The Horrible Truth About Fruitbats
I was born on Halloween, 1959, in a tiny town in New Hampshire. I'm very attached to a six-foot-two-inch ichthyologist named Dr. Bruce.
 My favorite diaries: |
| livesand profile - diary |
| comments: My best friend and sweetheart of 20 years - yes, it's Dr. Bruce!!! |
| Tater-fay profile - diary |
| comments: Yeah, we're twins. Except I'm ten years older. But we both really like Alvin Lee. Ur, I mean Arthur Lee! |
| atomicbuddha profile - diary |
| comments: Do you ever feel like someone is leading a parrallel life to yours? She's a redhead! She has a 1959 rancher! She has cute animals (Italian Greyhounds instead of rabbits!) and she's spiritual! Geez. I want to meet this woman!! |
My favorite music: |
| Cocteau Twins |
| comments: ...and Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, Love Spirals Downwards... |
| British Folk Revival |
| comments: I love all those morbid ancient British ballads and the updates done on them in the '60's and '70's by bands like Pentangle are superb. And I love Nick Drake, too. |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
| comments: Howlin' Wolf, Earl Hooker, Fats Domino.... |
| Mission of Burma |
| comments: ...and the Maps, O+, Big Dipper, Scruffy The Cat, V. You'd have to have lived in Boston in the '80's... |
| Siouxie... |
| comments: ...and the Cramps. and Iggy. I love Iggy. And the Ramones. Sentimental value. Oh, and did I mention I love old blues music? Dr. John.....mmmmmmmm....... |
My favorite movies: |
| Withnail & I |
| comments: What can I say? It's the '60's male version of my '80's female young adulthood. |
| Bookstalls |
| comments: A little known film by Joseph Cornell. |
| Any pre-1950's horror movies |
| comments: I used to stay up and watch these on late night TV with my great aunt Louise, and then my parents would wonder why I was afraid of the dark. |
| Maya Deren's experimental films |
| comments: ...and her films on Voodoo in Haiti as well. |
| Oscar and Lucinda |
| comments: It's a visually gorgeous film. In my childhood I was like Oscar. In my adulthood I've become like Lucinda. |
My favorite authors: |
| Elizabeth Knox |
| comments: I'm convinced this woman really has met angels. |
| Kerouac |
| comments: If it weren't for Jack Kerouac I'd still be living in some little town in New Hampshire, probably working at Wal-Mart. I also love Lawrence Ferlinghetti. |
| Banana Yoshimoto |
| comments: She's haunting and invigorating at the same time. |
| W.Y. Evans-Wentz |
| comments: He writes very succintly on two of my favorite subjects - faeries and Tibet. |
| P.B. Shelley |
| comments: Man, just reading about his wild life is inspiring, never mind his poetry! |
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