tennis, singing, charities/non-profit groups, French pop music, cologne, hair products, Andy Roddick's naked sweaty body, Eastern Newfoundland, drinking cheap champagne out of mugs, wacky TV shows, old movies, red hair, my big schlubby boyfriend, runny cheeses, otters, the swarthy men of Bollywood, being re-incarnated as a 400 lb. black laydee.
Music
Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marianne Faithfull, Hole, Rolling Stones, Pulp, Liz Phair, M.I.A., Nelly Furtado, Maddy Prior and Steeleye Span, Colleen Power, Annie, Ute Lemper, Brecht/Weill, Fleetwood Mac, Beach Boys, Blur, Spice Girls, Petula Clark, Ike and Tina Turner, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Call Me Poupee, The Smiths, Herman's Hermits, Ivor Novello, Robbie Williams, Blondie, Serge Gainsbourg, Elastica, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mama Cass, Eartha Kitt, Nouvelle Vague, Witch, Madonna, Tiny Tim, New York Dolls, Stevie Nicks, Nine Inch Nails, FRANCOISE HARDY!!!
Movies
All About Eve, Clueless, Mean Girls, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Gosford Park, The Philadelphia Story, Grand Hotel, Annie Hall, Girl on a Motorcycle, The Catered Affair, La Dolce Vita, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Crying Game, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Anniversary, Death Becomes Her, Shampoo, Sunset Boulevard, Window to Paris, Blow-Up, Chicago, Spice World, FACTORY GIRL.
Television
Seinfeld, Match Game, I Love Lucy, America's Next Top Model, Prime Suspect, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Absolutely Fabulous (seasons 1-3), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Entourage, South Park, Gidget, Fat Actress, Maude, 90210, Coronation Street, The Lucy Show, Fawlty Towers, The Jeffersons, 2 Stupid Dogs, Flavour of Love, Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Books
"Passing" by Nella Larsen, "Venus In Furs" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, "George's Marvellous Medicine" by Roald Dahl, "Down to the Dirt" by Joel Hynes, "Stranger Thingas Have Happened" by Carmelita McGrath, "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, "One Lifetime is Not Enough" by Zsa Zsa Gabor, "Dirty Blonde" by Courtney Love, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers, "Capote" by George Plimpton, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote, "Goblin Market" by Christina Rosetti, "The Castafiore Emerald" by Herge.
Heroes
Lindsay Davenport, Goldie Hawn, Brett Somers, Marianne Faithfull, Conan O'Brien, Bette Davis, Graham Chapman, Tintin, Helena Troy, Jerry Seinfeld, the inventor of skinny jeans, Miss Monica Walsh and Rosanne.
Who I'd like to meet: Alive, dead, real, and fictitious: Conan O'Brien, Courtney Love, Lindsay Davenport, Xena Warrior Princess, Hazel from Footballers' Wives, Tintin, Ruth Elizabeth Davis, Pamela Des Barres, Nicole Richie, Charles M. Schulz, Lucy Ricardo, Charles Nelson Reilly, Frank and Estelle Costanza, Princess Margaret, Patsy Stone, Hubert de Givenchy, Sybil Fawlty, Justine Frischmann, Tommy Sexton.
Who I am.:
General:
Name:
One Dizzy Redhead
Birthday:
September 23, some year in the very late 1900s.
Location:
St. John's, NL
Religion:
Catholic
Eye/Hair Color:
brown/RED
Height/Weight:
6'1'', 130lbs.
Heritage:
Probably Irish/English pirates
Piercings/Tattoos:
Never
Favorite:
Music/Song:
9-to-5 by Dolly Parton (at the moment)
Band:
The Mamas and the Papas
Movie/TV Show:
All About Eve/Seinfeld
Drink (alcoholic):
G&T
Soda:
Ginger Ale
Clothing Brand:
Anything that fell off a truck and ended up at Winners on Bloor Street West
Shoe Brand:
Again, anything that fell off a truck and ended up at Winners on Bloor Street West
Month/Season:
JULY/SUMMER
Holiday:
Christmas/St. Monica's Day
Pick One:
Sunny or Rainy:
Sunny
Fruit or Vegetable:
Vegetable
Night or Day:
Day
Love or Money:
Love
Phone or in person:
Person
Looks or Personality:
How about cash?
Coffee or Tea:
Coffee
Hot or Cold:
Cold? I live in Canada, why would I pick cold?
Your:
Goal for the year:
Learn how to not drop 0 everytime I go to the drugmart.
Best physical feature:
RED HAIR
First thought waking up:
Is this really my house?
Worst crime:
Umm, not paying for things? Like, a lot?
Greatest ambition:
To be unencumbered.
Greatest fear:
Being smelly when I'm old.
Darkest secret:
I think James Gandolfini is TOTALLY hot.
Favorite subject:
Runnymede subway station! GOD, I love that place!
Strangest received gift:
A wall-hanging of an oil-painted cockatoo. I named it Esmerelda
Worst habit:
PICK ONE!
Do You:
Smoke/Drink:
Yup
Curse:
Yup
Shower Daily:
Nah, I enjoy natural musk.
Sing:
Yup
Play an instrument:
Guitar, clarinet... terribly.
Believe in fate:
Fate would never have led me to Toronto... the universe isn't that cruel...
Believe in love at first sight:
I've fallen in love with hair products at first sight, but it ends there.
Have You Ever:
Been Drunk/High:
Wait, I think I'm too old to be taking this test...
Eaten Sushi:
What the fuck is this, a test for hicks?! YES, IT'S DIVINE!!
Been in Love:
Uh huh
Skipped school:
Ok, I'm definitely too old to be taking this test... Yes.
Stolen something:
I stole a belt at a party once, but I don't think it counts because it was on someone.
Cried yourself to sleep:
Only after particularly stirring episodes of Coronation Street.
Random:
What annoys you most in a person:
I HATE BORING PEOPLE! GIVE ME UNEMPLOYED DRUG-ADDLED LUNATICS- JUST AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT DULL!
Right or left handed:
Left
Bedtime:
Lame question, not worthy of me.
3 things you can't live without:
My big schlubby boyfriend, Du Maurier Light King Sized (25 pk.), Wimbledon coverage on ESPN.
Siblings:
Nope
What is your middle name:
Michael
Do you have any nicknames:
Flippy, RoRo, Ribbly, Minky
Do you have a crush on anyone:
SOOOOOOOO too old for this test am I!!!!!!
Are you for or against gay marriage:
Well, I live in Toronto so if I did have a problem with it, I'd have to keep it quiet...
Hello! It's THAT time of year again, so we hope you enjoy our chilled Christmas classic single, "A Christmas Without Snow". It's from our new "Best Of" album. You can download the track for your upcoming Christmas party mixtape by clicking here:
Not in the Christmas mood yet? Then here's our current single "Au Revoir" with the David Bowie's Mike Garson on piano. love Lola + Richard LOLA DUTRONIC xx P.S....All three of our albums are now available DIRECTLY FROM US for as little as $5 each. How's that for a deal? Just message us for details.... Meanwhile you can download the single by clicking here:
We thought you might like to see the videos for our new summer singles.
If you don't already have copies, you can download them for your iPod by clicking here: It's only a dollar! ;-)
If you fancy a proper copy of the new album "Lola Dutronic in Berlin" (featuring these tracks, plus the hit single "Brigitte Bardot" and special guest Mike Garson) you can get one by clicking here: http://cdbaby. com/cd/ldutronic
Great to see you're a fan of Joel Hynes' Down to the Dirt and also Carmelita McGrath. I heard Carmelita reading recently at a Poetry event at the LSPU Hall and was reminded again what an amazing voice she has.
You may be interested to know that Joel recorded an unabridged audio edition of Down to the Dirt with Rattling Books in 2006. Narrated by Joel, Sherry White and Jonny Harris.
I hope you'll check it out at
http://www.rattlingbooks.com
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