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Lily Monir Matini, Esq.

'I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.' - Murray Head's 80's Classic, One Night in Bangkok

About Me

Persian-American Renaissance Woman: www.lilymatini.com (currently accepting bids and proposals from prospective designers)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW: Trademark Associate for Shlesinger, Arkwright and Garvey, LLP in Oldtown Alexandria, VA sagllp.com
SWING DANCING WITH JERAMIE: featuring the first ever Persian-American swing dancing duo: http://www.jeramieanderson.com/jeramieandlily. More info to be posted soon!
MODELING FOR: Evolution Look Agency: http://www.evolutionlook.com/
Thanks to Paul Warton of ELA for introducing me to the fabulous Aidah Fontenot, who took the recently uploaded amazing pictures of me. Thank you Aidah for your beautiful work. Check out her website at http://www.aidah.com, and featured photographs of me on the fashion portfolio part of her website, as well as throughout the rest of the site: http://aidah.com/photography/fashion/fashion.html
In case you couldn't view them from the kodak link in my Grammy blog, here are the best pictures from the Grammy after-party on the rooftop terrace of the downtown LA Standard - best place ever!
NEW BLUE AND SILVER HIGHLIGHTS COURTESY OF GOLDWELL/KPSS GLOBAL TRENDZOOM '07: The Look is Industrial Soul
also on friendster and facebook, soon virb

My Interests

In the order I thought them up in:
dancing
intellectual property
partying
theatre
watching movies
watching HOMESTARRUNNER.COM!
swimming in summer
being outside or indoors in 75+ degrees
horseback riding
biking
roller skating
ice skating
opera
violin
voice
travelling
rock concerts
karaoke
sushi
listening to music, which I hope I will do till I die, can't live without it
favorite instruments to listen to: HARPSICORDS!, guitar, piano, violin, french horn, clarinet, oboe, cello, harp, bass

I'd like to meet:

I have new found respect for Linkin Park for What I've Done (my second favorite music video)

Favorite Music Video of All Time, Right Now by Van Halen:







CAMP ENCORE/CODA, SSSAS, NYLC, OBERLIN COLLEGE AND REGENT UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, friends of friends, bands I enjoy, bands looking for legal representation, trademark and copyright clients

IF YOU WANT ME TO ADD YOU, please do not just add me as a friend OR YOU DEFINITELY WILL NOT GET ADDED UNLESS I KNOW YOU WELL, send me a message, tell me how we know each other, GENERALLY I ONLY ADD PEOPLE I KNOW

Inspirations:
God, Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary, Mother Theresa, Al Pacino, Gary Oldman, Morrissey, Susan Sarandon, Angelica Houston, Isabella Rosselini, Jim Morrison

Check out Brian Begun, on myspace, and I taking 3rd place in the Balboa Contest at the 2005-2006 Rhythmic Arts Festival, also on myspace, in San Diego, CA (if anyone has footage of me taking 3rd the year before with Trevin Baker, let me know!):
Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Spotlight: 1st - Yoshi/Mia (Seattle, WA) 2nd - Nate/Tertia (San Diego, CA), 3rd - Brian/Lily from (CA/VA), Jacob/Giselle (LA, CA), and Scott/Kristen (SF, CA).

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Winning the Diversity Forum at the 2006 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown (ULHS) with Pete Green (Seattle, WA); we start in the middle of the group. Thanks to Jonathan Jow for this awesome footage!

Winning the Jack and Jill Finals at the 2006 Rhythmic Arts with Daniel Newsome (Denver, CO); wait for it, we're in the middle of this video at 2:07 for a bit, then we go out a couple more times in order, and at the end of it too. Thanks to Jonathan Jow for this awesome footage!

Winning the audience-judged Jam Cellar Couples Contest with fellow Persian American swing dancer, Jeramie Anderson (Arlington, VA); we're the first couple that starts the phrase battle. Video clip courtesy of Diane W.

Music:

GET INTO MY FAVORITE BANDS RIGHT NOW: SHINY TOY GUNS AND THE SOUNDS, THEY EVEN TOURED TOGETHER, CAN IT GET ANY BETTER?!

Tony The Beat

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The Sounds - Painted By Numbers

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SNAKES ON A PLANE (BRING IT)

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Classical Composers:
Beethoven, Haydn, Handel, Mozart, Telemann, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Lalo, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Ravel, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Chopin, Grieg, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Mussorsgky, Sibelius, Schumann, Strauss, Liszt, Weber, Rossini, Paganini, Stravinsky, Bach, Kronos Quartet, Phillip Glass, Barber, Khachaturian, Mascagni, Satie, Albinoni

Classical Musicians:
Piano:
Emmanuel Ax, Peter Takas (Oberlin Conservatory)
Opera Leading Ladies:
Denyce Graves, Veronica Villaroel
Opera Leading Gentlemen:
Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras
Other Phenomenal Voices:
Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, Andrea Bocelli

Opera Composers:
Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Bizet

Swing:
Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Andrews Sisters, Chick Corea, Django Reinhardt, Louis Prima, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Slim Gaillard, Bud Green, Slam Stewart, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Mack Gordon, Harry Revel, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Ira and George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Fats Waller, Bix Beiderbecke, Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra, Mora's Modern Rhythmists, Lester Young and Oscar Peterson Trio, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Erskine Hawkins, Keely Smith, Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz:
Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sade, New York Voices, Ute Lemper

Classic Rock and Soul:
The Beatles, John Lennon, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Led Zepplin, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Starship, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, The Monkees, The Turtles, The Young Rascals, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Knack, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Shadows of Knight, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Jackie Wilson, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Scott McKenzie, Procol Harum, the Buckinghams, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Grateful Dead, AC/DC, Credence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chicago, Paul McCartney and Wings,The Mammas and the Papas, Simon and Garfunkel, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Kansas, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Steve Miller Band, Boston, Journey, Eagles, Aerosmith, Toto, Styx, The Police, Sting, The Clash, Guns N' Roses

Disco Era:
ABBA, Parliament, P-Funk, George Clinton, Commodores, Jackson 5, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Donna Summer, The Village People, Bee Gees, Barry Manilow, Cheryl Lynn, Lipps Inc., David Shire, The Trammps

The Awesome 80's Brits:
The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Suede (a.k.a. The London Suede), Morrissey, David Bowie, The Cure, Joy Division, New Order, Erasure, Bronski Beat, Passions, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Depeche Mode, Japan, Magazine, Aztec Camera, The Pretenders, Ultravox, Killing Joke, OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark), The English Beat, The Raincoats, Sisters of Mercy, XTC, Echo and the Bunnymen, Robyn Hitchcock 'N' the Egyptians, Gang of Four, The Chameleons UK, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Psychedelic Furs, Public Image Ltd., Throbbing Gristle, Love and Rockets, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Julian Cope, Happy Mondays

More 80's (need to sort out the Brits in these too, message me to help):
Blondie, Paula Abdul, Madonna, Michael Jackson, The Cars, The Replacements, The Smithereens, The Pixies, Talking Heads, Madness, Jane Sberry, Jane's Addiction, The Stranglers, The Ramones, Pet Shop Boys, Book of Love, Beloved, Talk Talk, Thomas Dolby, Howard Jones, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, INXS, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Kim Wilde, Blondie, Flock of Seagulls, Pat Benatar, Human League, Nena, Spandau Ballet, Missing Persons, A-Ha, Romeo Void, Corey Hart, Janet Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol, The Church, Violent Femmes, Cutting Crew, Mr. Mister, Roxy Music, Squeeze, Rick James, They Might Be Giants, P.M. Dawn, The Jam, Passions, Mission of Burma, Dream Syndicate, Hüsker Dü, Wall of Voodoo, The Go-Betweens, Dinosaur Jr., Lone Justice, Killing Joke, ABC, Concrete Blonde, Meat Puppets, The dB's, Prefab Sprout, Lemonheads, The Cramps, X, Sugarcubes, Faith No More, Sonic Youth, The Feelies, Rain Parade, Green on Red, The The, The Lyres, Beat Happening, Gun Club, Camper Van Beethoven, Cocteau Twins, Hoodoo Gurus, The Pogues, The Three O'Clock, Billy Bragg, Berlin, The Eurythmics, Alphaville, Roxy Music

Punk:
Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Minutemen, Minor Threat, Descendents, The Dead Milkmen, Bad Brains, Suicidal Tendencies, Fugazi, NOFX, Bad Religion

90's and 2000's:
Annie Lennox, L7, Brad, Bush, Bryan Adams, Jamiroquai, Garbage, Sublime, Better than Ezra, Blues Traveler, Matchbox 20, Dave Matthew's Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, REM, Third Eye Blind, Counting Crows, Weezer, No Doubt, Cake, Indigo Girls, Nirvana, Hole, Dishwalla, Stabbing Westward, Blur, Wallflowers, Portishead, Radiohead, 311, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Smashing Pumpkis, Frente!, The Juliana Hatfield 3, Phish, Nada Surf, Veruca Salt, James, Cardigans, Spacemen 3, Guided by Voices, The Black Heart Procession, Yo La Tengo, The Barbarians, Loose Fur, Sonic Boom, Mojave 3, Wilco, Cat Power, The Standelles, Mark Mothersbaugh, Chad and Jeremy, Masada, The Moutain Goats, Red House Painters, Spiritualized, Rockie Robbins, Jovanotti, The Modern Lovers, Pinback, Mazzy Star, Coldplay, Evanescence, Flaming Lips, Freelance Hellraiser, Lassie Foundation, K's Choice, Gorillaz, Goo Goo Dolls, Scissor Sisters, Sixpence None the Richer, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Yellowcard, The Offspring, The Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sum 41, The Sounds, The Bravery (more coming)

International:
Bob Marley, Enya, Edith Piaf, Gypsy Kings, Googoosh, Shakira

Real Country and Rockabilly:
Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Deke Dickerson and the Ecco Fonics

Rap, Hip Hop and New R&B:
Herbie Hancock, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Zapp and Roger, Davy Dmx, Mantronix, Man Parrish, Hashim, Cybotron, Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonice Force, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, NWA, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Eminem, Dr. Octagon, Cypress Hill, Busta Rhyme, Bounty Killah, Sean Paul, Redman, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, Pharcyde, The Roots, Musiq, En Vogue, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas

Astralwerks:
Air, Alpha, Beta Band, Basement Jaxx, Doves, Fatboy Slim, Kings of Convenience, Neu!, Photek, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Scanty Sandwich, Sebastien Tellier, Turin Brakes, Uberzone

Solo Artists:
Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Billy Joel, Kate Bush, Madonna, Tori Amos, Ben Folds, Tom Waits, Elliott Smith, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Suzanne Vega, Meryn Cadell, Paula Cole, Charlotte Martin, Ani DiFranco

EDM and Other Dance Music:
BT, Paul van Dyk, Moby, Paul Oakenfold, Saint Etienne, Chemical Brothers, Deeelite, Lords of Acid, Scott Henry, JTFlaash, Carl Cox, Way out West, Ministry of Sound

Ska:
Operation Ivy, Buck-O-Nine, Rancid, Reel Big Fish, Pietasters, Toasters, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Goldfinger, Flogging Molly, NOFX, Bad Religion, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Descendents, The Distillers

Christian:
Gospel Voices, Voices for Christ (Oberlin gospel voices group), Kirk Franklin and the Family, Michael W. Smith, Superchick, Rebecca St. James

Indi:
Luna Sea, Flipper Dave, Doria Roberts, 33 1/3, Elfman Forrest Quartet, Sigur Ros, Cesar Alvarez, Kastle Grey Skull, Dead 60's, Kaiser Chiefs

Musicals:
Rent, Les Miserables, Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Hair, A Chorus Line, Pippin, Aida, Assassins, Pal Joey, The Fantasticks, Guys and Dolls, Chess, West Side Story, The Pajama Game, Hello Dolly!, Sweet Charity, Babes in Arms, Man of La Mancha, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Wiz, Grease, The Who's Tommy

Soundtracks:
Pulp Fiction, Immortal Beloved, Eyes Wide Shut, Clueless, Swingers, Dance with Me, Frida, The Virgin Suicides, Amelie, Requiem for a Dream, The Matrix Reloaded, Garden State, French Kiss, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, Bend It Like Beckham, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Grand Theft Auto Vice City Box Set, Snatch

Comedians
(yeah i know not technically music, but they put out cd's and bring the music of laughter into our hears /end cheesyness):
Dane Cook, Margaret Cho, Lewis Black, Stephen Colbert, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, David Spade, Eddie Griffin, Steven Lynch, Carlos Mencia

Movies:

Violence:
(yes we're going to start with Pacino cause he's the greatest) Scarface (the newer version directed by Oliver Stone, screenplay by Brian De Palma), The Godfather I and II, Dog Day Afternoon, A Clockwork Orange, The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions, Goodfellas, Casino, Leon/The Professional, Fight Club, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Seven, Transporter, Kill Bill 1 and 2
Drama:
(yes we're going to start with Pacino cause he's the greatest) Serpico, ...And Justice for All, Devil’s Advocate, Any Given Sunday, The Insider, Glengarry Glen Ross, Scent of a Woman, Two Bits, Immortal Beloved, Amadeus, The Great Gatsby, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Braveheart, Damage, American Beauty, Lord of the Rings 1 2 3, Joy Luck Club, What Dreams May Come, Amelie, Malena, Beautiful Mind, Count of Monte Cristo, Great Expectations, Dead Poet's Society, Love Actually, Interview with the Vampire, The Hours, Narc, 25th Hour, Titus, Frida, Man Without a Face, Runaway Jury, House of Sand and Fog, The Italian Job, The Score, X-Men 1 and 2
Musicals:
Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, A Chorus Line, Pippin, West Side Story, Hello Dolly!, Grease, All That Jazz, Rent
Comedies
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Royal Tenebaums, A League of their Own, First Wives Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Napoleon Dynamite, Empire Records, Party Girl, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Zoolander, Cinema Pardiso, Little Giants, Wayne's World 1 and 2, Wet Hot American Suummer, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Midsummer Night's Dream, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, High Fidelity, Goonies, Much Ado About Nothing, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Swingers, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Medea's Family Reunion
Other:
24 Hour Party People
Romantic Comedies (I'm not one for chick flicks, but a few are good):
Dance with Me (only for the Salsa choreography), Top Gun, Just Married
Disney:
Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Robin Hood, Sword in the Stone, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Fox and the Hound, Lion King
Other Children's Cassics:
All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Land Before Time, The Neverending Story, The Secret of Nimh, Finding Nemo

Television:

Cartoons:
Jem, Smurfs, Simpsons, South Park

Comedy:
Happy Days, I Love Lucy, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Amen, Three’s Company, Full House (you gotta love the cheese factor), Saved by the Bell (to the max!), In Living Color, The Daily Show, Crankyankers, Strangers with Candy

Educational:
any wildlife shows on TLC or The Discovery Channiel, 3-2-1 Contact, Square One, Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego?, Bill Nye: the Science Guy, Yan Can Cook, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, I Love the 80’s, Pop Up Video

Books:

law review books are devouring my soul this year, and bar review books will be consuming me summer '06 and winter '06/'07, so hopefully my eyes will get caught up on some new material come March '07

Heroes:

(i had a section here, Tom, what happened?) update forthcoming, for starters: my father and Christ

My Blog

So that's why some people think I look like Halle Berry ;-)

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Posted by Lily Monir Matini, Esq. on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:51:00 PST

Dresden Dolls on US Tour: See them in DC with me!

hey all,One of my favorite new bands is going on tour, and i really want to get a group together to see them for their show in DC - 9:30 club - October 27th. If you're not in the area, I've listed the...
Posted by Lily Monir Matini, Esq. on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:31:00 PST

Seminar with Former Attorney General John Ashcroft

it's not easy trying to figure out how to best defend a country in a 30+ year war against terrorism, no state you can actually declare war against, with enemies who don't wear a uniform, having to det...
Posted by Lily Monir Matini, Esq. on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:26:00 PST

The Top 8 Dilemma: An Editorial

at first, i was going to ignore the whole top 8 fiasco, and then i noticed i was on certain friends' top 8's! what to do?!well gosh, i can't be on theirs and not have them on mine, can i?! reciprocity...
Posted by Lily Monir Matini, Esq. on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:58:00 PST

MSN's Good Advice for Singles

well mostly good advice, some stuff is debatable for guys and girls, oh yes: (funny, they tell the girls to bring the condoms, eh? guys listed first cause they always need more help than we do, muwaha...
Posted by Lily Monir Matini, Esq. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Camp Hollywood Vintage Shots by Goverphotographic.com

someone help me figure out the web tags for img src whatever to make these pics show up vintage hauteness courtesy of the stylists at Camp Hollywood, my fashion and makeup sense, and photostylings by ...
Posted by Lily Monir Matini, Esq. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

What British Band Are You?

<center><font face="arial"><img src="http://home.mn.rr.com/couplandesque/quizzes/radiohead.g if"><br><a href="http://home.mn.rr.com/couplandesque/quizzes/british.ht m">Whic...
Posted by Lily Monir Matini, Esq. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST