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Hopey Kaplan

"I like Boston Terriers and Japanese Noodles"

About Me

I was born in Santa Monica, then moved over the hill to the valley. in 1982 I left Los Angeles for many years to go to college, work and see the world. Somehow I found myself back where I started good old LA. I love music and have been collecting records since I was 4 years old. My husband and I own a music management Post Modern Artist in Los Angeles.

I love entertaining and being with my friends and family. "Friends call me the Party Princess" I am obsessed with pop culture and art in all forms.

I love traveling and I go any chance I get, I have been almost everywhere around the world. I am obsessed with anything fashion related I love collecting things that are pop culture related. I am a happy person with not to many complaints and I am always looking to create a good time for all of my friends.

My Interests

Art and Making it
The Smell of Old Records
Finding Things I Think I Lost
Catching Waves
Cleaning
Baking & Entertaining
Turning Off Television Sets
Delicious Japanese Candy
Traveling
Looking for Rainbows
Riding Magic Carpets

"Listening to the sounds of the LA Ghetto Birds late at night"

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I'd like to meet:

Dahli Lama and Maybe the Easter Bunny. And The man who produced...

Music:

I collect everything!!!

Movies:

Quadrophenia, Over the Edge, The Point, The Unheard Music, Grace of my Heart, A Little Romance, The Bad News Bears, Hairspray, Valley of the Dolls, Big Night, She Devils On Wheels, Almost Famous, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Melody, Thank God it's Friday, Breaking Glass, Fast Times at Ridgemont High,The Last Days of Disco

Television:

THE DEVILS TOOLBOX

Books:

Waiting for the Sun, Let it Blurt, Queer, Speed Tribes, Prozac Nation, The Happy Prince, On Fire, Wait Until Spring Bandani, Martian Time Slip, Stoned, The Music of Chance, Space is the Place, Neon Angel, Tortilla Flats, Virgin Suicides, Chocolate and Cowboys, Fast Food Nation, No Logo,

Heroes:

Calder, Neil Armstrong and anyone else who made a positive impact on my life
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My Blog

Clean Clean!

Not only do I love the song. I just like to find things clean! Last night I had a very strange dream about cleaning. In this dream B and I went to visit a friend who's house was a pigsty I made B and ...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:09:00 PST

Blast Off

No More Apollo..... The END to Male White Corporate Oppression!!!The wost thing on can ever do it trust frat brothers... alas this is all a very coded blog.But all i know know is the sun will shine ag...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:48:00 PST

My Heart

This year my heart is filled with move love and friendship that I could have ever imagined. There has been such a heavy turn of events in my life and my friends lives in the past three months. I don&r...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:00 PST

2007 THE LIST... BEST OF........

2007 TOP TENRECORDS1. RADIOHEAD  In Rainbows2. CORNELIUS - Sensuous3. THE VERVE - The Thaw Sessions (single)4. SHARRON JONES - 100 Days 100 Nights5. DATAROCK Datarock, Datarock6. TIESTO - Elements of...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:08:00 PST

I made it!

Once again I am another year older, wiser and happier. I am grateful to my family, friends and buddah for giving me love, guidance and great blessings that I have needed to get me through this year.
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:33:00 PST

Thankful

I have been thinking about how this year just flew bye once again. And when I think about the past year I get both happy and sad. This year has been a year of real lessons for me, both good and bad. I...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:33:00 PST

CORNELIUS IS COMING BACK TO THE US

Yes people we are bringing CORNELIUS back to the states again. We will be doing a few shows in selected cities in the US. We hope you will all come out and see the show again. We thank all of our loya...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:14:00 PST

Jason Spaceman

Talented, Beautiful, Soulful Tender, Loving and Sad. What more could you ask for in an artist. Jason, thanks again for bringing all of us to a place where we need to go every once in a while. Last nig...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:38:00 PST

I feel it burning

My friend so far away.I can feel the pain though my keyboard.How I wish I could tell him face to face everything is going to be OK.I feel the burn. I feel the sadness. But I still remember the laughte...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:05:00 PST

Homemade Truffles

As we come closer to the December holidays. My count down to my famous holiday baking gets closer. This year I felt compelled to do something a little different. Many of you have tasted my of my homem...
Posted by Hopey Kaplan on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:20:00 PST