MUSIC, MOVIES, ART, COMPASSION, ALL THINGS ASIAN, PHOTOGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHISING, WRITING, FASHION, MAKE-UP, HAIR-DO'S, THE OCEAN, SLEEPING & MY LOVE: T.A.S.!!!
People or bands who would like me to photograph and/or style them, Bands that need a singer, Folks who need a reliable house and/or pet sitter, Altruists who just want to give me their money...Other than that - the usual: Musicians, Artists, Photographers, Filmmakers, Craftspeople, Writers, Poets, DJ's, Dancers, Breakdancers, Superheroes, Cosmetologists, Comedians, Cool People who are not "Too Cool" to have a GOOD time...
I pretty much like something from every genre and every era in the history of music! Honestly! I don't care who or what is "cool" or not - If I like a song, I like a song. That said, I think I have fabulous taste ;) I really dig M.I.A., Santogold, Mark Lanegan, Nina Simone, Fleetwood Mac, The Velvet Underground, Nico, X, The Eurythmics, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, The B-52's, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, Antony & the Johnsons, The Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush, Crass, The Doors, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, Christian Death, Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Crosby Stills & Nash (& Young), Insane Clown Posse, Marilyn Manson, The Smiths, Morrissey, Madonna and Simon & Garfunkel. I also love any good World music, (esp. Asian stuff,) Hip-Hop, Old Country and any good Dance or Pop music. Really, I could keep going but I'm sure you have a pretty good idea by now that I am open minded and just really love music!
Again, I could go on and on here. Horror, Fantasy and Camp are faves: Return of the Living Dead One Two and Three, The Dead Next Door, Zombie Death House, (pretty much any Zombie movie - even the sucky ones,) Yellow Submarine, Kamikaze Girls, Tekkon Kinkreet, Wild Zero, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Excalibur, Empire Records, Howl's Moving Castle, Millennium Actress, Spirited Away, Perfect Blue, Natural Born Killers, Girls Will Be Girls, Velvet Goldmine, The Last Waltz, Dig!, Die Mommie Die, Anchorman, Nico:Icon, The Unheard Music, Nowhere, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Interview With The Vampire, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, ALL of the Eddie Izzard Live Performances especially Dress To Kill, Heathers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Cabaret, ALL of the Margaret Cho Live Performances especially I'm the One That I Want, The Dark Crystal, Babe, The Wizard of Oz, Harold & Maude, Pretty In Pink, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Fifth Element, Star Wars (The Original Three, not the CGI prequel messes), Moulin Rouge, Mary Poppins, Dune, Corrina Corrina, Time Bandits, The Blade Trilogy, The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, Stewart Saves His Family, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, Sweeney Todd, Documentaries...
I go thru phases with the boob-tube. It's feast or famine with me. When I do watch I'll dvr so I can skip the commercials, or I'll just rent the dvd of the season: True Blood, Reno 911, Flight of the Conchords, SNL, Mad TV, Little Britain, Father Ted, South Park, Family Guy, Star Trek (The Original Series), The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Forever Knight (so cheesy, I know!) Home Movies (the series), What Not To Wear, Jeopardy and So You Think You Can Dance aka the Best Show Ever...
Wicked by Gregory Maguire - A Low Life In High Heels by Holly Woodlawn & Jeff Copeland - Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson - Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil & Gillain McCain - Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - Naked by David Sedaris - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Angela's Ashes & 'Tis by Frank McCourt - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith - Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion - A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud - Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton - A Room With A View by E.M. Forster - The Rand McNally Road Atlas!
I'd like to thank the Academy & My Mom Sandy, My Godfather Kent Seavey, Gramma Leatha, Grampy Dan, Paul McKenna, Princess Leia, Stevie Nicks, John Lennon, Mark Lanegan, Eddie Izzard, Andy Warhol, Nina Simone, ALL of the B-52's, Will Ferrell, Cassandra Mortmain, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Hedwig, Margaret Cho, Peter Max, Wonderwoman and all my wonderful, talented friends who live their dreams everyday, no matter how messy or painful it becomes - because art is always worth it ;)