I am influenced by:
Mike Patton
-faith no more
-fantomas
-mr. bungle
-i think you get it...
Heart (Little Queen)
Kate Bush
Cocteau Twins
Bjork
Brainiac-(Fresh new eyes)
Nick Cave-(red right hand)
James Taylor
Final Fantasy
Devotchka
Death From Above
Fiona Apple
Portishead
Goldfrapp
space age pop
Ella Fitzgerald
Lords of Acid
Incubus
Moondog
Animal Collective
Tiny
Tom Jones
Dolly Parton
Jeff Buckley
Joanna Newsom
outerspace music
Stereo Total
El Perro Del Mar
Nouvelle Vague
Devendra Banhart (insect eyes)
Kayo Dot
Neko Case
Tarantula A.D. aka Priestbird
Tom Waits- (Rain dogs)
Frank Zappa-(hot ratz)
Cibo Matto
Yma Sumac
Yann Tiersen
the Story of Them
my friends who make music
pianos
choirs
organs
accordions
empty rooms
branches against windows
writing
birds
hope
adventures
what you make of it
travelling
empty old churches that I get to explore
long drives
historical societies
squirrel orchestras
my zombie dog
poetry
my cameras
old trunks
string instruments
thrift stores
tea
anything narrative
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
lakes
the country night sky
houses surrounded by ravines
candles
hands touching
water
notes with lots of doodling
fog
eye lines
possibilities
animals that look like monsters or muppets
silence (and the noises this makes)
sleeping in the nude
chances
honesty (especially when it is the right thing and scares oneself)
dark music
animal eyes
leafs
doing things that frighten me nomatter how silly or small
fairy tales
being alone in nature (yeah I said it)
acoustic guitars
Spain
discovery
reality(and how that can change when you change your focus)
embarrassing moments that I laugh about even years later
moments that seem to perfect to be true
sound effects
unconventional beauty
swamps
sincerity
old cemetaries
storms
down comforters
poop humor
bathing in the dark
that nervous excited feeling that is way deep down inside
cultures
family
communication
willing to change
desire to grow
illustration
photography old and new
art.art.art.art.art.
trains
challenges against yourself
full moons
chance encounters
random encounters
travelling
getting lost
skeleton keys
hidden rooms
rain on tin roofs
and against car windows
driving through snow at night where
it looks like you are driving through stars
following through
whispering
weirdo's
rural ruins
eye contact (and how rarely this truly happens)
movies that make you change
feet on snow
tires on brick
kissing
brushing of fingers to skin
1920's
monsters
imaginations
spontaneity
randomness
perfect imperfections
film noir
night sky
Metropolis
the Dark Crystal
Amelie
Highlander
Frogs
9to5
Thunderbirds
Elvira
Altered States
The Witches
Secretary
How to Marry a Millionaire
Return to Oz
Chinatown
Kung Fu Hustle
Orgazmo
The Fifth Element
12 Monkeys
Spirit of the beehive
Brother's Quay
Angelique Collins
The Muppets (and anything to do with them)
Phantom Lady
The Jerk
Benny & Joon
The Science of Sleep
Marilyn Monroe
Modesty Blaise
Mad Monster Party
Kurt Vonnegut
Charles De Lint
Aldous Huxley
requiems
dreams
DARK SHADOWS
i am finally coming home!!! my travels have allowed me to share your sweet music w/ the better half of the world until my ipod drowned in a canoe accident... it will not be fueling the airplane home so i hope i make it :) at least i look forward to finally getting the cd and i see theres a show! yay! whats the cover?
i REEEEEEAAAAALLLYYY wanted to see them, but no, i didnt. no one would go with me. :( and im ok, i guess. a few things have been stressful recently, but i feel they are getting better.
by the by, ive ben enjoying the cd quite a bit. i hope i get to see you guys play out again soon.
ALSO, i still have the t shirt designs sitting on my computer...how about coffee sometime this week, and i can hand them off to you?
Hey my dear friend !!! After some time I decided write again my thoughts, and exchange ideas with my dear friends ,........" say that living is like climbing an escalator down by the side that ".... to hear this phrase, any imagined person many great exercise equal to any child who makes or tries to make a moving ladder, climb those steps that we pull down. Danger, madness, innocence ,.... a good explanation for what we do in our daily life ..... Few times found an adequate explanation as to life, especially those such difficult moments in which even think of going out of bed, already gives us resolve to quit ,.... If accommodate is an open door to all that is negative, rest, but let us invade the tedium is wasted talent, opportunities, not that we do not have the desire to quit the times, but we need to fight this battle. even with ourselves, overcoming barriers, so far that life surprise us again and offers us new ways, new challenge, not only because abandoning. So, we the escalator of our lives, for here, for there until we go up another step, suddenly two, as when we were children and very free, more bold and very interested in learning. And why not? At worst fall, broke the face and heart, but we can always start again ....! BEST WISHES from me, Nana xx
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congrats on the album! awesome gretchen! awesome! sorry i was out of town for the release party. for your accomplishment you deserve....a bucket of chicken. (expect is not really chicken, is it?)
dude I must be fuckin tarded. for a week and a half I keep saying phantods the 24th and completely forgot. still need a cd though I'll send you my number and you should let me know what obstacles I need to overcome to get the new compact disc
