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Amanda Crumley

About Me

"I'm good at being uncomfortable so I can't stop changing all the time." Fiona Apple"One of the things about art is you give people an excuse to take some time, to be quiet, and pay attention to something, and maybe under the guise of enjoyment, think about important things in life."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/22/2005
Band Website: amandacrumley.com
Band Members: The Bandits: Sean "grab it like you want it" Archer, vocals;Jess "Birchberry" Birch- drums;Dan "who's your daddy" Effland- guitar;Dave "gonna rock you" Saenger- guitar;Jana "hot for teacher" Martin- vocals;Scott "A for Attitude" Tipping- guitar/ mandolin;Mariama "sister transistor" Torruella- vocals/fiddle;Bob "1-5-1-5-1-5-1-5...1" Lovecchio- bass
Influences: Way too many to list! Well, okay. Twist my arm: Joao Gilberto, Luciana Souza, Nina Simone, Kurt Elling, Prince, Chaka Khan, the Police, the Beatles, Caetano Veloso, Joyce, Stevie Wonder, Allison Krauss and Union Station, Maurice Ravel, Villa-Lobos, Gabriel Faure, Dolly Parton, Roberta Flack, Grazyna Auguscik, Carmen McRae,Tori Amos, Erykah Badu, Toots Theilmans, R.E.M., Gretchen Parlato, James Taylor, the Dixie Chicks, Nando Lauria, Shawn Colvin, Duncan Sheik, Bill Evans, Milton Nasciemento, Notorious B.I.G, Zapp and Roger, Djavan, Beastie Boys, Antonio Carlos Jobim! and many, many, many, MANY more.... Dude! Nickel Creek, Chris Thile, Fiona Apple, my amazing friends, the Punch Brothers, Feist, Gillian Welch, Leaf Bird, Leslie Hunt...cute, wonderful man-boys...
Sounds Like: Salt n Pepa
Record Label: I was supposed to put labels on these?

My Blog

This is for you, Nicole Maynard!

Hi, this is kind of a random blog, only really meant for one person who may never read it. My friend Nicole Maynard that I knew for a year in high school contacted me recently via myspace and I was s...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:55:00 GMT

Things I miss, fashion tidbits, more experiences..

Hai dess, ki dess. (Breathe in, breathe out) Those were all the words I needed to understand at my yoga class the other day--all of the classes are in Japanese, but this particular instructor spoke E...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:56:00 GMT

My day off...

As I sit here listening to my favorite, Joao Gilberto, I am a stranger in a strangely familiar land. Brazilian music feels like home to me, and surprisingly, so do many of my surroundings here in Jap...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:51:00 GMT

Nagoya, second paragraph in the first chapter

Minesan, konbahnwa! (Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!) Well, it's not so much evening now as morning, no matter. What I really enjoy is that when I'm posting this blog, I get to change the date t...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:10:00 GMT

Jet lag is real.

Hello from Nagoya, Japan, everyone! Or, should I say, konnichiwa! Why am I blogging, you ask, when I could be out on the town right now? Well, perhaps its because I just woke up from an unintended ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Shut up and Sing

Hi y'all~ I have just got to say that I just watched the Dixie Chicks' documentary, "Shut Up and Sing," and that I am incredibly moved by these women in an all-encompassing way.  Say what you wil...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:51:00 GMT

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