Queen, Chopin, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Mozart, The Burlington Family
Movies
Empire Of The Sun, A New Leaf, Island Of Dr. Marou, The General, Duck Soup, Citizen Kane, Lawrence Of Arabia, Wings Of Desire, The Front Page,
Television
what television?
Books
Brothers Karamatov, House Of The Dead, Crime And Punishment, The Pirates (George Mc Donald Fraiser), The Bible (KJV), Anything by Tennesee Williams, Good Fiction
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Heroes
Jesus(the real guy who loved people and hated religion), mothers of disabled children, old women that smile a loving smile regardless of a return glance, old cowboys with sweat stained hats and unexpressed joy at the sight of the sunset, children playing in the park squealing with delight without edit...
Northglenn High School
Northglenn, CO
Graduated: 1978
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: hokey maddness
Minor: hokier maddness
Clubs: DRAMA-SPEACH TEAM
About me: Flash Fiction Book - "Stories From The Inside Edge"by Bc Petrakos -
YOU TUBE : Brenda Petrakos
For a "Violets Bed" story from the book!
Whiskey & When Donny gets Blue
part of my stuff
hear it
Who I'd like to meet: Los Angeles, Valley, South Bay, Artist, And Creative Types!
Lets network and support eachother !! When are you performing?
Let me email my friends, Do you have a venue? A Live Show?
Radio Show? Any and all independent ventures interest me
Art Gallery, Film, Spoken Word, Poetry, Festivals, etc...
Thanks for the ad. If you would like to help me to reach my goal of performing my poem, "Half Hearted," on The Ellen Degeneres Show, then you can sign my online petition, where I have over 700 signatures, at www.RendaWriter.com
Another Reminder about our gig TONIGHT in SANTA MONICA!!
Friday, August 7th Rusty’s Surf Ranch on Santa Monica Pier!! Music starts at 8pm and Disstrick plays at 9:30pm ALL AGES WELCOME Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, California 90401
Hey, just wanna remind you about our UPCOMING GIG FRIDAY NIGHT at RUSTY'S SURF RANCH on SANTA MONICA PIER. If you're gonna be in town you should definitely stop by. The details are below:
Friday, August 7th Rusty’s Surf Ranch on Santa Monica Pier!! Music starts at 8pm and Disstrick plays at 9:30pm ALL AGES WELCOME Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, California 90401
What's up, just checkin out your page. Looks cool. By the way, we just uploaded a few NEW SONGS from our UPCOMING ALBUM!! You should check them out and tell us what you think.
Hey I hope things are well with you. I was wanting to know if you wouldn't mind posting my widget on your MySpace page, or on your Facebook page so you can help me win a record contract with MySpace Records. The more people that do so the better my chances of winning. I've been lucky enough to have a lot of people ask me how is it that I don't have a record contract with my music being so good?, so now is your chance to help me make it a reality. Just grab the widget below, and post it on your profile page. It's that simple. Thanks so much for helping me spread the word with all your friends and family, and I hope to see you down the road!!
Hey just stopping by to say hello and let you know that My Space Records is currently doing a contest to win a record contract with there label, so I was wanting to know if you wouldn't mind posting my widget on your page? That's part of how the pick the winner. The more people that post the widget the better my chances. Just click on the cassette that is below, and copy the code were it says "grab this". Then open up your edit profile, and paste it in one of your sections like "music you like" or about me. Thanks so much for your support, and wish me luck. :) Reagan Browne
thank you so much Brenda. Thank you. You have no idea just how much it means to me. Hang in there you too. Yeah, it always passes doesn't it? Eventually. Sometimes you got to walk through the shit to get there tho. love.
My literary magazine, The Toronto Quarterly - Issue 2 and 3 are now available at amazon.com. There's some great poetry in each issue along with some cool interviews with up and coming and more established poets. Here is the link:
I'm sick of being a Saint! It's exhausting! And I never have spare change for myself because I'm morally obliged to give it when asked! Ack!!! ("Not that I'm complaining, mind you," as Jules Feiffer once wrote.)
Thnx 4 the cultural co-connexion - it is a pleasure to be with creative flux.
Poets/artists Smith & Lady K back story: left Cleveland 2006 with backpacks to live for 16 months in England, Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, followed by 15 months Oaxaca Mexico. Now back in Cleveland since March to stay year or two.
Go thee, and suffer less - the Church of Not Quite So Much Pain & Suffering