Zen of the Squeaky Rubber Chicken

Devious Journal Entry

2007-12-21T22:25:28Z

This person's work is just fab.

Beside the rail-line II by ~BlasphemedSoldier on deviant ART

Much To Do About Shell Fish

2007-12-06T19:16:14Z

Just something fun that was pointed out to me in my search for nifty neat-o music. Wicked fun. Thanks velvetwhip

inflatable boy clams

Whats playin'?

2007-12-04T04:26:14Z

My son has let me know in no uncertain terms that my taste in music sucks socks. Not that I think muck of the drivel he listens to, but that’s not the point.
Personally, I like to think of it as eclectic with overtones of refinement and suave aesthetic sensibilities. And I’m looking for new stuff. Preferably things he’ll hate hearing in the car because I firmly believe teenagers thrive on torture.

Anyhoo, this is a sampling of what takes up space on my ipod:

Portishead (both Dummy and Portishead)
Chumbawumba (Un)
Manu Choa (Clandestino, Proxima Estacion: Esperanza, Radio Bemba Sound System)
Bjork (Debut)
Moby (Play, 18, Go)
Nouvelle Vague (Nouvelle Vague, Bande à Part)
Scissor Sisters (Ta-Dah, Scissor Sisters)
Poe (Hello)
Queen (Lots o’ stuff)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Ditto on stuff)
Gotan Project (Mixed bag o’ stuff)
Verve Remixed (Again with the mixed bag)
The Verve (See more stuff)
Sex Pistols (Stuff for my stuff)
Billy Brag (Just stuff)
David Bowie (Because he is the stuff)
The Clash (Because there is more to life than stuff)
Talking Heads (Because some stuff ya just gotta have)

Enough for now.

And just way too much bad 80's music (a la Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, and yes, ok, a few Madona tunes. Happy now??) to confess to.

So whatcha got for sucks socks?

4 Meme reducks - Upon review, I think it's time to up my medication

2007-12-03T04:09:16Z

After a tag from cafedemonde

4 Movies I've Watched More than Once:
Amelie
Blade
City of Lost Children
Kung Fu Hustle

4 Places I’ve Lived:
Palm Springs CA
Houstan TX
Jacksonville FL
Northampton MA

Four T.V. Shows that I watch:
Battlestar Galactica
Heroes
Lost
Black Books

Four Places I have been:
Montreal Canada
Edinburgh Scotland
Carradale Scotland
Cambridge England

Four of my favorite foods:
Wilted spinach salad with gorgonzola, candied walnuts and red onion
Mulligatawny
Lobster Creole
Anything curry

Four Places I would like to visit:
Glasgow
Oxford
Buenos Aries
Istanbul

Things I am looking forward to in the coming year:
Getting a gallery interested in my work
More money
My son giving up playing the drums and going back to the relative quiet of the bass guitar
Visiting friends in England

Seven random/weird facts about yourself:

1) I did over an hours worth of belly rolls (belly dancing thing) while playing with a boa constrictor during the St. Patrick’s Day parade when I was 9.

2) I broke someone’s nose on the Sunday school bus when I was 8.

3) I think the high desert of New Mexico is absolutely sensual and erotic.

4) I went cliff climbing in La Jolla to induce labor when my son was a month late.

5) I named my rabbits Lint and Poo Poo Puff.

6) I have a thing for slightly effeminate men.

7) I miss the grunge period – it was the only time I was in style.