*grrl bands!!! (riot grrl, foxcore)
*photography
(click here for my pictures)
*reading (esp. historic & 19th century novels)
*fleamarkets & 2ndhand stuff
*history; medieval castles and abbeys & renaissance art
*Eeyore & stuffed animals
*strawberry cake, chocolate, green tea, vegetarian food and abbey/trappist beer.
I used to be in a noisy punk rock band called Displayed . I played bass, screamed and wrote the songs.
Together my boyfriend and I run a webshop against commercial radio: http://killyourradio.shirtcity.com
The shop also includes some of my other designs.
MORE WOMEN IN BANDS.
I'm into all things 'RIOT GRRL' and 'FOXCORE',
some of the bands I like include:
Babes in Toyland, Sleater-Kinney, L7, 7 Year Bitch, Hole, the Muffs, Bikini Kill, Lunachicks, Bratmobile, Bangs, The Gits, The Gossip, Dover, Sarah Dougher, Bitch Alert, Slant 6, Sahara Hotnights, the Donnas, Fabulous Disaster, Mary Timony, Frightwig, The Raincoats, Belly, the Breeders, Kristin Hersh, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, The Distillers, Patti Smith, All Girl Summer Fun Band, The Eyeliners, The Hissyfits, Fluffy, The Organ, (Hooker), Jack Of Jill, Mary Lou Lord, Tami Hart, Visqueen, Geraldine Fibbers, That Dog, Buck, X-Ray Spex, The Chubbies, Tilt, Rotten Apples, Cat Power, The Butchies, Hammerbox, Red Five, Same Day Service, Lo-Hi, the Grown-Ups, Dance Hall Crahers, Shampoo, Mecca Normal, Mazzy Star, Sweet 75
and all related bands...
(Katastrophy Wife, Heavens To Betsy, Le Tigre, The Shocker, 50 Foot Wave, Cadallaca, Excuse 17, Spider & the Webs, Auf Der Maur, Partyline, Bantam, Casual Dots, Helium, Tanya Donnely, Throwing Muses, the Spells, The Beards, The Kelley Deal 6000, Electrocutes, Quix*o*Tic, Free Kitten ... etc!!)
AND MANY, MANY MORE!
Also some grunge/aternative bands like: Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Silverchair, Mudhoney, Mark Lanegan, the Melvins, The White Stripes, The Thermals and Kula Shaker.
But I also like other kinds of music like: Linda Ronstadt/Stone Poneys, the Beatles, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Traveling Wilburys, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, ELO, the Dubliners, Johhny Cash, Joan Baez, Steeleye Span, Stary Olsa, Filia Irata and others.
Plus, there's a very special place in my heart for the Pine Box Boys, and for all the Dutch grrl bands (that I did not mention)
I collect:
*Movies & mini series (based on classic novels/stories)
*Drew Barrymore movies
*Disney movies
Some random movies I like (a-z):
Almost Famous, Amelie, Bridget Jones Diary, Circle of Friends, Elizabeth, Empire Records, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fucking Amål, Ghost World, Ice Age, Mad Love, Miss Potter, Mona Lisa Smile, Pride and Prejudice, Shake rattle & rock, Shrek, Stardust, Ten Things I Hate About You, Walk The Line
Some of the series I enjoy the most (a-z):
Fawlty Towers, Gilmore Girls, Johan & Pirrewiet, Little Britain (1st season), Little House on the Prairie, Roseanne, Shaun the sheep, Simpsons, Swiebertje, That 70's Show, The Young Ones, Two and a half men
I LOVE the books by Jane Austen and Tracy Chevalier.
Some other random historic novels I like:
Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights, Thea Beckman: Hasse Simonsdochter, Katharine McMahon: The Alchemist's Daughter, Barbara Quick: Vivaldi’s Virgins, Jane Harris: The Observations, Sarah Waters: Fingersmith, Patrick Süsskind: Das Parfum
I collect comic books like:
Heinz, Johan & Pirrewiet, Smurfs, Asterix, Dirk Jan, Paulus de Boskabouter, female (autobiographical) comics like the ones by Maaike Hartjes and Barbara Stok.
Guaranteed to make me happy:
The awesome grrl bands who convinced me to pick up a (bass)guitar and scream.
Bas (for giving me tea and hugs whenever I need them)
Random current hero: Barney McKenna