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Jul 2, 2006

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In My Head

United States

I have many

KCPR

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Didn't I already cover this on some blog? Currently I like popping spare balloons in my room, watching The Royal Tenenbaums, poking my swollen leg, fixing my guitar, pulling springs out of my old mattress, duct tape, stacking books I've already read so they're out of the way, sleeping in my closet, fixing holes in my wall, painting my TV, aiding to an old electrical fire, putting pom poms on my wall, building a new box for my records, going through medical books, recycling, fixing my clothes line, and slapping the shit out of my 1960 Kenmore stove with Krazy Glue dried on the top (there's also Krazy Glue on my counters and knife marks from when my mother tried making soap with plastic bugs in them), peppered food, overly peppered food, collecting weird things, geek culture (all of it), weird interests and hobbies, unusual things, crazy tights (fishnets of all colors, and tights of all colors and patterns), sideshows, genetic mutations, antennas, head bands, cat ears, reading, writing, art (any type), painting, drawing, interior design, music, playing guitar, piano, organ, keyboard, sythesizers, ect, figuring out how to play any instrument, instruments in general, collecting weird instuments, making music, singing when no one can hear (unless in a choir), dancing (swing, blues, tap, ect), movies, TV (I don't love or hate TV, it's just there), Keith Olberman, being an activist, Adult Swim lineup, Comedy Central, stand up comedy (that was thought to have died off in the 80s), dying my hair, being bold, weird, crazy, Poetry, sewing, knitting, home making, arts and crafts, cooking, baking, costume making, fencing, sideburns and chops, the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and parts of the 70s and 80s, awkward moments, awkward silences, random acts of kindness, random acts of flamboyancy and general randomness, the eccentric and boisterous...like myself, theories, consiracy theories, philosophy (to some extent), psychology, politics, foreign relations, foreign culture, Russian accents, sleeping, collages, Pac man and other old games, concert going, retro things, thrift stores/good will/ dumpster diving/salvation army/swap meets/garage sales (garbage sales)/storage auctions/cheep, free cool stuff, Ikea, pogo sticking, juggling, hula hooping, origami, rare medical conditions, bunnies, animals,cats, tragities, unhappy endings, roller skating, roller derby, tutus, peticoats, victorian things, old things, fake roses, red things, colorful things, loud items of clothing,houndstooth, plaid, vegan Doc Martins, vegan Birkinstocks, boots, cloggs, glitter, Converse, TUKs, big headphones, calandars, ashtrays, bright make up, warpaint/face paint,tye dye, polka dots/spots, paisley, stripes, pin stripes, 60s floral print, ticket stubs,reels of film I find in the trash at my work, stuff I find in the free bin at KCPR, DIY SLO, painting things, black light posters, black lights, party lights, colored light bulbs, weird mannerisms, Polytheism, Pansexuality, androgyny, gender bending, masculine women, effeminate men, getting anxiety attack over akward moments and redundancies, hating PDA and other common things, dressing up, costumes, doing dull normal things in a private comfortable fashion, hairclips, hair accecories, bobby pins, barettes, hair ties, wrist watches, spare pens, pocket protectors, notebooks, sketch pads, whales and dolphins, Emily Strange, Betty Boop, moshing, crowd surfing, stage dives, x-rays, rotery phones, record and cassette players, door beads, vests, vanity mirrors, art deco,post it notes, tuna sandwiches, big sticks, bon bon, putting random shit on my wall, eye patches, 3D glasses, black eyes,goggles, cool sunglasses, weird accessories, short people, long hair, red hair, freckles, glasses, Discordia, Church of SubGenius, table lighters, springs, oil lamps, martini shakers, cigarette cases, flasks, ouija boards, beards, moustaches,weird physical features that are overall normal, paranormal, mythical beasts, urban myths and legends, lava lamps, painted hub caps, painted windows, hacky sack, weird talents. I'm more boring then I lead on.

Anything Adult Swim or that has been on Adult Swim, Comedy Central, The Simpsons, old shows on MTV from the early 90s, a bunch of old TV shows, Hannah-Barbera cartoons, Gumby, Jackass, Wildboyz, and a guilty pleasure for Viva la Bam. I'm a sucker for law and medical shows too. Movies by Woody Allen (especially Annie Hall and Manhatten)(some are less than par), Wes Anderson (especially Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums), Hayao Miyazaki, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Mel Brooks, Quentin Tarantino, Charlie Kaufman (especially Eternal Sunshine), The Coen Brothers, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Jud Apatow, Tim Burton (his newer stuff is questionable but visually pleasing), and John Hughs movies in the 80s, Coen Brothers, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, all The Beatles, Star Trek, Star Wars (original trilogy), Mad Max, Indiana Jones (not Crystal Skull), and Monte Python films, all the old movies of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the old Godzilla movies, films with bands I like in them, Universal Horror films, cheesy horror films, films by Troma, Cannon, Hammer, and Amicus, old gore and slasher films from the 80s and older, old Sci-fi films, old movies (20s-60s), song and dance films (Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers), Kitty Foyle, Fantastic Planet, East of Eden, Barbarella, The Blues Brothers, Clifford, Three Amigos!, UHF, Sean Lennon's Friendly Fire, Blow-Up, Factory Girl, Tommy Boy, Pleasantville, The Jerk, Metropolis, Carrie, May, Christine, Chinatown, The Wizard of Oz, The Time Machine (1960), Island of The Lost Souls (1933), War of The Worlds (1953), Marty (1955), Taxi Driver, The Goonies, Zoolander, Little Shop of Horrors, Liquid Sky, Phantom of the Paradise, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, Anchorman, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hours and Times, American Graffiti, Harold and Maude, Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice, Candy, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shock Treatment, Rolling Kansas, Casablanca, Bladerunner, Trainspotting, Animal House, Memento, Evil Dead trilogy, Black Sheep, Sin City, American Beauty, Woodstock, Chinatown, The Warriors, A Member of the Wedding, The Goodbye Girl, Shawn of The Dead, there are others...as long as everyone at the video store knows me by name I'll still keep adding.

The Beatles(and their solo stuff), Sean Lennon, The Doors, Klaus Nomi, David Bowie, The Stooges, Beastie Boys, Amy Winehouse, XTC, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Otis Redding, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley and The Comets, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Joan Baez, Blind Willie Johnson, Bukka White, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Renbourn, Robert Johnson, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Captain Beefheart, Liars, Kaiser Chiefs, Tiny Tim, Miles Davis, Explosions In The Sky, Arcade Fire, Jethro Tull, Van Morrison, Modest Mouse, The Smiths, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Autolux, Daft Punk, Rush, Deep Purple, Steve Miller Band, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, (Peter Gabriel's) Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Frampton, The Wallflowers, The Network, The Tubes, REM, Dead Kennedys, Bob Marley and The Wailers, The White Stripes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sonic Youth, Nine Inch Nails, New York Dolls, Alice Cooper, U2, The Ramones, Queen, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Billy Joel, Elton John, The Police, Moody Blues, Beck, Man Man, Dave Matthews Band, Talking Heads, The Cure, Sex Pistols, The Clash, PIL, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie (and Woody Guthrie), Lovin' Spoonful, John Sebastian, Iron Butterfly, Tim Hardin, Sweetwater, Canned Heat, Elvin Bishop, Butterfield Blues Band, The Band, Vanilla Fudge, The Electric Prunes, MC5, The Zombies, Status Quo, Blondie, Gorillaz, X, Bauhaus, The Mamas and The Papas, Jefferson Airplane, The B-52s, Neil Young (and Crazy Horse and Crosby Stills Nash and Young), Cyndi Lauper, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Zappa (and The Mothers of Invention), Nirvana (and The Foo Fighters and Hole are awesome too), Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Green Day, The Flaming Lips, The Rolling Stones, Devo, The Phenomenauts, The Aquabats, The Epoxies, Yes, Radiohead, The Shins, Nekromantix, HorrorPops, Stray Cats, The Meteors, The Pixies, Goldenboy, TSOL, Circle Jerks, Velvet Revolver, Guns n' Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, The Rentals, Weezer, The Cute Lepers, The Briefs, Agent Orange, Billy Idol, The Jam, Billy Bragg, Alien Sex Fiend, The Ruts, The Selecter, The Pop Rivets, The Damned, The Chords, The Red Skins, Steel Pulse, Medium Medium, Sham 69, The Members, Soft Cell, The Gun Club, The Germs, The Cramps, The Misfits, Batmobile, Bratmobile, L7, Bad Brains, The Chop Tops, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, The Young Warewolves, The Vandalls, Weird Al...And god said to my ancestors Your going to have a relative that's going to live by a music store and she will be there everyday. She's a music junkie, and kind of creepy, so what I'm saying is don't reproduce...they didn't listen.

Found Inspiration Moving Forward: White Fluffy Clouds by Brandon Boyd, Jaws by Peter Benchley, Akira by Katsuhiro Ōtomo, To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, Candide by Voltaire, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, 1984 by George Orwell, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell, The Girl With The Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts, The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Lamp of The Warlock's Tomb by John Bellairs, Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid, Poppy by Avi, Poppy and Rye by Avi, John Lennon In His Own Write by John Lennon, Falling Up Into Diamonds, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Strange Deaths by Ian Simmons, The World According To Garp by John Irving, Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez, Emily Strange series by Rob Reger and Buzz Parker, anything by Emily Dickinson, Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter, Robert Frost, Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, James Joyce, H.G. Wells, Allen Ginsberg, Noam Chomsky, William Shakespear, or Stephen King...no Michael it's not book fucker...