I LOVE being introduced to stuff I've never heard before, so if it's not on this list, most likely it's because I either failed ro recall the name (I suck at that), or haven't heard it yet! Okay, for starters, thoug: Lucienne Boyer; Jeff Buckley; MGMT: Tom Verlaine; Gorrilaz; Brian Jonestown Massacre; Matmos; Atmosphere; Brightblack Morning Light; Can; The Cure; Nine Inch Nails; usually anyone John Cameron Mitchell uses for his films; Wig in a Box album; The Go! Team; Poe; Conjure One; Morrisey; Wolf Parade; Buck 65; Bright Eyes Cat Power; Ladytron; Tupac Shakur; Devendra Banhart; Throwing Muses; Marie-Jo Therio; The Cloud Room; Peter Gabriel; Dead Meadow; Wolf Mother; The Roots; Izzy; Susana Baca; Moby; Me'Shell Ndegeocello; Cirque du Soleil soundtracks; Sinead O'Connor; Linda Perry; Gorillaz; Pink Floyd; Radiohead; Sonic Youth; Bauhaus; This Mortal Coil; Patti Smith; The Arcade Fire; Public Enemy; VHS or Beta; Sonic Youth; The Pixies; A Tribe Called Quest; George Michael; Black Mountain; Hall & Oates; Heart; Prince; The Pogues; Steely Dan; Afro Celt Sound System; Aimee Mann; Anugama; Big Band, Swing, Blues, and Classical; Duke Ellington, and most of the other greats of his kind; Depeche Mode; Abba; Jim Carroll Band; Nick Drake; Supertramp; E.L.O.; Portishead; Cowboy Junkies; Talking Heads; Thievery Corporation; Hooverphonic; The Dresden Dolls; Francoise Hardy; Funkadelic; Nouvelle Vague; Afro Celt Sound System; Atmosphere; Annie Lennox; Nellie McKay; Johnny Cash; Roxy Music; David Bowie; Radiohead; Antony & the Johnsons; Paula Cole; Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack; From Monument to Masses; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; LCD Soundsystem; Joanne Shenandoah; The Gipsy Kings; Atmosphere...soooo much more! Keep introducing me to new stuff, and if I like, I'll add!
Movies
Ah, there are many I enjoy, and I've been in Paris too long to know what the hell is out there that's truly good (rarely see films anymore!! :(...but to name a few: I generally prefer most independent films I've seen, but of the more commonly known...Wilde; Shortbus; Shirley Valentine; Hedwig & the Angry Inch; Ma Vie en Rose; My Life Without Me; The Pianist; An Affair of Love (Une Affaire de L'amour); Bent; Aimee and Jaguar; Garcon Stupide; The Whale and the Squid; Cache; Breakfast on Pluto; Mean Creek; Dogville; The Piano; Raising Arizona; Planes, Trains, & Automobiles ("We can laugh about it now!" f'ckn hysterical!); Life is Beautiful; Donnie Darko; A Beautiful Mind; Dancer in the Dark; The Contender; Pleasantville; Cinema Paradiso; The Red Balloon; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Heavenly Creatures; Schindler's List; Waiting for Guffman; Best in Show; Lost in America; The Apostle; The Elephant Man; Fight Club; All About Eve; Welcome to the Dollhouse; Ghost World; Muriel's Wedding; American History X; Office Space; Chuck & Buck; Romy and Michelle's H.S. Reunion; Jesus is Magic (Sarah Silverman kicks ass!); What the Bleep Do We Know?
Television
Six Feet Under; Arrested Development (why, oh WHY did they have to end?); Curb Your Enthusiasm; Absolutely Fabulous; Ugly Betty; Sex and the City; Reno 911!; Little Britian; Extras; The Daily Show; Project Runway (until Chloe "won!"...but I have a little gay boy crush on Tim Gunn, okay??! Now, leave me alone!); Cold Feet
Books
Again, no actual FAVOURITE, but to name a few from which I've gleaned insight, awareness, or just good stimulation of any sort: Ethical Slut, by Dossie Easton & Catherine A. Liszt; The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, by Shel Silverstien (this book made me cry from its sheer Beauty.); The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle; De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde; Succulent Wild Womyn by SARK; Womyn Who Run with the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes; I Know This Much is True, She's Come Undone, both by Wally Lamb; any book having anything to do with Oscar Wilde; Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde; Ask and it is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks; Radical Feminism (compilation of NOTES and writings by such womyn); The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron; Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters; East of Eden, by John Steinbeck; The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Truly Wilde, by Joan Schenkar; Trail of Tears, by John Ehle; Naked, by David Sedaris; Creative Visualization, by Shakti Gawain
Heroes
My daughter and Oscar Wilde. And John Cameron Mitchell....
Would love to meet some kick ass musicians who don't have a drug or alcohol problem (emphasis on word ''problem'' - meaning no daily users, please)and who just want to start a band with me - no frills, no fuss. Just people who want to play and Create
I'm a makeup artist with years of experience doing headshot photography. Would love to hook up with a photographer who works. (The one I'm with now is veering away from headshots). My prices are reasonable, and my style is easy.
I have a great business, which I started, and it's ready to go, but I need a business partner to help get things moving. I work better with someone. To learn more about what I do, please visit www.la-di-da.biz.
Darting Trout's Companies
www.la-di-da.biz L.A., CA. US Owner/Designer Custom Designed Pet & Companion Jewelry
About me:
"I am right now picturing you in that gorgeous black slip I've seen you in so many times. You are barefoot and you have wings. You are flying effortlessly above Paris, drinking a glass of your favorite champagne. You are laughing wildly, throwing your head back in total abandon as the birds chirp with delight at the strange and wondrous visitor who has blessed their beautiful blue sky." - Jamie Virostko, in an email to me, June, 2008
http://web.mac.com/stgrover/iWeb/Site/Lily.html
(Before you read/peruse further, know this: nothing I do is accidental. I chose every song, video, image, and word on this site for a reason...I hope you can Hear me...)
Alors....
Live deliciously, and challenge Life's "truths," until they've either been exhausted of the process or become integrated into one's own Truth, remembering that Oscar Wilde put it best when he said, "The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
In so doing the above, I am constantly seeking and indulging in new pleasures and adventures of living, asking my Self and the Universe many questions, for which I will no longer settle as going unanswered simply because some Societal Construct dicated it as so...I enjoy Life very much, wishing to squeeze out Its vast supply of succulence for my hedonistic and decadent pleasure as is possible, while still maintaining my Health (Balance is key)...
Amour
Tsi
Love
Kärlek
Amore
Amor
I love to DANCE! Dancing is the one time during which I feel my Soul, Body, and Spirit are truly one Force, and if the music is conducive to this Energy, fugheddaboudit...I pursue a career as an Artist, and to me, this simply means "one who Creates" being open to whatever my Muse inspires...If I haven't lost you by this point, then chances are, we are of the same ilk, and I will leave you with one more quote in which to soak and delight your lovely Self: "I believe Life can be one delightful sensation after another!" - Dolly Wilde
My daughter told me one day that she will play this at my funeral. I have rarely felt more touched.
Who I'd like to meet:
Most likely, YOU! :) oh, and ANY AND ALL PISCES!!...Artistes who need an experienced art model: I did this for years in Los Angeles professionally, so email me here, and let's make a deal! Photographers who need a makeup artist? Also did professionally in L.A. for several years, specifically head shot photography...I would also love to meet some kick ass musicians who just want to start a band with me - no frills, no fuss. Just people who want to play and Create original underground alternative style music together - - none of that shite which merely & only aims to please the Powers that Be just to get famous and cut an album. Not that I'm balking at that, mind you, but just want to keep my Heart in it, you know?Let's just PLAY! ...Anyone need a great pet/housesitter with years of experience and references, to boot? (This experience includes giving medical treatment to pets.)...What else, what else? Ummm, hell - why not? I need a producer to produce one (or more!) of my plays, or even just one would be great! :)...I also want to meet John Cameron Mitchell, Oscar and Sophia (Lees) Wilde, Molly Shannon (she's my comic hero), and wouldn't mind meeting Jesus to ask a few questions; PISCEANS! I LOVE YOU PEOPLE!
Yes. I guess this is remotely selling out. But, I will fully have sold-out when I join The Jonas Brothers! I can't wait to see you, Maman! I miss you very, very much.
Dahling, thank you for the lovely B-day wishes. You are always so thoughtful!!! Miss you much. We must make new memories together soon. I've got to get my ass over to your neck of the woods!!! Love Ya'XOXOXOX
Chère Lily, je voudrais te souhaiter passer de belles fêtes avec ta famille et tes proches.Que l'Amour, l'Harmonie et la Sérénité soit avec toi ! Gros bisous Olga
I met a sweet girl today from LA who knows you and Ela and Axel...her name is Genevieve. She said I reminded her of you in some way...she said it was an uncanny thing...like past lives or something. But we knew that.
Thank you for being a friend, Lily Trout! You are my #1 friend in Paris, France! (You are also my ONLY friend in Paris, France...but hey! Who's counting?)
We won!!! I see the French newspapers are all over it! Thank God we finally have a President who is not only NOT an embarrassment but an inspiration! Je suis bourree maintenant because I raised several glasses of champagne!....Btw, what is your phone number? I lost my cell phone and all the #s on the sim card! I wanted to text you something obnoxious, bitchie, but I couldn't!!
Bon jour, mon amour! You certainly were the first, wouldn't you know. I've been reading about your Paris exploits with much enjoyment; you really made it happen. Thank you so much for the kind birthday wishes. As for when I'll be visiting gay Paris, it obviously couldn't be soon enough, eh? I'd love to visit there again, one of the THE most gorgeous cities I've encountered. And you, my dear, are one of its loveliest additions. Cheers from NYC. Baisers et étreintes....
thank you for the VERY manipulative Moon River/Breakfast at Tiffany's video!!! I sobbed at the "Cat! Cat!" scene, of course... oh! His little wet head smashed in between the two of them!
:'(
I love and miss you and Ierene madly, too... :'( :'( :'(
Aww... thank you for your beautiful comment, Mom. Did you see the tape in mid-air??!! Axel just pointed that out to me, that you can actually see the tape being thrown in mid-air! Hah! That's awesome. If you didn't already see that, watch it again, so that you could also get a feel of where we were in the audience... :)
Salut Lily, c'est bien Cachou de LA. ma mére l'a toujour.. Je pense pas pouvoir prende de vacances bientôt surtout que je vais devoir me fair opérer d'ici deux mois. Veut tu toujour habiter à Marseille??
I am so sorry I missed talking to you on your birthday. I did try and call, twice. I hope you had an amazing day!
I sent away for my passport and will have it well before October. I can't wait to see you again and I think about you every day. You are a very special person to me and I always send you more love and happiness than I can imagine.
