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About Me

Live in Williamsburg. Do web development for HBO. Pluck guitar, play keyboard, make garage band song, listen to all kinds of music, read underground comix, publish humor zine, collect too many Criterion DVDs, love to mellow out in dive bars and go to live music (mostly indie rock). Make experimental and comic films.

You can instant message me @ AlexKarinaNYC

What I'm Listening to:

My Interests

film, screenwriting, alternative rock, photography, playing guitar and keyboards

I'd like to meet:

Anna Karina; P.J. Harvey; Cat Power; rocker girls with dark bangs; sexy librarian or museum curator; Mets fans; anyone named Ursula

Music:

Hope Sandoval, Boards of Canada, Broadcast, Natalie Merchant, Kruder and Dormeister, Bettie Seveert, Cat Power, Solex, Goldfrapp, Air, Caito, Eisley, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Charms, Sahara Hot Nights, many more...

Movies:

Pierrot Le Fou, Vivre Sa Vie, Eclipse (Antonioni), Before the Revolution, Adaptation, Stolen Kisses, Le Mepris, Being John Malkovich, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Amelie, Punch Drunk Love, 8 1/2, In the Mood For Love, Waiting for Guffman, Persona...

Television:

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Curb Your Enthusiasm

My Blog

New issue of my zine is now ready

Send me postal address and I'll mail you a copy. Or, if you can't wait, just download this pdf:http://www.colorfulfilms.com/zine/joyce_wankable_4.pdfAn d print pages 1, 3 and 5 on 81/2 x 11 inch paper-...
Posted by Herbert on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:11:00 PST

Wacky Jacky

Why does Wacky Jacky post a tease-y comment on my profile but then never respond to any of my emails?Why was David Lynch playing "Polish Night Music" at the Polish Consulate here in NYC recently?Why d...
Posted by Herbert on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:52:00 PST

Two Short Films

A short, Bruce Conner-esqe film I just made to accompany a song I wrote in Garage Band. About 13 MG, Quicktime h.264."Why do our desires turn us into sheep?"And a re-edited version of an animation I d...
Posted by Herbert on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:29:00 PST

040706 Song

Home sick today so I created a song in garageband. Loop for maximum effect:040706 Untitled
Posted by Herbert on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:55:00 PST

Oh Chiaki!


Posted by Herbert on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 09:21:00 PST

Le Plan duh Le Canard

1. I moost to go to gym-na-zee-um mee-you're off-tan so as to pro-pair in caze ma'm-wells de-zire me to make zee loave to her. 2. I moost en-shoor pro-pair obdurency of zee meember.3. Any-tome-ical po...
Posted by Herbert on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:45:00 PST

Thought For The Day

A great philosopher once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. And I agree, though my busy schedule prohibits me from being the examiner. No, sir, I leave that task for my biographers!
Posted by Herbert on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:18:00 PST

Wondershowzen, Season 1, now available on iTunes store!

Wondershowzen, for my money the most radical show on TV last year, is now available for purchase now from the iTunes store: all 8 episodes!...
Posted by Herbert on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:56:00 PST

A Fob Story

I have this huge collection of key fobs. That's right, I collect key fobs. I have about 2000 of them. Well, I keep them all locked up in this box and now I have lost the key to the box. The irony is t...
Posted by Herbert on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:06:00 PST

Holiday Media

Movies I watched this week: "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" "Dark Water" "Anger Management" (on TV with commercials) "Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist" (Paul Shrader version) "Cinderella Man" "...
Posted by Herbert on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:56:00 PST