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Anthony Vargas

1921...I remember it well...

About Me

What can I say? I love Martinis and Pin-stripped suits. I'm a DJ who spins at Club Fusion, Overdose @ Viper Room and various joints around town. I also do parties...if you want a DJ who spins New Wave, Indie, 80s, Gothic, Industrial to Classical, Bossa Nova and Exotica...Send me a message. I don't know Rap, Hip Hop or Reggeaton..I just can't.. I love walking around, exploring new areas, places, buildings... Downtown LA has been my playground for many years... traveling is fun and I'm a huge Ocean liner buff.

My Interests

DJing at Clubs, Burlesque Shows, Going out, VW Repair, Las Vegas, creative Writing, Martinis, long drives with no destination, Lobster and Photography.

I'd like to meet:

My friend Dario, Juke Joint Jezebel, Christine The Strawberry Girl, This Charming Man, Little 15, The Beautiful Ones, Charlotte Sometimes, Swamp Thing, The Spangle Maker, Louise, Angel and The Happiest Girl.

Music:

Depeche Mode, Martin Denny, Stan Getz, Oasis, The Stills, Siouxsie, Kon Kan, The Rapture, Wendy Carlos, The Chalemeons, Pet Shop Boys, Dandy Warhols, Joy Division, Dead Can Dance, Supergrass, The Cure, Visage, Bauhaus and The Electric Shoes. Anything MOOG.

Movies:

Run Lola Run, Akiro Kurosawa's Dreams, Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, The Hunger, The Great Dictator, Mulholland Drive.

Television:

I love Lucy. The Simpsons. Dr. Gene Scott.

Books:

Kim, By Rudyard Kipling..American Psycho, by Bret E. Ellis, Foundation Series by Asimov...I read Magazines mostly... Los Angeles, Spin, Scientific American, SPY (RIP), RADAR (RIP) and Cruise Travel.

Heroes:

Winston Churchill, Calvin Coolidge, Ceasar Chavez, My Grandfather, Akiro Kurosawa, Kofi Annan, Emperor Hirohito, Queen Elizabeth II, Bobby Short, Siouxsie Sioux, Claudette (Maitre'd Trader Vic's Emeryville), Greg (Bartender, Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles) and my guardian Angel.

My Blog

Don't care how rich you are, you are F*cking LOW CLASS

Friends, I'm soo mad right now.   ARGH!  So many of you know I eat out every night for dinner.   I can't cook.   So ended up at the bar at Nic and Stef's Steakhouse ...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:59:00 PST

Don't care how rich you are, you are F*cking LOW CLASS

Friends, I'm soo mad right now.   ARGH!  So many of you know I eat out every night for dinner.   I can't cook.   So ended up at the bar at Nic and Stef's Steakhouse ...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:59:00 PST

Meanwhile, in Anthony-Land...

At the Puente Hills mall there is pre-fabricated patio and a nice girl who stands next to it and urges people to get a free estimate.  Under this patio is a lovely wicker chair, a fern and c...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:08:00 PST

The Fragility of Life.

I have never felt so surrounded by death as the way things have gone this month.  Death is a natural occurence which happens now and then and till now, its been just one of those things...but Dec...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:54:00 PST

The Bonaventure Hotel

My love for Los Angeles landmarks knows no boundries...  My landmark indicator usually fringes on how many times a particular building, or what not, has been destroyed in a Hollywood picture. Wit...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:50:00 PST

Like a Bat Out of Hell

Like a teenage girl, I was filled with suspense and anticipation of my upcoming Bauhaus week...it became almost unbearable.  Sometimes, I'd go to the Bauhaus web site and look at all the dates.....
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:48:00 PST

Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

The days have been shorter and shorter...the temperature has cooled slightly and the leaves are no lunger a lush and soft green...they now have taken on a crispier guise. It is Fall Season and I could...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:10:00 PST

The problems with being human.

This morning I was just dead.  Sore neck, no motivation to get up, dry mouth yet didn't even care to reach for a Dasani right next to me by the "Leg Lamp" from A Christmas Story.  I could he...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:00:00 PST

A Mexican in Canada

Leaving LA was the real biotch.  The United Computer had an issue with my e-ticket so it told me to pick up a phone which didn't work. "This phone seems to be broken" said I to the United lady, a...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:39:00 PST

Good-Bye Bad Times

I have this song in my head and it will not escape.  The song is Good-Bye Bad Times by Paul Oakey and Giorgio Moroder.  It just makes me want to get up and dance and it reminds me of my Mart...
Posted by Anthony Vargas on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST