Gothic music & fashion, costuming, goth-fetish photography, occult and supernatural subjects, 40's pulp literature, etc.
音樂
Gothic, particularly guitar based bands. Faves include, in no particular order Qntal, Helium Vola, This Ascension, Faith and the Muse (with whom I toured as a backing vocalist), Diary of Dreams, Blooding Mask, And Also The Trees, Die Laughing, This Burning Effigy, Die Form, Cocteau Twins, Ultravox, Xmal, Requiem in White, Christian Death (Rozz), Superheroines, The Birthday Party, The Last Dance, Switchblade Symphony, L'ame Immortelle, Dead Can Dance, and many more. Female vocalists I admire: Yma Sumac, Lene Lovich. View my band Stone 588 on Youtube here with the songs
Contrition and Westering Moon.
Oh yeah and the vocals on the Lidless Eye Flicker track on this profile is me too.
電影
My favorite genre of movie is comedy, like "Saving Grace," "Bridget Jones- The Edge of Reason," Woody Allen's "Sleeper" or "Love and Death" and "The Aristocrats" was particularly hilarious! But I also really enjoy eerie, suspenseful films like "The Skeleton Key," "Gothic," " M," "The Gift," "The Cell," (the last of which has some beautiful yet terrifying magickal realism, artfully done.) I really enjoyed "Constantine" as well, mainly for the visual design and the detached moodiness of the story. Fave actors include (in no particular order): Peter Lorre, Vincent D'Onfrio, James Spader.
電視
"Boston Legal," "House M.D.," "Law and Order Criminal Intent," "Medium," "C.S.I." I also like the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Conan O'Brien, Penn and Teller. I mostly prefer shows with good dialogue and acting, and then sometimes I just need pithy political commentary or straight up sophomoric humor a la "That 70s Show." Past favorite shows include "Ellery Queen," "Forever Night," "Penelope Pitstop"...."Dead Last," that show that ran 6 eps in 2001 about a rock band who had a talisman that allowed them to see dead people whom they helped move on to the next world? Great premise. Wish that had happened to my band!
書籍
Non -fiction: Richard Clark's "Against All Enemies" and John Edwards' "Four Trials" are awesome. Also Michael Moore's "Stupid White Men." Fiction: Anything by Edgar Allen Poe, HP Lovecraft, Jack Iams (40's crime fiction), also Christopher Penczak's "City Magick" or "Urban Primitives." Can't forget the magazine "Morbid Curiosity which I read cover to cover when it comes out. Other random fiction authors I admire: John P. Marquand, Dolores Hitchens. Really an eclectic mix...
偶像
Definitely Mae West (for her pluck in getting her plays produced and fighting the Hayes code.)and for saying "Given a choice between two things I'll pick the one I haven't tried before." Also Z. Budapest, Doreen Valiente, Dion Fortune: women pioneers of modern paganism. Gosh, my memory is so bad...I will add more here later about suffragettes, and other perhaps obscure figures who deserve attention.
I generate most of the images on my www.ipso-facto.com webpage and all images for Ipso Facto ads in publications such as OC Weekly, Gothic Beauty and Dark Realms magazines.
關於我： ..
Hmm, am I my job (Ipso Facto store owner), my music (I play in several bands), marital status (hitched 6 yrs ago), income (pretty paltry)? No, I won't go into detail about that. Sometimes I'm in my left brain...recycling paper, worrying about how to stretch my income, not wanting to be bothered talking to people. Then my right brain will intrude with a few notes strung together like shimmering beads (the songs really come from somewhere else I think and I just am the catalyst), or if I see some inventive art or touch some really soft velvet I am transported to my more sensual persona where I am really quite indulgent (and generally late) and I see mundane objects as potentially interesting to photograph. Daily I rediscover how downey the cat's fur is or how warm it is on the couch with Lorin, my husband, and then I see the dirt on the floor and feel guilty. My two sides are constantly sparring with each other, and it can be wearying. PLEASE CONTACT ME ON MY FACEBOOK PROFILE ...not going to have time be online much in the coming weeks due to health issues. thanks!
我想認識： Other musicians, (see the website of my band, Stone 588 and our Myspace page,site) creative people, other gothic/pagan costumers, artists & photographers, people who like to argue about politics but are open-minded, people who like to muse about supernatural or philosophical things. Visit my IPSO FACTO store website and my GHOST/ORB images & experiences site. Also you can join the Myspace IPSO FACTO GROUP for a cyber grope from Bob and Terri.
PLEASE FIND ME ON FACEBOOK if you want to contact me ...I'm not on Myspace much anymore.
DROPPING BY TO SAY THANX FOR BEING A FRIEND OF CRISS KARVER AND THE LUNACY MACHINE. ALSO, WANTED TO WISH YOU A FABULOUS DARK AND TWISTED WEEK!!!
HERE IS A PREVIEW FOR THE UPCOMING STORY 'OUIJA' WHICH IS ONE OF MANY TWISTED RHYMES INSIDE THE NEW LUNACY MACHINE.
OUIJA
Is there someone there? Is there someone there? Come talk to us tonight. We’re asking for the dead to speak, It’s only us . . .my wife and me. Come tell us how you died.
The oracle moved about the board A figure-eight reply. The oracle started slowing down, then stopped . . . above the Y.
Tell us more, tell us more, what brought you here to me? Tell us how you died tonight. Tell us when you died tonight. Tell us what brings you here tonight. Keep spelling it for me.
The figure eight continues and around the board it moves. It’s slowing down, it’s slowing down. Come, spirit, talk to me right now, Tell us tonight, because we want to know . . Then the oracle stopped on the letter O.
You’re coming in so very clear, Now tell us why you’re roaming here, on this dark and stormy night. Speak to me, speak to me, Travel through this board to me. Tell us why you sleep tonight beneath your resting tomb. Speak to me, speak to me, speak to me now. Then the oracle stopped on the U.
Y-O-U, Y-O-U, this isn’t making sense. You spelled out, YOU is this what you meant to do? Then the oracle stopped on YES.
*COME BY AND VISIT ME AND PREVIEW SOME OTHER STORIES FROM THE LUNACY MACHINE, TWISTED TALES OF UNFORTUNATE TIMES 'R' in my blog section SEE YA!! -CRISS KARVER
My Lady, it's been so long, forgive me. I am kept quite busy as i know you are also. Do check in...
I've come to throw you over my knee like a viking rapist & spank you well for your birthday because you know i love you. GRIN Sweetheart, may you have a birthday that truly, truly makes you feel ungodly special, appreciated , & loved. You are a diamond in a rough world that can be so unkind. Your gifts ease our burdened hearts more than you know. I'm so proud of you dear & i want you to have all that you desire. May all your birthday wishes come true, Angel of Music... ~HUG~
Terri!!! Sooooo good to see you last night! Words cant express how much better things seem when you are around..not sure why, it just feels complete when you are there.
We didnt get a whole lot of chance to catch up last night but we will very soon...looking forward to the big shindig on Nov 8th!
Versailles New Tour Fall of 2009 with Ego Likeness and Bella Morte October 24th Flint, MI @ Masonic Temple October 25th Brewyn, IL@The Night Light Cafe October 28th Kansas City, MO@Daveys Uptown October 29th Fayetteville, AR@ The Gypsy October 30th Bryan, TX@ The Stafford October 31st San Antonio, TX@Rock Bottom November 5th El Paso, TX@ Uncle Paulies Pub November 6th Scottsdale, AZ@ Mardi Gras November 7th Los Angeles,CA @ Bar SInister November 10th Austin, TX @ Elysium November 11th Houstin,TX@ The Illusion Lounge November 13th New Orleans, LA@ The Howling Wolf November 14th Nashville,TN@ The Rutledge
Also Versailles Plays October 3rd with Mellowdrone and New Model Army at the Knitting Factory at 8:30!
