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Brandan Dean

Look hearts for hope like puddles under coats.

About Me

The alchemy of an accident.
Just a heartbeat, but think what I could be.

My Interests

ARTWORKS OF: Gottfried Helnwein {Seonna Hong} Space Invader {Amedeo Modigliani} Vanessa Prager {Souther Salazar} Jeana Sohn {Rachell Sumpter} PHOTOGRAPHY OF: Josh Argyle {Lionel Deluy (commercial)} Alex Prager {Tegan Zimmerman} ACTION OF: Maggie Cheung Man Yuk {Dustin Hoffman} Jean Pierre Léaud {Tony Leung Chiu Wai} Sean Penn {Ken Rothwell} HUMOR OF: Dave Chappelle {Lee Evans} Eddie Izzard {Bobby Lee} MISCELLANEOUS: Hammer Museum {The unforgettable beauty of Natalie H.} A Litchfield Hotdog for lunch {Madden NFL Football (fill in the year) Xbox} Nic Harcourt (KCRW) {Tom Leykis (in small doses) (FREEFM)} Adam Carolla (Radio Show) {Balderdash} Tribond {The Fashion of Jared Gold (Black Chandelier)} Paris, France {Asian Culture}

I'd like to meet:

My parents’ at my age.

Music:

Badly Drawn Boy{Andrew Bird} Anthony and the Johnsons {Beirut} Benji Hughes {Brian Jonestown Massacre} Brightblack Morning Light {Broken Social Scene} Casiotone for the Painfully Alone {Charlie Wadhams} Cold War Kids {Damien Rice} Devandra Banhart {Garrett Pierce} Grizzly Bear {Guillemots} Infadels {Jesca Hoop} Lavender Diamond {Mellowdrone} M.I.A. {Nic Nell} Oasis {Radiohead} Royksopp {Sondre Lerche} Sunshine Underground {The Ditty Bops} The Verve {Wilco}

Movies:

Wong Kar-Wai: In the Mood for Love {Anthony Minghella: The Talented Mr. Ripley} Cameron Crowe: Say Anything {Chris Smith: American Movie} Francois Truffaut: The 400 Blows, Antoine & Collette/Les Mistons (shorts), Stolen Kisses {Jean-Luc Godard: Band of Outsiders, Breathless} Ken Lonergan: You Can Count on Me {Larry Charles: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan} Michael Haneke: The Piano Teacher {John Frankenheimer, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Guy Ritchie, Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Woo, Joe Carnahan: The Hire Series by BMW} Philip Kaufman: Quills {Richard Linklater: Waking Life}

Television:

Ricky Gervais: The Office (BBC series) {The Bachelor: Paris (ABC)} Ken Burns: Baseball (PBS) {David Chappelle: Chappelle's Show (COMEDY CENTRAL)} Hell's Kitchen: Season One (FOX) {Saturday Night Live (NBC)} Unscripted (HBO) {Wife Swap (ABC)}

Books:

AUTHORS: Ernest Hemingway {Emily Bronte} Albert Camus {Harold Clurman: Complete Works: The Fervent Years} Paulo Coelho: The Alchemnist: Manual of the Warrior of Light {Fyodor Dostoyevsky} Lajos Egri: The Art of Creative Writing: The Art of Dramatic Writing {Bret Easton Ellis} Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Tipping Point {Joseph Heller: Catch-22} Michel Houellebecq: Atomised (aka: The Elementary Particles) {Scott Huntsman} Elia Kazan: A Life {Jack Kerouac} Liam Litchfield: The Observational Humor (Blogs) of: {David Mamet} Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude {Yann Martel: Life of Pi} Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology {Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front} Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince {J.D. Salinger} Sun Tzu: Art of War {Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States (1492-Present)} POETS: William Blake {Emily Dickinson} Allen Ginsberg: Howl {Erik Blake Halpin} PLAYWRIGHTS: Edward Albee {Samuel Beckett} Eric Bogosian {Bertolt Brecht} David Mamet {Molière(Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)} Don Petersen: Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? {David Rabe} George Bernard Shaw {Sam Shepard} MAGAZINES: Architectural Digest {Esquire} Giant Robot {Penny-Ante} COMICS: David Mack: Kabuki {Brian K. Vaughan: Y: The Last Man}

Heroes:

See above.

My Blog

Check out this event: Brandan Halpin in SUBWAY SERIES opens Friday!

Hosted By: brandan halpinWhen: Apr 11, 2008 8:00 PMWhere: Theatre 685419 Sunset Blvd Suite D, California|5 90027United StatesDescription:brandan halpin Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:09:00 PST

Calm the Lamb

Calm the Lamb Slow its breaths Resolve its bleats Its fear of death The slaughterhouse Is so well kept The blood of Christ Is sewer swept Calm the Girl Slow her breaths Resolve her doubts For fear if ...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:54:00 PST

The Forest in my Mind

Could you stay To put away The forest in my mind? The brown in greens Can make me mean Without a path to side The knoll the hill The daffodils Are growing all the time After I close me eyes? Yes,...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:42:00 PST

Hipster Fiend

Black. Black. Black. Black&Black jacket on an OrientalDream&Lips, lips, lips, lips on a cigarette,Talking 'bout quittingNext week&Bing. Bing. Bing. Bing&Piano intro playsA song we haven't heardFor wee...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:23:00 PST

Andrea

I'm so alone and I can't go home. My home left home when I was twelve years old. Thus broken, I uprooted, pack traveled, felt the winds blows Found shelter, grew stronger, learn to forget my own. Miss...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:06:00 PST

Asian Baby

Asian baby Bubble size In the rivers of my mind Ebb the current Brave the tide. Asian baby Bubble size. ...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:06:00 PST

All you Lovers

All you lovers with your relationships I fucking hope you die of them. Shabby stitch-work done at the hips. When better shows up, you'll bleed again.  That's the only way. That's the only way. &n...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:05:00 PST

Summer Girl(s)

Anna (I want to wear your smile to bed.)   Your darling accent Yeah is really knocks me out. I can't help from having Your jet black hair Dance about my mind. And when I leave you I wish to be be...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:32:00 PST

Rosemont

Remember usDressed in blue and grey.My tie matched the skylineYour shoes matched the bay.That dayOh how the wind did blowIt chilled these bonesColored your cheeks rose.That nightI'll not fo...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:11:00 PST

Toy Doll

A lonesome toy dollSet within a cellBars can't coverHer dirtiness prevails.In one hand she holds the worldIn the other is her heartShe'd trade them bothFor a fresh start.How comeHer jailer is now...
Posted by Brandan Dean on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:52:00 PST