thecymbalwench
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Vegan baker / artist extraordinare |
| Location | L5P, Georgia, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a dork, and I like food...particularly that of the vegan variety. |
| Favorite Movies | REPO! The Genetic Opera, Labyrinth, the LOTR trilogy, Waking Life, Mirrormask, Moulin Rouge!, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, just about anything with the following involved: puppets, animatronics, comically bad SFX, blood, excessive/ridiculous gore, battles in outer space, paranormal phenomena, mythical creatures, stop-motion animation, Tim Burton, Peter Jackson, Jim Henson, Vincent Price, David Lynch |
| Favorite Music | Alanis Morisette, Tori Amos, The Appleseed Cast, The Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Boards of Canada, Bob Marley, Broadway showtunes, Les Miserables, RENT, Phantom of the Opera, Godspell, Broken Social Scene, The Blake Durwood Project, Blues Traveler, Collective Soul, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dead can Dance, The Doors, Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf, Enya, Explosions in the Sky, Fiona Apple, Flogging Molly, Foreigner, Green Day, Half Japanese, Incubus, Jad Fair, Joan Baez, Journey, Kansas, Led Zeppelin, Lynard Skynard, Marcy Playground, Marching Band, Bob Marley, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Oasis, Phish, Pink Floyd, Puffy Taco, Rammstein, REM, Radiohead, REO Speedwagon, Seven Mary Three, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, String Cheese Incident, Styx, Tenacious-D, The Wallflowers, The White Stripes, 3 lbs. of love, Tool, U2, Silver Jews, Monotonix, 13 and God |
| Favorite Books | The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, 1984 by George Orwell, various works by Stephen King, various works by Kurt Vonnegut, Wasted by Marya Hornbacher, An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks, textbooks and other educational material on subjects including, but not limited to: cooking, baking, psychology, neurology, biology, sociology, astronomy, sustainability and environmentalism, animal rights, human rights, gender and sexuality, art history, art theory, paranormal phenomena, ancient civilizations, nutrition, domesticated rats |
You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?
I would take some cues from Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich. They're both great, humble guys, and they've managed to remain so despite their rising fame and ever-increasing popularity of their rock opera.