rockingal

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Gender Female
Industry Arts
Location Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Introduction Small-town rockabilly gal into 1940s/50s things. Live with my boyfriend in Edgbaston and work in an art gallery. Love living the 1950s lifestyle, going to weekenders and collecting records and clothes. Planning on doing road trip around America next year and want to get a 1940s Ford pick up as well.
Interests Rockabilly, 1940s/50s culture + lifestyle, vintage clothing, baking, vegetarian food, jiving, bopping, strolling
Favorite Movies Most Hitchcock, The Night of The Hunter, Girl Can't Help It, Double Indemnity, Imitation of Life, Blackboard Jungle, Rebel Without A Cause, Bad Day at Black Rock, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Ghost World, Mystery Train, Wish You Were Here, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Favorite Music Rockabilly, Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie, Western Swing, Jump Blues, Folk, Western Bop, Boogie Woogie, Jazz, Bluegrass, Pre-1960s Country and Western, Rock 'n' Roll, Cajun, Creole, Hawaiian.... also fan of 60s Garage/Trash, ska, some punk and psychobilly, modern Americana like Gillian Welch, Be Good Tanyas, Hot Club of Cowtown and Jolie Holland...
Favorite Books On The Road, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The House of Whacks, A Hell of a Woman, The Killer Inside Me, Rebecca, The Not Knowing, As I Lay Dying, 1933 Was a Bad Year, To Kill a Mockingbird, In Cold Blood, The Catcher in The Rye, The Future Homemakers of America, Junky, Lolita.