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KARINA

www.karinatorrico.com

About Me

My Interests

DANCING

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

current obsessions: MGMT, Lykke Li, SantogoldAll time favorite: Massive Attack. It sounds as good today as it did last millenium
Gustavo Santolalla, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Caetano Veloso, Buena Vista Social Club, Afro Cuban All Stars, Daft Punk, Interpol, Kraftwerk, Radiohead, EBTG, LCD, TV on the Radio, Simian MD, Boys Noize, Vitalic, Tricky, Daddy G, Cajmere, Nonplus, Traxx, KLV, Mount Sims, Tomboy, The Knife, Jose Gonzales, Zero 7, Mylo, Colder, Isolee, Cinematic Orchestra, Beirut, M83, Explosions in the Sky, Beastie Boys, old Wu, old MJ, The Cure, Joy Division, Saul Williams, Nirvana, White Zombie, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, DJ Shadow, Portishead, DeeLite, The Rapture, YYYs, Cut Copy, The Presets, 2manyDJs, Raveonettes, Mos Def, Ministry, Black Star, Black Angels . . . "Our Disco" podcasts
I grew up obsessed with Madonna. I GREW UP on chicago house. The rest is mischmasch.
I am an ELECTRO girl.
Green Velvet says it best "I like electro. I like retro. I like ghetto. House and techno."

Movies:

Beat Street, Krushgroove, Party Girl, The Princess Bride, Little Miss Sunshine, Amelie, Labrynth, Vanilla Sky, You Can Count on Me, Eternal Sunshine, Everything is Illuminated, Batman Begins, Sex y Lucia, Hable con Ella, Pan's Labrynth, Paris, Je T'aime // I love foreign films.

Television:

I have DVR, but I don't use it. I also have HD, but I can't tell the difference between HD & non HD except a higher cable bill.
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" this season was CRAZY funny.
"30 Rock" - Alec Baldwin & "Kenneth Parcell" make the show.
Flight of the Concords!

Books:

favorite authors are Hesse & Kundera, Huxley, Burroughs, Henry Miller, Iceberg Slim
recently read "A Confederacy of Dunces" - hilaaaArious. Crazy story about the real life author John Kennedy O'Toole & film production attempts.

Heroes:

Ghitta W. Torrico

My Blog

SxSW 2008

March 11, 2008American BabiesPortugal. The manWhite DenimVon BondiesMarch 12, 2008Cassettes Won’t ListenThe WhipJeremy JayThe KillsRa Ra Riot!Saul WilliamsDoes it offend u, yeah?GhosthustlerFluo...
Posted by KARINA on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:26:00 PST

LA Yogis n Yoginis!

The greatest yoga led by the greatest ashtanga instructor, Mara Hesed, I have found in Los Angeles - hOm YogaMara's website: www.homyoga.netI strongly recommend anyone, advanced or beginner, to check ...
Posted by KARINA on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:28:00 PST

Chicago vs. Japan

Yesssssss! ... everybody knows that they are singin Street Fighter which The Bucketheads sampled for one of the greatest house songs of all time "The Bomb", right?...
Posted by KARINA on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:47:00 PST

Bless

SometimesGood things happento Good people
Posted by KARINA on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:23:00 PST

INSOMNIAC

i hear the sirens of an ambulancei wish it was coming for my hearttears sound the same in german
Posted by KARINA on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:44:00 PST

IN RAINBOWS

it has been dark for some time ... on the horizon, the sky looks like a rainbow. A rainbow. rich fiery red bleeds into a golden hue that blends with the blue heavens creating a thin green layer t...
Posted by KARINA on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:52:00 PST

ANGELS

ben, caroline, raquel, melvin, the boy at the division stop who carried my suitcase, scottish kenny who i met at o'hare, the white haired lesbian too. we were all angels to each other.
Posted by KARINA on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:43:00 PST

ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone

karina left & rain fell. chicago is always so pretty when she's here.
Posted by KARINA on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:40:00 PST

AIRPORTS

i have brief conversations with strangers i won't see again. should i connect more? they are lovely experiences. i will always remember them as such - because there was never anytime for things to go ...
Posted by KARINA on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:39:00 PST

www.ghitta.com

she's the best
Posted by KARINA on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:25:00 PST