feeding my ipod, digital photography, video, writing nothing in particular, contemporary art, cultural theory, art, philosophy, aesthetics, walking, bicycling, tennis, will try anything once.
Music
i listen to almost anything: david bowie, sleater-kinney,b-52s, She & HIm, M. Ward, sonic youth, le tigre, bikini kill, blondie, television, patti smith, madonna, disco and house, u2, coldplay, neko case, caitlin cary, decemberists, death cab for cutie, and you know us by the trail of our dead..., willie nelson, carla bozulich/geraldine fibbers (or whatever carla does), stevie nicks, kiki and herb, peaches, team dresch, elliot smith/heatmiser, quasi, catpower, bright eyes, dolly parton, patsy cline, the jam, go gos, x, sun kil moon, belle and sebastian, richard thompson, the carter family, freakwater, carolyn mark, PJ HARVEY, some ryan adams specifically his cover of wonderwall, bettye swann, mountain goats, mavis staples, chaka khan, marianne faithfull, david mead, shelby lynne, lucinda williams, elvis costello, bob dylan, kleenex, x-ray spex, the magic numbers, elastica, carole king, smog, red krayola, mendoza line, loretta lynn, tammy wynette, george jones, faron young, charley pride, johnny cash, waylon jennings, dwight yoakam, john prine, iris dement, kelly hogan, gillian welch, tom waits, yo la tengo, tlc, shakira, britney spears sometimes, modest mouse, X, spoon, slant 6, rose royce, pixies, palace, nouvelle vague, nico, my bloody valentine, madeline peyroux,joy division, galaxie 500, etta james,ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, the english beat, echo and the bunnymen, maria mckee, kitty wells, marvin gaye, al green and more...
Movies
gas food and lodging, vagabond and anything by agnes varda, marriage of maria braun and veronika voss and anything by fassbinder, metropolis, alphaville, la chinoise, weekend, safe and most anything by todd haynes especially superstar his banned film about Karen Carpenter, joseph cornell, anything by allison anders, bertolucci, medea and the gospel according to st. matthew by pasolini, open city, wild strawberries, the seventh seal (yes i've seen the whole thing --i think), manhattan, annie hall, la confidential, the train master, boys don't cry, happiness, welcome to the dollhouse, storytelling, pull my daisy, bad lietutant, ms. 45 and most films by abel ferrara, meshes of a summer afternoon and anything by maya deren, anything with garbo especially grand hotel, a star is born (w/judy garland), a woman under the influence, love streams, gloria, and most cassavetes films, the good girl, eulogy, stage door, night of the hunter, jawbreaker, bully, the sleepy time gal (and anything by christopher munch).
Television
ever changing but right now gilmore girls (RIP), charmed (for Rose MacGowan), Weeds, and sigh...thanks to Anthony who got me hooked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and gulp! gossip girl.
Books
franny and zooey, raise high the roofbeams carpenter and other stories, nine stories, big blonde and anything by dorothy parker, hubert selby jr., the waves by virginia woolf, up in the old hotel, play it as it lays and anything joan didion wrote about california in the 70s, thing of beauty about gia caragnyi, edie: an american story, the philosophy of andy warhol, drawings and paintings by karen kilimnik, formless by rosalind krauss and yve alain bois.
Heroes
I don't really have any "heroes" but I have inspirations: dorothy parker, edie sedgwick, carla bozulich, gia carangyi, zooey deschanel, maria callas, diana vreeland, coco chanel, barbara boxer, sometimes michael moore, julia kristeva, rosalind krauss, zoe lund (star of ms. 45), fassbinder, karen kilimnik, nan goldin, jack pierson, wolfgang tillmans.
About me: I'm unpredictable, spontaneous and enjoy long talks/discussions, reading, music, galleries and exercise. I'm also moody and for better or worse go with flows that might be undertows and only pull me out to sea lucky for me I'm a strong swimmer and no matter how long it takes, so far I have made it back to shore. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I like Emo music alot more than I ever thought.
Who I'd like to meet: I have intense passions about everchanging things and lots of them would fall under the category "guilty pleasures" but I don't feel guilty about them so I'd want to meet someone who could stand my "bad" taste. Other than that ANYONE--
This summer they added this weird fake beach - the Water Taxi beach - on the north side of the mall at South Street Seaport. Skeeball (pictured), mini golf and fish and chips with malt vinegar. I think we would have gone there a lot if your allergies were in check.
Went with J. today. It was actually fun. Funny... I missed this summer with you. I'll miss the fall together. So weird to start reliving the seasons again.
god, i just need to post so those two spam posts aren't sitting at the top. this is so dumb and wrong but whatever...
i was thinking about posting "condolence" by dorothy parker here but it wouldn't be fair, even on the days i want to just run away, people have been pretty amazing and helpful, actually. you were lucky, you know?
how the hell could you leave before knowing this crap about what really happened to zach or getting the full-on sarah palin? i think you would have found the last month and a half hilarious.
god, i miss you. honestly, i am going out of my mind... can you send me a new best friend? or a ticket away from here?
Hey franny, This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Or not. Let me challenge you: Download the album 'Walkthrough' - it's on the top of my page - and listen to it exactly 5 times. From the beginning to the end. Read the lyrics, it's mandatory :) I give a solemn promise you will feel, see and hear things that could make you smile for the rest of your life.
If you need a downloading assistace, send me a message.
no quizzes--the problem with that is that you get your a** kicked on buffy quizzes and you have to invite people. which reminds me i must tend to my lil lohan.
broken bone healed and set in its ways growing so hard on a hot windy day you can take me to church or take me to school but baby, it’s gonna be swingin..................!
hey, who's debating about woman under the influence???!!! it's the only one of the three i can watch anywhere, anytime... though i have faces and gloria listed - you only have gloria. faces is so much better. but for me w.u.t.i., opening night, chinese bookie, faces, shadows, then gloria... and yikes! how did love streams fall away from my radar? i have to add it to my greencine list. if i put it at the top, maybe i'll get it in three or four weeks.
anyway, this is about you - it says "post a comment about franny" - also cannot debate that you are/am/always cool and quite possibly the coolest.
thanks for adding me as a friend. i can vouch that franny is a good swimmer. she's literally swam laps around me one afternoon. and yeah, i can also vouch that she always makes it to shore in situations where i'd be treading water. we won't even get into tennis swings...
