Amy Abshier-Reyes
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | painter, auction house monkey |
| Location | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Introduction | Painting (well) is the best revenge. And more: I'm basically just a big geek and I'm a total homebody. And I have a daughter who constantly amazes me and a little boy who is a crazy monkey! |
| Interests | Painting, good music, the sea, puttering around in the garden, vegetarianism, baking, snapshots, I love my LOMO and my Holga, seeing well-dressed folks, record shopping, murder ballads, treasure hunting (junkin'), low-toned windchimes, driving at night with the windows rolled down, I really like the color pink right now, old dress patterns, designing clothing and sewing (when I can find the time--what a scarce commodity), interior design, floorplans of old houses, car shows and hot rods, seeing what books people in fancy shelter magazines have on their shelves, NPR, I've always loved horses, autumn, the way the hills look after a good rain (all green and sparkling against the dark sky [sadly, only in Ventura]), lying awake at night and listening to the low rumble of northbound trains, wavy glass in old windows, the way sunlight moves through my house, thinking up titles for paintings, daydreaming, discovering anything that incites me to paint |
| Favorite Movies | Anything by Wes Anderson, just about any documentary (how can you not love Grey Gardens?), I love Hayao Miyazaki's graphic novels and films, short films by Stanewicz, the brothers Quay, Lost in Translation, Gosford Park, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Haunting (the original), Harold and Maude, Heavenly Creatures, 13 Ghosts (the original), Shaun of the Dead, Bedazzled (original, of course), the Changeling, the Omen, Spider Baby, Black Narcissus, Lion in Winter, All About Eve, Amelie (I know, I know, but still...), Bullets Over Broadway, Freaks, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sunset Boulevard, the Evil Dead trilogy, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Ghost World, Princess Bride, Night of the Living Dead, Harvey, Donnie Darko, Smashing Time, Session 9, the Eye (the original), the Devil's Backbone |
| Favorite Music | Creation (the band and the label), Flaming Stars, Auburn Lull, Belle and Sebastian, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Broadcast, Low, Mahogany, Galaxie 500, Aarktica, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Biff Bang Pow!, the Warlocks, Murder City Devils, Joy Division, New Order, Replacements, Sonics, Wilco, the Who, X, the Knitters, Nick Cave, South Pacific, Clientele, Airiel, Outrageous Cherry, Starflyer 59, Sodastream, the Pogues, Small Faces, the Wake, the Cramps, Van Morrison, the Fuzztones, the Jam, Suicide, Big Star, Ecstasy of St Theresa (early stuff), Ride, Slowdive, Sway, Free Design, Serge Gainsbourg, Nicola Conte, Astrid Gilberto, Chet Baker, Peggy Lee, Stan Getz, Nico, T Rex, Nick Drake, Donovan, Mark Kozelek (in all his incarnations), Japancakes, Buzzcocks, Armitage Shanks, the Make Up, Syd Barrett, Neil Young, Beachwood Sparks, the Field Mice (and Trembling Blue Stars), the Peechees, Love as Laughter, Godspeedyoublackemperor (and most of the side projects), Rapture, Saloon, Adorable, the Stone Roses, the Smiths, Sonic Youth, Flying Saucer Attack, Arcade Fire, lovesliescrushing, Yo La Tengo, Felt, Camera Obscura, the Rezillos (and the Revillos!), the Lassie Foundation, Jesus and Mary Chain, Gentle Waves, Can, Spacemen 3, Swell Maps, the Swirlies, Neko Case, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Kossoy Sisters, Bob Wills, the Carter family, Mojave 3, Old 97's, Lucero, Thee Stranded, Desolation Wilderness, Crystal Stilts, Yppah, Bonobo, Caspian, DIIV, Weekend, Stagnant Pools, Still Corners, Crocodiles, Moon Duo |
| Favorite Books | Just about anything by: Jeffery Ford, AS Byatt, Annie Proulx, Charles Baxter, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Eudora Welty, Murakami, Flannery O'Connor, David Sedaris, Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton, Here's some faves: anything put together by Stanley Burns ( A Morning's Work, the Sleeping Beauty books, etc.), Crime Album Stories, Wisconsin Death Trip, Death Scenes, Car Crashes (I ain't nothin' but a gorehound), books of old circus and freakshow photos, The Secret History, Geek Love, disaster histories, short stories, folktales and fairy tales, and I really feel weird about admitting it, but I really like the Harry Potter books. |
If you drive on a parkway why don't they make the whole plane out of that?
Black box driveway?