-playing bass
-singing Everly Brothers tunes w/ my buddy Stan in my side project, The Everly Hillbillies.
-preparing for my next musical project...
-Goin' out to see other bands
-taking pictures; some will be in my photos section. I photograph animals, kids, bands etc...
-collecting / using / cherishing vintage, "retro" & antique stuff & by "stuff" I mean Clothes, furniture, nic-
nacs...1890s to 1960s.
-gardening.
-Pets: 6 Rats; Jerry Lee, Frankie, Sammy, Deano, Charlie & Ira.
-Doing home renovations & interior design
Music
It would be impossible for me to list everything:
I'm into Garage music, Rockabilly, Western Swing & Hillbilly Boogie, Jazz (some), glam, etc....Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, David Bowie, Hank Williams (SR), Link Wray, Nikki Sudden, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, The Sweet, Mountain, The entire "Nuggets" & "Pebbles" series of garage music, Everly Brothers, Love, Iron Maiden, Stones, Imogen Heap, Patsy Cline, Lyres, DMZ, MC5, The Dogs, The Classic Ruins, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, KISS, Smokey Robinson, Frank Sinatra, Andrew Sisters, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Sleepy LaBeefe, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Marvin Gay, The Louvin Brothers, Janis Martin, X, Little Richard, Walter Lure, Wanda Jackson, (Barry & the..)Remains, Collins Kids, GWAR...to be continued...
My very first fave movie was Bambi. I saw it muliple times when I was only like 4 or 5. Old movies, film noir etc, good sci fi, Ed Wood movies, Sidehacking (terrible-great B flic I saw on MST3000 when that show was on), most all Tim Burton-related projects, most all Johnny Depp movies (pretty or not, the dude can ACT!), Clint Eastwood movies, most all Hitchcock films, The Bad Seed (circa 1960s), The Magnificent Seven (I Love this film), weird stuff, sick stuff, warm & comfortable nostalgic stuff, independant stuff, Blue Velvet, Resident Evil, Funny stuff, stupid stuff...I like many different types for many different moods, occassions & purposes. OH & of course Spinal Tap ...
NIGEL TUFNEL'S THEORIES ON STONEHENGE
Television
THEN: Star Trek, The Monkees, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Mannix, Green Acres, The Adams Family, The Munsters, Hogan's Heroes, Flinstones, F-Troop, Laugh-In, Capt Kangaroo, Monty Python, and so on ... many of these shows I watched w/my dad....NOW: still some of the above (NOW on dvd or rerun), Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel while they were still were on. Seinfeld (in reruns), House, South Park, Simpsons, Heroes, crime shows, Law & Order, Charmed, Bones, Futurama, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Sarah Silverman show, almost anything on Home & Garden Network (I'm such a Chick), What not to wear (I said I was chick)...
Books
The last book I read was a gift from my special friend, Chelle, titled "I love everybody & other attrocious lies". It made me laugh out loud at work during lunch breaks & disturb the people around me!
I read a Patsy Cline biography & also a Bettie Page (unauthorized bio) "The Real Bettie Page". THAT book just broke my heart...poor Bettie.
I am very lazy about reading although I used read alot. I have a small colleciton of kids books too; some are favorites I saved from my own childhood, others I just loved the artwork or the story etc & bought it just to have.
Also I love "coffee-table" books of lots of stuff, vintage stuff, rat books, Pin-up art, & so on.
MY BELOVED CRANK-TONES!
About me: I'm smart and creative, Sometimes I'm shy, sometimes I'm outgoing, sometimes I'm silly. I like people & having fun (duh!)..I am genuine and funny.
I love my pets, my little cousins, my friends, alot of different kinds of music, going out to see bands (mostly friends) & taking pictures. I grew up singing with my dad in his general business band. These days I sing & play bass. My last band, The Crybabies, was garage-pop group that still enjoys airplay on satellite radio.
My father, Rick Palmer, was a guitar player. He led a very interesting life. He was on the road w/ his band, The Kampus Kids, at the age of 13. He did manage to fit (most of) high school in somehow. He had the opportunity to meet Little Richard (who pinched my dad's butt, also offered Dad a job in his band), Johnny Mathis (saw Dad's set & bought him a drink), & he played with Roy Orbison, to name a few. He was a session musician & more. He had a single released in 1968 on the United Artists lable. Needless to say, my father is my great hero & a key influence in my life (both good & bad). He passed away at the young age of 49 from liver disease in 1990 & I still miss him very much.
My mom started out as a model & then met my dad. He taught her how to play keyboard & put her in the band as eye-candy! She was diagnosed w/ Parkinsons around 1988 & has gradually had to adjust her life & learn to compromise on what she can & cannot do.
I am totally rat-crazy. I used to love cats but once I bought my first 2 rats in 2006 I was forever changed to a crazy rat girl. I am so crazy about them & think they are such an amazing pet. I love them so much that when I think about their short life span, I sometimes cry (awww..) but I try to think about them as the candle that burns twice as bright & half as long.
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