Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Happy Hallows – Sara Negahdari

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Name: Sarah Negahdari

Nickname: Kitty, Negs, NegaSign: PiscesFavorite:

Food. Sushi

Book. Inspiration Sandwich by Sark

Season. Autumn!

Q1.How many times have you been pulled over? And why?

A1.Just once. I didn’t do a full stop at a stop sign. I started crying! and the policeman let me go ticket free!

Q2.What animal if your spirit guide?

A2I Looooooveee your questions! ahhhh! So refreshing!!!!! mine is a black panther. I have had many dreams that were incredibly vivid, mystical, involving a female black panther, roaring at me to toughen up! She shows me how to be A REAL WOMAN! 🙂

Q3. What’s your vice?

A3.Oh gaaaaawwwddd, my indecisiveness!!! no wait, maybe it’s my day dreaminess, no wait, it’s my…just kidding…yeah, my vice is definitely that I have such a hard time making up my mind.

Q4.If you could live in a movie for a day, which movie would it be? Would you be yourself or another character?

A4.wow,, such a fabulous question!!! I would be in Labyrinth and I would be David Bowie’s character!!!!

Q5. If your art was an ice cream flavor which one would it be?

A5.Definitely rainbow swirl, with dark chocolate sharp poky pieces, and sprinkles! and a candle symbolizing a new birthday each day, like you can start fresh each day with a wish- and be reborn with a clean slate!

Q6. Did you have an imaginary friend as a child?

A6. Yes. Although i don’t remember this, but my parents told me I had an imaginary friend named Stephanie, and every time I did something bad i would tell them, “but it was Stephanie who did it!”

Q7. Personal Quote?

A7.(Charlie will send this one, he seems to remeber all of my quotes, and I am blanking out!)

Q8. Do you believe in horoscopes and zodiac signs?

A8. Yes, I think there is something to it that is quite mysterious! I believe the planets have a definite influence over our basic personality. Although I don’t think it’s good to think they have total say or power over our destiny. I do love it though! Yeah, I really do believe there is something to the whole astrology thing for sure! I just really love it!

Q9. Do you drink coffee? If so how many cups a day?

A9. I AM A COFFEE ADDICT. it’s really ridiculous. Every morning I have to have coffee otherwise I freak out!!! I only really need it in the morning, but I love it, i am a LOVER of that bean.

Q10. Best show you have ever been too?

A10. I think when I first saw Tori Amos, I was very young, and it made such a deep impact on my life. I remeber sitting in the theater and balling my eyes out, wiping loads of snot all over my chair becuase i just ran out of room on my sleve. i was just SO moved by her raw emotional honesty and balls and insanity and also vulnerable, Openess with the audience. That forever changed and inlfuenced me.

Isn’t she amazing! And although The Happy Hollows are a rockn band thanks to RFSL a while ago (months and months) I was able to download Sarah’s song Driver. Its amazing I listen to it at least once every other day, especially while getting ready it just puts me in a good mood. If you can track down that song do it! NOW!!

ALSO The Happy Hollows will be having their first Album release next Friday, September 4th at Spaceland. Please go out and support this well deserved achievement.

The Happy Hollows listen and Love!

Find out more about the Release Shin Dig and other Hollow happenings here

The Monolators

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photo credit: Jeff Koga

Name: Eli Chartkoff

Nickname: Eli Monolator (lame, I know, but that’s all I got)

Sign: Taurus, I think. The annoying one.

Favorite:

Food:

Saltado De Calamar at Don Felix Restaurant in Los Feliz!!! It’s stir fry squid with rice and french fries! IT BLOWS MY MIND.

Book:

Red Sky At Morning by Richard Bradford. Either that or Archy And Mehitabel.

Season:

Spring, when I lived back in Michigan. But here in Los Angeles it’s winter, ’cause year round it’s like SUMMER/SUMMER/WINTER/SUMMER and I need a break from Summer.

Q1. What animal is your spirit guide?

A1. The Calamari that is guiding me to Don Felix Restaurant so I can eat them up lickity split! Thanks guys!

Q2. If you had a parrot what would you teach it to say?

A2. “Don’t wear that! You look stupid! Are you BLIND?”

Q3. What superhero would you make your sidekick?

A3. Grace Jones!

Q4. What do you admire in a person?

A4. Bow tie tying skill.

Q5. Biggest Pet Peeve?

A5. Hats. Hats hats hats hats. Only one E from HATES.

Q6. Favorite amusement park and ride?

A6. The Log Flume Ride at Disneyland. Do they still have that? I haven’t been in a LONG LONG TIME.

Q7. Best vacation memory?

A7. Puberty in a tent! NOT FUN! (Nor “best,” really, but…most memorable.)

Q8. Childhood ambition?

A8. To live in a treehouse.

Q9. Best compliment ever received?

A9. I can’t think of a goddamn thing for this one.

Q10. What do you wish was invented?

A10. bow tie that I can tie.

“I Must Be Dreaming” is currently spinning on my Myspace Profile Playlist and I can’t get enough. Its a fun dancey beat with the whimsy of spinning around and falling down.

Listen and Be-friend The Monolators

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Name: Mary Chartkoff

Nickname: Scary Mary

Sign: Sagittarius

Favorite:

Food. Meat

Book. Anything good but tawdry

Season: Spring

Q1. What animal is your spirit guide?

A1. Snoopy

Q2. If you had a parrot what would you teach it to say?

A2. Fandango

Q3. What superhero would you make your sidekick?

A3. Under Dog

Q4. What do you admire in a person?

A4. Cleanliness

Q5. Biggest Pet Peeve?

A5. Laziness…maybe I’ll finish this later

…….The next day:

Q6 Favorite amusement park and ride?

A6.Any ride that I don’t have to wait for more than five minutes at any park.

Q7. Best vacation memory?

A7. Not sure if it’s the best. One of the most memorable vacations was when I biked up a mountain in the middle of an Irish forest but was running out of daylight and I couldn’t find my hostel…but then I did find the hostel.

Q8. Childhood ambition?

A8. Fashion Design. Making clothes for my stuffed animals out of casket velvet.

Q9. Best compliment ever received?

A9 “You’ve got a big nose…but I love big noses.”

Q10. What do you wish was invented?

A10. Rosie, the Jetsons’ robot maid.

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Name: Ashley

Nickname: JAX

Sign: Pisces

Favorite:

Food:Bananas

Book:Fahrenheit 451

Season:Fall

Q1. What animal is your spirit guide?

A1. Killer Whale

Q2. If you had a parrot what would you teach it to say?

A2. Thyroid.

Q3. What superhero would you make your sidekick?

A3. Captain America

Q4. What do you admire in a person?

A4. Honesty and Sincerity

Q5. Biggest Pet Peeve?

A5. Fake People

Q6 Favorite amusement park and ride?

A6. The Screamer at Lagoon in Bountiful, UT

Q7. Best vacation memory?

A7. walking aimlessly around new york alone when i was 17. it was fucking great.

Q8. Childhood ambition?

A8. to be the worlds first firefighting ballerina/playwright. I would also moonlight as lois lane.

Q9. Best compliment ever received?

A9. “She looks like Martha Stewart, but not as stylish. I’d hit it like a hurricane does the coast.”

Q10. What do you wish was invented?

A10.teleportation/time machine remote control. i want to travel to France circa 1892

The Spinto Band

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Name: nick krill
Nickname: young nick krill
Sign: leo
Favorite
Food: avocado
Book: “air guitar” by dave hickey
Season: fall

Q1. What animal trait do you wish to possess?
A1.super hearing

Q2. What superhero would be your sidekick?
A2.chief chirpa

Q3. Bathroom read?
A3.none

Q4. Where and When in time would you go?
A4.sometime during the industrial revolution, wherever there was a lot of railroad innovation going on.

Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.once i was talking to an old man who thought i was someone else…so i just went along with it…then my cover was blown and he found out who i really was. i felt like a jerk.

Q6. Best compliment ever received?
A6.”you are a champion.” from someone i really respected.

Q7. What do you admire in a person?
A7.an interesting mind.

Q8. When do you feel most creative?
A8.it happens at unpredictable times…but when it does i usually have to act on it in that moment. sometimes if i work on something halfway and set it aside, it is hard to make a really good finish to it.

Q9. What 80’s movie would you live in for a day? Who would you be?
A9.”popeye” i would like to be Hoagy, the Piano Player…

Q10. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A10. when people leave t.v. sets on but are not watching them.

Learned about The Spinto Band via Last.fm. They were added to the rotation and I happily welcomed them into my Library. Thier latest album “Moonwink” has an innocent quality capturing the feeling of a summer love or beach vacation. When the old station wagon was packed to the brim and in the midst of teen angst one rolled their eyes at the thought of spending the entire summer away from all your friends and stuck with the family. But little did you know that the cutest boy/girl you had ever seen would only be a few beach houses away. The fair would roll into town and as the two of you danced in the sea breeze and shared cotton candy, The Spinto Band played in the background. The Soundtrack of the 1940’s summer you wish you had, but never did!
Listen and Be-friend The Spinto Band.

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Name: Thomas Hughes
[Snooker] Nickname: The Fluke
Sign: Aquarius
Food: Breakfast Bubble and Squeak
Book: The Medium is the Massage
Season: Autumn

Q1. What animal trait do you wish to possess?
A1. Everything an Octopus has…Changing color of skin, squirting of ink, and the regeneration of lost limbs.

Q2. What superhero would be your sidekick?
A2. X-Men’s Beast (but only if being played by Kelsey Grammer)

Q3. Bathroom read?
A3. An old copy of “True War” magazine, I guess

Q4. Where and When in time would you go?
A4. No particular place in 1968.

Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5. Nothing in particular…but maybe I’ve intentionally erased them from memory.

Q6. Best compliment ever received?
A6. I’m afraid I’m not good at remembering these either.

Q7. What do you admire in a person?
A7. Humor, generosity and effervescence.

Q8. When do you feel most creative?
A8. When driving, working, or before going to sleep.

Q9. What 80’s movie would you live in for a day? Who would you be?
A9. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Would love to be Pee-Wee, of course. Still do.

Q10. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A10. Snark

Listen and Be-friend The Spinto Band.

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Name: Jonathan Eaton
Nickname: red hat Jon
Sign: Cancer
Favorite:
Food- apple carrot and Ginger juice
Book. Anything by Dave Eggars or George Saunders
Season- spring

Q1. What animal trait do you wish to possess?
A1.I often dream of flying. Also, when I was younger, I would often look at my dogs during stressful times and wish I had their carefree existence.

Q2. What superhero would be your sidekick?
A2.Underdog

Q3. Bathroom read?
A3.The Week, Sports Illustrated, this poetry anthology I keep near my aftershave.

Q4. Where and When in time would you go?
A4.Maybe the 20s. When dancing cured everything and people wore a lot of neat hats

Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.I often get caught not knowing what I’m talking about.

Q6. Best compliment ever received?
A6.I’ve thought of this for a bit now. I have decided to go with the time an old professor told me I had an interesting and unique voice (referring to some stories I had written).

Q7. What do you admire in a person?
A7.It changes from person to person… Which leads me to think that perhaps I admire individuality and being yourself.

Q8. When do you feel most creative?
A8.When inspired by unordinary events… Most recently in the bottom of a hole I was digging with 30 or so of my friends.

Q9. What 80’s movie would you live in for a day? Who would you be?
A9.Gremlins. Corey Feldman

Q10. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A10.Well, I dont know if its my biggest, but traffic really winds me up. It boils down to being stuck in a line that could be running smoothly if people weren’t being so aggressively selfish.

Alex Chiu

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Name: Alex Chiu
Nickname: Poopface, Alex-pants, BLAR, Blarmonster
Sign: Libra

Favorite:

Ice Cream: Cookies and Cream.
Color: Blue
Season : Fall

Q1. What can you not live without?
A1.Coffee. I think I drink like 3-4 cups a day. I usually drink drip; no lattes, cappuccino, frappuccinos, etc. I think it’s because I’ve been working as a coffee barista for like 4 years. They turned me into an addict. Shit.

Q2. What movie would you live in for a day? Would you be yourself or another character?
A2.This one’s a tough one. Probably Downtown 81, the documentary on the New York art scene during the early 80’s with Basquiat. I’d probably be myself and just hang out. Same deal with Style Wars.

Q3. Favorite part of what you do?
A3.Depends what I do. I do a lot of things. When I draw, I enjoy surprising myself. I never really know what I’ll see. The drawing process is like jazz for me. I just go at it and see what I create. When I make music, I enjoy the harmony. Making music has the ability to make strangers feel like family. When I spend time with my girlfriend, I like when we dream together. When you dream with another, everything seems a little more real.

Q4. If you were a cereal, which one would you be?
A4.The really should create a cereal with coffee in it. I think it’d do well. I’d be that one.

Q5. One wish, what would it be?
A5.The power to heal.

Q6. Are you superstitious?
A6. Not so much, I still like to push my luck though. Most of the time I believe in a God. Is that considered superstitious?

Q7. Pet Peeve?
A7.People that don’t give eye contact.

Q8. What’s your vice?
A8.I really like good herbs.

Q9. Best compliment ever received?
A9.James O’Barr, the Crow, once called me a pansy for putting cream in my coffee. I took it as a compliment.

Q10. Have you ever stolen a library book?
A10.Nope, but I’ve wanted to. Diary of a Genius by Dali.