Anomelie

In the first grade I used to love to climb up the inside of the fire escape slide tube, so I could slide back down. In the fourth grade, my friend and I would sit on the hot blacktop road and pop bubbles in the tar, or we would sneak out to the abandoned coal mines, to explore. In high school, I had no idea how pretty or cool I actually was because I was wasting so much time trying to be pretty or cool. In college, I drank alcohol every day and then wondered why I was so depressed. I also read a lot of great books. And pretended to read even more (hence the English degree). These days I enjoy the heck outta Seattle. I love the smell of the rain in the fall, the scent of dirt and bark and change in the air. And then I love the warmth and light of early spring, cherry blossoms exploding and exposing their pink bellies to the returning sun. I adore playing with paper and scissors and glue and paint. Last year I learned how to handbind books. I dance for pleasure. I volunteer. I give gratitude. I hug. I eat more olives than one person probably should, and I am convinced that this habit is going to add years to my life, despite the fact that I had cancer this year. I'm also distressed that there's someone on here who uses the moniker Anomaly (Jones). But she seems cool and I am NOT changing mine. I've been Anomelie since the Jean-Pierre Jeunet film was popular. Oh yeah, and my mom hates this profile picture. Anyway, that's a bit about me. If you want to know more, you can ask.

None, really. I've had a tiny bit of piano & a bit of singing. But can't really do either very well.

Sony Acid

My crappy old pc laptop, Blue Snowball mic. I have a midi keyboard I haven't set up yet.

Jean-Jacques Perry, Bluetech, Auditory Sculpture, Thievery Corporation, Head Like a Kite, Aphex Twin, Panda's Dream, Mouse on Mars, Bassnectar, Yppah, Peace Orchestra, Boards of Canada, Massive Attack, BS2000, Arthur Behrman, Metric, St. Vincent (Annie Clark), Joseph Arthur, Django Reinhart, Hochiwichi, Koko Taylor, Howlin Wolf, Andrew Bird, Solomon Burke, Rachel Flotard, Cantoma, Avett Brothers, Cloud Cult, Wolf Parade, Massive Attack, Neko Case, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens, Oliver Mtukudzi, Angelique Kidjo, Flatt and Scruggs, Flight of the Conchords, Blue Scholars, BS2000, Dreadzone, PJ Harvey, Fatboy Slim, Nat King Cole, Ween, Moby, Ink Spots, Manu Chao, Diana Krall, Goldfrapp, Pixies, Zero 7, Portishead, Husky Rescue, Iron and Wine, Sly Stone, Mozart, Charles Mingus, Superchunk, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Death Cab For Cutie, Ben Lee, Cibo Matto, Magnetic Fields, Michelle Shocked, John Coltrane, Ruben Gonzales, Beth Orton, Buddy Guy, Nina Simone, Langhorne Slim, Lemongrass, Emily Haines, the Chemical Bros, Gillian Welch, Billie Holiday, Arvo Part, B.B. King, Cat Power, Flaming Lips, J.S. Bach, Ray Charles, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Broken Social Scene, Meat Puppets, Radiohead, Air, Beatles, Yo La Tengo, Brian Eno, Tori Amos, Touch Me Zoo, Mecca Bodega, Thelonious Monk, Hot Club of Cowtown, Built to Spill, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Hank Williams Sr., Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Ratatat, Postal Service, Johnny Mercer, Prince, Taj Mahal, Blind Pilot

Each song has a life and sound of its own; each song is a story. And I don't usually try for a particular genre. I let the song tell me what it wants to be as I create it. I think of myself as a song-knitter. I take colorful threads of sound and weave them together into a bigger design. But I don't usually spin my own yarn yet. Rarely. I'd like to do more of that, once I get settled and can set up the midi keyboard I have.

...love dancing, Nia, SoulMotion, 5 Rhythms.
Making handbound books, collage paintings, and encaustic paintings.
Cooking. Hugging. Writing. Blogging.