Books. Music. Dogs. Beer. Rescuing dogs, photography, going to rock shows, taking too many photos @ said rock shows, drumming, August(the man, not the month, though it's usually pretty sweet), cheap thrills, comics, shiny sparkly things, whiskey, tambourines, maracas, leg wrestling, old hollywood, women's history, words, geology, the library, slapstick comedy, roller skating, bbq's, science, art, robots, books, chewing gum, web design, go go boots, 1940's shoes, velvet, forensics, chimps, pinball, air hockey, trashy magazines, learning new stuff, cooking/eating, records, laughing, sleepin' in...
Music
Ramones, Johnny Thunders (with & w/o The Heartbreakers), local NW bands (fuck, this list gets longer every time I go to a show - the NW is FULL of kickass bands! Some of these bands are no longer though): Tvees, The Cops, The RC5, The Earaches, Autolite Strike, The Briefs, The Whore Moans, The Gits, The Castros, The Valentine Killers,The Statics, The Heels, The Coloffs, The Hands, The Knast, The F**king Eagles, The Primate 5, Four Easy Pieces, Boss Martians, Girl Trouble, Gas Huffer, Dead Moon, The Sonics, The Exploding Hearts, Bangs, Bikini Kill, Frumpies, The Fastbacks & oh so many more...) songs with hand claps in them, Buzzcocks, The Clash, The Oblivians, T-Rex, The Undertones, The Dirtbombs, Reigning Sound, 60's garage, The Neckers, Little Richard, Sam & Dave, Rolling Stones, The Minutemen, X, Chuck Berry, The Heartaches, MC5, Jeff Dahl Band, The Replacements, Fun Things, The Drags, The Mooney Suzuki, Kleenex/LiLiPUT, Johnny Cash, Big Mama Thornton, Sinatra, Ella!, Love, Janis Joplin, GBV, Link Wray, Neanderthals, Guitar Wolf, The Adverts, The Mummies, The Rip-Offs, The Infections, anything Russell Quan is in, Elvis Costello, P-Furs, Thee Mighty Caesars, Thee Headcoats, Thee Milkshakes, Superchunk, Swingin' Neckbreakers, The Real Kids, The Saints, Jukebox Zeros, The Bellrays, The Who, The Jam, Iggy & The Stooges, Van Halen (Fuck Van Hagar!), Judas Priest, AC/DC, Motorhead, Aerosmith, Joan Jett, Gang of Four, The Misfits, The Cars, Go-Gos, Blondie, The Velvet Underground, Bowie, LeTigre, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Louis Jordan, Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, The Shangri-las, The Ronettes, Darlene Love, The Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, Motown, Stax, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Hank Williams Sr, Bill Monroe, a lot of swing music, most jazz (though not the smooth variety), rockabilly, bubblegum pop & new wave... blahbedee blah blah, I could go on forever.
Movies
Return of the Living Dead, Death Race 2000, Rock-n-Roll Highschool, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Frankenstein, The Return of the Vampire, Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, Wild Zero, The Black Cat, Videodrome, Blood Feast, Dawn of the Dead, Planet of the Apes movies, Red Dust, Baby Face, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Coffy, Double Indemnity, Gilda, Sunset Boulevard, Valley Girl, Say Anything, Silent Movie, Young Frankenstein, The Three Stooges (film shorts), Animal House, Slapshot, This is Spinal Tap, Friday the 13th, Suspiria, old Gozilla movies, The Wedding Singer, Jawbreaker, The Blues Brothers, Zoolander, Urgh! A Music War, Decline of Western Civilization, Hairspray, Crybaby (Iggy's in it!), Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Serial Mom, Office Space, Down By Law, The Birds, Rear Window, 8 1/2, too many old movies to mention, ditto on the going on forever.
Television
The Puppy Bowl (the dog lovers alternative to the super bowl - it's silly yet mezmorizing...), American Justice, Cold Case Files, geeky science shows, The Office, Simpsons, King of the Hill, The Daily Show, Wonder Woman, Jeopardy, Project Runway! (they make stuff plus I love Tim Gunn!), The Munsters, Buffy, The Nightstalker, classic boxing (70's & earlier) if I can find it on somewhere, Adult Swim, The Honeymooners, The Tick (cartoon)
Books
A little of this, a little of that. I'm usually reading something. Some favorite authors are Raymond Chandler, Edgar Allen Poe, Shirley Jackson, Lynda Barry, Jim Thompson, Maya Angelou, Mickey Spillane, the Dalai Lama, Howard Zinn, Washington Irving, Herman Hesse, Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle etc. I'm also into books about rock'n'roll a la Please Kill Me, Up & Down with the Rolling Stones, Our Band Could be Your Life, Get in the Van and so on. Got a recommendation? Lemme know.
Heroes
Animal shelter caregivers but in particular: The Humane Society, ASPCA, Pasados Safe Haven. My Mom, my sweetheart August & all the suffragists who gave their lives so I could have the right to vote. Inspirations: Frida Kahlo, The Ramones, Patti Smith, Exene Cervenka, Tim Kerr, The Gits, Siouxsie & Budgie, Pam Grier, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, The Funk Brothers, Marky LaFalce, Phil Rudd, Steve Diggle, Mel Brooks, Jon Stewart, Joan Jett, Willie Mae Thornton, Lucretia Mott, Emma Goldman, Harriet Tubman, Shirley Muldowney, Gene Krupa, Johnny & June, Iggy fuckin'Pop, those who fight for what they believe in (hopefully it's something positive)...
About me: I have never poured out beer, even to put out a grass fire (H. Hill). I enjoy laughing...a lot. I know my library card number by heart. My friends mean the world to me but I will not be fucked with. I'm a procrastinating perfectionist (ugh), excitable and a collector - vinyl, random books, cameras, pinups & old movie star photos, gorilla suits. I'm currently obsessed with Bon Scott. I bang out the beat in
The Electric Kisses.
Who I'd like to meet: Mods and Rockers.
Most everyone else is dead. Gilda Radner, Madeline Kahn, Mick Shrimpton, Edward G. Robinson, Jon Stewart (not dead), Mel Brooks (also not dead) & The Dalai Lama (reincarnated).
People who spay and neuter their four-legged family members.
vvv My new favorite clip: ^^^One of John Cusack's finest moments on film.
update: my butt bone hurts from riding my bike so much. i'm afraid that i'm getting tan and sun spots on my no-longer pale face. i'd rather be working than reading. i lost all my music. i miss your ugly face. ford models was lying to you.
Boo! hey I never did say HELL YEAH about "the lemmy movie" Hope you iz doin' swell, been a long time since we did the stroll...we're about to hop across the pond so that I make act like a fool in foriegn countries! Oh yeah and I'm oficially a grown up...30...screw responsibilities! xo Cha-CoCo
I've seen hundreds of profiles. No one has ever listed Return of the Vampire (1944)on their favorite films list. That's beyond words cool. My perfect unholy trinity: Jim Thompson, The Black Cat (1934), Vincent Price in Masque of the Red Death. Thanks for friending up. -A. Tesla
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