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Tommy "Song" Kha

You just don't own the shoes that you think you walk in all the time.

About Me

I'm a photographer. I have been for two years now, using band photography as my outlet of expression. I also like to do portrait photography and I have discover my own unique style that, I believe, has not been utilized as a style in photography before. I perfer digital since it is more accessible. I love taking photography, so if you, maybe we can go out and take photos together? Be prepared for me taking photos of you.
I'm a Wallflower. I like to be social, partcipate as much as I can. I don't like to be coerced into doing something I don't want. I have good, artistically inclined friends who are mostly older than I am.
I'm Invisible.
I'm Infinite.
Tommy "Learn how to be invisible!"
Check out my photography:
www.amokmyth.buzznet.com

My Interests

Photography, de Cleyre's Co-op, Meinser, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Films, MeDiA Co-op, Food Not Bombs, Midsouth Peace and Justice, Music, Acting, Assisting, Sarcasm, Existentialism, Random Fortune Cookie Writing, Zines

Mini-Resume Age: Eighteenteen
Education: Currently obtaining a high school diploma.
Achievements:
Third Place in Youth Art Month - "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil"
Artist Achievement in Youth Art Month - "America's Fallen Angel"
First Place at Arts Fair 2006 - "Never a Place to Call Home"
Second Place: Senior Division - "Never a Place to Call Home"
Digital Imagery Award - "Never a Place to Call Home"
American Visions Nomination - "Never a Place to Call Home"
Gold Key - "Never a Place to Call Home"
Silver Key - "Can Only Fly Away"
Certificate of Merit - "Welcome to the Universe"
Recipient for 25th Annual Congressional Art Competition for Harold Ford, Jr.'s District (And a place in the Congressional Hall in Washington, DC) - "Silent Remains"
I have had three art shows: one at Jarrett's Restaurant, Precious Cargo and Tear It Up.
Equipment: Digital - Fujifilm S9000 with 512 MB xD chip
Influences: Linda McCartney, E.J. Bellocq, Cindy Sherman, Gjon Mili, David Hockney, Duane Michals, Astrid Kirchherr, Manuel Bravo

I'd like to meet:

I like to meet those who are creative in their arts and my stalkers. I especially want to meet other photographers.
PLEASE send me a message before sending me a friend request.

Music:

Warble,
Chris Owen,
Valerie June,
Eldorado and the Ruckus,
Breaking the Cage,
Retrospect,
The Splints,
Noah Glenn,
The Vacant,
Snowglobe,
River City Tanlines,
Chess Club,

Green Day, The Ramones, Phantom Planet, The Donnas, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Nirvana, The Von Bondies, The Break, The Get Up Kids, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Splendora, Feeder, Garbage, The Modern Society, The Cranberries, Minx, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Aimee Mann, The Unicorns, Placebo, The Offspring, Billie Holiday, The Buzzcocks, The Cure, Elliott Smith, Buddy Holly, The Mamas & the Papas, Love

Movies:

Heart*Strings, Team Picture, The Forgotten Ones, Blue Citrus Hearts, Eat, away(A)wake, What Does Love in Action Look Like?, Gravel,
Empire Records, Together, The Boondock Saints, Run Ronnie Run, Pretty Baby, Ghost World, Kill Bill Vol. I and II, Better Luck Tomorrow, Daria Is It Fall Yet? and Is It College Yet?, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, 10 Things I Hate About You, Rushmore, Vampires Anonymous, Donnie Darko, Anna is Being Stalked,
Mystery Men, Pieces of April, 4 AM Open All Night, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, The Delicious, Thirteen, Magnolia, subUrbia, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saragossa, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Art School Confidential, Pretty in Pink, Beetle Juice, Big Fish, Fight Club, Monster, Number One Fan, Pleasantville, Prey for Rock & Roll, Sin City, Tank Girl, What the Bleep Do We Know?, Clerks., O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Edward Scissorhands, The Royal Tenenbaums, SLC Punk!, The Graffiti Artist, Ginger Snaps Triology, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Elephant, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, The Laramie Project, Carrie, Brokeback Mountain, Dazed and Confused, Office Space, American Beauty, Marie Antoinette, Science of Sleep,
..

Television:

Turn off your television.

Books:

Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing by Abram Shalom Himelstein and Jamie Schweser
Teenagers from Mars by Rick Spears/drawn by Rob G.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Ghost World, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, and Eightball by Daniel Clowes
Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman Maus by Art Spiegelman
Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez
The Proximity Effect from Top Cow
Sin City by Frank Miller
The Outsiders by Judd Winick
Justice League of America from Grant Morrison (I love this era of the JLA)
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
Hellblazer by Alan Moore

Heroes:

Artists. Photographers. Musicians who want to make music for the sake of making music. Those who want and will change the world.

Photographers (In order of studying them) David Hockney
Duane Michals
Linda McCartney
Astrid Kirchherr
Cindy Sherman
Gjon Mili
E.J. Bellocq
Manuel Álvarez Bravo

My Blog

We made you some eggs

Ok, so I'm in a band. They are known as the Warble. I'm pretty excited to sing with them. I'll mostly take photos and background sing. Today, we made buttons and played Wii. I'm getting good at bowlin...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:54:00 PST

Places I'll Remember

I currently am planning several road trips so let me know if you want to meet up and hang while I'm in town. First, Little Rock. Check out this photo of my last trip there: I want to go back to Little...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:06:00 PST

The Never Nevers

And so it begins. Pretty soon, most of my good friends are leaving. I'm leaving too in about a few months for a while. Hopefully, I'll find I'm looking for and maybe I can question the sanity of "comi...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:44:00 PST

Morning After in Little Rock.

Around the same time as last year, I went to Little Rock. I'm back and with people I know. I've met Leila and Carly last night with Kelso. Ate at Vino's in the area of emo and scene kids. It was like ...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:09:00 PST

Walking in Memphis

I got a 23 on my ACTs. I am writing a book. I'm searching for a job. I have friends. I love you. Tommy
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00:00 PST

A note from Lacuna, Inc.

"How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot; Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd."Tommy Kha has had insert nam...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:49:00 PST

Bye and bye

Catch phrase for tonight:"Twinkies for chinkies."Chink is a funny deragotory term for me. I'm going to Cooper-Young Fest next Saturday. I'm selling photographs (award winning and Memphis stuff). I hav...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:50:00 PST

Clarification

The phrase, "I'm not responsible for other people's feelings." means, I am not responsible for stating what I feel unless it is intentional to project feelings or hurt someone. If I talk behind somebo...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:11:00 PST

My So-called Angst as a Wallflower: the Preface

I really like to work on a zine since I got the time. But I'm too busy photographing my life. I'm a Chinese who attends Overton High School, the "gay" school back then, now known as the artsy school. ...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:31:00 PST

I Wish I Could Have Gone Out Like James Dean

My mother is really being a total bitch. She's been telling me how my friends are lying to me how my hair looks fucking ugly. Like she knows how my friends are and she's telling me they are liars. Wha...
Posted by Tommy Kha "Song" on Sat, 27 May 2006 12:33:00 PST