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Angeliska

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About Me



Come dance with us! Check out the GADJO DISKO FOTOS!

My Interests

abandoned buildings, abnormal psychology, accents, albinism, alchemy, alma-tadema, amsterdam, angela carter, anomalies, antiques, art nouveau, austin osman spare, automatic writing, balkan brass bands, beets, bibliomancy, biddenden maids, black honey, blue star boy, bombay sapphire, bookbinding, brocade, broken glass, bula, bulgarian singing, c'est soir ou jamais, cabaret revoltaire, calligraphy, carnivorous plants, chandeliers, chinese acrobats, cicadas, cobalt blue glass, cocteau twins, confederacy of dunces, dada, darconville's cat, dental deformities, dolls, dragostea din tei, dreaming, duino elegies, edward gorey, eggshells, egon schiele, epistolatory novels, erik satie, fairytales, fireworks, flneurs, folie deux, forests, fracas, frippery, frivolity, frogs, gerard de nerval, ginger-ale, goats, gogol bordello, gormenghast, grotesque art, gypsy culture and music, hamlet machine, handwriting analysis, hans bellmer, haunted grottoes, honeybees, icicles, ink, invisible theater, irises, jan ..vankmajer, japanese magnolias, jean delville, jeu du thaumatrope, joseph cornell, katan amano, la anima sola, lalique, languages, laure, letters, lolita lempicka, louise brooks, luilekker-land, mao, maxfield parrish blue, maya deren, meatcake, mechant loup, midgets, mina loy, moss, motherless children, moths, my blue bicycle, mycology, narwhals, nepenthes, nita and zita, obscure hagiography, oddfellows, O.E.S., opal whiteley, owls, parasols, parlour games, patchwork, peacocks, perfidy, poisoning, pomegranates, pre-raphaelite art, puppets, reliquaries, remedios varo, richard dadd, romani rights, rootabaga stories, saint snow white, siamese twins, sideshow, simplicissimus, sister my sister, skeleton keys, snails, snowflakes, spiral staircases, spirit mediums, staring, stars and garters, sunt eu -un haiduc, tanglewood apothecary, tea for two, teratology, the carter family, the montauk project, the snow queen, the symbolists, things mediaeval, tilleul, topiary creatures, toy pianos, transfiguration, veuvage, watts towers, winged things, withnail and i, wolves, wood violets, wraeththu

I'd like to meet:

long-lost relatives, pets, BABA-YAGA, houseboys, vassals, bejeweled madams, toothsome wenches, wealthy patrons, wizened dukes, fetal pigs, fairy godmothers, otherworldly beings, POLYGLOTS, midgets, intelligent children, the lucid elderly, HAPLESS HOYDENS, strumpets, twins, goats, sea-dragons.

Music:

death in june, curent 93, coil, carter family, camerata mediolanense, cocteau twins, carter family, creatures, cranes, arvo part, nina simone, antony and the johnsons, tigerlilies, novy svet, hank williams sr., nature and organization, leonard cohen, scott walker, slowdive, hedningarna, valya balkanska, rasputina, yann tiersen, diamanda galas, moon lay hidden beneath a cloud, der blutharsch, residents, amber asylum, kate bush, cat power, roxy music, the centimeters, ratty scurvics, tara vanflower, mediaeval baebes, miranda sex garden, qntal, estampie, pale saints, bel canto, rachel's, nico, colin newman, brian eno, new order, michael hurley, baby rosebud, angelo badalamenti, julee cruise, black heart procession, gry, legendary pink dots, swans, angels of light, jarboe, bongwater, cowboy junkies, mazzy star, st. mary's, gogol bordello, taraf de haidouks, joanna newsom, loretta lynn, wanda jackson, serge gainsbourg, tom waits, caetano veloso, esma redzepova, kitka, hank williams, amy annelle, ralph white, mariee sioux, karen dalton

Movies:

Before The Rain (Prez Dozdot), Come and See, I Am Dina, Orlando, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Forbidden Zone, Latcho Drom, Gormenghast, City of Lost Children, Les Temps Du Gitanes, Naked, Cyclo, Fallen angels, The Tin Drum, Festen, The Idiots, Gummo, Equus, Ichi the Killer, Battle Royale, Lemora, Spiderbaby, Tarnation, Latcho Drom, Underground, The Exorcist, Delicatessen, Valerie and her Week of Wonders, Dear Wendy, Pan's Labyrinth

Television:

The Mighty Boosh

Books:

Angela Carter, Ian McEwan, William Gibson, Herrbjorg Wassmo, A.S. Byatt, E.T.A. Hoffman, Lord Dunsany, Jeanette Winterson, Edward Lear, Edward Gorey, John Kennedy Toole, Alexander Theroux, Mervyn Peake, James Purdy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Sarah Waters, Rosamund Purcell, Truman Capote, David Mitchell

Heroes:

Amy Goodman, Brad Will, Helen Hill, Doris Eaton, Klaus Nomi, Joseph Cornell, Edward Gorey, Louise Brooks, Studs Terkel, Hilda Satt-Polacheck, Nadia Sibirskaia, Hannah Hoch, Hank Williams Sr., Loretta Lynn, Ruth Miller, Charles Lessing Polacheck, Vi Landry, Bill Moss Outlaw Boss, Old Gregg
Mardi Gras Indians.
Ancient witches.
Century girls.
Mermaid lovers.
Redheads.

My Blog

Summerfluff

About a week ago, I set out on an adventure..I intended it to be only a minor one-Black Sabbath Brunch at Dominique's houseand then a little junking at the Citywide Garage Sale..I was a wee bit sleepy...
Posted by Angeliska on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:52:00 PST

GADJO DISKO!

GADJO DISKO EASTERN BLOC PARTY!SATURDAY JUNE 14TH 9PM SHARP-2AMAT RHIZOME KOLLECTIV - 300 ALLEN ST.Find it south of E. 5th St. between Springdale + Pleasant Valley..LIVE ACTS BEGIN 9PM SHARP!FAITH DEL...
Posted by Angeliska on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:11:00 PST

Take a walk with me..

This is the face of an accomplished woman. My wee jaunt to Indiana was no mere pleasure trip-(though lovely and lackadaisical in the the extreme it was indeed) the journey was occasioned by the gradua...
Posted by Angeliska on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:41:00 PST

Indianana

Time-machine transmogrification and too little sleep take me somewhere I've never been before, I fall asleep in one city and awaken in another.I finally get to visit Casa Francesca,a magical abode st...
Posted by Angeliska on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:37:00 PST

A Letter From Vi

This janky thing won't let me post here,for some reason..Instead, go to:http://angeliska.livejournal.com/79641.html
Posted by Angeliska on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:00:00 PST

Vi Landry R.I.P.

I just found out that my friend Vi Landry died today.She was driving to Alabamafrom New Orleans.It was a head-on collision.She was killed instantly.This morning, she waswalking her dad's dogalong the ...
Posted by Angeliska on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:42:00 PST

Krewe of Eris - The Swarm

On the Sunday before Mardi Gras,the street were overtaken by agorgeous swarm of insects-The Krewe of Eris!This convivial promenade of bugs and beetles reminded me of The Butterfly Ball,both the poem b...
Posted by Angeliska on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:01:00 PST

Lundi Gras Valentine

The road back through the bayou began at the bank,fraught with all the typical mercury in retrograde shenanigans..Luckily, these snaggles were all swiftly dispatchedwith relative calm and the rest of ...
Posted by Angeliska on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:21:00 PST

Hibernation Station

She used to wear her hair like you except when she was sleeping, and then she'd weave it on a loom of smoke and gold and breathing. Escape by Amy EarlesShe is one of my favorite artists.All I wan...
Posted by Angeliska on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:35:00 PST

The New Year

The Blanchette is a goat-fairy who appears on New Year's Eve to bestow blessings upon a household. She comes bearing two babies, one is sweet and rosy-cheeked and crowned with a garland of blossoms....
Posted by Angeliska on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:12:00 PST