ayurveda, kundalini, yoga, tantra, indian spirituality, mid-century design, quantum astrology, romantic technique in birds, walter potter's theatrical taxidermy, rogue taxidermy, art direction, set design, max ernst, DADA poetry, christian lacroix, daniel day lewis, 1970's filmmaking, dorothea tanning, takato yamamoto, pierre louÿs, erich von gotha, the memoirs of fanny hill, topiary animals, erick swenson, irina lazareanu, victorian & edwardian taxidermy, jurassic technology, natural history dioramas, david lynch, vintage animation, stephen meisel, vintage prada, sandy skoglund, chuck jones, early animation, classic cartoons, stanley kubrick, paul thomas anderson, gary oldman, british literature, david attenborough, grant morrison, stephen fry, jonathan ross, anthropomorphism, natalia pierandrei, korin faught, freedom from religion, margaret keane, early disney, don bluth, guillermo del toro, steven shainberg, louis theroux, black forest houseware, marquis franz von bayros, léonor fini, clovis trouille, georg grosz, otto dix, raphael kirchner, eric stanton, ladislaw starewicz, jessica joslin, jan svankmajer, barbara kruger, katherine chiu, eugenio recuenco, aya takano, miss van, fafi, mark ryden's tree show, opossums, atsuko kudo latex, lilly piri, accordians, cellos, dinosaurs, ellen von unwerth, antique furniture, betony vernon, the belles of the black diamond field, karen elson, zooey deschanel, alice burdeu, ida craddock, outsider art, henry darger, art deco hairstyles, marcel dzama, NPR, choral music, christopher eccleston, john simm, david tennant, shane glines, pin-up illustration, rabbit fur, surrealism, magic realism, yuriy norshteyn, eva hertz, lily cole, mice in waistcoats, antlers, all things antiquated, humanism, doe-eyes, taxidermy, balthus, elizabeth mcgrath, old photographs, still-life, astrology, progressive talk radio, erotic art, bavarian architecture, dollhouse furniture, crocodiles with cigars,
alexander mcqueen, jean-luc godard, john cameron mitchell,
miniatures, librarian fashions, dita von teese, piano music, bookshelves, fairy folk music, leonora carrington, children's books, 1940's, 1960's, rob brezny, irina ionesco, eva ionesco, andrew brandou, masks, cabaret, vegetarianism, indian food, kozyndan, lisa yuskavage, board games, japanese handmade crafts, documentary films, 1940's hairstyles, balthus, robert downey jr., neil gaiman, nazif topçuoglu, remedios varo, jj grandville, alexandre dupouy, amigurumi, gerda wegener, ee cummings, 1960's fashion, neue sachlichkeit, chamber pop, jan saudek, kurt halsey fredericksen, period films, historical fiction, paleontology, lurid rambling nonsense.
patrick wolf, diane cluck, petra jean phillipson, susanna and the magical orchestra, tom rosenthal, the señors of marseille, f. lunaire, colleen, sxip shirey, deadboy & the elephantmen, will oldham, bonnie "prince" billy, elena kats-chernin, turtle island quartet, neutral milk hotel, bertolt brecht, tetes raides, noir desir, helix quartet, the twilight sad, kronos quartet, emilie simon, vermillion lies, regina spektor, cortney tidwell, sibylle baier, the beatles, rob burger, soul coughing, the black keys, animal collective, leonard cohen, nick drake, shannon wright, yann tiersen, josé gonzález, eric whitacre, the rapture, mygük, devotchka, ani difranco, erik satie, deerhoof, pram, the arcade fire, rasputina, bonfire madigan, rainer maria, tom waits, erik satie, philip glass, chopin, bright eyes, benjamin britten, rosemary clooney, joanna newsom, sufjan stevens, califone, shearwater, starsailor, nickel creek, the dears, tin hat trio, nina nastasia, mirah, bat for lashes, matt elliott, cocorosie, iron and wine, the dears, songs: ohia, the black heart procession, calexico, espers, vetiver, benoît pioulard, trentemøller, andrew bird, jill tracy, clearlake, laura veirs, björk, clare fader, lhasa de sela, the andrews sisters, astor piazzolla, erin mckeown, xiu xiu, daughter darling, rufus wainwright, nico, the velvet underground, zbigniew preisner, woven hand, sibylle baier, sansévérino, psapp, matt haimovitz, the kills, casiotone for the painfully alone, jen wood, jacqueline taieb, gillian welch, fiona apple, owen pallett/final fantasy, the faint, edison woods, the duke spirit, the dirty three, damien jurado, judy garland, the boswell sisters, the decemberists, azure ray, alessandra celletti, tosca tango orchestra, unwed sailor, the sex pistols, the rolling stones, choral music, orchestral soundtracks, quartets, cellists.
LEON (the professional), magnolia, jean-luc godard's 'weekend', FUR- an imaginary portrait of diane arbus, trois couleurs trilogy, twin peaks- fire walk with me, quills, sid & nancy, the panic in needle park, the unbearable lightness of being, withnail & i, 3:10 to yuma, revengers tragedy, SICKO, dog day afternoon, Uzumaki (spiral), cameraman's revenge & other fantastic tales, sunshine, human traffic, trainspotting, 28 days later, dummy, holes, badlands, the godfather, dune, the filth and the fury, children of men, bambi, unknown white male, a clockwork orange, the shining, 2001: a space odyssey, eyes wide shut, the city of lost children, the cat's meow, pretty baby, endless love, the blue lagoon, the white seal, rikki-tikki-tavi, the secret of nimh, all the real girls, pan's labyrinth, bram stoker's dracula, secretary, 24-hour party people, 101 dalmations (1961), zoolander, if..., the institute benjamenta, jurassic park, harry potters 3 & 5, plunkett & macleane, the wicker man (1973), donald in mathemagic land, closer, about a boy, interview with the vampire, howl's moving castle, therese and isabelle, jesus camp, the god that wasn't there, kamikaze girls, the suicide club, the hours, v for vendetta, everything is illuminated, the aristocats, cabaret, this film is not yet rated, a decade under the influence, fahrenheit 9/11, bowling for columbine, fast food nation, the virgin suicides, marie antoinette, documentaries, documentaries, documentaries.
Television
battlestar galactica, twin peaks, doctor who, lost, the l-word, house, planet earth/BBC nature programs, louis theroux's weird weekends, animal planet, documentary television.
Books
hermann hesse, pablo neruda, henry miller, jean cocteau, jane austen, leopold von sacher-masoch, comte de lautreamont, marcel duchamp, tristan tzara, charlotte bronte, emily bronte, beatrix potter, jonathan carroll, grant morrison, neil gaiman, philip pullman, anne rice, anne sexton, louis theroux, non-fiction, fantasy & sci-fi, 1950's sex education volumes, jeanette winterson, anais nin, richard brautigan, rob brezny, homemaking manuals, mormon history, victorian erotica, marquis de sade, the memoirs of fanny hill, art portfolios, herb gardening manifestos.
Heroes
i'm not ashamed of having heroes... i probably idolize you.
ellen von unwerth, alexander mcqueen, jean-pierre jeunet, p.t. anderson, natalie portman, antique pianos, MISS VAN, bambi's mom, beatrix potter, sir david attenborough, stanley kubrick, steven shainberg, luc besson, hal 9000, stephen fry, juliette binoche, daniel day lewis, michael madsen, gary fucking oldman.
(Interactive encyclopedia Wikipedia has determined that British writer/director Gary Oldman's 1997 award-winning Nil by Mouth used the F-word more times than any film in history -- 470 times in 128 minutes, or an average of 3.67 times per minute.)
http://www.garyoldman.info
About me:
(my page looks screwed up w/ mozilla... haven't mastered it's secret language yet i think)
..when speaking,
i am a diminished child.
- vladimir nabokov..
i having been born of goodly mormon parents was entirely home-schooled through grade 9. sheltered from the carnal influences of public education, or rather preserved, while still young & unscathed by the church's worst enemies- humanists, homosexuals, & feminists (i will note however not sheltered from the occasional airplane crash in the backyard, some might say she was trying to tell us something). i performed religion in more ways than one, i recited the articles of faith, i memorized scripture, i (painfully admit) sang soloist children's hymns in sacrament meetings, i refrained from tea & masterbation so i could look the bishop in the eye at our interviews. somewhere between stitching seedy eyelids onto clothdolls for wednesday craft night, and wearing a tampon in the baptismal fount doing baptisms for the dead (a most unclean sin- worthy of lightning strikes certainly), the religion in me died.
i wish my family could be based on something solid. there is an embroidered saying in mormonism, "families are forever", but it's a requisite. families can be based upon different things. i adore musical families. charitable families. laughing, cooking good food, watching-tv, keeping secrets, bird-watching, whatever they are, they are solid. the consistency of my religion around the time i went to girl's camp was like marshmellow poop. higher education dissolved it completely. if i have faith, it's in humanity, in love, & hardly anything else. but faith is like lava, mine melted, but my mother's has hardened into rock. i'm a useless arm to our family, & it breaks my heart that in her nightmares i am her child lost in hell, looking for her family that has gone to heaven. latter-day evangelical garbage. however i'm very thankful for the mormon upbringing i had & the vast education in history & natural science... it's given me eyes now that truly are pearls of great price.
i'm very interested in antique taxidermy pieces... i feel it's a bit like collecting unwanted cemetary headstones- if cemetary headstones were unwanted... because a lot of people keep animals they kill as trophies for what they've done. it's a terribly disrespectful hobby in many cases... & i suppose i'm drawn to historically disrespectful & ignorant practices. i think it's a good idea to organize tragedy into a metaphorical museum & keep it there for further examination. i also collect a lot of housewife manuals from the 1950's & so on... history is marvelous.
the wee darlings of my life, mia (kitty), & possum pal- who lives in the backyard but sometimes plays in the dollhouse.
the other darlings of my life are the creations of artists i admire. i believe in supporting the work by buying prints & collecting important pieces whenever possible. i don't pretend to be an artist, although i do practice drawing. portraits & pin-ups are my favorite subjects, however i have a long way to go before i'll consider myself bonafide. i'm searching for the time to learn wood-working for the purpose of making miniatures & dollhouse furniture. if you live in portland & can teach miniatures & wood-working please drop me a line.
stephen meisel
Who I'd like to meet:
a cello instructor, a mouse in a waistcoat, a crocodile with a cigar...
---in regards to friend requests:
if we have nothing in common at all, don't bother, or at least explain your reasons because those sorts of adds confuse the hell out of me.
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Pop will be joined by Professor Dave Bourne and the Medicine Show Band, Rob Zabrecky, Sophie Evans, Antonio Hoyos, Phil Van Tee and Pop's Candy Girls for a wonderful show of Old Time Music, magic, comedy and variety.
It'll make you feel better!
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“A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown.” - William Butler Yeats
galliano 2007
galliano 2007
irina lazareanu in christian lacroix
dita von teese
..when speaking,
i am a diminished child.
- vladimir nabokov..
a cello instructor, a mouse in a waistcoat, a crocodile with a cigar...
