Music. Movies. Travel. Tolkien. Jane Austen. Ancient ruins. Myth. Photography. Fine art, pop art & architecture. Haute couture.
The sound of a stand-up bass. If I can't have that, then I'll gladly take an electric. Anything with strings made by Leo Fender. You can keep your Les Pauls. (Them's fightin' words, I know.)
Live, live, and live. When I can't see 'em live, this is who's in heavy rotation on my playlist right now: -Daft Punk -Cut Copy -The Presets -Chromeo -Justice -Thom Yorke & Radiohead -Radiodread -Mew -The Good, The Bad & The Queen -Gorillaz -LCD Soundsystem -The Roots -Earth Wind & Fire -Scissor Sisters -Goldfrapp -The Faint -The Notwist -The Cure -Yaz -Bjork -Massive Attack -Portishead -Sarah Blasko -Martha & Rufus Wainwright -The Lucksmiths -The Sundays -Regina Spektor -Ingrid Michaelson -Via Audio -Flight of the Conchords
"If music be the food of love, play on..."
--Orsino, Twelfth Night
Fave directors:
-Ang Lee
-Wes Anderson
-Tim Burton
-Ridley Scott
Fave films:
-Breakfast at Tiffanys
-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
-Philadelphia Story
-Fellowship of the Ring
-Everything Is Illuminated
-Amelie
-Stealing Beauty
-The Ice Storm
-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
-Sense & Sensibility
-Elizabeth
-Gosford Park
-Master & Commander
-Sin City
-Fight Club
-Sleepy Hollow
-The Matrix
-Contact
-The Usual Suspects
-Snatch
-The Royal Tennenbaums
-Rushmore
-Zoolander
-Party Girl
-Band of Brothers (series)
-Horatio Hornblower (series)
Fave quote:
"When I find a real life place that makes me feel like Tiffanys, I'll buy some furniture and give the cat a name."
--Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffanys
Television
Deadwood, The Wire, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, The Office, Lost, Inside the Actors Studio, Project Runway, Scrubs, Love Monkey, House, Rome, Extras
Fave books:
-Lord of the Rings -The Hobbit JRR Tolkien
-Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen
-The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx
-Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
-Peter Pan J. M. Barrie
-Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein
-Imajica Clive Barker
-Snow Crash Neal Stephenson
-The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco
-The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith
-The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
Fave quotes:
"What does it have in its pocketsesssss?"
--Gollum, The Hobbit
"Let the wild rumpus start!"
--Max, Where the Wild Things Are
Best of Coachella Day 1: Rufus Wainwright, Jarvis Cocker, Brazilian Girls,
Bjork Empire Polo Fields, 4/27 Day 1:
Photos | Video
Best of Coachella Day 2: Peter Bjorn & John, The
Decemberists, Arcade Fire, The Good The Bad & The Queen Empire Polo Fields, 4/28 Day 2: Photos | Video
Best of Coachella Day 3: The Roots, CSS, The
Klaxons Empire Polo Fields, 4/29 Day 3:
Photos | Video
Death Cab for Cutie: Hammerstein Ballroom, 4/14 w/ Franz
Ferdinand
Gorillaz: The Apollo,
4/6 w/ De La Soul, Dennis Hopper, Ike Turner, Shaun Ryder, Neneh Cherry, Bootie Brown, Roots Manuva, Martina
Topley Bird, the Juilliard Strings & many more
Review
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins: Irving Plaza, 3/18 Review
Matisyahu: Hammerstein Ballroom, 3/7 w/ Balkan
Beat Box Review
University Of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1993
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Double: English & Art History
Clubs: Bongos To Circus
1989 to 1993
Ernest W. Seaholm High School
Birmingham, MI
Graduated: 1989
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Flex ruled
Clubs: Singing, musicals and all that
My rep: With my own band's history now behind me, I'm living vicariously through all the bands and artists who rock my world live. The best part about seeing concerts for a living? I get to practice what I preach.
My promise:Subscribe to my blog, and I'll keep you posted about my fave artists going on tour, when you can get your hot little hands on tix, and who really lives up to the hype and proves themselves worthy live.
My mantra: I'm doing the research, so you don't have to.
Who I'd like to meet: With one of three wishes: Ioan Gruffudd, overlooking Tintagel.
Over a scotch: James Lipton. Ang Lee. Ian McKellen. Paul Newman. Tom Ford.
Over a beer: Jimmy Fallon (he's even cuter in person!). Elijah Wood, Dom Monahan & Billy Boyd, together. Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh & Pippa Boyens, together. Drew Barrymore. Damian Lewis.
Under the covers: If Ioan isn't available? Clive Owen, wearing nothing but his accent. Orlando Bloom, wearing nothing but his accent. Oh hell, and Sean Bean, in nothing but his accent, too.
Backstage: Rufus Wainwright. Ben Folds. Mos Def. ?uestlove.
In the Studio: Trent Reznor, preferably in NOLA. Radiohead. Dr. Dre.
At the Tonys: Hugh Jackman. Patrick Wilson. Liev Schreiber, again, and this time he'll be single. Antonio Banderas, again, and this time he'll be single, too.
On the dance floor: Sam Rockwell. Common.
With a magic wand: Arthur Pendragon & Morgan le Fay. Elizabeth Bennett. Harry Potter. Samwise Gamgee.
With time travel: JRR Tolkien. Jane Austen. Audrey Hepburn. John & Billy Bartram. The Irwin brothers: John, Ed & Marvin. My mother's parents.
Just wanted to let you know that we have openings in our music publicity efforts this Fall. So if you have a USA release or tour in need of publicity, we'd love to hear from you. Samples of some of our recent successes...
LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN: Mariza (coming October 11)
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: Sara Tavares, Cesaria Evora, Andy Palacio, Balkan Beat Box, Slavic Soul Party, Encuentro, The Inspiring New Sounds of Rio de Janeiro, Sones de Mexico (coming soon)
NEW YORK TIMES: Jose Conde y Ola Fresca, Erol Josue, The Inspiring New Sounds of Rio de Janeiro, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Lura, Nawal, Andy Palacio
Plus Wall Street Journal, PRI's The World, L.A.Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post and more at www.rockpaperscissors.biz. Please drop me a line if we can help with your USA global music publicity efforts or to schedule a meeting at WOMEX in Sevilla (womex.com).
Much respect,
Dmitri @ Rock Paper Scissors, Inc. www.rockpaperscissors.biz
First and foremost, thank you again for being our friends. We seriously and sincerely appreciate it more than you know. If you want more of us, you can now buy our brand spanking new album on iTunes. That's it, you still rawk:) And that is a very good thing.
I've been waiting five months to tell you this......our new EP Curtain of Stars is now available on our myspace page!! Hell yeah. That's it, you rawk!!
Hey there sweet thang!! :) Sorry we couldn't catch up this weekend... a nice game of phone tag is always fun! I'm sure you've heard: KOKUA Festival is going to be streamed live on myspace!! Woo Hoo! Look for me! :)
Hey there sweet thang!! :) Sorry we couldn't catch up this weekend... a nice game of phone tag is always fun! I'm sure you've heard: KOKUA Festival is going to be streamed live on myspace!! Woo Hoo! Look for me! :)
