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Jillana

only you can prevent forest fires

About Me

I have an amazing, fun, creative life and I am constantly reminded of how cool my friends are. With the help of the Great Spirit we can continue on our paths with joy and gratitude.

My Interests

worshiping stuff, mind-blowing facts, whiskers on kittens, history, friends, evolution, animal mascots, corrugated metal, non-fiction, Chicago bridges, van trips, long woks, inner and outer space exploration, old cartoons, holidays, electrical towers, robot-like architecture, live music wave vibrations, clipper ships, starting a new job, Polynesian culture, Appalachian-American culture, vintage design, futuristic materials, fake posh accents, fake hair, false modesty, dumb jokes, infinite ocean, forest fragrance, unconditional love, bargains on other people's junk, getting out of the house, exploring Los Angeles, California dreamin'

I'd like to meet:

cat whisperer

Music:

anything with a sitar, tabla, squeezebox, xylophone, celestine, or heart-wrenching vocal. 60's: pop, Buddha Records bubblegum, Nancy Sinatra, Georgie Girl, Bacharach, Mancini, Disney, Broadway,Tennessee Bird Walk, Roger Miller, Free to Be You and Me, surf guitar, 70's: more tv bubblegum, trucker songs, AM radio, Simon and Garfunkel, Carpenters, Dolly Parton, Jesus Christ Superstar, Helen Reddy, Sweet, Queen, The Guess Who, Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Cheap Trick, Fleetwood Mac, KISS, BeeGees, Andy Gibb, Bob Seger System, Tom Petty, Blondie, The Ramones, classic superstars of FM rock, 80's: discovering '70's punk, Jonathan Richmond, Siouxie Sioux, Richard Hell, The Undertones, Nina Hagen, Television, more Bowie, discovering early garage bands, Bow Wow Wow, Adam Ant, discovering Velvet Underground, ska, discovering og ska, Kate Bush, Cleveland bands like The Pink Holes, Dead Boys and Devo, Prince, Sonic Youth, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Public Enemy, LL Cool J and other music you hear while riding the bus in Chicago, rediscovering T. Rex, The Cult, Dinosaur, Redd Kross, Eleventh Dream Day and the rest of the Peaches Records playlist, Club Lower Links and seeing every band, poet and performance artist that showed up in Chicago from '88-'92 (thanks Leigh), rediscovering vintage country(props to Julien and Ted), 90's: Oklahoma scene ( Jen's fault), more Dolly Parton, Bollywood and other things no one likes to hear at Aron's Records, Nick Cave, more garage rock, White Zombie, more KISS, The Upper Crust , Beck, rediscovering Morricone, lounge (via Kiara and Senor), Love, The Beatles and The Byrds, NOT music videos that I worked on (except Hanson). 2000's: tribute bands, oldies radio, more Cheap Trick, Flaming Lips, Dolly Parton and Fleetwood Mac, My Barbarian, The Sugarplastic, discovering sea shanties (Julien again), more '70's bubblegum and glam (hi, Ian). CURRENTLY: The Clean, David Kilgour, The Chills and other Dunedin, NZ bands, Order of the Wand, going a little George Harrison by trying to learn bhajans.

Movies:

I have worked on a few, the finest being "Bury Me in Kern County", "The Devil and Daniel Johnston", and "Flashpants".

Television:

I'm takin' what they're givin' 'cause I'm workin' for a livin': The Simpsons, Arrested Development, Entourage

Books:

So many from "Grimm's Fairy Tales" to "The Phantom Tollbooth" to "Sounder" to "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" to "Siddartha" to "Heart of Darkness" to "A Confederacy of Dunces" to "Initiation" to "The Witches ' Dream" to "Autobiography of a Yogi" to ????

Heroes:

artists, feminists, civil rights activists, peacemakers, philanthropists, avatars. http://www.amma.org