late night accordion jams, this random 70s Roland synth I played recently that changed my life, piano, Sampoerna menthol cloves, kitties, laying out on my roof....tanning!lololololo!1, peeing on people, big boots, skirts more than pants, young(er) Jewish boys, random bouts of asceticism, hearing music on the sidewalk, sex, Seagram's VO, stealing things, driving, having no roommates, New Orleans, old TV shows, writing academically about music, buying weird clothes on eBay, random bouts of hedonism, salt, and my best friend who is just like me but is not on myspace.
Music
In no particular order: Tori Amos (yes, Tori Amos, shut the fuck up), Bartok, Lullaby Baxter Trio, Andrew Bird, Birthday Party, Bjork, (live) New Orleans brass bands, Beethoven, Devendra Banhart, Beirut, the Breeders, Can, Johnny Cash, Calexico, Cat Power, Patsy Cline, Nick Cave, Dead Meadow, Devotchka, the Doors, dirty blues, Dandy Warhols, Debussy, Dr. Demento, Eden Ahbez, Faith No More, Firewater, the Fiery Furnaces, Faun Fables, this weird Finnish group I have no idea how to type the name of--EDIT: I believe it's Paavo Harju, PHILIP GLASS (I've touched him), Gogol Bordello, Golem, London "grime", Gershwin, G-Unit, Hala Strana, The Highwaymen, Hanne Hukkelberg, Iron & Wine, Skip James, Jarboe, Robert Johnson, Jay-Z, King Crimson, Klezmer, Nora Keyes, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Franz Liszt, Low, Ludacris, Leadbelly, Magma, Magnetic Fields (although Stephen Merritt annoys the shit out of me), Man Man, Charles Manson, Nellie McKay, The Meters, New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, Ken Nordine, OS Mutantes, Portishead, Rasputina, Maurice Ravel, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Steve Reich, The Residents, Jimmie Rodgers, Sigur Ros, Stockhausen, Sun Ra, Elliott Smith, second line, Bessie Smith, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Stravinsky, TV on the Radio, They Might Be Giants, Big Mama Thornton, Tiger Lillies, Tom Waits, theremins, Vermilion Lies, Veruca Salt, Voltaire, Ween, Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?, Wu-Tang, yadda yadda, Frank Zappa...
Movies
THE DANCIN OUTLAW!!!! (true story of Jesco/Elvis White), Being John Malkovich, Clockwork Orange, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Basketball Diaries, Blue Velvet, Happiness (I know I'm going to hell blah blah), My Cousin Vinny, Amadeus, Welcome to the Dollhouse, the Wonder Boys, Box of Moonlight, Labyrinth, Secretary, High Anxiety, The Jerk, SiCKO, Scarface, Boogie Nights, Anna to the Infinite Power, Red Sonya, basically all the Coen brothers' and Christopher Guest movies...
Television
I grew up in the part of the South where you used your old TV as the TV stand for the new one. Bonus points if the old one was in a big wood case with knobs, and had a doily thrown over it to make it look more furniture-like.
Books
Confederacy of Dunces, the Alchemist, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Brave New World, The Naked and the Dead, Grapes of Wrath, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Valley of the Dolls, Wise Blood, Also Sprach Zarathustra, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Tao Te Ching, A People's History of the United States, The Feminine Mystique, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Clockwork Orange, astronomy books, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Flatland, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Sophie's World, You Can't Go Home Again, Saint Maybe, The Wizard of Oz, Custer Died for Your Sins...
1.Apparently, I say the word "bones" funny. I also say phone, both, and boat, the same funny way. [EDIT: I just learned that I say stereo, king, and cone, and specifically "king cone" funny.]
2.I only look good in 2 kinds of hats. Fortunately, they happen to be top hats and fedoras.
Who I'd like to meet: Oh golly. Ya know? I just wanna collect purdy people for my page! I don't need to know them, or even have anything in common with them. For me, the real joys come when they leave comments on my sexy pics lololololol!!!! Beyond that, they could be a retarded middle school dropout with 10 babies, but as long as they have real slutty pics with like b00bies and such, I'll add em! Hell, I'll add their dogs too lolololol! Oh and ESpeCiaLly iF tHeY tyPe liKe thIs and their goddamn graphics, backgrounds, and embedded wav files make my computer explode!!!! Free for all!!!!!!!!!! Yay bands!!!!!!!
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> More shows are still being added, so check the Firewater MySpace page for updates.
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Hey, Thanks for the add. It was great to meet you in San Antonio because I had missed you after the Austin show. Anyways, we spoke for a while about this bohemian/gypsy styled band from Texas, Do you remember? I surprised that even I remembered I was so hammered that night. Anyways, I found them and they are a group called Wine and Alchemy and they are from San Antonio. And they got a MySpace, check them out and tell me what you think.
yeah girl I got ya some pics! how chicago? Hope your enjoying your weekend! dont forget to send me you email addy so I can send you photos and let me know about the electric black showcase!
It's cool. Your mom's fantastic. We've been talking about you via Myspace ever since yesterday. Now I know more about you than you'd care to imagine. I knew all about the Spam shirt and the braces hours before you ever sent me that picture, for example :)
Wow! Did you say that you saw his commercial on t.v.? What were you watching?!
So apparently our friend can "make buildings disappear" but can't spell and hasn't quite grasped the concept of punctuation. Fair enough. After all, some of us were bred to be poets while others were to "pull pigeons out of thin air." But I'd like to think that I've got a decent handle on the English language AND I can juggle three apples at a time. Does this make me equally--if not exceedingly--impressive? And if so, then why aren't I on a television commercial?
"...I can make it snow in the summertime." First of all, no, you can't. And furthermore, even if you could, who the hell would want that? No one. If I ever met someone who made it snow anywhere near me in the summer, I'd punch them in the throat.
I do feel bad about highlighting his flaws, though, because he seems like a nice enough guy. Plus my birthday is only a month away...
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