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Patrick

Perturbation, my sister. . . . Each bloody riot will help her live in grace and truth.-Max Ernst

About Me

..Mystical Whimsical Hedonist. I'm a sleazy, mean and dirty collector of records, maker of books, and a keeper of plants and cats(who are equally mean, if not meaner). ************************************************************ ***************The moon has a face, and it scares me sometimes.

My Interests

Music:

Amon Duul. Annette Hanshaw. Bessie Smith. Billie Holiday. Brigitte Fontaine.The Carter Family. Comus. Crass. Current 93. Faun Fables. Geeshie Wiley. Ike and Tina. Islaja. Joni Mitchell. John Jacob Niles. Josephine Baker. Josephine Foster. Kemialliset Ystavat. Lotte Lenya. Lydia Mendoza. Malicorne. Marika Papagika The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud. Nick Drake. Nico. Nina Simone. Odetta. Patsy Cline. Pentangle. P J Harvey. Les Rita Mitsouko. Roza Eskenazi. Ruth Etting. Serge Gainsbourg. Shirley Collins.T Rex.

Movies:

Through A Glass Darkly (Bergman), Vargtimmen (Bergman), Felinni's Satyricon, Lola(Demy), Pedro Almodovar's films (All About My Mother, Women On the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown), Klute, Streetcar Named Desire. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.

Books:

The Pure and Impure, Colette; Orlando, Virginia Woolf; Dictionary of the Khazars, Milorad Pavic; Black Lamb, Grey Falcon, Rebecca West; Angela Carter; Steve Erickson; Borges; Nadja; Aurelia.

Heroes:

Emma Goldman. Opal Whitley.

My Blog

Goldman on "Minorities Versus Majorities"

This is from Emma Goldman's essay "Minorities Versus Majorities." I read this a year ago and it really rang true for me. Now so, even more so than before, when I watch the news and am hypnotized by th...
Posted by Patrick on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:17:00 PST

from The Book of the Dead

These photographs are from a photo shoot I took part in last January with my friends Gregory and Brandon. It was based around the theme of a funeral--that is, if the Tibetan Book of the Dead were tra...
Posted by Patrick on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:43:00 PST

Jackals yelping in deserts of thyme

I kept the body of the Queen of Fireflies in a jar and tortured her until she granted my wishes.      
Posted by Patrick on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:21:00 PST

Eucharis told me...

"The primary meaning of the word Eucharis comes from the Greek kharisma, meaning grace or charm {the prefix "eu" denoting good or beautiful}. There may also be a connotation of granting sexual favors ...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:26:00 PST

There is evil in this world

My precarious sleep schedule has once again been massacred due to another long and reckless night on the town. I thought it a fine evening to go out on friday. I like those moments in fall when you ar...
Posted by Patrick on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:23:00 PST

Dear Friends

Dear Friends,I'm writing this now to assure everyone that I have not completely lost my mind. In fact, I feel more level headed now than before. What I write about and post here on either myspace or l...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:55:00 PST

Sickness of Summer

"This is the season when all sweet youngfilm stars will get dandelion madness, sickness of summer, longing "as for death"for the nearness of cows and all gently growing things."-Djuna BarnesThe first ...
Posted by Patrick on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:03:00 PST

Mrs. Martha Jane

I am terribly sad at the moment... For the evening I've left behind my house in the woods and have come to my sister's house not far from the lake whose watery pull I always sense when I am near by. M...
Posted by Patrick on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:09:00 PST

Hurricane Time

I've learned several things this week, before and after Gustav tore through my home state. Some of these lesson pertain directly to the hurricane, while others do not. My personal responses to this st...
Posted by Patrick on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:42:00 PST

Second Body

I just finished reading this wonderful little novel called Second Body by Serbian author Milorad Pavic. I printed it out entirely on the printer at my office. He is one of the better writers I have co...
Posted by Patrick on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:23:00 PST