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Jul 7, 2007

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Seattle, WA

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Treasure Hunting at Estate Sales . This passion requires Selling off excess stuff on eBay. There is Never Enuff Time ... I also find myself spending Way Too Much Time following links on the Web. I go to Confirm or to Retrieve one little factoid on Google and all of a sudden TWO HOURS have slipped by. I enjoy learning about Movie and Musical History and I find myself Entertained as well reading about tons of other, dissimilar things. There is just so Much useless,/arcane/ archaic/obsolete YET FASCINATING information on the Web . I have found the Web to be both a Blessing and a time-wasting Curse.

MOVIES: Streets Of Fire, Ladies & Gentlemen - The Fabulous Stains, Baja Oklahoma, 2 Days In The Valley, the Thin Man series with William Powell & Myrna Loy, numerous others. Particularly enjoy some of the Classic Films of the 1930's & 1940's shot in beautiful Black & White. TELEVISION: NCIS ; CSI:N.Y. ; CSI: Miami ; Antiques Roadshow. Also - I am a bit embarassed to say - Survivor, Hell's Kitchen and The Biggest Loser.

My musical tastes run the gamut from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra performing Gershwin's RHAPSODY IN BLUE all the way up to Mr. Vedder doing ALIVE. And I stop at most Train Station Stops in between. The rare, lazy Saturday afternoon spent spinning discs just might start by listening to the Avant Garde stylings of LENE and LYDIA and NINA. Or it might be a marathon session of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Or I might raid my closet of old shellac and play some FATS, BIX, TEAGARDEN, NELLIE LUTCHER and , of course, LOUIS. However, switching out all of those old 78's is pretty Labor Intensive so I just might spend the afternoon indulging in sampling out 40 years of MELANIE music ( and I own most of it). Or I might just play Jethro Tull's AQUALUNG over and over and over again. Lately I have been mostly raiding my Lp collection ( and watching youtube videos) that date from the 1977 to 1983 period. I just love this " anything goes " time window that produced some really fantastic New Wave, Power Pop, Avant Garde and innovative Punk. Of course, this period also produced a lot of garbage but no one needs to go back and re-visit that stuff unless you really want to. My " Favorited Videos " are by NO means Inclusive of all of My Favorites - but it does represent the music videos that I have been watching - repeatedly - as of late. At ANY and ALL times, my List of FAVORITE ARTISTS would Include: MELANIE Safka, RUNAWAYS / JOAN JETT , David BOWIE , Bob DYLAN ( 1963 - 1976 ), KARLA DeVITO, Melissa ETHERIDGE and - my Newest Fave - JEORDIE (Schekeryk).

latest GOOD Book that I've read is " BROTHEL: The Story of the Mustang Ranch " by Dr. Alexa Albert. Fascinating and a Good Read. When I want to read for escape and a pleasant diversion - I often go with mysteries and detective stuff : Sue Grafton, John D. McDonald, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Earle Stanley Gardner, etc. Some of the Best Fiction in the Mystery/Detective genre is to be found in 1930's/1940's Vintage Paperbacks. A lot of the great authors of this period have never been Reprinted.