Driving aimlessly with the windows down, Swap meets & Flea Markets, Rose Bowl, Long Beach, Flashlights & Coffee, Southern Cal History especially Los Angeles, Stone Lithography, Ephemera, Advertising Collectibles, Mountain Biking, Surfing, California Watercolors, Ken Burns, New York City (recent obsession), Swap Meets, Redemption of a tumultous life, Turn of the Century Cigar and Citrus Labels, Transcending a Broken.......... & those rocking nyc galsPAPERADDICTION
A MIRACLE WORKER ORA Siren, Human females from the head to the waist, and then birdlike below that. Sometimes depicted as being a woman's head on a bird's body, or as a woman, or as part woman, part fish (like a Mermaid or a Nereid, but with the singing ability. Features They sing beautiful songs, that lure men in. Alternatively, the songs might lull them to sleep, and then the sirens can kill them easily. In Greek mythology, the three named Sirens were Parthenope, Ligea, and Leucosia, although there are different versions that number varies from 2 to 8 Although similar and equally dangerous, Sirens are generally considered more attractive and pleasant than Harpies. More The Sirens were first mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (although their appearance is not described by him.) Odysseus had his ship's crew put wax in their ears to block the Sirens' songs, while he was lashed to the mast so he could hear them sing. In another story, Orpheus was able to beat the Sirens' song, by playing his own music which was even more pleasing than theirs.
R.L. Burnside, Big Joe Turner, Weirdos, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, Ozomatli, Green Day, Bad Religion, Al Dimeola, The Clash, Crystal Method, Tom Waits, Ramones, Johnny Cash, Circle Jerks, Nofx, Otis Redding, Paul Butterfield, Van Morrison, White Stripes, Agent Orange, Chet Baker, Robert Cray, Miss Billie Holiday, Patti Smith, The Addicts, Clutch, Black FlagPAPERADDICTION
Big Fish, Once upon a time in New York (Must have been a freudian slip) "America", The Decline, Shawshank Redmption, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sweet smell of success, Schindler's List, Chinatown (any movies with old LA), City of God, Apocalypse Now, Millers Crossing, more later... House of games...PAPERADDICTION
History Channel, Curb your enthusiasm, Bravo, IFC, The Office UK, Extras, Antique Roadshow, Huel Howsers california gold, Entourage, Sopranos
California Watercolors 1850-1970 by Gordon McClelland & Jay T. Last, La Reina Los Angeles in three centuries, California Calls you the art of promoting the golden state 1870-1940, Cinema year by year, Big Blue Sleeping Pill Book, Sonny's Blues James Baldwin, Thomas Brothers Map Book, The four agreementsPAPERADDICTION
Frank Lloyd Wright, Jimmy Stewart, Howard Roark