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Teddy Nicholas

I don't like his face. His asshole face.

About Me



My Interests

theater, directing, playwriting

I'd like to meet:

you

Music:


THE FIERY FURNACES

deerhoof

the decemberists

the violent femmes
thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra and tra-la-la band
the beatles
charalambides
led zeppelin
animal collective
charles mingus
igor stravinsky
wilco
explosions in the sky
the futureheads
do make say think
bardo pond
stephen sondheim
sonic youth
frank zappa
lv beethoven
miles davis
elliott smith
the arcade fire
pink floyd
claude debussy
death cab for cutie
the pixies
belle and sebastian
the who
joanna newsom
sparklehorse
kevin devine
the boy least likey to
bernard herrman
sleater-kinney
the new pornographers
the roger sisters
the mamas and the papas
the smiths
the flaming lips
the feelies
the velvet underground
the yeah yeah yeahs
david bowie
radiohead
q and not u

Movies:

Hitchcock.
Welles.
Godard.
Fellini.
Spielberg.
Hawks.
Scorsese.
Wenders.

Television:

Television is dead.

Books:

moby-dick, one hundred years of solitude, the great gatsby, the sun also rises, pale fire, middlesex, the heart is a lonely hunter, the bridge of san luis rey, the bell jar, the sound and the fury, nine stories, dead-eye dick, carrie, the history of western philosophy, a delicate balance, this is our youth, driving mr. albert, vernon god little, the remains of the day, life of pi, a confederacy of dunces, the short stories of ernest hemingway, the completed stories of flannery o'connor, the completed poems of robert lowell, purple america, the blind assassin

Heroes:


My Blog

Check out this event: Four

Hosted By: Teddy NicholasWhen: Thursday Oct 18, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: Humanities Theater at Purchase College735 Anderson Hill Rd.Purchase, NY 10940United StatesDescription:Teddy Nicholas Click Here To...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:27:00 PST

Check out this event: Orphans

Hosted By: Teddy NicholasWhen: Friday Oct 12, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: Purchase College735 Anderson Hill Rd.Purchase, NY 15377United StatesDescription:Teddy Nicholas Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:51:00 PST

Oskaloosa, Iowa

Oskaloosa, Iowa Among the dirt-covered broken windows and crooked pavementsand sagging abandoned buildings of Downtown Brooklyn, the small Latina babies are wailing sirens, and the African American te...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:15:00 PST

Shining

Yeah....
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:29:00 PST

Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare in the Park

There is so much heartbreak and magic in Shakespeare's play that it's easy to miss when so much action is going on. First there's the fued between the Montagues and the Capulets. Then, of course, the ...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:35:00 PST

First Time

(Darkness through the bedroom.Two men are breathing heavily on the bed.Outside, the muted sounds of city life.)BennyYou like Jethro Tull?Mike(breathing heavily)I dunno. Don't listen to them.BennyThey ...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:19:00 PST

Ten Moments in Hyeres

I.As I wake dripping morning, lightgleams across the room, smacks mein the head.I left the window open againand now my arm is a mountain rangeof mosquito bites.II.The wicker chairsqueak as I sit. From...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:39:00 PST

Penguins and Ex-Boyfriends

I wrote this in France during a summer writing workshop in 2005, the summer before I went to Purchase. I wrote it about my boyfriend at the time, George, who was my first real boyfriend. Obviously thi...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:06:00 PST

Homecoming (for Chris Rogers)

    This was before cell phones and YouTube, before college transformed my mind and drugs mutated my brain chemistry--some psychedelic self-induced transformation of cellular informati...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:23:00 PST

Words Written While Crying Invisible Tears in a Cafeteria

The way he arranges the napkinabove his knee like arranging flowers for a funeral, or the wayhis socks are tugging uphis leg like children,the way his jacket hugshim like a lover, the angle&...
Posted by Teddy Nicholas on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:21:00 PST