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laura ortman

i can hear the whistles blowin

About Me

WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE BORN IN WHITERIVER, ARIZONA. I GREW UP IN ALTON, ILLINOIS ALONGSIDE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AND NOW I'VE BEEN HERE IN NEW YORK SINCE 1997.I'M A MUSICIAN OF THE DUST DIVE (ELECTRIC GUITAR, VIOLIN, VOCALS, SAMPLES, PIAN0) BASED HERE IN BROOKLYN WITH BRYAN ZIMMERMAN AND KEN SWITZER. WE'RE RECORDING OUR 2ND ALBUM CURRENTLY WITH JASON LOEWENSTEIN (SEBADOH, FIERY FURNACES). IT'S DREAMY TIME.RECORDED A DUST DIVE-ISH SOLO ALBUM IN 2006 NAMED "TENS OF THOUSANDS" IN 2006 WITH MARTIN BISI.I'VE PLAYED WITH STARS LIKE FLEAS, TOBY DAMMIT ON HIS SOUNDTRACK FOR THE MOVIE "APPLE JACK", BEE + FLOWER, NATIONAL BRAID INCLUDING CREATING A LIVE SOUNDTRACK ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE 1929 SILENT FILM "REDSKIN" BY VICTOR SCHLESINGER, JUDE WEBRE (BASS) AND SHAWN BOSLER (ELECTRIC GUITAR).ASIDE FROM ALL THE MUSIC... I LOVE TO GO CAMPING AND HIKING...ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINS WITH VISTAS, TREE CANOPIES, WATERFALLS, CAVES, FIELDS, THE FANTASY BONFIRE AND WAKING UP BRIGHTEYED FOR COFFEE. I WORK AS A HAIRSTYLIST AT THE BEEHIVE WHICH IS NUTSOS, BUT I LOVE WORKING IN BROOKLYN! I SUPPOSE MY LIFE IS DIVIDED BETWEEN MAKING MUSIC, ART, FRIENDS, GOING TO MUSIC SHOWS, WALKING, PARTAYING, MY FAMILY...AND THE BLESSED SLEEPING.

My Interests

VEGETARIAN FOOD,BEAUTIFULLY DERANGED MUSIC

I'd like to meet:

ALL MY RELATIVES

Music:

THE PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT TCHAIKOWSKY THE KRONOS QUARTET SONIC YOUTH JOHNNY CASH SWAMP DOGG CREEDANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL MISSION OF BURMA ELK CITY LESTER YOUNG KEIJI HAINO ROY ORBISON GORECKI ROXY MUSIC LORREN MAZZACANE CONNORS CAFE TACUBA SEBADOH BIG PUN THE ZOMBIES OSVALDO GOLIJOV THE RONETTES GEORGE CRUMB LOVE DMX J.S. BACH MY FUN TARAF DE HAIDOUKS BEETHOVEN NEIL YOUNG DAVID BOWIE ELLA FITZGERALD SHOSTAKOVICH SUN RA DVORAK THOMAS MAPFUMO SIDNEY BECHET THE CHURCH THE SUPREMES SARAH CHANG YEHUDI MENUHIN COCTEAU TWINS TOM WAITS SILVER SUMMIT NEW ORDER STARS LIKE FLEAS THE ORB THELONIUS MONK BILLIE HOLIDAY BOB DYLAN JIMI HENDRIX ITZHAK PERLMAN PIXIES THE SMITHS GUIDED BY VOICES LOS FABULOSOS CADILLACS PUBLIC ENEMY THE DOUBLE VIKTORIA MULLOVA BJORK DEVOTCHKA JOSHUA BELL LATITUDE/LONGITUDE DAVID HARRINGTON PRINCE SKEETER DAVIS ARCHER PREWITT SOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES BLONDE REDHEAD HANK WILLIAMS M. WARD JOY DIVISION ARVO PART HANK WILLIAMS THE DUST DIVE

Movies:

CONVERSION (BY MY GOOD FRIEND NANOBAH BECKER) FOUR SHEETS TO THE WIND (BY STERLIN HARJO) KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS HEART OF GOLD THE KING NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN(TALS) AIRPLANE NANOOK OF THE NORTH REDSKIN KIEWSLOWSKI'S DECALOGUE SEVERAL ANIMAL DOCUMENTARIES ANTANARJUAT BABE PIG IN THE CITY DEAD MAN WIM WENDERS BABE BJORK VIDEOS

Television:

no like.

Books:

"DON'T LET THE SUN STEP OVER YOU" BY EVA TULENE WATT SHERMAN ALEXIE'S "FLIGHT". A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN LOUIS OWENS, ALL THOSE NATURE BOOKS BY DIANE ACKERMAN ARE AWESOME, ANTON CHEKOV JOHN FANTE HUBERT SELBY JR. KINGSOLVER PETE HAMILL HOWARD ZINN SHERMAN ALEXIE JONATHAN LETHEM YEHUDI MENUHIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY ESPECIALLY TOO. I LOVE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, BOB DYLAN'S CHRONICLES VOLUME 1 DAVID SEDARIS I HAVE SEVERAL NATIVE ANTHOLOGIES.....THEY ARE AWESOME!

Heroes:

MY GRANDMA, VIRGINIA HUMMER, the original violinist and smile PATRICK MC CARTHY AND JASON LOEWENSTEIN HAVE BEEN PERFECT!

My Blog

THE DUST DIVE EUROPEAN TOUR ITINERARY...JIC YER IN THE ’HOOD! (HEH-HEH!)

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE ADVENTURES AND TRAVELS! ESPECIALLY NEW FRIENDS, GREAT COFFEE AND WORLDLY MOMENTS.THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS, WE'RE READY TO PLAY!!!MUCH LOVE, LAU...
Posted by laura ortman on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:25:00 PST

THERE’S NO NUTSHELL JUST PEACES

BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE FRAGILITY OF ALL THIS....IT'S BEEN ROCKIN HOW MYSPACE HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN KEEPIN MORE N DIRECT CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY...TO HAVE A VISUAL IMAGE IN MY PSYCHE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPEN...
Posted by laura ortman on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:17:00 PST

LOVE AMERICAN INDIAN STYLE...

...this morning i had a dream that my grandma was asleep but also awake saying to all of us to go on and enjoy ourselves. she is gone but forever and always smiling, loving and optimistic. my grandma ...
Posted by laura ortman on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:40:00 PST

THE DUST DIVE FLASH in OTHER MUSIC'S FEATURED NEW RELEASES!

THE DUST DIVE FLASHTENS OF THOUSANDS(FREE103POINT9)OTHER MUSIC UPDATE 1/11/2007:I acquired a self-released version of this album late last year and was pretty bowled over by it. In fact it's probably ...
Posted by laura ortman on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:53:00 PST