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Bio
All About Me
Interests
What everyone should know about me
I'm a painter, a scavenger, a peruser of oddities, a music lover, a mom, and a number of other things.
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Things I collect
Languages spoken:
English
Interests
Hobbies
Painting, good music, the sea, puttering around in the garden, vegetarianism, baking, snapshots, LOMO, Holga, seeing well-dressed folks, record shopping, murder ballads, treasure hunting, low-toned windchimes, driving at night with the windows rolled down, I really like the color pink right now, old dress patterns, designing clothing and sewing (when I can find the time--what a scarce commodity), interior design, floorplans of old houses, car shows and hot rods, seeing what books people in fancy shelter magazines have on their shelves, NPR, I've always loved horses, autumn, the way the hills look after a good rain (all green and sparkling against the dark sky), lying awake at night and listening to the low rumble of northbound trains, wavy glass in old windows, the way sunlight moves through my house, thinking up titles for paintings, daydreaming, bettering my theremin abilities, discovering anything that incites me to paint
Favorite Books
A Secret History, anything by Shirley Jackson, Charles Baxter, Annie Proulx, A S Byatt, Roald Dahl, David Sedaris, Ray Bradbury, Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton's journals, well-written histories (especially about disasters), Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor; I could go on and on.
Favorite Movies
Anything by Wes Anderson, just about any documentary (how can you not love Grey Gardens?), I love Hayao Miyazaki's graphic novels and films, short films by Stanewicz, the brothers Quay, Lost in Translation, Gosford Park, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Haunting (the original), Harold and Maude, Heavenly Creatures, 13 Ghosts (the original), Shaun of the Dead, Bedazzled (original), the Changeling, the Omen, Spider Baby, Black Narcissus, Lion in Winter, All About Eve, Amelie, Bullets Over Broadway, Freaks, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sunset Boulevard, the Evil Dead trilogy, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Ghost World, Princess Bride, Night of the Living Dead, Harvey, Donnie Darko, Smashing Time, Session 9, the Eye, the Devil's Backbone
Favorite Music/Bands
There's no way I could have a complete list but here's the favorites: Creation (the band and the label), Flaming Stars, Auburn Lull, Belle and Sebastian, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Broadcast, Low, Mahogany, Galaxie 500, Aarktica, Flying Saucer Attack, Biff Bang Pow!, the Warlocks, lovesliescrushing, Joy Division, New Order, Replacements, Sonics, Wilco, the Who, X, the Knitters, Nick Cave, South Pacific, Clientele, Airiel, Outrageous Cherry, Starflyer 59, Sodastream, the Pogues, Small Faces, the Wake, the Cramps, Van Morrison, the Fuzztones, the Jam, Suicide, Big Star, Ecstasy of St Theresa (early stuff), Ride, Slowdive, Sway, Free Design, Serge Gainsbourg, Nicola Conte, Astrid Gilberto, Chet Baker, Peggy Lee, Stan Getz, Nico, T Rex, Nick Drake, Donovan, Mark Kozelek (in all his incarnations), Japancakes, Buzzcocks, Make Up, Syd Barrett, Neil Young, Beachwood Sparks, Love as Laughter, Godspeedyoublackemperor
Favorite TV Shows
What is TV? Let's list more bands!!
Rapture, Saloon, Adorable, the Stone Roses, the Smiths, Sonic Youth, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Murder City Devils, Yo La Tengo, Felt, Camera Obscura, the Rezillos (and the Revillos!), the Lassie Foundation, Jesus and Mary Chain, the Peechees, the Field Mice (and Trembling Blue Stars), Gentle Waves, Can, Spacemen 3, Swell Maps, the Swirlies, Neko Case, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Kossoy Sisters, Bob Wills, the Carter family, Mojave 3, Old 97's, Lucero, Thee Stranded----------------and my guilty pleasure: Rush.
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