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Rocky

Life's what you make it.

About Me

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My Interests

my family, friends, and pets, music, books, art, playing, pretending, helping kids, contemplating and creating food, avoiding mainstream events, functioning as aging punk-roccer soccer mom, preserving my LPs, growing dendrites, taking pictures of things I like (check out my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockys_photos/, learning to play guitar, writing, travel, animals, music music music, crossword puzzles (especially NY Times), learning to edit film/video/imovie, photography, staying in touch with people, it's all good, except for the bad

I'd like to meet:

Lucinda Williams
Kurt Vonnegut
Martin Amis
Ray Davies
Donna Tartt
Katherine Dunn
Brian Eno
Gore Vidal

Music:

Music: Strokes, Hives, White Stripes, Wilco, Single Gun Theory, Buddha Bar, Lucinda Williams, Dandy Warhols, Roxy Music, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Chesterfield Kings,Something Corporate, the Killers, My Bloody Valentine, REM, Richard and Linda Thompson, Chuck Prophet, Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, Antonin Dvorak, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Radiohead, Pere Ubu, Chi Pig, The Village Idiots, The Orange Ruffians, Bela Fleck, Astrud, Joiao, and Bebel Gilberto, Bjork, PJ Harvey, the Clash, Robert Johnson, John Coltrane, Arcade Fire, Califone, Beatles, John Lennon, Thelonius Monk, Was Not Was, U2, the Waterboys, the Kinks, the Thrills, Buzzcocks, Magazine, Flunk, Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, Machine, Shout Out Louds, LCD Soundsystem, the Ventures, the Smiths, the Killers, Pixies, the Dickies, Marti Jones, Don Dixon, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Everyothers, the Kooks, Let's Active, Stone Roses, Wall of Voodoo, Clash, Hammer Damage, Bizarros, Tin Huey, The Clampetts, Rubber City Rebels, Dead Boys, Sex Pistols, Duane Eddy, Eddy Cochran, The Saints, Jennifer McKitrick, Sinead O'Connor, the Shins, the Ramones, Bangles, Hole, ABC, XTC, Outkast, Marvin Gaye, Cockney Rebel, David Werner, Sarah Vaughan, Audience, The Dead Milkmen, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Igor Stravinsky, The Stranglers, My Morning Jacket, Bowie, Eno, Weezer, Squeeze, Lou Reed, John Cale, Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, the Pogues, Bob Marley, the Every Others, Social Distortion, the Replacements, New Radicals, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cramps, Elastica, Blondie, Taj Mahal, Mr. Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, Husker Du, Hoodoo Gurus, Urge Overkill, Nirvana, Todd Rundgren, Ray Davies, Andy Pratt, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jeff Buckley, the New York Dolls, Rooney, Sam Cooke, Bob Marley, Bo Diddley, James Brown, Lush, Sufjan Stevens, the Editors, the Charlatans, the Raconteurs, Arcade Fire, the Kooks, Ah-li Nafs, the Eels, Metric and so many more----just check out myfriends on myspace. Music LIVES!!!!!!chesterfield kings - 99th floor

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Movies:

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Add to My Profile | More VideosThe World of Henry Orient, American Beauty, Local Hero, Far from the Madding Crowd, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Fellini (8 1/2), Nashville, No Direction Home, Reds, The Man Who Fell to Earth, anything starring or directed by John Cassavetes (especially Husbands and A Woman Under the Influence), Blade Runner, Best in Show, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Manhattan, Annie Hall, Reds, Igby Goes Down, Coffee and Cigarettes, Polyester, Stranger Than Paradise, Dead Man, My Own Private Idaho, anything with Richard E. Grant (Withnail and I, How to Get Ahead in Advertising) or Charlotte Rampling (The Night Porter, Swimming Pool), Sterile Cuckoo, The Crying Game, Blue Velvet, Pulp Fiction, Eraserhead, Twin Peaks, Wild Palms, Ciao Manhattan, Leaving Las Vegas, Moonstruck, Henry and June, Lolita, Being There, Atlantic City, My Favorite Year, Lost in Translation, Garden State, Ghost World, My Left Foot, The Boxer, The Age of Innocence (love that Daniel Day-Lewis), Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Tender Mercies, The Ice Storm, Donnie Darko, Parent Trap (the original one with Hayley Mills), Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, Bringing Up Baby, Gypsy, Boogie Nights, Napoleon Dynamite, Dig, Fight Club, Goodfellas, Capote, 24 Hour Party People, The Filth and the Fury, The Squid and the Whale, The Matador, The Nomi Song, Syriana, 21 Grams, New York Doll, Little Miss Sunshine, Borat, Babel, The Devil and Daniel Johnston. The Departed, Pan's Labyrinth, Factory Girl, Venus, Stranger Than Fiction, Once, No Country for Old Men, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Juno, There Will Be Blood, I'm Not There

Television:

whatever is on when I'm in the mood

Books:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, Money, London Fields, and Experience by Martin Amis, Atonement and Saturday by Ian McEwan, A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham, Emma by Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, A Passage to India, Maurice, and Howard's End by E.M. Forster, My Wicked Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn, Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan, Driving Mr. Albert by Michael Paterniti, Ravelstein by Saul Bellow, The Human Stain by Philip Roth, Desolation Angels and On the Road by Jack Kerouac, The Golden Bough by Sir Ian Frazer, Middlemarch by George Eliot, Answered Prayers and everything else by Truman Capote, Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, M/F and Tremor of Intent by Anthony Burgess, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, Impossible Vacation by Spalding Gray, Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irvng, everything by Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris and Cynthia Heimel and Gore Vidal and David Rakoff, A Massive Swelling - Celebrity Re-Examined as a Grotesque Crippling Disease by Cintra Wilson, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind by Chuck Barris, Crackpot by John Waters, Tallulah Bankhead biographies

Heroes:

writers, artists, musicians but mostly everyday people living their lives with grace and dignity, especially when they're faced with struggles, pressure, and illnessyou know 'em when you see 'em

My Blog

The kids are alright

It's snowing again! There's an abominable snowman in the market and he's down by the PEAS and CARROTS! There, just had to get that out; thanks Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. The snowflakes bl...
Posted by Rocky on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:25:00 PST

which way are you leaning politically?

OBAMA
Posted by Rocky on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:04:00 PST

When I was younger

When I was younger: I had bright red hair and wore lots of stripes and polka dots and vinyl and ridiculous shoes. I went hiking in Beatle boots. I think I wanted to be Holly Golightly AND Truman Capot...
Posted by Rocky on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:35:00 PST

Monday reflections

Well, it's been a while since I've written anything so I thought I'd scramble a few thoughts together and toss them out. We have added another animal to our menagerie. I found a stray tiger tabby kitt...
Posted by Rocky on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:51:00 PST

Harvey Wasserman's Ode to Kurt and his last campus speech at OSU

Harvey Wasserman Sat Apr 14, 2:51 PM ETAs the media fills with whimsical good-byes to one of America's greatest writers, lets not forget one of the great engines driving this wonderful man---he HATED ...
Posted by Rocky on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:48:00 PST

Another kudo to Mr. Vonnegut

Reflections on Kurt Vonnegut, a Man of Funny FearlessnessBy Reverend Billy, AlterNet. Posted April 13, 2007.In memory of Kurt Vonnegut, the novelist, socialist and humanist whose friendship and late-i...
Posted by Rocky on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:48:00 PST

Kurt Vonnegut

I was so saddened to hear about the death of Kurt Vonnegut. I admired him very, very much. He was a great man, amazing writer, and a humanist who cared deeply for this planet and its people. He'll be ...
Posted by Rocky on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PST

New Bravo show "Top Design"

Read about this new show coming up on Bravo. One of the judges, Kelly Wearstler, is my cousin. Who is utterly fabulous by the way. Bravo Announces TOP DESIGN With Todd Oldham As HostCelebrated Interio...
Posted by Rocky on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:52:00 PST

poetry and tragedy

I came across this poem by Thomas Hardy and thought I would post it. Maybe I'll start a series. I think we need more poetry in this world. Given my state of mind right now I find this fitting. My cous...
Posted by Rocky on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:28:00 PST

big red ball

Tonight I was doing a combination cardio kickboxing strength class and we had to try to grab these big red balls between our legs while lying on our backs. It was rather difficult and awkward, especia...
Posted by Rocky on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:52:00 PST