Nigerian 419 scam emails, Wacky Packages, thrift stores, saving the world, DJing, making people do spit takes, inventing words, watching and talking about movies, traveling, buying records, picking locks, learning new things, applying liquid eyeliner, sleeping, talking about the cute things the cats did, picking at scabs, pulling pranks, manically talking about all the stuff I'm gonna do and then not doing it
Music
Bubblegum, The TJ Brass, The Ramones, The Sweet, Beatles, The Yummies, Gary McFarland, The Dickies, The Association, Joe Tex, French pop, The Archies, soundtracks, Thee Milkshakes, Cattanooga Cats, The Beagles, Stevie Wonder, Love, The Byrds, Beastie Boys, Banana Splits, Gram Parsons, Bo Diddley, Squiddly Diddley, cover bands, South Bay Surfers, the Evolution Revolution, anything Curt Boettcher, Merry-go-Round, Pinky & Perky, Dylan, the Who, any and all singing families (real or TV), the Kinks, Nino Rota, all the guests on Hee Haw
Movies
According to my mom, I like "those weirdo movies." My top 5: The Graduate, Blow Up, Midnight Cowboy, Harold & Maude, Rushmore. Was that so weird?
Television
I only watch PBS... Kidding! The Daily Show, Colbert Report, The Wire, That Girl, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Get a Life, cartoons about spies who double as pop bands, Hobo Kelly, Banana Splits, Strangers with Candy, Brady Bunch, Meet the Press, Lancelot Link Secret Chimp,Circle of Fear, Saturday TV Funhouse, Sopranos, Wonderama, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, Davey and Goliath, Small Wonder, Dark Shadows, The Office, Simpsons, South Park, Kiddie a Go-Go, Me and the Chimp
Books
If I said Catcher in the Rye would you duck before the bullet flew by your head? Highlights for Children (especially Goofus and Gallant)
Heroes
Joey Ramone, Stephen Colbert, Ruthann Friedman, David Halberstam, Charles Nelson Reilly, Obama!
About me: This page is the personal Web site of Becky Ebenkamp AND her radio show, Bubblegum & Other Delights. Bizness first: Bands who traffic in bubblegum, power pop, gimmick, novelty, psych, garage, poppy punk and what-am-I-forgetting? genres are encouraged to add me as a friend so I can hear your music and determine whether it's right for my show. Bands rendered in cartoon form get a free pass regardless of genre. My Top 24 is a tribute to all the great friends I've met thru my show these past two years.
Otherwise, I am a cynical journalist who writes about pop culture and guerrilla marketing. I have lived in SF, LA and NY and am always looking for a new adventure as long as I can combine my modern conveniences (such as the Internets) with a pretense of living in more-aesthetically pleasing mid-1960s culture. I manage to be both hyper and lazy at the same time. I have OCD, ADD and a host of other initials I won't bore you with. Enuf about me. How are YOU? Becky
Who I'd like to meet: Genuinely nice people. Any and all monkeys and chimps. Progressives who don't dig progressive rock. Pop culture fanatics. Spazzes. People who giggle when they see a road sign that warns of upcoming "speed humps." People who, when you ask them where they got that cool record, dress, etc., share that info rather than play the hoarding-collector card. Keane kids and humans or animals with luminous, oversized eyeballs (teary orbs are not a prerequisite). Splits, Banana.
Music fans!
hey becky this is Dashiell checking in and seeing how you've been!!! so how've you been?? obama is just another reptilian, but i appreciate your hope in hope and all that. you should read my "about me". it's what the fuck is up... what the fuck is up?
Oh, Traderbeck! You are an absolute delight! Tell me, are you naturally this charming or did you take lessons?
I am packing my steamer trunk as we speak and am soon to set sail for Londontown! My crystal ball is a little hazy, but it does seem that there is a good chance that we will soon meet and that I will have the heartfelt pleasure of telling your fortune! Could it be true?
In any case, the stars have indicated that we are destined to be fast friends in this lifetime and the next and I have no doubt that they are correct. The thought of this pleases me immensely.
Looking forward to all our future adventures, it is thus I remain very truly yours, &c.
Oh, Traderbeck! You are an absolute delight! Tell me, are you naturally this charming? What is your secret?
I am packing my steamer trunk as we speak and am soon to set sail for Londontown! My crystal ball is a little hazy, but it does seem that there is a good chance that we will soon meet and that I will have the heartfelt pleasure of telling your fortune! Could it be true?
In any case, the stars have indicated that we are destined to be fast friends in this lifetime and the next and I have no doubt that they are correct.
With the greatest anticipation for all our future adventures, it is thus I remain very truly yours, &c.
