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Zinegeek

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  • Zinegeek

  • 32 / Female
  • London, UK
  • Last Login: 11/13/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Reading zines, books, comics, magazines, newspapers, etc. Knitting and crocheting and cross-stitching and making things. Going to art galleries. Going to the cinema. Going places I haven't been before. Meeting interesting people. I also like Bill Bailey, Margaret Cho, Eddie Izzard.

  • Music

    Christina Aguilera, Anal Cookie, Aphex Twin, Atari Teenage Riot, Autechre, Beastie Boys, Biftek, Bjork, Patric C, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Chemical Brothers, Chicks on Speed, Client, Curse Ov Dialect, Destiny's Child, Elastica, Hanin Elias, Missy Elliot, Alec Empire, Faithless, Goldfrapp, PJ Harvey, The Herd, Katastrophe, Miss Kitten, Kraftwerk, Lady Sovereign, Ladytron, Leftfield, The Liars, Love of Diagrams, Macromantics, Madonna, Men, Merzbow, M.I.A., Morrissey, ooioo, Peaches, Pet Shop Boys, Piney Gir, Pink, Julie Ruin, JD Sampson, Scissor Sisters, Sleater Kinney, The Smiths, Le Tigre, Underworld, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

  • Movies

    Let the assumption be made that when a film is based on a book, the book is ALWAYS *better* unless otherwise stated: Afghan Star, Amelie, Boys Don't Cry, But I'm a Cheerleader, Clerks, Cunnamulla, Dark City, Desperately Seeking Susan, Donnie Darko, Elephant, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Frieda, Garden State, Ghostbusters, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Grave of the Fireflies, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Howl's Moving Castle, Kids, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Let the Right One In, Lost in Translation, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Napolean Dynamite, the Neverending Story, the Night Watch, Office Space, Pi, Princess Mononoke, the Royal Tenanbaums, Secretary, Spirited Away, The Sum of Us, The Times of Hervey Milk, Until the End of the World, V for Vendetta, the Wicker Man (the one from the 70s), Wings of Desire. *of course, "better" is purely subjective. and those of us who lurrve reading, always think 'the book was better'*

  • Television

    Aeon Flux, Astroboy, the Baby Psychic, Black Books, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carnivale, CSI, Degrassi High, Degrassi Junior High, Father Ted, Flight of the Conchords, Futurama, Grange Hill, Heroes, Inspector Gadget, The IT Crowd, Kimba the White Lion, Lost, Malcolm in the Middle, Marmalade Atkins, Monkey, Sesame Street, Scrubs, Spaced

  • Books

    Margaret Atwood, Alison Bechdel, Jeffrey Brown, Lewis Carrol, Angela Carter, Roald Dahl, Virginie Despentes, Diane DiMassa, Cory Doctorow, Julie Doucet, Neil Gaiman, The Guerrilla Girls, Nick Hornby, Ursula Le Guin, CS Lewis (the Narnia Chronicles, not his religious nonfiction stuff), McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Alan Moore, Chuck Palahniuk, Harvey Pekar, Sylvia Plath, Terry Pratchett, Michele Roberts, Marjane Satrapi, Shaun Tan, Michele Tea, Osamu Tezuka, Craig Thompson, Chris Ware, Jeanette Winterson, Virginia Woolf, Diana Wynne Jones

  • Heroes

    My Friends - especially the ones who helped out in dark times.

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Hometown: Outback Queensland
  • Religion: Atheist
  • Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
  • Children: Someday
  • Education: College graduate
  • Occupation: Artist

Latest Blog Entries

Blurbs

About me:

I'm a zinegeek and a spinster at heart.

Who I'd like to meet:

The Guerilla Girls and Banksy.

Comments

Displaying 25 of 44 comments
  • TeamPlastique

    Oct 10 2009 6:09 AM

    Team Plastique Live Video from Behind bars, London, England...*** Adult Warning ***

  • Urban Cross StitchUrban Stitch

    Apr 21 2009 11:13 PM

    Hi there Carmen,

    you are one true cross stitcher and we love you for it. We are in production at the moment for our new bag range but will def have to keep you in the know about any new get-togethers we will be having. You will be one of the first to know. So keep an eye out for anything new.

    Sincerely,
    Travis
    Urban Cross Stitch
  • Riot Grrrl Portraits

    Jan 27 2009 2:00 PM

    Hi! Yes I remember you, you held up the zines in your photo? Thanks for adding me! x
  • KylieKylie L

    Jan 4 2009 11:42 AM

    happy new year, honey! it will be nice to have you back in the country this year...woop!!xxx
  • Zine Fest!

    Nov 30 2008 2:26 AM

    Zine Fest, 24th Jan, Women's Library, London
  • Dickie Beau

    Aug 30 2008 10:40 PM

    Hey! Thanks for your message. Really glad you came to the show. Hope to see you @ THE FETE WORSE THAN DEATH on 30th September... Ding dong! xx db xx
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  • TeamPlastique

    May 19 2008 1:29 PM

    Zinegeek
    If you are in Berlin for this week

    *** Secrets of the Berlin Supermuse ***

    The Art of Female Musicans in Berlin


    With artwork from !!


    Angie Reed www. myspace. com/angiereed1

    Hanayo www. hanayo. com

    Sue Denim www. myspace. com/robotsindisguise

    Miss Le Bomb www. misslebomb. net

    Legs Akimbo www. myspace. com/teamplastique

    Psykat www. team-plastique. com

    Olivia Pils www. myspace. com/fakemistress

    Sister Chain www. myspace. com/sisterchainandbrotherjohn

    Nora Below www. norabelow. de


    Vernissage Mai 2
    Finissage concert Mai 24
    FREE ENTRY
    From 8pm
    May 2-23
    @ Neurotitan
    RosenthalerStr 39, Mitte, Berlin
    WeinmeisterStr U Bahn
    Hackeschermarkt S Bahn

    www. nerurotitan. de
  • j-bomb

    May 18 2008 7:38 PM

    hey how's it going in your beautiful gated community? :D
    lucy and i just got back from an awesome bus trip to berlin! remember we were talking about a book about mass collaberation rather than mass production? it was called we think by Charles Leadbeater. cool
    catch you later


    j

    x
  • Carlos Andrés Gómez

    May 15 2008 4:43 PM

    Carmen,
    thanks for the add and the note!
    much love,
    CAG
  • PULSE ZINE

    May 8 2008 4:10 AM

    hey lady!
    thanks for the add!! you sound like an awesome woman! let me know if you would ever like to contribute or get a copy of pulse!
    love,kellyrose
  • KylieKylie L

    Apr 24 2008 12:58 PM

    hello treasured one,,,,i miss you! are you EVER coming back??????? ps. remember all those bitch//bust magazines you gave me when you left...some of them have been re-homed, but don't fear they have gone to very good homes! i have bequeathed them (i really just wanted to try and use the word bequeath in a casual myspace message!) hope yr well kxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • loocy

    Mar 16 2008 8:19 PM

    fuck yes i would love to talk about it. its such an awesome illustration of the limits of anarchism in practice. argh so good.

    love you lots
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • loocy

    Jan 17 2008 10:58 PM

    oh carmie i miss you so too. but soon i will be in london! yay! are you free on sat Feb 9th? If so can we hang out, have coffee at the tate modern (bougie!!) and then go for dinner with the girls? I'll ask them too. and Thailand was AMAZING. i'll tell all. how has the start of your year been? feeling posi?
    love always xxxxx
    p.s. the youtube broadcast is in Kylie's myspace comments, scroll down.
  • Sister Spit: The Next G…

    Oct 25 2007 4:37 PM


    SISTER SPIT IS COMING TO YOUR TOWN!
    One vanload of queer female artists + writers + bon vivants coming to your town for one awesome night of shameless literary hijinks.
    Featuring Michelle Tea, Texta Queen, Chelsea Starr, Meliza Banales, Tara Jepsen, Dexter Flowers, and Kat Marie Yoas.
    Check out www.sisterspitnextgen.com for more info! Spread the word!

    OCTOBER
    24 Minneapolis, MN Pi Bar 8:30pm
    25 Milwaukee, WI University of Wisc-Milwaukee, Greene Hall 7pm
    26 Chicago, IL Women and Children First Books 9pm
    27 Bloomington, IN Boxcar Books 8pm
    28 Ann Arbor, MI Aut Bar two shows- 6pm and 8pm
    29 Columbus, OH Scully's 8pm
    30 New York, NY Rapture Cafe 8pm
    NOVEMBER
    1 Brooklyn, NY Cattyshack 7:30
    2 Middletown, CT Wesleyan College
    3 Northampton, MA Smith College
    4 Boston, MA Spontaneous Celebrations
    5 Chester NH Chester College
    6 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
    7 Washington, DC Phase 1
    8 Williamsburg, VA College of William and Mary
    9 Bronxville, NY Sarah Lawrence College
    10 TBA
    11 TBA
  • Colouring Outside The L…

    Oct 25 2007 2:43 PM

    Happy birthday!! x
  • rivariva bohm

    Oct 24 2007 9:55 PM

    happpppy birthdayyyyy carmen! i hope that your day is filled with cup cakes and beagles, or whatever your equivalent benchmarks of pure joy involve. oxoxox
  • Danno

    Oct 17 2007 11:25 PM

    Elektra - long time no hug?! Are you still a political activist, trying to smash control of the hierarchy and sieze control of the state???!!!
  • the FeatherBoa

    Oct 16 2007 1:12 AM

    My first myspace friend :)! I finally bumped off that Tom guy. I'm going to upload some photos soon, so you can see what I've been up to. BTW: love your artwork in the slideshow!! Miss your help with putting life into perspective... Sam XOX
  • rivariva bohm

    Sep 24 2007 10:00 PM

    hey carmen, how is sunny brighton? i hope that life is treating you well. are you making any zines at the moment (read: these days)? are you planning retirement and old age in the uk or do you imagine that you might return to australia some day?
  • panika

    Sep 24 2007 7:35 AM

    hey gday
    peaceOut
    panika
  • Nathan Penlington

    Sep 3 2007 11:39 AM

    A virtual
    and actual
    hello
    to you

    come to this www.writetoignite.co.uk
    you will like it.
  • hel(L)

    Aug 20 2007 6:32 AM

    Hey lovely,

    I'm moving to Amsterdam in October so will have to visit you!

    *** flushes with excitement**
  • People I Know

    May 17 2007 7:55 PM

    Hello!

    super thanks for asking to be my Myspace pal. I hope you enjoy my comic books.

    Stay out of trouble
    TTWx
  • tinaballerina

    May 7 2007 11:29 AM

    www.publishandbedamned.org
    i got a bullitin send, anyone intrested in publishing comics or zenes, as there is a fair in shoreditch in june..check it out and see if this wouldnt be the reason to do some new ones of your own...hope all is well!
  • ladyfest london 9-11 ma…

    May 6 2007 9:59 PM



    Ladyfest benefit gig Wednesday 9th May at The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, London, SW9 0TP (5 minute walk from Stockwell tube.)

    Map here

    Live music, indie grrrl style, plus raffle and cake!

    Come on down - fun promised and you'll be helping a good cause!

    More info