making art...looking at art...talkin 'bout art and other stuff there's no real answer to...letting my imagination run wild...playing music...listening to music, especially crazy-good guitar playing...sewing...wondering about the way of the world in general...the ocean, and everything about it...tattoos...camping in the woods ...interesting conversation...birds, recently i'm fascinated with them...interesting people (and really, who isn't?)...traveling...summertime...oh, i'm spearheading a campaign to keep letter-writing (with pen and paper) alive and well...i love to laugh...i love to dance...i love when other people laugh..and dance for that matter...being the hippest mom in the world...being inspired daily by the mundane that no one seems to notice...walkin real slow, i never understood the whole speed walking phenomenon- that's gotta be boring as hell, why not just run?...see my art at www.ashleymccoy.com
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars…†– Jack Kerouac
music has been and continues to be such a driving force in my life that i am not even sure how to approach this...anything that moves me one way or another...i'm new here, so i'll eventually roll out a list of some of my faves, although this could take weeks, possibly months. there's music i like to dance to, there's music that gives me the chills, there's live music, in the car driving music, makin' out music, workin' out music, music to paint to, in-love music, out-of-love music, rainy day music, on the beach music, in the woods music, on the subway music... yadayadayada... if you've actually read through all this crap then you must be pretty serious about music... so lemme reward you by tellin you bout some of my local faves, cause damn...these humans are gettin it done, and they're all real good folks: in no particular order, if you're around to see any of these cats, you should give your five bucks and go... calf mountain jam, scott murray, SP511, poppa groove bone, todd schlabach, greg ward, william walter and company, moneypenny, nathan neff and torque, sons of bill, the bridge, deuces wild, the dirty dishes, kelly brown, red river rollercoaster, virginia coalition, valkyrie, justin jones, u-melt, fountainhead... and my goodness if there's someone i need to see let me know.
mostly depends on the mood i'm in. here's someplace to start: casablanca (fave of all time), it's a wonderful life (me and my dad have a good cry at this each christmas...damn we love that clarence!), to kill a mockingbird, charlottes web (love the book too), friday (ahh, freshman year, when i didn't have shit to do), sound of music ( i always used to wish i was a vantrap), blow, casino (ginger shows up in my artwork sometimes...what a badass), leaving las vegas, secretary, the last waltz (sends chills through my spine...why couldn't i have been there for that?), finding neverland, and...of course, the best worst movie ever made, point break...
alas...i regret to inform all of you that the comcast guy caught on to my free cable...damn! oh well, spring is coming...i'd rather be in the yard.
love books. also love magazines. and crossword puzzles. and manuals for some reason. with diagrams.
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