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sarah-jane

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About Me

I am a freelance arts writer that reguarly waxes lyrical about music, film, literature, performance art and popular culture for various UK-based magazines and newspapers. When I'm not writing or researching, I co-run Bonnie and Clyde Design www.bonnieandclydedesign.com and Bonnie and Clyde online boutique www.bonnieandclyde.biz with talented graphic designer and photographer Steph Burnley. I am also a Guest Programmer for the bi-annual Women's Arts International Festival in Kendal, Cumbria, UK and am always on the lookout for challenging / interesting / creative new and established authors, musicians, performance artists and film-makers.

My Interests

Music Movies Books Makers Mark, ginger ale and a slice of lime Road trips - Right now I'm dreaming of travelling from L.A to San Francisco taking in Death Valley and miles and miles of palm trees and desert

I'd like to meet:

Cowgirls and cowboys, tattooed ladies and freakshow lovers

Music:

Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne, Patsy Cline, June Carter & Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, The Be Good Tanyas, Giant Sand, The Killers, Editors, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Ennio Morricone, Krysztof Komeda, Anthony and The Johnsons, Nina Simone, Cocorosie, Devendra Banhart, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, ESG, As Mercenarias, Jesus &; Mary Chain, Nick Cave &; The Bad Seeds, Leonard Cohen, Brigitte Fontaine, The Beach Boys, Wendy and Bonnie, Belly, Throwing Muses, The Fiery Furnaces, Sonic Youth, New Order, The Free Design, The Gossip, The Organ, Electrelane, Kate Bush, Aphex Twin, Cat Power, Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Sun Ra, Tortoise, Alice Coltrane, Chicago Underground Duo, Miles Davis, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg and Dusty Springfield.

Movies:

XXY, Red Road, La Haine, Breathless, Bande A Part, Double Indemnity, Bad Education, Women On The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown, Mystery Train, Ghost Dog, Coffee & Cigarettes, Cabaret, All That Jazz, The Hustler, Wings of Desire, Faraway So Close, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, The 25th Hour, Do The Right Thing, Dark Days, Manhattan, Annie Hall, The Odd Couple, Zelig, The Three Colours Trilogy, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Taxi Driver, Casino, Heat, Cry Baby, Hairspray, Vertigo, Rear Window, Lost In Translation, Hell Is A City & The Cockettes.

Television:

I'd rather be sat on the beach!

Books:

Geek Love. The Heart is Decietful Above All Things. Catcher In The Rye. And anything by Cormac McCarthy, Heidi W. Boehringer, Jennifer McMahon, Pat MacEnulty, Dennis Cooper, Kathy Acker, Mary Gaitskill, David Wojnarowicz, Heather Lewis, Hubert Selby Jr, Eileen Myles, Dodie Bellamy, Michelle Tea, Daphne Gottlieb, Raymond Carver, Syliva Plath, Jeanette Winterson, Virginia Woolf, Jim Thompson, Walter Mosley, Paul Auster, Joel Rose and J.T. Leroy.

Heroes:

Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Diamanda Galas, Nan Goldin, Jenny Holzer, Kathy Acker, Frieda Kahlo, Kathleen Hanna & Dorothy Allison.

My Blog

3 weeks of wonderful women!!!

Please visit www.womensartsinternational.co.uk to see the whole bill for the first festival which runs 4-24 May in the Lake District. A celebration of women working across the arts from music and lite...
Posted by sarah-jane on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:46:00 PST

Say goodbye to Sleater-Kinney

I was about to go to bed last night when I got an email from a friend announcing the demise of one of my favourite groups. Formed out of the ashes of Heavens To Betsy and other post-riot grrl groups, ...
Posted by sarah-jane on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:50:00 PST