…I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling. — Haruki Murakami
Female
100 years old
Urgh, Wisconsin
United States
As I breath my last I hope to be evolving, learning and laughing my proverbial ass off. My heart is a bumper car, my mind is a knight errant and my soul is a buffet with a brand new spit guard. Teach me, hold my hand, ask anything of me- just don't stay up too late waiting for me to come to bed.
Music
There is no true way to list it all but:
Air,
And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead,
Arcade Fire,
Architecture in Helsinki,
Ass Ponys,
Autour de Lucie,
Bat for Lashes,
the Bathers,
Beck,
Ben Folds,
The Bird and the Bee,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Blonde Redhead,
Brian Eno,
Broken Social Scene,
Brother,
The Blue Nile,
Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears,
Cary Brothers,
Butthole Surfers,
Cat Power,
Chicks on Speed,
The Clash,
Cortney Tildwell,
Cowboy Junkies,
Craig Armstrong,
The Cramps,
The Czars,
Damien Rice,
David Sylvian,
Dayna Kurtz,
The Delgados,
Devotchka,
Dread Zeppelin,
Dresden Dolls,
Drive by Truckers,
Echobelly,
Ed Harcourt,
Eels,
Ella Guru,
Elliot Smith,
Emmylou Harris,
Faultline,
Feist,
Flaming Lips,
Frank Black,
the Fratellis,
Fuck,
dEUS,
Golden Smog,
Goldfrapp,
Gordon Hanley,
Gravenhurst,
Iggy Pop,
Jacob Golden,
Jane's Addiction,
Jeff Buckely,
Jet,
Jim White,
Joanna Newsom,
Jolie Holland,
Joseph Arthur,
Josh Rouse,
Kate Bush,
Keane,
The Kills,
Lucinda Williams,
Lullaby for the Working Masses,
Massive Attack,
Martha Wainwright,
Mew,
Muddy Waters,
My Morning Jacket,
MyPollux,
The National,
Neil Diamond,
Neil Young,
NIN,
Noir Desir,
Nonesuch Records,
Les Nubians,
Okkervil River,
Patti Smith,
P.J. Harvey,
Pink Floyd,
The Pogues,
Primus,
Rage Against the Machine,
Ravi Shankar,
Red House Painters,
Rufus Wainwright,
Ryan Adams,
Sam Phillips,
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion,
The Shins,
Sia,
Sigur Ros,
Sixteen Horsepower,
Snow Patrol,
Smog,
Spain,
Sufjan Stevens,
the Stooges,
Sun Kil Moon,
Talk Talk,
Tegan and Sara,
Teddy Thompson,
The Thrills,
Tom Waits,
Tori Amos,
The Unicorns,
Whiskeytown,
Willie Nelson,
Wolves,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Yo la Tengo,
X
Movies
No. Not really. Well, some.
"Empire of the Sun"
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"
"Delicatessen"
Yes. Those are movies.
"Buckaroo Bonsai"
"Amelie"
Yes. I watch movies.
"Idiocracy"
"Gas, Food, Lodging"
"Bridge Over the River Kwai"
"Cool Hand Luke"
Television
If feverish or insomniac, the T.V. might be on. Otherwise, nope.
Um... have enjoyed Black Books.
And Qi.
And, um, House.
And Family Guy.
But, for the most part, television is like mental/spiritual Quaaludes.
Books
I will be adding a billion more writers but as of this moment:
Absinthe:New European Writing,
Sherman Alexie,
Akashic Books,
Brian Azzarello,
John Baker,
J.G. Ballard,
Ray Banks,
Clive Barker,
Donald Barthelme,
Thomas Berger,
Mark Billingham,
Cara Black,
Bleak House Books,
David Bowker,
Anthony Bourdain,
Donari Braxton,
Ken Bruen,
Alafair Burke,
James Lee Burke,
Jan Burke,
Michael Chabon,
Craig Clevenger,
Sean Chercover,
George C. Chesbro,
Mark Coggins,
Reed Farrel Coleman,
Michael Collins,
Mark T. Conard,
John Connolly,
Colin Cotterill,
Bill Crider,
Crime Scene Scotland,
Blake Crouch,
Thomas Disch,
Sean Doolittle,
Barry Eisler,
David Ellis,
Warren Ellis,
Maggie Estep,
Neil Gaiman,
John Galligan,
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza,
William Gibson,
Victor Gischler,
Elizabeth Hand,
Lian Hearn,
Libby Fischer Hellman,
Vicki Hendricks,
Laura Hird,
Gregg Hurwitz,
Charlie Huston,
Greg Iles,
Graham Joyce,
William Kent Krueger,
Hari Kunzru,
Jonathan Lethem,
Thomas Lynch,
Douglas Lindsey,
Kelly Link,
Laura Lippman,
Robert Littel,
Thomas Lynch,
Stuart MacBride,
Carlton Mellick III,
Walter Moers,
Alan Moore,
Christopher Moore,
Margaret Murphy,
Stewart O'Nan,
Scott Phillips,
Dav Pilkey,
Manuel Ramos,
Cornelia Read,
Kat Richardson,
John Rickards,
S.J. Rozan,
Marcus Sakey,
James Sallis,
Walter Satterthwait,
Will Self,
Nathan Singer,
Karin Slaughter,
Slow Toe Publications,
Keith Snyder,
Soft Skull Publishing,
Jerry Stahl,
Jason Starr,
Olen Steinhauer,
Will Storr,
Duane Swierczynski,
Jim Thompson,
Mark Timlin,
H.P. Tinker,
Steven Torres,
Nichelle Tramble,
Underground Voices Magazine,
Kurt Vonnegut,
Kevin Wignall,
Charlie Williams.
But all words I write are dedicated to Angela Carter and my father.
Heroes
Anyone who has the glint of the survivor in their eyes yet retains the ability to laugh at the universe. And anyone who has the patience to deal with my Tourettic self on a continuing basis. Because, apparently, it's all about me.
And Leonard Cohen.
And the New Zoo Review.
And Dave.
About me:
I'm alive and I know why....
Words, words, words. That is the beginning of everything for me. Well, after I roll out of bed and manage to avoid any cat puke on the floor. And after the coffee is brewing and I've checked to make sure the world hasn't blown up. And then I've fucked around on the internet for hours eating cereal out of the box humming Phil Collins songs to myself.
I read and write voraciously but try to spy enough sun that I don't become a translucent book monger. This has worked out well lately as I apparently live in Antarctica.
Music is the very oxygen I breath. Do not be surprised to find me hauling out a loaded shotgun and going on a speaker safari if faced with Muzak,any American Idol or anyone who tours with a stylist and a Cabala coach.
Spring transforms me into a giddy idiot and I eschew the computer for outside. For a while, anyway. I go from my winter music to my summer music as storms burst and plants reveal their beautiful heads. I muck about in the mud and giggle as the birds sing and the deer nibble on my shoelaces. Oh, the frolics squirrels and I partake in when the sun is high and the grass is limp!
My next project is as follows:
1. I shall begin by keeping one eyebrow down with one hand as I hold one up the other. Practicing this in the mirror, I can detect the correct muscle movement to obtain my ultimate goal - one eyebrow up.
2. At some point, when the eyebrow seems confident, I will try the raise sans hands!u
3. I will practice. And I will practice until I can, very much like those I most admire, get the brow up when desired.
4. Then all will be impressed and awed as I arch my way through life, as nature intended.
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is out July 24 2009. This book is chock full of the things your mother warned you about. Featuring stories from Gregg Hurwitz, Christa Faust, Stuart MacBride, Maxim Jakubowski, Scott Phillips and so many more my brain spasms.
Heloooooooo, my dear sister from another mother. Sorry for the............................................delay. I haven't been keeping up on iceberg events lately but last I checked it was somewhere far off the coast dear the city of Perth, WA. I understand it's one giant peanut butter mother fucker.
Musically... still playing shows as long as managers keep booking them. Activity is shared between two bands these days... 'Frank Lee Earnest and the Empty Glasses' and 'Bottle Of Smoke'. I'm also finally developing my own personal material that I intend to extend past demo level to something more official. After years of supporting other peoples songs, either on drums or guitar, you get an urge to paint your own canvas and break free. I've always be recording and writing but never had the inspiration to manifest it physically.
Now about your book my dear. I want no such concessions or gratuity. An artist, painter or writer should never deprived of there income. I'll pay for it, and postage...but I want a personal inscriptions. Just tell me what to do :) ♥♦♥
Hello my dear absent friend from across the slowly rising seas. Always comforted by your mail :)
...I most certainly fired it up last night, we played a show then drank for free all night. A generous barman/owner is good company. One must be reminded not to mix your liquor on and empty stomach. ♥♣♦ d.
NEW PHOTOOOOOO!, Power to your bottom lip baby :) Y'know your summer is my fucking winter right?... Spare a thought for my cold damp house. Anyway, tell me if you're doin' well? :) ~d
Jen Jen, i've fallen of the myspace horse of late. In a bid to revive my interest will you be my buddy in 2009?? Happy New Year lovely! Rock On. ~dale.
