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nicky

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Gemini sun + Capricorn Rising, in case that explains anything. I like horror pictures + Westerns as well as art films. Writing songs + singing them is my idea of a good time. I read alot & I know that's boring. I enjoy cooking savories. Love is Ichiro the hellcat + Schatzi, la largesse (r.i.p. + in our dreams)

My Interests

Books-music-movies. Weekend warrior. International kitties. Going to shows. Doing cut-ups. Perusing Sight & Sound + listening to NPR. Horrorscopes. Insights from conversation + collaboration. Gin + bad wine. Cooking seasonal vegetables + tofu. Playing guitar + singing songs. Active memberships in basalt + Fistfight.

I'd like to meet:

Aesthetic wanderers. Weekly readers. Harmonists. Hobbyist engineers. Movie buffs. 5 speed enthusiasts. Contemplation theorists. Mix tape masters. Camel cricket wranglers. Spice gurus. Voluntary seekers. Designated drivers. Lead guitar players who channel the infinite. Anyone beguiled by the creative. Those who like ELO + int'l psych sounds.

Music:

Local bands rule, for real. Easy Listening. Futuristic Dragon & Scary Monsters, Dionne Warwick, Roxy Music, Dots & Loops, Francoiz Breut, Alice Coletrane r.i.p., Midnight Movies, Ashrae Fax, Tindersticks, Gainsbourg, Broadcast, Forever Changes rules, Otis Redding slow jams, Air, Blonde Redhead, Broadcast, Mezcalhead, Caetano Veloso, Sketches of Spain, classic rock & stuff with a beat that you can dance to.

Movies:

International & obscure cinema. Camp. Bad Action. Sci-fi. Westerns. Thrillers. Drug Culture. Indie. J-horror. Heavy Gore. Irreverent Comedies. Biopics. Documentaries. Directors: Wong Kar-wai, Takashi Miike, David Lynch, Lars von Trier, Nicholas Roeg, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, D. Cronenberg, Almodovar, Wim Wenders, Catherine Breillat, Bruno Dumont, Michael Hanake.

Television:

dvd/vhs. Netflix. WUAG. public radio.

Books:

Reading is Fundamental (nerd)....I like sci-fi, Japanese culture, international lit, philosophical mystery, beat, travelogue, surrealist romance, music bios, subculture. Faves include Ryu Murakami, William Gibson, Mary Gaitskill, Kundera, Houellebeq, Hubert Selby Jr, Kafka, Roland Barthes, Vollmann. Soho Crime, Semiotext(e), AK Press

My Blog

Wednesday Horrorscope

More sage stuff from M Lutin: 29 MAY Imagine mood and behavior as a musical composition venus rising above the sun with mercury and ceres are the treble- soprano and alto. They help you feel airy, ful...
Posted by nicky on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:34:00 PST

Horrorscope of the Day

Sunday 17 Good question this week something rather dark will be happening but since we are not protohumans we don't have to look up at the sky and freak out when the moon disappears and shouldn't bu...
Posted by nicky on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:37:00 PST

Lyrical Calamity

basalt has been in collaborative negotiations with Aldous Huxtable & while I'd been given my homework long ago, the muses hadn't visited until last night.  Here are the words that transpired:...
Posted by nicky on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:44:00 PST

Film Review: Control

Control is finally in Gso, playing at the Carousel. Opening yesterday, I was stoked enough to see the 9.30 showing along with the 4 other devotees. The film is a biopic about the seminal years of...
Posted by nicky on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:33:00 PST

Sight & Sound Lays Down the Law III

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days         &n bsp;         &n bsp;        &...
Posted by nicky on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:45:00 PST

basaltic Contemplation

basalt had the immense fortune to open for Come Hell or High Water at 2 Art Chicks a while ago. It was a decent show & after my set comes the part when sincere folks dole out the constructive crit...
Posted by nicky on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:46:00 PST

On this Harvest Moon

  Forecast for Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 The Harvest Moon is often a turning point, both personally, because the emotional moon is full in Aries, the sign of the individual, and socially be...
Posted by nicky on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:02:00 PST

Movie Review: Red Road

I've been stalking my local vid store ever since discovering that the UK film Red Road had been released stateside. It's something I learned of initially in Sight & Sound in their "Best of th...
Posted by nicky on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:15:00 PST

& Speaking of the Venus Retrograde

wednesday 5 so for weeks now Venus has been retrograde people have been running into old lovers making contact with friends and relatives they haven't seen in ages and lots of "new" contacts have been...
Posted by nicky on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:26:00 PST

Thematic Coincidence Fitting the Venus Retrograde

To be completely honest, I've barely had a chance to play a note on the old Gretsch for the past couple months. More than just slacking off, I've been distracted by the new (to me) rock outfit & h...
Posted by nicky on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:36:00 PST