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Adrianne Leigh

With ash in your mouth you'll ask it to burn again

About Me

I am kind, considerate, loving and talented. I like to play my banjo, Adeline, and with my pug, Stella.I am currently doing vocals in Shakes til' Sunday. I also have my own music with one Justo H.; nameth, Buffin. I will tell a story of later.

My Interests

banjos. geetars. voices (especially bud cort). cellos. drums. instruments. music. photography. wrists. old typewriters. toy cameras. polaroids. music. sewing. making clothes. thrifting. lots and lots and tons of butterscotch discs and mints. owls. wolves. fancypants. dirtypants. hot apple cider. cold apple cider. cold apple cider with cinnamon ice cream in it. thrift store finds. dresses. skirts. knee-high stockings. audrey hepburn. apple orchards. autumn. lake superior. up north. driving all night. road trips. friends. happiness. other people's happiness. meeting new people. love. hugs. cuddling. back tickles. giving tickles. being rocked. being read to. reading to others. my two amazing nephews. all children. all animals. making mix cd's for people. dancing. learning. sleeping. eating. making food. getting help without asking for it. the library. naps with loved ones. saying 'meow'. whiskey and orange juice. being tired enough to sleep. having enough energy to stay interested.livejournal/users/stellar_autumn.flickr.com/photo s/adrianneleigh.

Music:

old and in the way, lynyrd skynyrd, vaz, bootsy, george clinton and the pfunk, ac/dc, get up johns, angelworm, BTO, townes van zandt, john prine, swearing at motorists, kentucky gag order, silver jews, jason molina, songs: ohia, magnolia electric co., pyramid electric co., smog, will oldham, charlie parr, trampled by turtles, crash collision trio, patti smith, lonesome dan, iron and wine, gillian welch, ornette coleman, pavement, bob wills, etta james, belles of skin city, thunder in the valley, the winter blanket, failure, hum, the flying burrito brothers, built to spill, calvin johnson, phil elvrum, a.c. newman, jack kerouac, the delusions, the anomoanon, anders parker, richard buckner, elliott smith, roy orbison, elvis costello, andrew bird, damien jurado, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, dinah washington, sonic youth, vincent gallo, belle and sebastian, cat power, chan marshall, aretha franklin, ash - 1977 only, deftones, tool, a perfect circle, court and spark, barbara pittman, skip james, eels, edith frost, beachwood sparks, the flaming lips, elvis presley, the beatles, low, van morrison, bob dylan, tom waits, tom petty, clinic, jolie holland, bruce springsteen, kenny loggins, loggins and messina, bobbie jean barton, the byrds, gram parsons, kate wolf, dolly parton, emmylou harris, johnny cash, big bill broonzy, mississippi john hurt, coley jones, clarence ashley, uncle eck dunford, buster carter, the carter family, sacred harp, cab calloway, charlotte smith, centaur, ravi shankar, chicago, coke dares, handsome family, lynn morris, joanna newsom, chris issak, sun kil moon, death cab for cutie, creedence clearwater revival, crosby stills nash and young, neil young, neil young and crazy horse, leonard cohen, dan fogelberg, the cure, david bowie, devendra banhart, fiona apple, echo and the bunnymen, television, the finn brothers, gene autry, george clinton, woody guthrie, viper music, old southern revival/gospel/children music, gloria brady, espers, gorky's zygotic mynci, cannon's jug stompers, james taylor, the jayhawks, jeanne newman, maggie sue wimberly, magel priesman, jeff buckley, mogwai, radiohead, joni mitchell, judy collins, juanita brown, joy division, justo, knife in the water, willie nelson, the mountain goats, the kirby sisters, the langley schools music project, lenola, my bloody valentine, syd barrett, little wings, louis armstrong, outkast, miles davis, pete seeger, old and in the way, dave pajo, slint, shellac, native american music, lou barlow, lucinda williams, marvin gaye, mary lou lord, mary timony, merle haggard, mikki milan, mikki wilcox, miller sisters, nemo, my morning jacket, nick drake, nico, the velvet underground, patsy cline, patti smith, the nitty gritty dirt band, riders in the sky, pixies, placebo, polly jean harvey, plush, portishead, r.e.m., robert johnson, robert palmer, the rolling stones, simon & garfunkel, the smiths, sterling sisters, the stone roses, year of the rabbit, sun ra, sun volt, u.s. maple, sunny day real estate, sunrays, t-bone walker, rolling stones, the teenangels, nick cave, nick cave and the bad seeds, tindersticks, tom jones, james brown, the make up, the gossip, the townsel sisters, unbunny, the trashmen, bluegrass, viola james, wanda ballman, waylon jennings, the who, the zombies, yo la tengo, weezer, verbena, the rainbow connection song, raffi, pretty much lots of old and new, almost everyone on, drag city, palace, secretly candian, monitor and such, plenty of others ... a random sample

Movies:

a streetcar named desire, dream for an insomniac, jesus' son, all the real girls, the life aquatic with steve zissou, the royal tennenbaums, rushmore, rear window, high noon, the man with the golden arm, breakfast at tiffanys, roman holiday, how to steal a million, high spirits, the station agent, american movie, down by law, the tao of steve, the adventures of sebastian cole, drugstore cowboy, dummy, cq, the dreamers, baby boom, three men and a baby, curly sue, blue velvet, harold and maude, wet hot american summer, evil dead 2, army of darkness, night of the living dead, dawn of the dead, day of the dead, land of the dead, the graduate, clerks, mallrats, chasing amy, jay and silent bob strike back, rasing arizona, barton fink, fargo, o brother where art thou, the big lebowski, waiting for guffman, a mighty wind, this is spinal tap, best in show, ferris buellers day off, adventures in babysitting, trading places, better off dead, serendipity, high fidelity, fast times at ridgemont high, empire records, dazed and confused, big, cheech & chong, kids in the hall: brain candy, fletch, napolean dynamite, igby goes down, the ice storm, pee wees big adventure, swimming pool, slums of beverly hills, buffalo 66, my own private idaho, waking life, ghost world, american splendor, indian summmer, the shawshank redemption, the green mile, braveheart, dances with wolves, crumb, saving private ryan, amadeus, fried green tomatoes, the cutting edge, the elephant man, little women, beaches, dancer in the dark, wonder boys, naked lunch, ill finish this later

Television:

northern exposure, sifl and olly, deadwood (except for the parts where i have to cover my eyes), gilmore girls, stargate sg-1, vicar of dibley, the young ones, absolutely fabulous, sealab 2021, kids in the hall, open all hours, reno 911!, twin peaks, aqua teen hunger force, fraggle rock, roseanne, the adventures of pete and pete, sex and the city, american dad, family guy, A Film By Kirk

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Books:

Crime and Punishment, Notes From Underground, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, House of the Dead & Poor Folk, Eugene Onegin, Narrative and Lyrical Poetry (Pushkin), The Bell Jar, Running With Scissors, Dry, The Catcher in the Rye, Youth in Revolt, Wait Till Helen Comes, To Kill A Mockingbird, 1984, A Dog of Flanders, Heidi, Simple Abundance, Isn't It Romantic : 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets, Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Lullaby, Marabou Stork Nightmares, Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, Breakfast of Champions, The Acid House, Porno, A Child's Garden of Verses, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light In the Attic, On The Road, Dharma Bums, Big Sur, Desloation Angels, Visions of Cody, Subterraneans, Maggie Cassidy, Vanity of Duluoz, Junky, Naked Lunch, The Ticket That Exploded, Queer, The Cat Inside, Exterminator, Howl and Other Poems, Collected Poems 1947-1980 (Ginsberg), In a Winter City, Friendship (Ouida), The Nurnberg Stove, The Massarenes, A Leaf in the Storm, Muriella, Basic Country Skills, The Blank Slate, Ferdinand the Bull, Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's, The Fledgling, Winnie the Pooh, MANY OTHERS...

My Blog

tour almost over

and i am moving to santa fe as soon as school is over.
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:35:00 PST

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Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:30:00 PST

excuses

"All these horrors I've heard of during the Nurnberg process, these six million Jews, other thinking people or people of another race, who perished. That shocked me deeply. But I hadn't made the conne...
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:56:00 PST

i used to collect leeches as pets as a young girl. really.

What horrible Edward Gorey Death will you die? You will be sucked dry by a leech. I'd stay away from swimming holes, and stick to good old cement. Even if it does hurt like hell when your to...
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:03:00 PST

how disgusting people are

Please keep this circulating... You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car, and get inside.. Then you start the engine and shift into REVERSE, and you look into the rearview mirror to back out ...
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:35:00 PST

cancer

i watched my lovely grandfather waste away from it. i just saw my aunt delyte. what was left of her. her human form was no more. but i saw her or felt her there. i sat down. she just kept touching my...
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 04:29:00 PST

rain

what is wrong with me? i cannot sleep. it is raining out. my stella is on my tummy, snoring as she should. i should be asleep... but i can hear the wind in the trees outside. and i am lonely. there...
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:31:00 PST

you went years without me

might as well keep going now. so sick about how things went on last night i am at home tonight, crying into my special chocolate milk mix out of a sippy cup. you should try it. Liquid = 1/4 half and h...
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:34:00 PST

I could not want this more. ever.


Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:20:00 PST

it is time to start moving forward

stop holding onto lockets of photos of departed loves. stop wishing on stars as they are headlights, step out of the way. start making today mine. i wish i knew how to do all of this and i dont believ...
Posted by Adrianne Leigh on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:25:00 PST