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About Me

avid reader, scavenger, juxtaposition junky, graphic designer, quilterWoo hoo! Going to see Mr. Thompson tomorrow night!

My Interests

Quilting/Collage, Reading, Aimless Exploration, Jogging, Pondering, Gallery Skimming, Music, Vernacular Culture/Art, Design

I'd like to meet:

Doers, thinkers, makers, writers, readers.

Music:

Richard (and Linda) Thompson, Animal Collective, Dirtbombs, Thelonious Monk, Camper Van Beethoven, Mingus, Panda Bear, Gillian Welch, Hank Williams, Sufjan Stevens, Lucinda Williams, Harry Nilsson, Toshi Reagon, Fruit Bats, Oakley Hall, Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, Yo La Tengo, Stones, Kinks, Fairport Convention, The Clash, Pogues, Holopaw, Oscar Pettiford, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, etc.

Movies:

Andrei Rublev, Cleo from 5 to 7, Wings of Desire, 400 Blows, Red White and Blue trilogy, Double Life of Veronique, ChungKing Express, Talk to Her

Books:

current: fiction: C. McCarthy "Suttree" non-fiction: E. Hirsch "The Demon and the Angel"

Heroes:

Bucky Fuller, Anni and Josef Albers, Effie Mae Howard

My Blog

Digging Sweet Warrior

Picking up my copy of Richard Thompson's latest today. Can't wait.f I ever get out of these shoesAnd I shrug off a skin or twoI'll come looking in the wasted placesBeat-up, last ditch rendezvousIf it ...
Posted by amy on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:58:00 PST

Top quilt finished!

The latest top quilt is now finished (but not ironed, as you can see). It was fun to make and I like the result. I am merrily obsessed with tiny, improvisational quilts.Starting a new one tonight......
Posted by amy on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST

designer airstream... I'm in love...

Design Within Reach is selling a custom airstream. If anyone is interested, my soul is for sale......
Posted by amy on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:07:00 PST

Digging Andrew Kuo

This dedicated blogger takes fandom to a new level. Kuo attends a series of concerts (recently sent by the NYT to all seven nights of Bright Eyes at Town Hall) and transforms his observations into col...
Posted by amy on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:09:00 PST

animal, animal, animal... meow!

going to see animal collective on friday... rawr! summer is here.
Posted by amy on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:08:00 PST

Digging Joey Lynch

Thanks to my friend Dave, I attended the Bright Eyes kick-off concert at Town Hall last night. It was a triple treat; the opening act was Gillian Welch and the guest artist Lou Reed. Of particular not...
Posted by amy on Sat, 26 May 2007 06:28:00 PST

happy jog

The days are finally long enough to jog in the waning sunlight. I couldn't think of anywhere I wanted to be other than where I was: Central Park jog...
Posted by amy on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:19:00 PST

Digging Andy Coolquitt

Absolutely love this fusion of architecture/art/craft. Images of his self-made/decorated home and thesis project:...
Posted by amy on Sun, 20 May 2007 06:16:00 PST

Digging Denise Carbonell

Denise Carbonell:and her beautiful shop/gallery on Stanton Street.Addendum: I was downtown this afternoon and decided to swing by the shop again. It was closed (she keeps irregular hours). I just had ...
Posted by amy on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:07:00 PST

Effie Mae Howard, nice to finally meet you

Flipping through the lastest issue of Selvedge, I saw images of my favorite artist/quilter, Rosie Lee Tompkins. I am saddened to see that she (now revealed to be Effie Mae Howard) passed in December, ...
Posted by amy on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:56:00 PST