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Kristopher

Somewhere on my body I've hidden a shiny new quarter...

About Me

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My Interests


Marcel Dzama
Henrik Drescher

Jordan Isip

Hannah Hoch

Music:

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
RADIOHEAD
LOW
COCTEAU TWINS
THE SHINS
JEFFREY FOUCAULT
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
CURVE
TOM WAITS
LYLE LOVETT
THE FLAMING LIPS
THE ARCADE FIRE
DJANGO REINHARDT
ELVIS COSTELLO
FRENCH KICKS
DIRTY THREE
MUSE
RACHEL'S
TRICKY
AESOP ROCK
BEASTIE BOYS
NEKO CASE
LED ZEPPLIN
DAVID BOWIE
TEAM SLEEP

Movies:

KUNG FU HUSTLE
THE MISFITS
ON THE WATERFRONT
WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
AMELIE
HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
THE FIVE SENSES
JESUS' SON
SCARFACE
BRAZIL
ANCHORMAN
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
THE STELLA SHORTS
WILD AT HEART
DR STRANGELOVE
LOLITA
THE MAN WITH NO NAME TRILOGY
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
THE WARRIORS
ANNIE HALL
THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN
DUCK SOUP
THE KID (CHAPLIN - NOT BRUCE WILLIS)
CITY LIGHTS
MEATBALLS
SCROOGED
RUSHMORE
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS

Books:

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
THE RAZOR'S EDGE
HART CRANE
E.E.CUMMINGS
PAUL CELAN
WILLIAM BLAKE
JUDE THE OBSCURE
TARZAN OF THE APES
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
ATOMIZED

ANYTHING BY STEVE ERICKSON
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD
LOLITA
DYLAN THOMAS
OLENA KALYTIAK DAVIS
WITHOUT FEATHERS
NOWHERE MAN
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
MIDDLESEX
THE MUSIC OF CHANCE

A SEVERED HEAD
CATCH-22
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE
REEFER MADNESS
THE SECRET HISTORY
OF HUMAN BONDAGE
WALT WHITMAN....

Heroes:


Tom Waits... charismatic story-teller with a
penchant for freaky people and unusual
settings. You thrive on the concept of the
underdog coming out on top.

Which fucked-up genius composer are you?
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My Blog

April Events

GALLERY NIGHT -   There will lots of great art and music and companionship and good cheer and puppies and moonbeams.   SAVE THE DATE: SINNERS + SAINTS @ VITAL SOURCE! Gallery Nigh...
Posted by Kristopher on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:09:00 PST

FIRE SALE! LIMITED TIME!

Have you had your eye on a particular drawing for a while now, but just haven't been able to scrape together the dough? Have you been waiting for a big, ridiculous, everything-must-go SALE? Well, Sant...
Posted by Kristopher on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:56:00 PST

Best American Nonrequired Reading

I just finished the 2006 edition of The Best American Nonrequired Reading, edited by Dave Eggers. I'd heard of it before, but never really investigated what it was all about. They describe it as a c...
Posted by Kristopher on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:06:00 PST

Mr. Holbrook, make me proud.

One has few opportunities to be truly proud of oneself.  This, my friends, is one of those few times. I made a prediction a few months ago after seeing Into The Wild.  I assumed the film wou...
Posted by Kristopher on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:24:00 PST

Art Events

THE RAMIREZ BOX - Cedar Block and the Milwaukee Art Museum are presenting another great event in conjunction with the Martin Ramirez exhibit currently on display.  30 artists (including...
Posted by Kristopher on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:28:00 PST

My New Love

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Posted by Kristopher on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:11:00 PST

MySpace for Bookworms and Listoholics

So, I was blessed/cursed with a link to a site I'd never seen called Goodreads.com.  (Thanks Mariam).  It's like MySpace, but just for books.  You can "add" friends and such, but your p...
Posted by Kristopher on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:16:00 PST

Art Update

Good day.  Our brief, but horrible summer is at a close.  The 70's are returning, but sadly, my bike was stolen, so I can only enjoy it as a pedestrian.  (though, i think, technically, ...
Posted by Kristopher on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:46:00 PST

MY NEW @!?!% SITE!!!

Okay, okay.  That whole Kpolly 2: After Dark thing - that was cute and all.  I mean, I guess that's cool, if you're into blogsites.  Whatever. But, somebody went and got themselves a bi...
Posted by Kristopher on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:51:00 PST

Jesus and RiverWest Conspire to Steal My Bike

My bike was stolen.  Not out of my yard or off the street, but out of my house.  The house was burglarized and the only thing they took was my bike.  I'm perplexed. Apparently, some gen...
Posted by Kristopher on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:25:00 PST