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Highlifer

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Loud librarian type.

My Interests

Reading. Live music. Eating. Drinking. TV. Walking. My cats. Football. The British Kind. Liverpool. The Sun.

I'd like to meet:

Goran Ivanisevic. Terrell Owens. Mark Ruffalo. Pam Anderson. Patricia Clarkson. Jamie Carragher. Vivienne Westwood. Marc Jacobs.

Music:

Afghan Whigs. Johnny Thunders. Joy Division, New Order, Pavement. Underworld. Teenage Fanclub. WFMU. BBC Radio1. Carl Cox.Scissor Sisters. David Guetta. Arctic Monkeys.

Movies:

Edward Scissorhands. Apocalypse Now. La Dolce Vita. You Can count on me.NO Country for Old Men.

Television:

Six Feet Under. Project Runway. Survivor. Jimmy Kimmel. The Soup. South Park. The return of Beavis and Butthead. Sopranos. 30 Rock. Setanta Sports.

Books:

Of all time: The Stand. A Prayer for Owen Meany. A Million Little Pieces. Safe Area Gorazde. The Book Thief.

Heroes:

Pam Anderson. Ginger Spice. Vivienne Westwood.

My Blog

90s Nostalgia

Twice this year I have witnessed live music moments that made the crowd explode in ecstasy.1. David Guetta at WMC in Miami playing Smells Like Teen Spirit. It was rainy, it was cold, and everyone danc...
Posted by Highlifer on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:18:00 PST

Why are rock clubs so.......

Went to see Elvis Costello at the Ram's Head Live on Saturday. It was a great show if a little too full of belted khaki wearing dorks.  I like Elvis, but I'm not "in love" with him, but the amoun...
Posted by Highlifer on Tue, 15 May 2007 09:30:00 PST

Delicious overpriced smoothie

In my continuing, relentless, boring, soul searching as to why I'm so nuts, I have come across the idea that I am obsessed with THINGS. Suddenly a THING will be so awesome that I'm addicted to it like...
Posted by Highlifer on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:08:00 PST

Just a Peeve

I've been trying to get my house organized, and have been getting rid of lots of crap that's been piling up over the last 9 years. This month - 2 mirrored closet doors. In order to get bulk trash pic...
Posted by Highlifer on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 05:15:00 PST

We Are the 80s

July 13, 2006. Madonna at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia.A few years back I saw Madonna and found the whole thing to be a bit hollow. But this tour was getting great reviews, and I'd enjoyed the brief ...
Posted by Highlifer on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:00:00 PST

the Music I'm too old for

Fall Out Boy. Love 'em. Know I'm old enough to be the mother of 90f their target audience but love 'em.Ridiculously gay dance music. Love it. Want to go to Ibiza and dance my ass off with all the othe...
Posted by Highlifer on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:17:00 PST

Coachella 2006

This year was different for a couple of reasons - we had more people with us being the biggie. of course, we are the "experts" so we know what time we need to leave to get there by a certain time, the...
Posted by Highlifer on Sun, 14 May 2006 12:48:00 PST

So NoTORious

So NoTORIous is a better show that The Sopranos. Discuss.OK, perhaps I exaggerate, but Tori has brought a cute breath of fresh air to my TV. The Paris Hilton joke. The pink donut joke. The "whole" jok...
Posted by Highlifer on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:09:00 PST

3 Generations of UK Rock

In 1986, I moved from Ohio to New York (well, actually Passaic, NJ) with my ex-junkie, skinhead, thief boyfriend, who was from there. It didn't work out (see ex-junkie, skinhead, thief)but it was grea...
Posted by Highlifer on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 05:41:00 PST