George Pappas
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | writer |
| Location | Long Beach, Calif., United States |
| Introduction | Passion drives me. Life to me is a journey full of discoveries and intriguing journeys. Some good, some bad, but you can learn from everything in the end. My real passion is writing and exploring life as a novelist, poet and lyricist. Please check out my recent novel "Monogamy Sucks." It is kind of an edgy male version of "Sex in the City." It makes some interesting comments about monogamy, relationships, casual sex and world of swinging. I launched the first chapter on this blog on May 1. I will then launch a chapter or two each month toward the goal of eventually bringing out the entire book. My first novel, "Letters from Cyberspace," detailed a twentysomething Mormon woman's Internet sex journey. It is featured on Amazon.com among other sites. I have also completed the first draft of my third book which has an interesting celebrity twist to it. Anyway...suffice to say creativity is a huge part of my life... |
| Interests | One of my favorite movies is Alan Pakula's The Parallax View. Nothing in this movie is as it seems. Is it a stunning exploration of the conspiracies surrounding the JFK and RFK assassinations. The more the protaganist played by Warren Beauty tried to find out about a politician killed in the film and a secret group who pulled it off the less he knows. In a lot ways, it is a lot like our lives and our struggle to discover the truth. This is I hope the purpose behind my blog - to illuminate and explore the unexpected. |
| Favorite Movies | I am also obsessed with films....too many to include..just a few... Godfather and Godfather II, Raging Bull, All the President's Men, Chinatown, Dr. Strangelove, JFK, Clockwork Orange, Close Encounters, Taxi Driver, Citizen Kane, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sideways, Schindler's List, LA Confidential, One Flew over the Cuckcoo's Nest, Five Easy Pieces, Casablanca, Empire Strikes Back, High Noon, 400 Blows, Day For Night, Lost in Translation, The Conversation, Fargo, Boogie Nights, Saving Private Ryan, Contact, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Ran, Brokeback Mountain, History of Violence, Michael Clayton, Good Night, Good Luck, Once, The Savages, Zodiac, Juno, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood....the list is endless.... And so many other great movies...i will forget to mention Favorite Books: too many good ones to mention...but I will |
| Favorite Music | very ecletic tastes from old blues to hip hop...from Muddy Waters (you should know who he is) to Kanye West... my musical heroes include: Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Bob Marley, Chuck Berry, Kurt Cobain, John Fogarty, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer (the Clash), Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Dixon, REM, Tom Waits, Tom Petty, Joni Mitchell, Chrissie Hynde, Eddie Vedder, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Chuck D and Public Enemy, the Ramones, Sex Pistols, Television, Talking Heads, U2, George Jones, Merle Haggard...and the list goes on and on... music to me is open ended...there no playlist...on Earth that could contain my musical tastes... These amazing artists feed my own artistic soul. |
| Favorite Books | too many good ones to mention...but I will mention some...Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Henry and June, Lolita, Women, and Charles Bukowski's poetry (he's a fucking genius) anything by Kurt Vonnegut especially Slaughterhouse Five, Catch 22, Clockwork Orange, Lord of the Flies, L.A. Confidential, The Big Sleep, The Big Nowhere, Night Shift, anything by John Cheever especially his short stories, Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Killing Yourself to Live, anything by Dave Marsh and Greil Marcus -- amazing writers who changed the way I listened to the music I love .... |