the golden gate 1940
45 years of good times at Playland at the Beach 1927-1972
music. taking photographs. playing cello. red nail polish. san francisco (my home). people watching. sleeping. drinking. walking on clear cold nights. fixin things MYSELF. marlon brando. meeting new people. pouring beer on shannon. rainy days. making my friends laugh. bbqs. drinking champange at the Roosevelt. drinking champagne anywhere really. my dog Jenny. Lucky the Wonder Dog. anchor steam. making awesome earrings. ghosts. going to shows and rockin out. Six Feet Under. thunderstorms. rockabilly. psychobilly. metal. death metal. thrash. punk. burlesque. classic black&white flims. VLV. riding bikes in the summer time. London. sewing. 1940's style clothing. making people happy.
the Coronet Theatre 1949-2005, i cried when they closed her, what great memories i have there... the second cliff house built in 1896 for a whopping fifty thousand dollars, survived the 1906 quake only to succumb to a raging fire in 1907
apocalyptica. tom waits. ella fitzgerald. the melvins. mr bungle. fantomas. the white stripes. raigambre. the low flying owls. the okra pickes. joy division. the mac swanky trio. ftra. the darkness. sacramento. elmore james. john lee hooker. lightnin' hopkins. ray charles. neurosis. billie holiday. muddy waters. the chop tops. the the. the squirrel nut zippers. percy mayfield. led zepplin. radiohead. manu chao. jimi hendrix. the rev. the cartigans. jet. ween. the two timin three. satyricon. doc watson. johnny cash. knife thru head. daisy spot. las pesadillas. the pixies. nirvana. django reinhardt. emmit ray. EMT. otis redding. etta james. jackie greene. the secret chiefs. the sleepytime gorilla museum. the lucky stars. the decibels. arch enemy. nile. the bloody swords. bing crosby. neckromantix. dean martin. frank sinatra. louis prima and keely smith. turbonegro. and everything in between...
the thin man. sunset boulevard, the philadelphia story, it happened one night, buffalo '66, the brown bunny, anything vincent gallo, Marlon Brando (anything godfather and earlier) especially a countess from hong kong, streetcar, on the waterfront and the wild one. everything katharine hepburn. hitchcock, the major and the minor, the bachelor mother. most of ginger rogers films. old b-movie horror. anything vincent price. topper. halloween. cary grant! all cary grant except penny serenade. indiscreet, suspicion, usual suspects. boondock saints. gregory peck and rock hudson of course. the rock and doris duo. gummo. kids. sweet and lowdown. everyone says i love you. independant and french films. war movies. i like my war movies about shooting and death like black hawk down, not lovely dovey crap like pearl harbor. happiness. fast times. anything tarantino except the kill bills. quills. true romanace. some like it hot. the palm beach story. well...you get the idea...
andy griffith. flipper. bewitched. dobie gillis. my three sons. sex and the city. nip tuck. plastic surgery gone wrong. six feet under. black adder. absolutely fabulous. documentaries. shows about midgets having full size babies...
bukowski. vonnegut. burroughs. frank mccourt. hemmingway. dickens. biographies. history. just about anything interesting. hunter s. thompson
my grandmother - members of the century club - anyone who can chug a gallon of milk or lick their elbows - people that can stay awake through the geography of southeast asia - people that receive a darwin award and live to tell the tale...