funny collages & merchandise), Shouting at the Postman (writing, mail art, recipes), graphic design , photography , recordings , and the ever-popular Cult Figure of the Year project .

My Interests

Art, Music, Graphic Design, Languages, Photography, Wine, Food, Opera, Cooking with wine while listening to Italian opera, photographing said food.

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi, in a no-holds-barred cage match.

Music:

Louis Armstrong, Raymond Scott, James P Johnson, Mozart, Handel, Allan Sherman, Boban Markovic Orkestar, The Beatles, They Might Be Giants, Too Much Joy, Bill Frisell, Air, The Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman, John Spencer Blues Explosion, MJB, Brian Wilson Shock Treatment, Louis Prima, Ramsey Lewis, Dr. Ammondt, Dead Can Dance, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Green (Giuseppe Verdi), Roger Waters, Muddy Waters, Ethel Waters, Trio, Fletcher Henderson, Sidney Bechet, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Hoagy Carmichael, N.W.A., Ray Charles, Lee Morgan, Dresden Dolls, Golden Gate Quartet, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Kraftwerk, Fountains of Wayne, Grateful Dead, William Shatner, Gene Krupa, Pixies, Fats Waller, Bauhaus, The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Johnny Cash, Mills Brothers, Wilco, Tom Waits, Yo-Yo Ma, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing, Simon and Garfunkel, Yehudi Menuhin, Bright Eyes, Vivaldi, Suran Song in Stag, Peter Murphy, Steely Dan, The Weakerthans, Le Tigre, Frank Black, The Postal Service, Dr. John, Beck, Bach, Foetus, Sinatra, Public Enemy, Jelly Roll Morton, John Coltrane, Juice Leskinen and Coitus Int., Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Basement Jaxx, Etta James, MC Solaar, Blind Willie Johnson, Leadbelly, Sumosonic, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Kronos Quartet, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, John Zorn, ZZ Top, Finnish Pop, Bluegrass, Opera, Bollywood

Movies:

Sheesh, I can't make another list after the "music" one... here are some directors & genres: Hitchcock, Wes Anderson, The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, John Waters, Fellini, Christopher Guest, David Lynch, Roberto Benigni, Pixar, Bollywood...