There are so many ways to go about listing your influences. The big debate in my brain is whether to list simply what you kinda, sorta sound like , or, to list the things that drove you to create. I'm going with the latter, some of which are musical influences and some of which are not. Let's start easy, with music. Early influences- John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Tom Petty. Slightly later I got into women folk singers who can't stand to be categorized that way i.e. Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones and Joan Armatrading. Peace punk and ska phase- Subhumans and Skatalites!! This of course brings one back full circle to great post-punk songwriters like Elvis Costello and Jonathan Richmond. I've got a thing for Italian opera buffa as well.
However, the following influence me as much or more: walking the whole length of Riverside Park till my feet need a day to recover; dragonflies; Picasso and Goya; good fantasy movies; cheesy fantasy movies; Joyce and Yeats; U.S. Open Tennis; tarot card art...
Alexis Thomason was brought up in the Bronx in the 1970's and she lived to tell the tale! Her music is about that kind of loneliness you feel in a crowded room.
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The Slackers Holiday Shows! Check out the slackers on tour for their new cd, "Lost & Found" available through www.interpunk.com and downloadable at www.whatevski.org
Dec 18/19 - Brooklyn, NY - - Knitting Factory Dec 20 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
Hello! Just wanted to let you know I put up the main title credits from the "Crash" television show. The album isn't out yet, but you can hear that track now over at my page...it's called "Crash NOW". Hope you enjoy it...had a lot of fun scoring that show.
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