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DINA!

ain't nothing gonna save this ship...

About Me


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+ @ MUXTAPE + --- MAY 2008
01 - VOLCANO, I'M STILL EXCITED!! - Joe Jaxon
02 - TV ON THE RADIO - Satellite
03 - ELECTRELANE - On Parade
04 - TOKYO POLICE CLUB - Tessellate
05 - BURDOCKS - Turn the Century
06 - SCOTT WALKER - Jackie
07 - SUEDE - Attitude
08 - MAPS & ATLASES - Every Place is a House
09 - SYBRIS - Oh Man!
10 - HOT CHIP - One Pure Thought
11 - VOLCANO, I'M STILL EXCITED!! - In Green
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ONE MORE TIME FOR LUCK: NYC -- GLASGOW (2008 FEB 6-17)
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HOT CHIP - One Pure Thought
KAREN - Lorraine
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My Interests

making music, listening to music, singing, going to concerts, guitars, reading, art and photography, movies, vegan cooking + baking, eating, desserts, coffee/tea, cafes, cruelty-free clothing/cosmetics/everything, foreign languages, swinging on swings, used/vintage clothes, thrift stores, seamstressing, adventuresome walks, sports, knitting, museums, vinyl records, cassette tapes, collecting postcards...

I'd like to meet:



nice people interested in art, lit, film, and music; avid show goers; and good friends to make music with!

Music:

My musical beasts had to be tamed. Here's a truncated list of my favorite bands / artists. For a more complete list, multiply by several thousand:
the main contenders: Bear Mountain Picnic , The Russia Group , Fields of Industry , Shawn Persinger / Prester John , The AV Club , HOSPITAL GARDEN , Nada Surf, ART-SCHOOL, Neutral Milk Hotel, Jeff Mangum, The Wrens, Charles Bissel, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, The Promise Ring, SPARTA LOCALS, 31Knots, Q And Not U, Built to Spill, ACIDMAN, The Ramones, The Smiths, The Violent Femmes, ELLEGARDEN, Wolf Parade, Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, Mazarin, the band apart, The Ancient Greeks, Nick Drake, Feist, Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt, The 6ths, KAREN, Pedro the Lion, David Bazan, Rogue Wave, John Vanderslice, The Long Winters, Belle & Sebastian, Maritime, sports, the bloodthirsty butchers, NUMBER GIRL, Elliott Smith, Sparklehorse, Iron & Wine, The Decemberists, Bonnie Prince Billy / Will Oldham, Atom & His Package (4eva~!), Joanna Newsom, The Weakerthans, ACHIKO x Ishibashi Eiko, The Pixies, Pinback, Superchunk, Beulah, SEBADOH, & The Lemonheads!

me?:
as a humble and very excited guest:

+ GOD HELP THE GIRL +
( web / space )
solo project:

+ (still thinking of a name!) +
(coming soon!)

Movies:

Jackie Chan movies, Audrey Hepburn movies, Miyazaki Hayao animation, "GO" (Japan, 2000), Dare mo Shiranai (Nobody Knows), 2046, The Parent Trap (the ORIGINAL!), Akarui Mirai (Bright Future), Cha no Aji (The Taste of Tea), Survive Style +5, Lord of the Rings, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Cooler, A Clockwork Orange, Little Miss Sunshine, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Hole (Taiwan, 1998), Clean, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kazoku GEEMU (Family Game), anything and everything Monty Python, The Baxter, BRICK (2005), American Beauty, The Darjeeling Limited, Rushmore, Half Nelson, Harold & Maude, Strawberry Short Cakes, Breakfast on Pluto, Particles of Truth, Welcome to the Dollhouse ...

Television:

Queer As Folk

Books:

Favorite Authors - J.D.Salinger, Ooe Kenzaburou, Charles Bukowski, Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, Emile Zola, Frank Norris, Guy de Maupassant, Touson, J.K. Rowling, Theodore Dressier, William Golding, Edmond Rostand, Ayn Rand, Naturalist, Modernist, and Beat Generation works...
Favorite Artists - Alphose Mucha, Nakamura Yuusuke , Nara Yoshitomo , Egon Schiele, Sugizaki Megumi , Gustav Klimt, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Leiko Ikemura, Susie Ghahremani , Matt Moroz , Monet, Joan Miro, Ryan Beck
Favorite Photographers - Rut Blees Luxemburg, Mike Brodie, Autumn De Wilde

Heroes:

Nada Surf, The Wrens, Jackie Chan (read his biography!), Leslie Feist, Tabuchi Hisako, John Nathan (professor/translator), peta/peta2, the Humane Society, PFLAG!, ACLU...

please go FUR FREE!

go MEAT FREE and save the lives of over 100 ANIMALS A YEAR!

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My Blog

F E B R U A R Y B I R T H D A Y C L U B 2 0 0 8

[[[[[[[F E B R U A R Y   B I R T H D A Y   C L U B   2 0 0 8]]]]]]]- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -where are you?  happy birthda...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:57:00 PST

welcome back snow (2008 FEB)

Mindy time!tree time!twistedtwistedtwistedtwistedtrees...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:34:00 PST

beautiful morning with you (07 DEC / 08 JAN)

BEAUTIFUL MORNING WITH YOU (07 DEC / 08 JAN)location:  my yard!camera:  Olympus OM-1 (circa 1972), 50 mm lensfilm:  Kodak B&W 400subject:  my Mindy, trees, snowscapes...i turne...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:43:00 PST

happy holidays + new year love dina & mindy (2008 DEC)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS + HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVE DINA & MINDY....................................................... ...............................................Mindy likes ACIDMANand snow...a lot...by the ...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

no years resolutions

i had this whole list of resolutions written out, but then i realized that there was a mighty good chance that i just would not be able to keep them or make them come true.  well, besides for one...
Posted by DINA! on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:48:00 PST

mich shows: bear mountain picnic, fields of industry, john vanderslice w/ bishop allen

VIVA EL BEAR MOUNTAIN PICNIC (2007 SEP 15) final show ever.  bmp is no more.  if you missed them, you seriously missed out. -->  bmp @ myspace-->  cerberus records-->  emusic!...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:14:00 PST

CHICAGO X "10"

CHICAGO X '10'sometimes getting lost has its benefits... -->  pics @ flickr:  http://flickr.com/photos/junky/sets/72157602615916465/--> Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago--> in your eye--> F...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:19:00 PST

NADA SURF, SEA WOLF @ Schubas, The Apple Store Chicago (2007 OCT 19-21)

let's have a party! NADA SURF, SEA WOLF @ Schubas, The Apple Store Chicago (2007 OCT 19-21)and so the party continues!  as this is a very special October for me, i decided that some very special ...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:47:00 PST

OCTOBER BIRTHDAY CLUB (incomplete)

OCTOBER BIRTHDAY CLUB-->  SELDOM - Thursday Birthday you can do it all. happy birthday.http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZsaWNrci5 jb20vcGhvdG9zL2p1bmt5LzE2MDQ2Mjg4ODAv you are desperatel...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:09:00 PST

Bob Dylan + Band, Elvis Costello @ EMU Convocation Center (2007.10.12)

BOB DYLAN + BAND, ELVIS COSTELLO @ Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center (2007 OCT 12)when both Bob Dylan AND Elvis Costello decided to embark on a full North American tour TOGETHER that was ...
Posted by DINA! on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:59:00 PST