Amy's Profile |
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little angels, beat your wings! |
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| Age: | 34 years old |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | NEW YORK, New York |
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| Last Login: | Jun 29, 2008 (69 days back) |
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About Me |
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| avid reader, scavenger, juxtaposition junky, graphic designer, quilterWoo hoo! Going to see Mr. Thompson tomorrow night! | |
My Interests |
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| Quilting/Collage, Reading, Aimless Exploration, Jogging, Pondering, Gallery Skimming, Music, Vernacular Culture/Art, Design | |
I'd like to meet:Doers, thinkers, makers, writers, readers. |
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Music:Richard (and Linda) Thompson, Animal Collective, Dirtbombs, Thelonious Monk, Camper Van Beethoven, Mingus, Panda Bear, Gillian Welch, Hank Williams, Sufjan Stevens, Lucinda Williams, Harry Nilsson, Toshi Reagon, Fruit Bats, Oakley Hall, Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, Yo La Tengo, Stones, Kinks, Fairport Convention, The Clash, Pogues, Holopaw, Oscar Pettiford, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, etc. |
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Movies:Andrei Rublev, Cleo from 5 to 7, Wings of Desire, 400 Blows, Red White and Blue trilogy, Double Life of Veronique, ChungKing Express, Talk to Her |
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Books:current: fiction: C. McCarthy "Suttree" non-fiction: E. Hirsch "The Demon and the Angel" |
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Heroes:Bucky Fuller, Anni and Josef Albers, Effie Mae Howard |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| This is a private profile. | |
| MaritalStatus: | Single |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | stockton |
| Religion: | Other |
| Occupation: | Designer |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Digging Sweet Warrior |
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| Picking up my copy of Richard Thompson's latest today. Can't wait.f I ever get out of these shoesAnd I shrug off a skin or twoI'll come looking in the wasted placesBeat-up, last ditch rendezvousIf it ... Posted by amy on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:58:00 PST |
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Top quilt finished! |
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| The latest top quilt is now finished (but not ironed, as you can see). It was fun to make and I like the result. I am merrily obsessed with tiny, improvisational quilts.Starting a new one tonight...... Posted by amy on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST |
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designer airstream... I'm in love... |
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| Design Within Reach is selling a custom airstream. If anyone is interested, my soul is for sale...... Posted by amy on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:07:00 PST |
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Digging Andrew Kuo |
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| This dedicated blogger takes fandom to a new level. Kuo attends a series of concerts (recently sent by the NYT to all seven nights of Bright Eyes at Town Hall) and transforms his observations into col... Posted by amy on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:09:00 PST |
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animal, animal, animal... meow! |
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| going to see animal collective on friday... rawr! summer is here. Posted by amy on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:08:00 PST |
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Digging Joey Lynch |
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| Thanks to my friend Dave, I attended the Bright Eyes kick-off concert at Town Hall last night. It was a triple treat; the opening act was Gillian Welch and the guest artist Lou Reed. Of particular not... Posted by amy on Sat, 26 May 2007 06:28:00 PST |
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happy jog |
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| The days are finally long enough to jog in the waning sunlight. I couldn't think of anywhere I wanted to be other than where I was: Central Park jog... Posted by amy on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:19:00 PST |
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Digging Andy Coolquitt |
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| Absolutely love this fusion of architecture/art/craft. Images of his self-made/decorated home and thesis project:... Posted by amy on Sun, 20 May 2007 06:16:00 PST |
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Digging Denise Carbonell |
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| Denise Carbonell:and her beautiful shop/gallery on Stanton Street.Addendum: I was downtown this afternoon and decided to swing by the shop again. It was closed (she keeps irregular hours). I just had ... Posted by amy on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:07:00 PST |
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Effie Mae Howard, nice to finally meet you |
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| Flipping through the lastest issue of Selvedge, I saw images of my favorite artist/quilter, Rosie Lee Tompkins. I am saddened to see that she (now revealed to be Effie Mae Howard) passed in December, ... Posted by amy on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:56:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Da Kitty Crew, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival, Richard Thompson, Mary Kenyon's Coffin Quilts, tami, Anne, Cyn, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, kristan, d'Arco, Devrim, High Modernism, Karyn, The 40 Watt, The Dying Californian, ~sew Amy~, Chapman Mogridge, Henry Flower, Eva DesTruCtioN, Cracker, Sector 7G, GEDLEY BRAGA, Cricket, billy, graphikland, LR, justin, david lowery, Love Lies Bleeding
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Amy's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. camper van beethoven, toshi reagon, andrei rublev, oscar pettiford, vernacular culture, chungking express, bucky fuller, double life of veronique, effie mae howard, josef albers, stephen malkmus, harry nilsson, gillian welch, lucinda williams, panda bear, sufjan stevens, stockton new york, fruit bats, wings of desire, holopaw |
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