MUSIC, music (did I mention music?), and more music.
Day of the Dead crafts (there's nothing better after spending a day among the living than to relax among the bright and cheerful dead).
The paranormal (but you probably guessed that one, right?)
Jewelry-making. Despite all the slivers of silver getting stuck in my fingers and cats running away with the beading wire trailing tiny little beads all over the place, it's one of my favorite things to do in my rare spare time.
Reading, although I really have to steal time to do that these days. I have a pile of unread books next to the pile of unwatched....
...Movies. Since I don't get out to watch them in the theaters when they come out I tend to buy them after they are out on DVD. I am woefully behind in watching those too. Sometimes, two hours is too much of a time commitment...
Cooking. Those who know will tell you if I am any good or not.
Oh wait! Did I forget to mention MUSIC?
Music
So many to name and all over the place! I'll start with a few and expand as I go on. This is not by any means a complete list: Beach Boys/Brian Wilson, The Salvation Army/Three O' Clock/Jupiter Affect/Michael Quercio, The LAST, Wondermints, Beatles (that's a given, I think), Byrds, LOVE, Bangles, Trotsky Icepick, Minutemen, Merry-Go-Round, Kjehl Johansen; Kristi Callan (in any incarnation), Todd Rundgren (in most incarnations), Sergio Mendes, Chris Isaak, Buffalo Springfield, pretty much any jangle band with a twelve-string, Tom Stevens, The Long Ryders, Adam Marsland's Chaos Band, Chocolate Watchband, Ramones, White Stripes, Neil Young, The Plugz, The Gears, The Partridge Family, XTC, Shoes, Saccharine Trust, The Blasters, Universal Congress Of, The Cyrkle, Baby Lemonade, The We Five, They Might Be Giants, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Cowsills, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Celia Cruz, Davie Allen and The Arrows, The Monkees, Talking Heads, The Mumps, T. Rex, Bowie, The Move, X, The Searchers, Cannibal and the Headhunters, Lulu, Redd Kross, The Alleycats, Rain Parade, Los Lobos, The Kinks, The Choir, The Left Banke, Montage, The Who, The Hollies, Dave Edmunds, Elton John (early), Patti Smith, everything garage, Peer Group (hey, why not?), Blondie, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Suburban Lawns, Hermione and Hutch, Lisa Loeb, Blue Ash, surf and fuzz guitar music, The Williams Brothers, Kristian Hoffman, The Association, Sex Pistols, Bonniwell Music Machine, Sonny and Cher, The Castaways, Redd Kross, The Alleycats, Dick Dale, The Tangerines, Sagittarius, Richard X. Heyman, Radio City, Blue Ash, The Digs, The Shambles, Laura Nyro, The Millennium, The Shakes, Wednesday Week, ...more to come... (still under construction)
Movies
This Is Spinal Tap,Almost Famous,Like Water For Chocolate,Maldecion De La Llorona, The Commitments, The Wedding Singer (it's stupid but it makes me laugh every time), Monterey Pop, The Decline of Western Civilization (the first one), Psych-Out, Viva Las Vegas, Mildred Pierce, To Sir, With Love, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. (surreal and creepy - but in a fun way!), The Rutles, Somewhere In Time (girly/romantic, yes I know), Riot On Sunset Strip, Black Orpheus, Hot Rods to Hell, Grace of My Heart, ....many more that I'll add when I remember...
Television
Monty Python, Absolutely Fabulous, X-Files, most spooky/suspenseful shows...I don't get to watch much TV, I'm afraid. Or maybe I'm not afraid.
Books
Everything written by Isabelle Allende, Bukowski (I know, how trendy but I was into him in high school back in the 70's I swear!), anything by Sandra Cisneros, Anais Nin, Ana Castillo, MOJO magazine!!! (not a book, I know, but a virtual library of musical information in every issue), the entire "Medicine Woman" series by Lynn Andrews. Am currently reading "Riot on Sunset Strip - Rock 'n'Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood" by Dominic Priore - FABULOUS!!!, "As Far As You Can Get Without a Passport" by Peter Case is a current fave and an EXCELLENT read - a bunch more to come...
About me: Fairly typically untypical over-age original era punk fan (and sometime bass player). I used to be in a few bands back in the original punk era - I.U.D. (all-female techno-punk partially South Bay, partially OC); PEER GROUP (Craig Lee described us as "Diagonal Post-punk", I think) - part of the San Pedro scene, along with Saccharine Trust, The Minutemen, Invisible Chains, etc), and a couple of one-off bands where I played behind future luminaries Michael Quercio and Mike Watt. Been married for 24 years and am the mother of two gorgeous girls, and work a very thankless job but they pay me to be there, so...
Music is the very breath of life to me. It's been my best friend for as long as I can remember. It's been there for me no matter what was going on in my life and has sometimes saved my sanity when there was nothing left to give me hope. For that reason alone I remain eternally loyal to it and will do whatever I can to promote and help GOOD music thrive, even if it's not the most popular with anyone else. I spend as much of my day as I can listening to some of the best music in the world, most of which is made by many of my friends. I'm exceptionally lucky to have many talented pals in my life, and I love to support them whenever I can. I dig a wide variety of sounds, but have always had a huge soft spot for 60's music as that's what I grew up with. From Mersey beat to grungy garage, I love it all!
As such, I love going to hear live music whenever possible - and taking my friends with me, because sharing the music just makes things better all around.
Besides that, I dig cool scenes, making interesting jewelry, the paranormal (I've had several ghostly encounters, and even seen a UFO or two. Or four...)
In my spare time (HA!) I like creating Day of the Dead art (I love painting skulls) and reading a wide variety of books and magazines, and breathing in and out ocassionally. I also recently took up American Tribal Style(ATS)belly dancing a few months ago and think that I quite like it. At least it's a good workout and allows me to play dress-up every once in a while.
Some people might think I'm "off-beat", "inscrutable", or even "inappropriate". Others think I'm cool. Still others think I need more sleep. I tend to agree with them, and should probably take vitamins too. Maybe someday when I have more time.
Currently trying to help on a book about the history of San Pedro punk rock. If you were in the San Pedro punk scene during the late 70's through early 80's please shoot me a message here! We are trying to collect up as many interviews, pictures, flyers, and memorabilia as we can to include in the book, so if you have anything you want to share, please let us know!
Who I'd like to meet: Interesting people who are into MUSIC - live/love/breathe music!
Friendly, quirky - and most importantly - FUNNY people with a highly developed sense of humor. You'll need it around me.
Also, those with a mind open to ideas bigger than what's easiest or right in front of them are quite welcome here. You'll need to have that too. ;-)
Please don't try and add me if you are just looking to add to your "collection" of women. I'll just snicker at your request and delete you. If I don't know anything about you and you want to be a friend, please do send a message first and tell me a bit about yourself. I do like meeting and making new friends, but at least give me a reference point that we can progress from. :-)
Don't worry - I'm not mean, I don't bite, I'm not snobby, but like to have people on here I would really like to be around in "real" life - and would have the greatest party in the world with all of them! So bring your records and your guitar and come set a spell. I'll make the tamales!
Just had to pop in to see if you survived Thanksgiving this year. We hope you had a great one, with an excellent soundtrack for the day's festivities! We're thinking of you. Cheers.
I want to thank you for allowing me as Red Skelton to be a part of your myspace life.
Fall is here and the holidays are approaching. They can be stressful so I'm giving you a gift of laughter.
If by chance you are in Las Vegas or plan on visiting us this season, I would be honored to meet you.
I perform every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night 9pm inside the Royal Resort Hotel showroom located 99 Convention Center Drive (basically corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Convention Center Drive)
The name of the show is Larry G Jones ~Man of 1002 Voices Show.
I'm the opening act as Red Skelton. If you get the chance please stop by and say HI. If you want to see the show here is a discount code for you.
Hi -we wanted to let you know of a few important things happening in our little world. Firstly, we release our debut single (a ltd edition 7 inch vinyl record & also available as downloads) "The Contessa" / "Snake Charmer" in a few weeks on dctone records. Copies of this single will be available on SEPT 26 which is also the date of a big London show we are playing @ Crossfire (held inside 229 The Venue in Gt Portland St opposite Regent's Park) to celebrate the forthcoming launch of our debut album "SIX AGAINST EIGHT."
The show features an enlarged band with special guests and shouldn't be missed - an all-nighter follows our gig with DJs from across Europe.... The album is produced by Donald Ross Skinner (Julian Cope etc) & features 14 original tunes - it will be available as a CD (see www.dcfontana.com) and as downloads. Our next Birmingham gig is this Saturday SEPT 12 @ The Sound Bar +support:
On Sunday SEPT 13 we also play @ Bullit in Tamworth and on WEDS SEPT 30 we are @ The Underbelly in London playing with the legendary Damo Suzuki (Can). Please stay in touch and look out for the records and the gigs!
September 1:st our 1:st single, Dare To Lick (Hunter's Red Sleeve), from our upcoming album SILENT REVOLUTION,was released and is available on iTunes but also on our MySpace of course!
The album will be released October 1:st and later that month we go on tour in Germany with The Movements.
