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Tonelise

The Force Will Be With You, My Friend...

About Me

life is open ended..i have finally uploaded some images in the pics section. just had a look and thought oh my god... need editing...... it's frustrating how pale these pics look in comparison to the real thing.... but nevermind.... also check out this link. they ask you to describe the work in detail, probably for people who can't think for themselves... http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/ /59041.html (updated Christmas Eve 2007. During cabin fever and crap TV. Lots of new work added. But it's on here anyway...).. ....

My Interests

Music, Gigs, Art, Sport, Books, Films, Food and Cooking, Current Affairs, Fitness, People with a brain, Real people. My friends and loved ones, sipping champagne with my friends and sharing good conversation and listening to great music.

I'd like to meet:

anyone i can learn from. i'd really love to learn how to crack an egg with one hand. paint well. write well. live well and love well. also like to meet anyone who gives me champagne and makes me laugh.. Velazquez....And Muhammed Ali. And i have to make clear: I am not on myspace for dating or meeting guys. And please no marriage proposals. flattering, but.... no thanks..... If you contact me here for these reasons, you will be ignored. sorry.

Music:

The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Can, Scott Walker, The Who, Beach Boys, Suicide, Motorhead, Neu, Kraftwerk, The Fall, Sonic Youth, Nick Cave, Captain Beefheart, PJ Harvey, Marvin Gaye, The Buzzcocks, The Clash, New York Dolls, The Cure, Ramones, Can, Faust, Aphex Twin, Sex Pistols, Einsturtzende Neubauten, Black Flag, Led Zeppelin, Napalm Death, Turbonegro, Satyricon, Jan Garbarek, Philip Glass, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Trans Am, T. Rex, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Django Reinhart, Biosphere, Jimi Hendrix, Primal Scream, Death In Vegas, Pink Floyd, Phil Spector, Talking Heads, KLF, Throbbing Gristle, Jesus & Mary Chain, Capricorns, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Guns 'N Roses, Elvis, Royal Trux, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, The White Stripes, Liars, Godspeed, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Gary Numan, Entombed, Venom, Slayer, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Coil, Electrelane, Velvet Underground, Stereolab, Serge Gainsbourg, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Brahm's 2 piano copncerto in D minor, Mozart's Requiem, Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Entombed, Detroit House music, Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Most things on the following labels: Mute, Factory Records, Nuclear Blast, 4AD, Motown and Warp....

Movies:

Mulholland Drive, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, The Ring, Tale of 2 Sisters, Enter The Dragon, 2001 A Space Oddysey, Donnie Darko, Star Wars. All of them!! Faster Pussycat Kill Kill! This is Spinal Tap, Fjolls Til Fjells and a lot more. I keep forgetting. and then i remember and change my mind. and change it back again. the above are rough constants...there are some really REALLY bad films out there that i secretly like, but that's none of your business.....

Television:

yep. like my tv, but i am discerning about what i watch.

Books:

good read right now: "The Joke's Over - memoirs of Hunter S. Thompson by Ralph Steadman, The Dune Books. Books by Iain M. Banks. Hunter S. Thompson. Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Bukowski. Ballard. Roald Dahl. John Fante, Cervante's Don Quijote, Philip K. Dick, Jose Luis Borges. Lots More. And a lot of popular science books, history and biographies.

Heroes:

Johnny Cash, Hunter S Thompson, John Peel, Ronnie Barker, Charles Bukowski, Lisa Simpson, Modesty Blaise, little My, Muhammad Ali, David Lynch, Lemmy, Barbara Castle, Princess Leia, Tony Benn, Heston Blumenthal, The Knights who say NI!, Ralph Steadman, all of the clangers, Keith Floyd, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Jose Mourinho (yes.... still), Iain M. Banks, Diego Velazquez, Mark Rothko, Pablo Picasso, Frank Auerback, El Greco, Thor Heyerdal and similar intrepid souls, Ronnie O'Sullivan, my mum, my friend Ewan, Yoda, Obi Wan Kenobi, Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner.... and the genious who invented the oven glove...

My Blog

new exhibition and blah blah

so this is my first blog since christmas.... never mind. too much has happened... but the art thing that i do is on track and rolling. it's gonna be a little while, but first upcoming exhibition will ...
Posted by Tonelise on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:16:00 PST

happy christmas everyone!

i'll have a white christmas..... enjoy your own christmas - wherever you are and whatever you do...
Posted by Tonelise on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:42:00 PST

Can’t wait for the Christmas exhibition, 11th, 13th, 16th December

One of the highlights this month (after starting on the advent calendar).Before i go away to the deep arctic for Christmas, there is a group exhibition at Gallery 286 in no 286 Earl's Court Road. Ecle...
Posted by Tonelise on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:52:00 PST

Sextrafficcing fundraiser friday 23. nov. Go to this. Great cause!!!

My friend Nathilde's and Lucy Baxter's Production Company, Mandrake Films in collaboration with Amnesty UK are inviting you to join them on our Fundraising Event Friday the 23rd of November at The Hur...
Posted by Tonelise on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:58:00 PST

did they pass the bar??????. fun. do read.... best pronounced with an american accent....

> > These are from a book called "Disorder in the American Courts! ", and> > are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and> > now published by court reporters, who had the to...
Posted by Tonelise on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:14:00 PST

who says americans have no wit?....

These great questions and answers are from > > the days when "Hollywood Squares" game show responses were spontaneous > > and clever not scripted and (often) dull, as they are now. Peter > > Marshall ...
Posted by Tonelise on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST

it’s official.... conservatives ARE really rigid creatures of habit...

.... we always knew this, didn't we...... poor things, it's in their brain make-up.... forgive them....PARIS (AFP) - The brain neurons of liberals and conservatives fire differently when confronted wi...
Posted by Tonelise on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:51:00 PST

group exhibition in adam street. 8th oct for 2 weeks

i have 4 paintings on the walls in untitled galley/adam street private member's club. it's a group exhibition and it opens monday the 8th, and runs for 2 weeks. if you would like to see the exhibition...
Posted by Tonelise on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:56:00 PST

exhibition pics up now

i have posted pictures from my exhibition under the pics section. have a look. everything went well and we are happy!. what a nervewrecking time!. life can start again now! and thanks to everyone who ...
Posted by Tonelise on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:18:00 PST

My exhibition opens tomorrow

yes, i am nervous. it's in chelsea hall. upstairs. corner of king's road and sydney street. 5-8. sloane square tube then hop onto bus 22. and natalia, annabelle and camilla have works in there too. th...
Posted by Tonelise on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:00:00 PST