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Blue Damsel's Interests
General
Sakura, crazy loose ponies, anime, beautiful hard cover books, flowers, feng shui overwhelming desire, love, drummers, gongs, great henna designs, good friends, philosophy, finding the best possible costume for a performance, Samurai Champloo, Myazaki, flowing Kimonos, bo staff skillz, electronica, crazy Chinese earings, travel, being afraid, seas of clouds, running away, moonlight, sumi-e, mystery, doubts, breaking new ground, listening, finding my place in the sun, joining a band, geeks, intensity, cleansing, prowess, strength, integrity, creating, Geisha, Shinto gates, temples, cathedrals, cobblestone streets, mountains, trees, crimson butterflies, blue damselflies, working through "it", red wine of many types, dark chocolate, sensual delights, feeling beautiful, "The Floating World", Tang Dynasty dance and clothes, koto, Shaolin, amaryllis, art deco, theology, Catholisism, frame drums, managing,
Music
Solace, Blind Divine, Knossos, Cold Play, Radiohead, Sean Paul (shake that thing!), Tori Amos, Eurithmics, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Dead Can Dance, Interpol, BOA, Flock of Seagulls, Missing Persons, Cranes, Portishead, Kraftwerk, Low Life, fat gangsta beats, Missy Elliot, Sousxie, phat saidi beats that start nice and slow with thundering bass hits, such as performed by Aswan, Natasha Atlas, Peter Gabriel, Ludacris, Christian St. Claire, Ruben van Rompaey, Tim Rayborn, Maduro, Gwen Stephanie, Cheb i Sabbah, David Sylvian, Nine Horses, Idiom of Sad, Loreena McKennitt, Vas, Shiva-in-Exile, Eastern European sounds, accordians, Fleetwood Mac, Robert Plant "...lead me down the road..."
Movies
The Matrix (all of them, you philosophically challenged bleepety bleeps), Sprited Away, Conan the Barbarian, Napoleon Dynamite, Equilibrium, endless Kung Fu movies (but not with guns-I'm talking old school, no wires), Princess Mononoke, Final Fantasy, the opening sequence the the Onimusha II video game, Lord of the Rings (its really just one big movie, isn't it?), Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Comet Butterfly and Sword, The Lady in the Water, Appleseed, Nausica: The Valley of the Wind, Princess Bride, Willow ("Your mother was a lizard!"), Elizabeth (such lucious costumes)...
Television
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I don't really like TV much, except maybe CSI, and CSI Miami. There is something so compelling about Horacio Cain. I love anime series(es), but I usually buy them on DVD. My favorites are Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy, Ninja Scroll, Gunslinger Girl, and Lain, although I admit that I still don't really get that one. Not yet anyway.
Books
The Dark Tower Series, The Book of Secrets, The Tao de Ching, The Dark Elf Trilogy, The Rules, Why Men Love Bitches, Agriculture-by Rudolph Steiner, Angels, God: The Evidence, I'm also currently enjoying the book of Daniel from the Bible,
Heroes
My husband, the "other" Rachel, Falyn-for being so brave and beautiful,
Rachel Lazarus Soto, aka Blue Damsel, is an experimental performance artist using tribal style belly dance as a foundation and adding ethnic sensibilities from many cultures and dance forms. She is currently immersed in a haze of all things Asian, which can be readily seen in her performances. Rachel teaches regular classes in the Inland Empire of California, and workshops around the country (and soon internationally!) sharing her insights into body awareness, movement, and stylization within belly dance. Blue Damsel is also the name of her performance group, featuring collaborations with other dancers of similar minds.
www.bluedamsel.org
The Damsel also has some brains in that pretty little head of hers. She has an instrumental role in the inner workings of independent record label Eventide Music Productions, and has just finished her first production resulting in the recently released compilation Strange Flesh. You can find her hawking the labels wares at events, cooridinating tours, working on artwork, buggin' artists to send their contracts in, and a multitude of other things that she wishes not to be mentioned here.
www.empcds.com
Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Hey Blue Damsel, Thanks for the friendship. I think I might have found you through a Brendan Perry page?? I'm not sure. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the music. Feel free to drop by a let us know what you think. Thanks, Tom
