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Monica Nelson

JUNE 15th/White Eagle Saloon in PDX (inspecting eachothers blogs is hot!) img src=http://i89.photobu

About Me

Musician/girl friday.
........Meanwhile.........I wanna be as cool and talented and fearless like Paul Caporino from M.O.T.O also got a big crush on Bud Schulberg and Damon Runyan, Ben Hecht and Rod Serling..............been makng up lyrics/singng in 2 bands called The Obituaries and Generation, am in a couple music duos, and write songs on the piano sometimes and someday will wantonly throw myself into a trio...... Here's a whole bunch of music for anyone interested:
myspace.com/theobits
myspace.com/theobitsacoustic
myspace.com/thatmonicanelson1
myspace.com/thedeptofhappiness
myspace.com/generationfrompdx

am groundskeeper of WHIRLWIND COALITION, a grass roots activist coalition regarding The World Trade Center illnesses
also myspace.com/portlandundergroundmuseum
myspace.com/fahrenheitcoalition
and myspace.com/forgottenworldbookpage
. .
Other than that,
the best
advice
was Rob saying '"Sing this song like it's the last song anybody's ever gonna let you sing"
I also like being friends with just about everybody anywhere.

My Interests


The simplicity, social significance, comedy, influence, and code of friendship
of
DEAD END KIDS, EASTSIDE KIDS & BOWERY BOYS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_End_Kids
http://www.myspace.com/billyhalopdeadendkid
http://www.myspace.com/huntzhallsach

I'd like to meet:



.............................Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Cagney..... Rob Landoll and Brandon Lieberman are the KINGS of the world to me

SIMMS ARTICLE ON GEORGE TABB AND THAT CHERNOBYL ON THE HUDSON
in January/ February issue of HARP (page 35) you can read it HERE
http://harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=6529
There's more about what George is going through on a day to day basis in Jason's blogspot: HERE
http://simmantics.blogspot.com/2008/01/george-tabb-q.html

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Music:

favorite songwriter/musicians: Paul Caporino , Joe Mannix -http://www.mannixrock.com , Dan Hawthorne, Chris Newman ,Favorite bands: The Obituaries, Candymeat, and Generation, (Ones own bands, pompous? More important things in the world to shake your head over).

Sophie

Movies:

30's screwballs, 30's gangster, 40's B dramas, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the gang......Jack Lemmon......sigh...........

Television:

friends, fans of The Gits and the filmmakers themselves are asking for help with promotion of this documentary that will be traveling around the U.S. this year

BEGINS JUNE 5TH in Louieville Kentucky, screening dates on this website:
http://www. thegitsmovie. com

http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=vToEL9pDVt4

Books:

'SPACE BASTARDS' by Derby O'Donnell on Shagnasty Books, 'GIMPEL THE FOOL', 'YANDA', and 'TWO CORPSES GO DANCING' by Isaac Bashevis Singer, 'THE NOSE', and 'THE OVERCOAT' by Nikolai Gogol, 'THE POWER OF DARKNESS' by Leo Tolstoy, 'THE ENGRAVED OARBLADE' by Jack London, 'THE MADMAN' by Chinua Achebe, The HARPO MARX autobiography, The biography of CHICO MARX by his daughter which I finally tracked down, 'I WILLIE SUTTON', 'THE LANGUAGE OF THE BLUES' by Debra DeSalvo, 'SURFING ARMEGEDDON' and 'PLAYING RIGHT FIELD A JEW GROWS IN GREENWICH' both by George Tabb

Heroes:

Pippi Longstrump / Brandon Lieberman / George Tabb / Sean Organ / Derby O'Donnell ........==================================================== ====================================================

My Blog

from GEORGE TABB/news from WTCSICK.COM: JUNE 14TH/NYC FIRST ANNUAL RESPONDERS DAY

.On behalf of George Tabb, WTCSICK and a whole bunch of others.........please don't forget them........show up if you can and please encourage others to show up, please swipe this and lend blog space/...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:02:00 PST

CAN’T THINK OF A CLEVER TITLE I’M JUST HAPPY GEORGE TABB & MANY OTHER ARE STILL ALIVE

.If you haven't heard from WHIRLWIND COALITION in a while and have been wondering why it's not that the problems have gone away, there's a bill coming before congress and there's other things that hav...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Sat, 31 May 2008 05:47:00 PST

THE GITS MOVIE: U.S. dates beginning June 5th!

.. http://www.thegitsmovie.comdates and theaters it's playing at are on that websites......
Posted by Monica Nelson on Sun, 25 May 2008 05:47:00 PST

PHOEBE SNOW

..Sometimes we think people are otherworldly great on recordings until we hear them live and realize that all the records of their singing voices were just the tip of the iceberg especially as they ge...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Sun, 18 May 2008 02:30:00 PST

Yes....but right or wrong this IS how I feel

.it's very easy to lay down and diewhen it's just youespecially wheneverybody's higher is telling you toit's very easy to give upno matter what you have and what you wantwhen it's just youwho is expec...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Sun, 11 May 2008 11:58:00 PST

In regards to upcoming Eddie Casey/Monica Nelson video shoot

..Hi, thanks to everybody who's been in touch with Eddie so far and here's musical videos I myself made as well as live performances and links to the various bands and duos I'm in.Thanks for being int...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:35:00 PST

GEORGE TABB + 10 NEW REVIEWS FROM PUNKROCKREVIEW.ORG

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------From: PunkRockReview. orgDate: May 4, 2008 11:00 PMClick on picture to read interview & reviews...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:22:00 PST

INDIVIDUAL VOTING RECEIPTS, LOFTY CONCEPT? blog lend

What is so difficult about this premise and why on earth would anyone be resistant to it if everything is above board?-MN----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------From: Snow FoxxesRE: Demand...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Sun, 04 May 2008 01:45:00 PST

GEORGE TABB, WORLD TRADE CENTER ILLNESS AFFECTED, NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN FAITH RIGHT NOW

..Does it even need saying? Yea it does.......There's a lot I want to say about George Tabb and what I've noticed going on in terms of what muscian-author-9/11 ills activist George so aptly calls Cher...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:43:00 PST

THE SEATTLE FUNHOUSE COMP THING II as well as some other fine compilation CDs

My other band (besides The Obituaries) GENERATION has been on two CD compilations nowthe one that just came out last month is this:50 songs for $12CD 1 1) Spits - Beat You Up 2) Aaiiee!! - Lose The Gi...
Posted by Monica Nelson on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:15:00 PST