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jessica

Flying Dutchwoman

About Me

What started years and years ago as long, spaced out jams on my mother's grandpiano, recorded on tape-recorder, has now culminated in long, spaced out jams on my laptop. Track over track, with which ever instrument I could (or could not, for that matter ;) play. It's a concentrate.Coffee and pie are an almost daily necessity, also I used to eat a lot of expensive take-out food. Where I lived in Amsterdam, there was good stuff. But since moving to Norway, I've been mostly eating rice with green peas. Otherwise, I like to be consumed by things. By the art of music, the art of cooking, things like that. Cultivation. At present, I smoke too much. The thing that fulfills me with the most joy, is to write music. and also to make it. For that purpose I need a hole. A little house that fits all my instruments, cd's, books and movies into it, and where I can make noise and walk around naked and make strange and haunting cooking-odors. I had one in Amsterdam. In a little courtyard. But then I packed my bags and took off. Up north. It had to be done. Singing is vital. With most things in my life I have a love-hate-relationship. Like with people, for instance. Or with Iceland. I'm a sissy, except sometimes I'm really not. Reality and fantasy, my feelings and other people's feelings, it's hard to keep them apart and I worry too much anyways. So I rather keep to myself, in general. My friends are nerds. So am I. I like nerds. I like craftmanship. Artistry goes without saying. Anything else doesn't interest me. And actually, I have no choice. So there's that.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: jessicasligter.com
Band Members: Jessica...and my laptop. I play the instruments, sing, record it with my laptop mic. Do the mixing etc etc. This is my hermit-music. 'I Wish' was recorded on a digital camera on an old Friesian ship somewhere on the water in the north of Holland, one sunny day, and my good friend Eva sings one of the backing vocals.
Influences: lot of acoustic blues from the 30's, R.L. Burnside, Elizabeth Cotten, Vincent Gallo, Harmony Korine, Jim Jarmusch, Gregorian Chant, Marc Ribot in this case especially 'Saints', Olöf Arnalds, The Shaggs, Sigridur Nielsdottur, Vashti Bunyan, Nick Drake, Tyft, Elliott Smith, early Betty Carter, late Romantic music, -the visits to the operahouse with my mum, wearing my punky outfits, people gazing. Pink carpet in the hallways, red chairs inside and little star-lights on the ceiling. Once I was paralyzed and couldn't clap. Was that Janacek's Katja Kabanova?-, Tom Waits, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Chloë Sevigny, early Baroque music, Ravel, Mum, Jacques Brel, Emiliana Torrini, Beth Gibbons, Edith Piaf, Goldmund, Bjork, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, David Grubbs, Slowblow, The Life Aquatic-techno song, etc...
Record Label: none. searching, searching...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

and some more::

I'm contemplating selfpity.loosen my grip or tighten? " here's a chance to step up and do what you know is right..."I don't fall for that oldfashione...
Posted by jessica on Mon, 07 May 2007 08:13:00 PST

some more texts & stuff

'Round the House:marvels at the reason whysometime that eveningin the midst of comb & gown& brushing teeth.gentle as her gestures go thoughts over days past,& the love, somewhere a deed in the past, y...
Posted by jessica on Mon, 07 May 2007 07:51:00 PST

well.

There's some great literature being discovered but in the meantime each day is jumping like a maniac, on a caffeine-high. Not just that. Guess that's a bit the point. Also my nerves act up, like jitte...
Posted by jessica on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:58:00 PST

some texts

these are from two songs I recently wroteI Wish.Inkspots, dear, and a paper trailwait for busses that never failto show when unwantedyou're my only lovecome, take my handand we can run right out of he...
Posted by jessica on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:12:00 PST

coffee and sweets

Lately I've been taking a great liking in drinking a lot of coffee and eating a lot of sweet things. (Louise is joining, btw) It happens when I'm tired, in need of a shot. The energy certainly hits re...
Posted by jessica on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:23:00 PST

visitors!!!

had a fine fine weekend! a sudden visit from Guro and Hvard, from the Art Directors, Norway, made it a party-weekend. Went to the opera : pwas not so very cool though. Then some oldfashioned rariteite...
Posted by jessica on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:05:00 PST