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The Dark Lady

Shakespeare & Heavy Metal...To Be or Not To Be

About Me

I am a heavy metal/hard rock ex-journalist and ex-editor of two East Coast magazines: ROX Magazine and The Mighty Decibel. Lived through the '80s and '90s, wrote about the insanity and decadence and survived!

Now I write articles about travel and history and I am a Shakespeare addict! Talk about eclectic tastes! So, when I spend my time in England, I am either at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre or Stratford-Upon-Avon or in a club banging my head or in a mosh pit! I am currently single, but I would marry the first Englishman, Scotsman or Welshman that would ask me so I could get my red passport.
Currently I am studying to be a librarian and I work at a library at the Help Desk. I just adore the feel of a book in my hands! And I am also a co-owner of a vintage online clothing and kitsch store: Beehive Hons Polyester Palace and Vintage Kitsch.

My Interests

Shakespearean theatre

musical theatre; photography; visual arts; thrift store shopping; vintage clothing; travel; hiking; rock 'n' roll; movies; Buddhism; writing; reading; Arthurian legend

I'd like to meet:

Compassionate people; an Englishman, Scotsman or Welshman interested in marrying an unusual American; the Dalai Lama; people with an interest in Shakespeare; John Waters

Music:

The Ramones

The Who; Beatles; Aerosmith; Sex Pistols; Queensryche; Def Leppard; Iron Maiden; Hanoi Rocks; The Wildhearts; Towers of London; KIX; New Model Army; AC/DC; Guns N Roses; Megadeth; Iggy Pop and the Stooges; The Clash; Motley Crue (early stuff); Faith No More; Jane's Addiction; Sweet; Metallica (early stuff); Mother Love Bone; Lillian Axe; Bon Jovi; Boston; Rolling Stones; Barry Manilow (it's true!); Frank Sinatra; Johnny Cash; Clannad; Chieftains; any Broadway show tunes

Movies:

Hairspray, Cry Baby, Pecker, Serial Mom, Breakfast at Tiffany's; A Man For All Season; Shakespeare In Love; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Star Wars (IV, V and VI); Spaceballs

The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Billy Elliot; The Full Monty; Braveheart; Camelot; Harry Potter and the whatevers (liked 'em all); Vertigo; Robin Hood: Men In Tights; Rear Window; Motorcycle Diaries; The Pillow Book; Trainspotting; Moulin Rouge; Chicago; Kung Fu Hustle; Jesus Christ Superstar; Hair; Rent; Henry V (Kenneth Branagh); Hamlet (Branagh); Much Ado About Nothing; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Fiddler on the Roof; Citizen Kane; Four Weddings and a Funeral; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Monty Python's Life of Brian; A Fish Called Wanda; Elizabeth; Little Voice

Television:

That 70s Show; Homicide: Life on the Streets; CSI; As Time Goes By; Monty Python's Flying Circus; Mister Bean; Black Adder; Vicar of Dibley

Books:

Anything written by William Shakespeare; Trainspotting; all the Harry Potter books; Memoirs of a Geisha; The Lord of the Rings; The Stand; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Great Gatsby; The Once and Future King; About A Boy; Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Gandhi, Guatama Buddha; William Shakespeare; peace activists; JFK; George Lucas