music; travel; movies; writing; pop culture of the sixties through eighties; true crime; vintage/secondhand stores; scrapbooking and crafty things; standup comedy; radio; improv; trivia games; board games; learning something new; being an Internet geek.
Music
The 77's; Air Supply; Bang Gang; Beach Boys; Beatles; Belle and Sebastian; Julian Berntzen; Big Star; Billy Bragg; Tim Buckley; The Byrds; The Carpenters; Johnny Cash; Bruce Cockburn; Elvis Costello; Marshall Crenshaw; Daniel Amos; Fabienne Delsol; Sandy Denny; Bob Dylan; Steve Earle; Gene Eugene; Neil/Tim Finn; Margo Guryan; Richard Hawley; Mark Heard; Jolie Holland; hjaltalin; Joe Jackson; The Jayhawks; Tonio K.; Kings of Convenience; The Kinks; Jens Lekman; Sondre Lerche; Lost Dogs; Nick Lowe; Kirsty MacColl; Magnetic Fields; Aimee Mann; Paul McCartney; Van Morrison; The Mumps; The New Pornographers; Harry Nilsson; Roy Orbison; Over the Rhine; Gram Parsons; Tom Petty; Sam Phillips; Ray's Vast Basement; Josh Rouse; Sergeant Petter; Simon and Garfunkel; Sparks; Dusty Springfield; Randy Stonehill; Seth Swirsky; They Might Be Giants; Richard Thompson; Emiliana Torrini; John Vecchiarelli; M. Ward; Wilco; Brian Wilson; Stevie Wonder; The Wondermints; XTC; Michael Zapruder ... this list could go on and on. I also have a weakness for cheesy Top 40 hits from about 1988-1993.
Movies
Amadues; American Graffiti; The Apostle; The Bad Seed; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Bye Bye Birdie; Glory; Grace of my Heart; Harold and Maude; Henry Fool; In America; Let Him Have It; The Little Mermaid; Living in Oblivion; My Bodyguard; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Princess Bride; The Saint of Fort Washington; Shattered Glass; Some Like it Hot; Son of Rambow; The Sound of Music; Stand By Me; Walking and Talking; The Wizard of Oz ... vintage Disney films, B-movies, Z-movies, and random independent films that feature actors such as Walton Goggins, Kevin Corrigan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dylan Baker, Catherine Keener, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy, Robert Downey Jr., etc.
Television
The Shield (I was addicted through the entire seven-season run!) Otherwise it's mostly crap that I grew up with: 90210, Little House on the Prairie, The Brady Bunch, etc. Plus all of the Degrassi franchise, Jeopardy, What Not to Wear, various sixties shows (Ozzie and Harriet, The Dick Van Dyke Show), and certain channels on OnDemand (mostly Something Weird and Tube Time).
Books
I read a lot more nonfiction than fiction, mostly books about pop culture, or true crime stories (The Indiana Torture Slaying is the most haunting true story that I've come across ... but I also love Ann Rule.) When I do read fiction, I like Anne Tyler's books. For the classics, I love John Steinbeck, James Joyce, and Oscar Wilde. What else? Children's books! John Benton's bad girl books (and other guilty pleasures...)
Heroes
My dad, the rest of my family, artists, misfits, and anyone who shows genuine kindness and compassion toward others.
KAOS 89.3 FM (The Think Tank 2001-present; Pining for the Fjords May 2008-January 2009; Radio8Ball 2004-2008; Sister Sound 2001-2004); KXXO 96.1 FM (July 2008-present); KMAS 1030 AM (2004-2008); KGHP 89.9 FM (1995-2001).
About me: I'm a little strange ... but I mean well. I work as a member associate for an environmental nonprofit organization; I'm also an on-call announcer at Mixx 96.1. (Yes, I like both of my jobs!) I've been involved with community radio since my sophomore year of high school -- currently I host and produce The Think Tank (Sundays 10 am-noon), an eclectic pop and songwriter show, on the air since October of 2001. You can hear it on KAOS 89.3 FM (or at kaosradio.org). The show is co-hosted by my fiancee, Merwyn. (We're finally getting married this April 11th!)
Music is definitely way up there on my list of favorite things. In 2008 I was lucky enough to help out with the formation of an awesome radio promotions group called Lucky Cat Promotions. Although it's a little harder for me to contribute these days, I still encourage you to check out their page in my Top Friends list! There's a great (and growing) list of clients. (Feel free to write me if you're interested in becoming one.)
Besides listening to and sharing music, my favorite thing is to go out of town. I love "big cities" but I'm curious to go just about everywhere! One of these days, I'd also like to try writing a book. Possibly about my experience with breast cancer (I was originally diagnosed in November of 2006, killed the beast, then it came back to my spine in December of 2008; I'm in the process of killing it again!) or maybe based on a true crime story, or who knows what ... the possibilities are endless.
Who I'd like to meet: Music geeks. Comics. Positive people who aren't in denial about the fact that everyone is human and that everyone has ups and downs. Anyone with a quirky sense of humor; anyone who is honest and compassionate. Basically anyone! (No hypocrites, narcissists, or bullies, please.)
Hi Tammy..i look forward to getting to know you. YES, the woman here are fabulous. some friends have come and gone but I must say my small friend list has become one filled with thee most loving, loyal ladies one can find. I am grateful.... It saddened me to hear about the three recurrances/new cancers ?? I can not imagine how hard that has to be to hear it when it takes so long to find "NORMALCY' again...
My heart feels for all and I Hope to be of some encouragement along the way.... my story ... lots of surgery.. no chemo ... about to have another implant exchange surgery in February as my body did not build enough scar tissue to keep implant in place and it moved...WTF ?? lol it is on its way to being under my arm soon... Have a great day !! do the best you can and whine when you need to.... xoxoxo Margy
Sorry to hear the News about the relapse ! You can do this again T...and dont listen to that 10 month death sentence...its not true those are old statistics..=-) Feel free to shout if you have questions about bone mets.. ive been living with mets for almost 3 yrs
Well hello to you, too! I'm pretty awful at keeping in touch, too, and can't even use facebook as a reason, I'm just bad. I always read your surveys, though-love the music ones, they usually give me a few new things to download!! Good times :)
happy holidays to you as well and i guess as long as i think about jenny and sylvia i do consider myself a freind although do wish i had chance to meet jenny like to write about it from males side i just dont see how it could have happened it just so hard to believe oh well take care and hope u dont have to much snow there we have more now what a mess oh well off to work take care
Why did you say you need $$? How much?...Love, Uncle Steven. P.S. I heard you DJing on the new radio station clear up at Horseshoe Lake by MT Adams. Sorry, I can't recall the call letters of the station, but a fellow worker asked me last week if you are my daughter, he heard you too. Congrats on that...Be Cool
Thanks for the birthday wishes. Wish I could say I did something interesting to celebrate but I really didn't. I guess the older I get the less important my birthday is to me. How have you been? Thanks again.
