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Jamie

Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.- K Vonnegut

About Me

My space pageRing of Brogar. Orkney, Scotland.

My Interests

Performance, theatre, film , pranks, illustration, fine art, comix, animation, ancient and pre modern history, Vikings, Celts, Tulip whispering, cat eyelashes, katydid shouting matches, exploring cities real and in my recurring dreams. Causing and avoiding trouble.

I'd like to meet:

Why YOU of course.

Music:

A little bit of everything: from Wynonnie Harris to the Cocteau Twins; from the Dead Kennedys to Indian Classical music; from Mississippi Fred to Goldfrapp; from cheesy Euro trash dance music to Gene Krupa; from Slayer to Freakwater. whether its new wave, goth, electro, punk, big band, gypsy, rockabilly, bhangra, soul, ska, etc etc. I love music y'all! Essential ones: New Model Army, Scrawl, Faith and The Muse , Strange Boutique, The Banshees, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Nick Cave, Kristen Hersh, Dead Can Dance, Gjallarhorn; pretty much all the country /delta blues legends, Goldfrapp.

Movies:

Wings of Desire. One Night at the Opera. Im Juli. La Dolce Vita. 200 cigs. Withnail and I. Mononoke.

Television:

Spaced! Madmen. John Adams. Dexter. Jericho (despite the inevitable music montages!) . Heroes. Lost . Most of the HBO shows, especially the ones that seem to get cancelled.

Books:

Kavalier And Clay. Tipping Point. The Fetch. Too many damn comics...and I am always trying to catch up on my National Geographics..

Heroes:

Those who stand for liberty against the odds. The people who actually give a shit and DO things. Politicians who actually read, think and know history. You.

My Blog

What the?

So there was a puma running around near my neighborhood before it was tragically shot by over-zealous members of Chicago's finest.There hasn't been a puma seen here since 1840 something.The other day ...
Posted by Jamie on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:51:00 PST

Free Speech online protest

"For its first Online Free Expression Day, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has created virtual versions of nine public spaces.These areas where protests are not normally possible includ...
Posted by Jamie on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:02:00 PST

Late night snowy walk

And the Streets are clear.. Chicago, Da city dat worksevil evil little snowman...
Posted by Jamie on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:14:00 PST

Jack of the Lanterns

Happy Halloween. Good Samhain to all. This year's Jack O' Lanterns. Morepictures tonight.........
Posted by Jamie on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:32:00 PST

30s lingo

Waiting for a file to upload at work I came across this excellent look at pre code hollywood wsie cracking lingohttp://www.filmsinreview.com/Features/chisel.html Snappy depression era patter:"{These s...
Posted by Jamie on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:08:00 PST

I heart comics

In honor of the Chicago comics show and in recognition of my geekdom, Ipresent some comic book heroines for yesteryear...The obscure but awesome Lady Luck:Check out the shamrocks on her gloves.Miss Fu...
Posted by Jamie on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:06:00 PST

Its Spring! OR IS IT?!

Two weeks ago Witness the lovely little weeping cherry.Jamie thought Spring had finally arrived in Chicago...BUT THAT"S WHERE JAMIE. WAS. SO. WRONG. todayThe weeping cherry is earning its name. I know...
Posted by Jamie on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:21:00 PST

I am back and I hate my "top friends"

I had a nice trip and have a ton of work to catch up on so I probably will be scarce around these parts for a while. BUT: I know I am the going to say what has been said a billion times already but, h...
Posted by Jamie on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:00:00 PST

Book quiz

Thanks to Ashli for this quiz:You're Siddhartha!by Hermann HesseYou simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to tryanything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, ...
Posted by Jamie on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:15:00 PST

Brrrrrrrrr

For my curious European friends, It was -2 F with a -15 wind-chill factor last night . In Celsius that is -19 with -26 wind chill&and its supposed to get colder today&.BrrrrrrrrrrrrrrGo Bears! ( they...
Posted by Jamie on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:26:00 PST