Bing Crosby
Boswell Sisters
Billie Holiday
Billy Joel
I grew up with "The Stranger" on the record player.
Ruth Etting
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards
Ella Fitzgerald
Kate Bush
Tom Waits
Helen Kane
Nick Cave
Sinéad O'Connor
The Cure
In high school it was all about the Cure.
Thompson Twins
Thin Lizzy
Marlene Dietrich
Also found in my music collection:
2nd South Carolina String Band
Roy Acuff
Andrews Sisters
Adam Ant
Fionna Apple
Louis Armstrong
Art of Noise
Fred Astaire
Bach
Angelo Badalamenti
Bauhaus
Nora Bayes
Beatles
Bix Biederbecke
Big Star
Hildegard von Bingen
Björk
Blondie
David Bowie
Breeders
Fanny Brice
Brox Sisters
Blanche Calloway
Cab Calloway
Eddie Cantor
Guy Carawan
Cars
Carter Family
Johnny Cash
June Carter Cash
Cheap Trick
Yodeling Slim Clarke
Rosemary Clooney
Cocteau Twins
Concrete Blonde
Elvis Costello
Ida Cox
Creatures
Culture Club
Dame Darcy
Cow Cow Davenport
Dead Can Dance
Dead Milkmen
Depeche Commode
Devo
Neil Diamond
Dido
Dolomites
Electric Light Orchestra
Eurythmics
Falco
Fleetwood Mac (early)
Flying Lizards
Peter Gabriel
Garbage
Judy Garland
Garmarna
Lisa Gerrard
Philip Glass
Glove
Nina Hagen
Hall & Oates
Annette Hanshaw
Marion Harris
PJ Harvey
Buddy Holly
Homer & Jethro
Billy Idol
Ink Spots
Michael Jackson (early)
Harry James
Jane's Addiction
Joan Jett
Dink Johnson
Al Jolson
Louis Jordan
Judyfrats
Nora Keyes
King Missile
Andy Kirk
Kronos Quartet
Ladysmith Black Kazoo
Mario Lanza
Cyndi Lauper
Gertrude Lawrence
Led Zeppelin
John Lennon
Annie Lennox
Guy Lombardo
Love & Rockets
Madness
Madonna (early)
Wingy Manone
Loreena McKennitt
Men at Work
Messiah
Misfits
Moby
Moloko
Marilyn Monroe
Moody Blues
Van Morrison (early)
Morrissey
Jelly Roll Morton
Mozart
Peter Murphy
Red Nichols
Nico
Ray Noble
Oingo Boingo
King Oliver
Carl Orff
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Kid Ory
Dolly Parton
Pet Shop Boys
Tom Petty
Pixies
Pogues
Police
Iggy Pop
Portishead
Elvis Presley
Pretenders
Prince
Psychedelic Furs
Puccini
Queen
Rachmaninoff
Ramones
Rasputina
Otis Redding
Harry Reser
Reverend Glasseye
Marty Robbins
Jimmie Rodgers
Kenny Rogers
Coon Sanders
Jimmy Scott
Paul Simon
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Bessie Smith
Smiths
St. Louis Ragtimers
Mazzy Star
Statler Brothers
Cat Stevens
Sugarcubes
Jack Teagarden
Shirley Temple
Tenacious D
They Might Be Giants
Skeets Tolbert
Traveling Wilburys
Violent Femmes
Esther Walker
Fats Waller
Fred Waring
Ethel Waters
Chick Webb
Paul Whiteman
Wiggles
Hank Williams, Sr.
Bob Wills
Wings
Yaz(oo)
Movies
Wuthering Heights (1939)
"Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest so long as I live on! I killed you. Haunt me, then! Haunt your murderer! I know that ghosts have wandered on the Earth. Be with me always. Take any form, drive me mad, only do not leave
me in this dark alone where I cannot find you. I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul!"
Raintree County (1957)
Susannah: It's a boy. Johnny: It's a boy! Susannah: Where's the other, Johnny? Johnny: What other? Susannah: There was another. One that...wasn't right. Johnny: Dear, it's your imagination. Susannah: No, there was another! One...that was dark! Did they
throw it away Johnny? Johnny: No, dear.
Harold and Maude (1971)
Psychiatrist:Uh, tell me, Harold, what do you do for fun? What
activity gives you a different sense of enjoyment from the others? Uh, what do
you find fulfilling? What gives you that... special satisfaction? Harold:I go to funerals.
Somewhere in Time (1980) "Come back to me."
The real Elise McKenna, actress Maude Adams
Maxie (1985)
Mrs. Lavin: Honey, they stopped doing shows at the Alcazar two
years after Maxie and me stopped working there. Alice, you saw Maxie and me
at the old Alcazar. Were we something or were we something? They don't have
teams anymore, now. No more teams. But, nevermind, kiddo. We were
great! Alice: You were great! Maxie: What is she talking about? Nick: Maxie...that's Trudy. Maxie: Go on! Trudy Liscoe's a kid! I mean she's younger than
me...(sees a photo of young Trudy) What happened to her Nicky? Nick: She got old, Maxie. If you don't get old it means you died
young.
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Tootie: Poor Margaretha. Never seen her look so pale. Mr. Neely: The sun ought to do her some good. Tootie: I expect she won't live through the night. She has four fatal
diseases. Mr. Neely: And, it only takes one. Tootie: But she's going to have a beautiful funeral -- in a cigar box
my papa gave me, all wrapped in silver paper. Mr. Neely: That's the way to go if you have to go. Tootie: Oh, she has to go.
Lady in White (1988)
Frankie witnesses the ghostly replaying of the murder of a little girl who haunts him thereafter, seeking her lost mother.
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
This is a made-for-TV movie starring Lindsay Wagner. Jennie Logan and her
husband move into a Victorian house in an effort to repair their broken
marriage. She finds a gown in the attic which transports her back to the turn of
the century each time she wears it. There she meets a man who mistakes her
for the ghost of his dead wife. This is not in print, but is available on eBay from
time to time.
Crazy Moon (1987)
Brooks is a rich kid who can have anything he wants. So, he dresses in suits from the 30's, drives a motorcycle with a side car, and photographs turds for fun. Then he meets a charming deaf girl and falls in love...
Agnes of God (1985)
"Everybody wants to talk about the baby but... I never saw the baby so I can't talk about the baby because I don't believe in the baby."
Angel Heart (1987)
Louis Cyphre: You know, some religions think that the egg is the symbol of the soul. Did you know that? Harry Angel: No, I didn't know that. Louis Cyphre: Would you like an egg?
Holiday Inn (1942)
I also like these movies:
The Addams Family
Amadeus
Anchorman
A.I.
Auntie Mame
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Best in Show
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
The Bride
The Bride of Frankenstein
Cabaret
City of Lost Children
The Color Purple
Cousin Bette
Dangerous Liaisons
Dead Again
Destry Rides Again
Dracula (1931)
Ed Wood
Elizabeth
Emma (1996)
The English Patient
The Exorcist
The Exorcist 3
Frankenstein (1931)
Full Metal Jacket
Gone with the Wind
The Great Gatsby (1974)
Hamlet (1991)
Heavenly Creatures
Hellboy
Henry and June
Howard's End
Immortal Beloved
The Jerk
King Kong (2005)
Labyrinth
Little Nicky
Little Women (1994)
The Lost Boys
Love and Death
Love at First Bite
The Music Man
Nacho Libre
Napoleon Dynamite
The Omen (1976)
On Golden Pond
The Others
Out of Africa
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Places in the Heart
Poltergeist
Poltergeist II
Pretty in Pink
A Room with a View
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shadow of the Vampire
Sense and Sensibility
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Sparrows
Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny
Time Bandits
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Valmont
The Watcher in the Woods
West Side Story
The Witches of Eastwick
Young Frankenstein
Zorro: The Gay Blade
I have two children. Lily is eight and has Prader-Willi Syndrome. Lonas is three. I am a stay-at-home mother, part-time student, and part-time web designer. I am happily married to my husband, Tony. He manages Coal Creek Armory in Knoxville, Tennessee. We live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
To some, it would seem I lead a mundane life. I take care of my family and home, go to school, and work on websites. I am too busy to pursue most of my interests. But, the things that make me happiest are seeing my family happy and well. So, though I may whine at my lack of time and resources to entertain myself, I really am doing what makes me happy and what I feel I am meant to do.
Things I Like:
Victorian Hairwork
As a child, I saw two hair wreaths in the parlor of the Iroquois County Historical Society Museum in Watseka, Illinois. Ever since, I have been interested in Victorian Hairwork. I hope to some day learn how to do it, myself. This example is in the collection of the Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts and was made by Mrs. Josiah Marvin of Brattleboro, Vermont.
Walter Potter and Other Anthropomorphic Taxidermy
"The Kittens' Wedding" (1898) is just one of the hundreds of works by Walter Potter, an English Victorian taxidermist. His dioramas featured scores of animals, some clothed, in scenes of everyday human life. Kittens have tea parties, bunnies go to school, and toads play at the park. Potter also created two headed animals, and mixed animal parts to create grotesque abominations, which I'm not terribly fond of. His museum's collection was sold at auction in 2006 and is now in the hands of collectors around the world.
Fern Andra
"The Mary Pickford of Germany" was born Vernal Andrews in Watseka, Illinois on November 24, 1893. She starred in a number of silent films in Germany, including "Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire," which was directed in 1920 by Robert Weine of "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." Fern was a student of Max Reinhardt and wrote, directed, and produced her own films. She died in Aiken, South Carolina in 1974. Fern Andra was the first cousin, once removed, of the husband of my half second great-grand aunt -- which means we're not really related. But, she's from my home town and died the year I was born. I collect Fern Andra postcards.
Genealogy:
Although I don't have much time for it, I love to research my family tree. My ancestry is about one third each English, German, and Irish, with a bit of French thrown in. If I could just travel and spend my days looking through records or searching out old, forgotten cemeteries, I would. But, that kind of thing is not possible with children in tow -- at least my children in tow. So, I do my research with stolen minutes and online access. Maybe someday...
Joseph Julien
1825-1870
Mary Louise Gettings Julien 1829-1873
They were my fourth great grandparents. He was born in Ohio, of French descent. She was born in Maryland. They married in Ohio in 1847 and farmed there until their deaths. Their daughter, Rhoda, was my third great grandmother.
The Nathaniel Light Family abt. 1907
Nathaniel Light, my second great grandfather, owned a threshing machine. He is on the steps of the building, holding my great grandmother, Clara. Her mother is beside them. This was taken in the Dakotas, where they went to thresh wheat. The others are his workers and members of the Light family.
Daniel Franklin Schlotman 1850-1908
A skeleton in the family closet -- D.F. Schlotman (right) posed with friend, Oscar Johnson, playing cards! As you can see, some upright member of the family scratched out his image, but they should have destroyed this photo all together. To think that my third great grandfather...where's my smelling salts?
Lottie Mae Sigman Stone 1887-1968
My great grandmother (left) and her sister-in-law, Viola. Lottie had six children by the time she reached my age.
Words, Words, Words:
Emily Brontë 1818-1848
Wuthering Heights (1847)
"He turned abruptly to the fire, and continued, with what, for lack of a better word, I must call a smile - 'I'll tell you what I did yesterday! I got the sexton, who was digging Linton's grave, to remove the earth off her coffin lid, and I opened it. I thought, once, I would have stayed there: when I saw her face again - it is hers yet! - he had hard work to stir me; but he said it would change if the air blew on it, and so I struck one side of the coffin loose, and covered it up: not Linton's side, damn him! I wish he'd been soldered in lead. And I bribed the sexton to pull it away when I'm laid there, and slide mine out too; I'll have it made so: and then by the time Linton gets to us he'll not know which is which!"
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892-1950
The Shroud (1917)
Death, I say, my heart is bowed
Unto thine,—O mother!
This red gown will make a shroud
Good as any other!
(I, that would not wait to wear
My own bridal things,
In a dress dark as my hair
Made my answerings.
I, to-night, that till he came
Could not, could not wait,
In a gown as bright as flame
Held for them the gate.)
Death, I say, my heart is bowed
Unto thine,—O mother!
This red gown will make a shroud
Good as any other!
Edgar Lee Masters 1869-1950
Charlie French
from Spoon River Anthology (1917)
Did you ever find out
Which one of the O’Brien boys it was
Who snapped the toy pistol against my hand?
There when the flags were red and white
In the breeze and “Bucky” Estil
Was firing the cannon brought to Spoon River
From Vicksburg by Captain Harris;
And the lemonade stands were running
And the band was playing,
To have it all spoiled
By a piece of a cap shot under the skin of my hand,
And the boys all crowding about me saying:
“You’ll die of lock-jaw, Charlie, sure.”
Oh, dear! oh, dear!
What chum of mine could have done it?
Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849
From Alone (1830)
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Louisa May Alcott
Margaret Mitchell
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ross Lockridge, Jr.
Anne Frank
Ray Bradbury
Art:
"La mort du fossoyeur" (The death of the gravedigger)
Carlos Schwabe, 1895
Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des dessins, Paris
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
Jean Fouquet, 1450
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
The Vale of Rest
Sir John Everett Millais, 1858
Tate Gallery, London
The Virgin, the Baby Jesus and St. John the Baptist
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1875
Private Collection
Humour
My Pen! - Kids in the Hall
Heroes
My Husband, Tony
"I love you - those three words have my life in them."
(Alexandrea to Nicholas III)
My Great Grandmother, Clara Light Schlotman
1905-2001
Here she is in 1927 with my great grandfather, Dan Schlotman.
Who I'd like to meet:
Tasha Tudor
Ruth Gordon 1896-1985
Philip Lynott 1949-1986
Jack Black and Kyle Gass
Vincent D'onofrio
Bud Cort
Shirley Temple Black
Fred Rogers 1928-2003
Fern Andra 1893-1974
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1873-1897
Sir Lawrence Olivier 1907-1989
Kermit the Frog 1936-1990
About Contacting Me and Friend Requests
I am a poor correspondent. When someone contacts me, I read it and think, "How nice! I'm going to write them back later." Then, I don't. Usually I forget, but I also procrastinate. I'm flaky and not considerate or thoughtful. I would like to be the latter two things, but I am not. I am working on it.
I tend to deny those who have thousands of friends.
I am suspicious of men who have only women in their top friends.
I deny anyone claiming to be a satanist.
If I delete you or deny your friend request, it's probably nothing personal. I am moody and inconsistent. Just request me again or send me a note.
Thanks for stopping by. I haven't been on Myspace very much lately. I'll say that I'll try to do better, BUT... lol,lol I appreciate you thinking of me!!!
Hey Aunt Eek!~ Thanx for your support and friendship,it meanz alot to me!! Feel free to stop by anytime to say hello!! When you get time, check out my new original song, DREAM WITH ME, let me know what ya think!! Have a Great Nite and a Wonderful Week!! Blessingz & Smilez to ya Alwayz!~Brenda:)
Bing Crosby
Boswell Sisters
Billie Holiday
Billy Joel
I grew up with "The Stranger" on the record player.
Ruth Etting
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards
Ella Fitzgerald
Kate Bush
Tom Waits
Helen Kane
Nick Cave
Sinéad O'Connor
The Cure
Thompson Twins
Thin Lizzy
Marlene Dietrich
