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Indie films and Turner Classic Movies, tea, traveling, museums and galleries, used bookstores and record stores, flea markets, reading, sushi, whiskey, beer, being a gym rat.
Music
Indie, alt-country, jazz, jazz vocalists, bluegrass, classic country, Motown, classical
Movies
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Openly gay, experimental filmmaker Todd Haynes burst upon the scene two years after his graduation from Brown University with his now-infamous 43-minute cult treasure "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" (1987). Seizing upon the inspired gimmick of using Barbie and Ken dolls to sympathetically recount the story of the pop star's death from anorexia, he spent months making miniature dishes, chairs, costumes, Kleenex and Ex-Lax boxes, and Carpenters' records to create the film's intricate, doll-size mise-en-scene. The result was both audacious and accomplished as the dolls seemingly ceased to be dolls leaving the audience weeping for the tragic singer.
Unfortunately, Richard Carpenter's enmity for the film (which made him look like a selfish jerk) led to the serving of a "cease and desist" order in 1989, and despite the director's offer "to only show the film in clinics and schools, with all money going to the Karen Carpenter memorial fund for anorexia research," "Superstar" remains buried, one of the few films in modern America that cannot be seen by the general public.
Now finally you have a chance to see this piece.
I also like Mulholland Drive, Donnie Darko, Dog Day Afternoon, The Shining, Amelie, Annie Hall, Rosemary's Baby, Goodfellas
Television
Robot Chicken, Spongebob. I don't really watch TV, to be honest.
Books
Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, Margaret Atwood, Anne Sexton, Haruki Murakami, Madison Smartt Bell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Raymond Carver, Truman Capote, Lucille Clifton, Adrienne Rich, yah. Comics: Optic Nerve, American Splendor, Lucky, Lulu Eightball, My Brain Hurts. Basically, anything with ends and some paper between them
Jen Michalski lives in Baltimore and is the author of the short fiction collection Close Encounters (2007). Her fiction has appeared in more than 35 publications, including McSweeney's, Failbetter, storysouth, Hobart, The Summerset Review, Word Riot, and Thieves Jargon.
Hey Jen, would love it if you could make it out to this concert I organized on behalf of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (MD/ S Del Chapter) & the Baltimore Songwriters Association...it's this Sat, 4-8 PM, Federal Hill Park:
As you may or may not know, I turned twenty-five the other day. Instead of gifts this year, I'm asking everyone to join my Email List on www. jjhebert. net. Unconventional, my newest novel, will be published by Mindstir Media later this year, and joining the Email List will ensure that you receive updates regarding my book release, contests, giveaways, and more.
Hey!! Are you all okay? We came to the Barnes and Noble and waited for awhile, walked around and hunted for you after Michael's reading (everyone had disappeared!) but we didn't see you all there.
Loved your postcard on Michael's blog! Just stopping in to say hi and that I hope all goes well for you. What are you writing of late? ;) Warmest and best, as always, xo, H
Thank you so much for talking me out of those Pumas this weekend... and for playing the street mispronunciation game. Clearly, you picked it up a lot faster than I anticipated ;-) PSM rules!
Hi, lovely, BSO's tribute to the Grateful Dead show is sold out at the Meyerhoff, but seats for Led Zeppelin at Pier 6 are still available... Kashmir, hon?
Watch for Ghost Hunter reruns on SciFi, they did a show on fort delaware (the place I was telling you about). I tried to tell Phuong when it was on but she was just too busy to answer.
Darling, you must see things even when your eyes are closed… how'd you guess this morning I was marveling the lengths at which I find you irresistible?
