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mary magdalene

that, and then some

About Me

also, i paint. like this.

My Interests

loud music. rock shows. lp records. tube amplifiers. agent provocateur. analog. big speakers. art - making and viewing. weird dreams. running late. books. writing. mixology. drinkology. fountain pens. calligraphy. fires. dilapitated urban architecture. night. smoke. petty crimes, dares, and pranks. nag champa. japanese graphics. mexican folk art. pernod and water. port and aged cheese. jardin majorelle. couture. vintage and thrift shops. firecrackers. throwing things off my roof. jasmine. neon. chinatown. lucha libre. burlesque. sacred hearts. death valley. chat noir. foreign tongues. oil painting. chinoiserie. the back of the garden. roadtrips. insomnia. nihilism. the day of the dead. rice powder. polaroid transfers. 35mm. reverb. gibson guitars and their ilk. being cynical and sarcastic. leftist politics. struggling to be unbored. trying to not hate humanity, and failing miserably. dichotomies. elusiveness. misbehaving in public. being a smartass. unlearning and peace... shantih shantih shantih.

I'd like to meet:

farmers, travelling tinkers, milkmen, that sort of thing.

Music:

mississippi fred mcdowell. thunderclap newman. ktel records. jesus and mary chain. psychedelic furs. love. joy division. motorhead. x. suicide. pretenders. the gun club. the starlite desperation. bowie. cheap trick. can. swans. lupine howl. the flies. spacemen 3. the saboten. hoppy kamiyama. aretha franklin. nina simone. verve. spiritualized. sigur ros. the byrds. screamin jay hawkins. t rex. stones. lost kids. immortal lee county killers. black sabbath. jesus lizard. singapore sling. captain beefheart. the go. kraftwerk. alice cooper. the ronettes. johnny rivers. nice strong arm. nina hagen. klaus nomi. tricky. massive attack. nurse with wound. ann peebles. the foundations. fad gadget. loop. karp. sleep. monster magnet. tv on the radio. trans am. the warlocks. morlocks. roxy music. big black. articles of faith. savage republic. godflesh. deerhoof. crispy ambulance. the doors. the kinks. les breastfeeders. the hollies. the rascals. neil young. buffalo springfield. i am kloot. the magnetic fields. sloan. dean martin. boredoms. beau brummels. new pornographers. neutral milk hotel. apples in stereo. gorky's zygotic mynci. olivia tremor control. mountain. black mountain. pink mountaintops. gram parsons. the sonics. subsonics. black lipstick. the [small] faces. rod stewart. the count five. the del-vetts. long blondes. bikini kill. lo hi. le tigre. supreme beings of leisure. donna summer. cuddly toys. nick cave. the birthday party. these immortal souls. bobby conn. jobriath. dorian zero. zolar x. curtis mayfield. yardbirds. cream. spencer davis group. devo. guided by voices. siouxsie. bauhaus. chameleons. the smiths. neon blonde. camera obscura (x2). flat earth society (belgium). burning brides. les savy fav. brian jonestown massacre. ac/dc. parliament. gary numan. eno. neu! pj harvey. yello. the creatures. echo & the bunnymen. dirtbombs. moving units. blondie. mojo men. yeah yeah yeahs. get hustle. indian jewelry. the effigies. charlie patton. slim harpo. neurosis. detroit cobras. sonny boy williamson II. ultravox! visage. aztec camera. b movie. yaz. oingoboingo. hot snakes. magazine. television. pulp. relaxed muscle. the mountain goats. the thermals. so so many white white tigers. legendary stardust cowboy. legendary shack shakers. chet baker. john lee hooker. sarah vaughan. the ruts. the stranglers. alvin lee. miles davis. billie holiday. della reese. sun ra. the blood arm. datsuns. division of laura lee. lion fever. death from above, 1979. big business. ramones. slade. sweet. suzi quatro. led zeppelin. the damned. my bloody valentine. the clash. modern lovers. velvet underground. mc5. gang of 4. wire. steppenwolf. primal scream. peechees. peaches. vibrators. ladytron. the faint. isley brothers. jerry "the iceman" butler. queen. starchildren. pink floyd (syd). jennifer gentle. the soft boys. the soft machine. gong. jimmy reed. hawkwind. nebula. lightening. lightning bolt. jesu. killing joke. the pattern. james brown. gossip. soledad brothers. blood brothers. richmond sluts. howlin wolf. buzzcocks. the cure. soft cell. bee gees. duran duran. dead or alive. temptations. red lorry yellow lorry. the only ones. marvin gaye. al green. ufo. blind willie mctell. the white stripes. laibach. johnny cash. johnny paycheck. the sisters of mercy. meow meow. creedence clearwater revival. mudhoney. beulah. quintron. the frogs. muddy waters. seger liberation army. django reinhardt. clinic. the auteurs. jimi hendrix. sly and the family stone. booker t and the mgs. dusty springfield. elo. bobby womack. tom jones. kiss. van halen. the seeds. jimmy scott. replacements. the darkness. the wildhearts. ny dolls. thin lizzy. bangs. the husbands. leonard cohen. morphine. spoon. iggy & the stooges. dead boys. pere ubu. rocket from the tomb. melt banana. optical*8. merzbow. lcd soundsystem. wilson pickett. otis redding. nilsson. flamenco. stax/volt. nuggets. and certain nazareth songs like hair of the dog when drunk.

Books:

the golden bough. confessions of an english opium eater. the ABC of reading. the cantos. ask the dust. gogol. notes from underground. tin drum. the gambler. the brothers karamazov. eliot. strawberry statement. the power elite. from riches to rags. state and revolution. the art of war. confederacy of dunces. vonnegut. concerning the spiritual in art. the diaries of paul klee. neon wilderness. tales of ordinary madness. milosz. laforgue. thermal delights in architecture. from bauhaus to our house. the stones of venice. death in venice. the soft machine. the dsm-iv. mauet: fundamentals of trial techniques. encyclopedias. cookbooks. manuals.

Heroes:

romanowscy: mama, babcia, dziadzio i gosia. bastards. outlaws. 1%ers. syd. fred hampton. george jackson. rothko. jeffrey lee pierce. stiv. anarchists. john stuart mill. joe strummer. joey ramone. marc bolan. fred smith. james dean. che. gypsies. chio-chio san. marie laveau. cynthia pc. kandinsky. chris f. ian curtis. duane eddy. madmen. studs terkel. buddha. bukharin. trotsky. neal cassiday. marvin gaye. lucretia borgia. lilith. haymarket rioters. dorothy parker. john kennedy toole. richard nickel. jules la forgue. the loomis sisters. bernadine dohrn. nico (both). weather underground. frederico garcia lorca. michael moore. hunter s. thompson. salome. grifters. bluesmen. jack daniels. saints and sinners. tina chow. mata hari. roky erikson. otis redding. jimi hendrix. goya. cliffdivers. st. sebastian for taking so many arrows...

My Blog

post-punk psychedelic art/prog

this morning i woke up a few hours after i got home.  qui were fantabulous, and as a closer, big business played my favorite karp song, "forget the minions".  sweet. so i got up, fed the dog...
Posted by mary magdalene on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:52:00 PST

the mistake i made, so you don't have to

mea culpa, qui is playing tonight at all star lanes.  sorry if i screwed anyone's social calendar up, but you ought never rely upon a woman who isn't 100% sure what year it is.  so pete, he...
Posted by mary magdalene on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:25:00 PST

i've seen horrors...

So what's the deal - I was supposed to fall madly passionately in love yesterday. With what, my new wok? The bela tarr movie? Is that all there is? Becks and I are both bored, in the same way but tho...
Posted by mary magdalene on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:18:00 PST

cosmology

this is what my horoscope said for today, in pertinent part. Square Mars - VenusNegative aspect: You will fall in love, that violent and passionate irrational love. You will find it difficult to contr...
Posted by mary magdalene on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:03:00 PST

memory lane, pt 1

i was going through a bunch of old pictures tonight because i was disgusted that my wok did not arrive, and so i figured i would finally fill the photo album from the last last time i got married, whi...
Posted by mary magdalene on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:50:00 PST

bob, we hardly knew you

my secretary just quit. i am [not so very] secretly glad.  i mean, i recognize that everyone has their own little quirks, flaws, and predilections, but his were orbiting jupiter.  besides, ...
Posted by mary magdalene on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:29:00 PST

i heart my job!

I had another blog written, but I'm shelving it in favor of this exciting announcement. Frankly, the blog was a little self indulgent and dramatic, which is uber lame and boring. Anyway this one is 10...
Posted by mary magdalene on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:37:00 PST

famous footware

I blocked this from my memory, but on Friday, in a desperate cry for help, one of my fish tried to kill himself. I was sitting right here on the phone with teri, waiting for traffic to die down (3 am)...
Posted by mary magdalene on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:52:00 PST

invalid password. try again, sucker.

i bought the highly difficult to find album "door, door" from the boys next door today. the boys next door was the band nick cave, tracy pew and rowland s howard were in before the birthday party. h...
Posted by mary magdalene on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:20:00 PST

one flew over the cuckoo's nest

I was going to write about one thing, but then my thinking got all derailed when i went to look up "conversion disorder" and found wikipedia's amazing glossary of psychiatric terms.  i found myse...
Posted by mary magdalene on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:10:00 PST