the right tool for the job + gin, music, coffee, and art + COLLABORATIONS
Music
helps me do a better job of whatever i am doing.
++++++++++++
devo, mc5, dictators, television, modest mouse, black sabbath, iggy & the stooges, nomeansno, heart, van halen (diamond dave era), pj harvey, blonde redhead, guns and roses, harvey danger, stevie nicks, peaches, gits, 3 mile pilot, refused, bjork, big black, black flag, nihilists, lars frederiksen and the bastards, captain incognito, the solvents, kings of leon, "awesome", the half brothers, tiger army, the clancy brothers, robin hitchcock, nina simone, judas preist, descendents, stevie wonder, hank williams, doc watson, faith no more, the killers, arcade fire, jeff buckley, sarah vaughn, buick audra, hank III, bob dylan, tindersticks, leftover crack, kimya dawson, palace, dirty three, acdc, waylon jennings, public enemy, sam prekop, arcade fire, pretenders, elvis, the cars, glenn gould, rolling stones, uz jsme doma, double dong, fischerspooner, nick drake, tom waits, white stripes, dave brubeck, old u2, bruce springsteen, the who, them, david bowie, talkings heads, air, scorpians, pixies, cat power, miles davis, ella fitzgerald, prince, the clash, ramones, the decemberists, fugazi, operation ivy, fuckingchamps, we are scientists, rock n' roll soldiers, cake, captian incognito, the clash, death cab for cutie, gogol bordello, hollowpoints, led zeppelin, nekromantix, nirvana, pixies, public enemy, rancid, red hot chilli peppers, rush, the strokes, tenatious d, the vines, neil young, pat benetar, queen, the shangri-las, my little brother's band THE S.O.S.... dekker deen on drums, i love ALL my friends who play the music ...among others...iou.
Movies
Goodfellas. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Donnie Darko.
Books
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World -Murakami, Bukowski *see below,Siddhartha -Herman Hesse, Miranda July, Winter's Tale -Mark Helprin, The Count of Monte Christo -Alexander Dumas, Please Kill Me -Legs McNiel et al, Dune -Frank Herbert, Freakonomics -a couple of stev(ph)ens, Genius (Richard Feynman bio) -James Gleik, Crazy From the Heat (David Lee Roth auto-bio), i have an insatiable curiousity for pop science esp. re: dna and outerspace, also the vulcan in me likes finding out how other people do things so auto/biographies and personal journals/letters. and alot of magazines.
*The Secret
don't worry, nobody has the
beautiful lady, not really, and
nobody has the strange and
hidden power, nobody is
exceptional or wonderful or
magic, they only seem to be
it's all a trick, an in, a con,
don't buy it, don't believe it.
the world is packed with
billions of people whose lives
and deaths are useless and
when one of these jumps up
and the light of history shines
upon them, forget it, it's not
what it seems, it's just
another act to fool the fools
again.
there are no strong men, there
are no beautiful women.
at least, you can die knowing
this
and you will have
the only possible
victory.
About me:
EVERYBODY IT'S A GOOD THING
EVERYBODY WANTS A GOOD THING
EVERYBODY AIN'T IT TRUE THAT
EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING
AIN'T IT TRUE THERE'S JUST NO DOUBT
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT
AND THAT'S GOOD
AIN'T IT TRUE AS THE SUN THAT SHINES
YOU GOT YOURS AND YOU GOT MINE
AND THAT'S GOOD
EVERYBODY'S JUST LIKE YOU IT'S TRUE
EVERYBODY WANTS A GOOD THING TOO
NOW LET'S HAVE A GREAT BIG HAND
FOR EVERYBODY WHO CAN UNDERSTAND
LIFE'S A BEE WITHOUT A BUZZ
IT'S GOING GREAT TILL YOU GET STUNG
AND LET US NOT FORGET TO TOAST
EVERYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE BOAT
AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WAITS
UNTIL THE NEXT ONE SAILS IN AGAIN
EVERYBODY IT'S A GOOD THING
AIN'T IT TRUE IT'S A MONUMENTAL GOOD THING
as far as scales are concerned i prefer epic.
strong in some areas. such as the painting and the nail head hitting. weak in others. restless. awkward.
bored by mellowness. filthy rich in genius friends. good at sharing glory and giving gratitude. emerald says, "musicians rock the neighborhood," i agree. polite. but a little foul-mouthed. really fucking hard working.
Shane MacGowan... unconsciously brilliant. You can intelligently debate any topic from theology, history, literature and philosphy... though only while you're out of your skull on booze.
"Emerald's Process" video by Jeane Myers music by Emerald
"I'm not finished....JUST GETTING STARTED!!"
Emerald is also forming a rock band of superheros called The Comparables.
Thank you Counsel. I cannot wait to see this book you have spent so much time and energy creating. It's funny I just remembered I forgot to send you the title to my painting...untitled is perfectly fine as I am sure you figured out. Oh, it's like a giant present of memories all wrapped and glossy in a book we can keep forever. Thank you to everyone involved! See you soon. XOXOXOX
1. yes! after the election, when i can make food again. haven't been shopping in a month. 2. oh good. because i was ready to shiv that person! ;) 3. likewise
I know this is about a year late, but i found it in an old folder while i was deleting old files. I took the liberty of editing it a bit, hope you like it! Dare is adorable.
ya shape of punk to come is my fav. haha ya i know it was kind of an inside joke for the people that know me because they know ive jumped of my roof before and not gotten hurt haha.
haHA! YES it IS! I was actually just at breakfast thinking the exact same thing. In a few weeks things will be more settled and that painting will be mine....allllll mine!
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