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Leila Czar

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About Me

...And why won't Courtney Love...Courtney Love! Why won't Courtney Love be having any cranberry sauce with her Christmas dinner this year? ...Do they have Christmas in this town, or did they get rid of it? Do they have it? That is a nice holiday, am I right? You get to spend some time with family and friends around that tree exchanging presents--and the food, oh boy, grandma's famous peach...the turkey stuffing...the honey-baked ham...the candy... All these great Christmas delicacies could make this day so much better, but Courtney Love, the widow Love, on Christmas Day of this year, won't be having any [gets the crowd to say "cranberry sauce"]. No [cranberry sauce]. No [cranberry sauce]. Oh guys, come on, that's miserable. That is miserable. You know, folks, three nights ago...three nights ago in this wonderful wonderful venue, on this fantastic stage, Motown's legendary Four Tops performed. And it was a sold out show and they did all their greatest hits, they did Reach Out... They did It's the Same Old Song... They did Ain't No Woman Like the One I've Got, Bernadette, Walk Away Renee--the hits just kept coming all night long--yet when the Four Tops got to their greatest song of all, a song that I'm sure you know, it's called I Can't Help Myself Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, when the Four Tops kicked in with that one, the entire crowd leapt to their feet to join in and sing along. It was an audience participation moment, one of those rare moments when audience and band became one. And yet three nights later on this very same stage, to a similar crowd, when America's youngest comedian Neil Hamburger tried to engage the crowd in his audience participation segment, the best they could muster up was a pathetic "cranberry sauce." Folks, I know you can do better, and I know you'd like to solve the riddle as to why Courtney Love won't be having any [cranberry sauce] for Christmas dinner--no [cranberry sauce] to go along with the green beans, to go along with the hot apple cider with the little cinnamon stick, all these wonderful delicacies--yet this great vocalist, Courtney Love, won't be having any [cranberry sauce] on Christmas Day, absolutely no [cranberry sauce]. Does anyone know why? I'll tell you why. Folks, the reason Courtney Love won't be having any [cranberry sauce] on Christmas Day is that in fact Courtney Love won't...be...having...Christmas dinner this year... No, she's not even going to celebrate the Christmas holidays, if you can believe that. In fact, she will have died by then of a heroin overdose .

My Interests

40 inch long hair, absurdity, aerobicise videos, alabama, alphabetical order, archiving, art nouveau, artichokes, austin, baking, banjo, bass clarinet, bass guitar, bearded dragons, beards, bellybuttons, betta fish, bicycling, biting, black russians, board games, boognish, boston terriers, botany, brown, brownies, calliope, camping, cartilage, cartoons, chanting, chemistry, chili, clydesdales, coffee, conch, crooning, death, debris, deep sea expeditions, dinosaurs, drowning, echolalia, elbows, eschatology, fags, fake facial hair, fake slavic accents, fall color schemes, fantasy, fire/fires, floods, folk rock, foofaraw, french roast, french toast, freud, fromage, fudge, giggling, ginger, giraffes, glasses, godzilla, goldfish, gourd, grits, halloween, happiness, hazelnuts, hippie-type communes, hirsuteness, hoi polloi, holding hands, homesickness, homsar, humbert humbert, hurricane tattoos, ignosticism, interspecies communication, jive, kogepan, koi, laughter, lavender, libraries, lichens, lizards, lolita, long long lists, lounging, love, making out, mechanical pencils, mitochondria, moles, mome raths, moods, mourning, my friends, naps, natural history museums, nerds, new orleans, nieces and nephews, noise, noisy noise, nonsense, noses, octopi, ophelia, photography, polyester, ponies, prescription glasses, psychedelia, psychoanalysis, pugs, purple, purses, queues, rainy days, reading, real ponchos vs. sears ponchos, rivers, rue de la course, russia, sake, sausage festivals, saxophone, scallion cream cheese, sci fi, scrabble, seaborgium, seaweed, shannon ellery hubbell, short people, silliness, singing, sir hubert cumberdale, smells, smiling, snuggling, soviet political posters, soy, spelling, spider lilies, spiders, stabbing, super 8, super happy funtime, sushi, tall people, teatime, the 70s, the baltic sea, the mariana trench, the void, theremin, thrift stores, toys, tres leches , tubing, unicorns, upright bass, vinyl, water, warbling, woodcuts, wwii, words that begin with "x" or "z."

I'd like to meet:



A wife for Sir Hubert Cumberdale.
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Music:



Aavikko, Antony and the Johnsons, Aimee Mann, Al Green, ALL IS ON!!!, Animal Collective, Beatles, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds Five, Big Star, Billie Holiday, Bjork, Blackholicus, Blonde Redhead, Bob Dylan, Bonzo Dog Band, Books, Brian Eno, Brian Kenney Fresno, Brown Whornet, Buddy Holly, Captain Beefheart, Charles Ives, Charles Mingus, Chris Spies, Clockwork Elvis, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Daniel Johnston, David Bowie, David Fiuczynski, Deerhoof, Devendra Banhart, DEVO, Django Reinhardt, Doctor a Go Go, Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, Eric Dolphy, Erik Satie, Erykah Badu, Fairport Convention, Fela Kuti, Fiery Furnaces, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa, Gillian Welch, Harry Merry, Iggy Pop, Iron and Wine, James Carter, Jeff Buckley, Joanna Newsom, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, King Crimson, King Sunny Ade, Kings of Convenience, LAZER, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Lightning Bolt, Magnetic Fields, Man Man, Marc Ribot, Medeski Martin and Wood, Miles Davis, Mono Pause, Mo Pair, Muchos Backflips, Mum, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Neko Case, Neung Phak, New Pornographers, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Of Montreal, Opposite Day, Optiganally Yours, Outkast, Percy Grainger, Pharaoh Sanders, Pixies, Portishead, Prince, Quintron, Ravi Shankar, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Rasputina, Roxy Music, Simon and Garfunkel, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Sonic Youth, Spain Colored Orange, Sparklehorse, Sparks, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stinking Lizaveta, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, Television, The Arcade Fire, The Band, The Clash, The Incredible String Band, The Invincible Czars, The Mathletes, The Other Planets, The Residents, The Shins, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, Tortoise, Two Star Symphony, Velvet Underground, Warren Zevon, Ween, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo, Yves Montand.

Movies:

Anchorman, Bartleby, Being John Malkovich, Bill Murray, Box of Moonlight, Brain Candy, Coen brothers, Corndog Man, Crispin Glover, Crumb, Danger Diabolik, Dangerous Liaisons, Edward Scissorhands, Gael Garcia Bernal, Ghost World, Gummo, Harold and Maude, Heathers, I Heart Huckabees, Jesco the Dancing Outlaw, Jim Jarmusch, John Turturro, John Waters, Labyrinth, Love Liza, Marx Brothers, Michel Gondry, Napoleon Dynamite, P.T. Anderson, Pan's Labyrinth, Peter Sellers, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Primer, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Rubin and Ed, Secretary, Sesame Street movies, Sex and Lucia, Shannon Ellery Hubbell, Sin City, Slacker, Sleeper, Stanley Kubrick, The Dreamers, The Music Lovers, The Point, The Princess Bride, The Seventh Seal, Uncle Meat, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, Wayne's World, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Werner Herzog, Wes Anderson, Yellow Submarine

Television:

Space Ghost!!!, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Third Rock From the Sun, Northern Exposure, Daily Show, Animaniacs, Strangers With Candy, Upright Citizens Brigade, Sifl and Olly, The Future is Wild, Futurama, Red Dwarf, Star Trek (original and Next Generation), Six Feet Under, Monk, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, MST3K, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Reno 911, Kids in the Hall, Pokemon, Arthur, Mr. Show, Arrested Development, Antiques Road Show, Dave Attell, that Star Gazer guy who comes on PBS at 2 in the morning. Fishing...with Johhhn.

Heroes:

Pretty much all of my family and friends.

My Blog

I wouldn’t pay $85 to go see just about anybody else.

Repost from Tom Waits bulletin:TOM WAITS' TRUE CONFESSIONS(A conversation with himself)I must admit, before meeting Tom, I had heard so many rumors and so much gossip that I was afraid. Frankly, his g...
Posted by Leila Czar on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:47:00 PST

A nice comic for the nice people

Apropos of nothing, I am currently enjoying this comic, and not just because it has a character named Hubert:It comes from here and was recommended on The Comics Curmudgeon.  That is all.  O...
Posted by Leila Czar on Mon, 05 May 2008 10:37:00 PST

So true.

via [Wondermark]
Posted by Leila Czar on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:51:00 PST

Re: ARRARGH YAK FITZROWER RIP

The title is what popped up when I typed "r" into the subject line ( I Bu anyway people, you need to go here and do what it says.Leila's Johari WindowAnd then, if you're feeling up to it, here.Leila's...
Posted by Leila Czar on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:40:00 PST

Work Schmerk

I'm at work currently so I gots to make this quick.  I just got calls for several job interviews in the next two weeks.  My current job sucks big veiny donkey balls.  One of the intervi...
Posted by Leila Czar on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:27:00 PST

My Dream Job

So my friend Evelyn recently gave me a lead on a freelance job writing SAT questions.  When she mentioned this possibility to me I said, "Damn, that's like one of my nerdy dream jobs!"  Hope...
Posted by Leila Czar on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 01:14:00 PST

Hubert Update

Sir Hubert Cumberdale has been shedding profusely all day.  No wonder he's been so moody lately.Here are some adorable pictures of Hubert and Tim, just chillin' in the kitchen:Well then, hope eve...
Posted by Leila Czar on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:38:00 PST

The Acme of Femininity

Oh man.  I just love this comic:It's just the right amount of bizarre.My life, however, is a little lacking in the bizarreness category right now, except for Charles Rajecky's usual antics, which...
Posted by Leila Czar on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:01:00 PST

Self-Help Blog

Did you know (yes, you) that you are an INCREDIBLE SUCCESS WAITING TO HAPPEN?  Just like me???I'm bringin' it all together...Doin' it on my own... (lyrics from the last song on Shinola Vol. 1)Thi...
Posted by Leila Czar on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:37:00 PST

My Head A Splode.

Rejected.Yes, I was informed via snail mail today by UT that they are "unable to recommend my application to the blah blah blah whatever etc."  This makes me very sad.But no sympathy, please.I am...
Posted by Leila Czar on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:39:00 PST