Name:

PennyTentiary

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United Kingdom

Occupation:

Sinning.

Hobbies:

Old Movies; Mythology ( Celtic and Native American );The Abyss of Divine Enjoyment ; Satire ; Marlene Dietrich ; Cats ; The Goddess )O( ; Also 70s Dub Reggae . And Opium. 'Opium leads the organism towards death in euphoric mood.The tortures arise from the process of returning to life against one's wish.'

Movies:

20s Silents, Louise Brooks; 30s Love Goddesses, Marlene Dietrich, Garbo; 40s Bogart ( Big Sleep, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon ) and Film-Noir;Alternative 'Freaks''The Night Porter' 'Performance ' ' Carnival Of Souls ' 'Leon' 'Donnie Darko' etc, Anger, Maddin, Dali / Bunuel;Currently, just certain individual films, but love Tim Burton...Tradgedy:Frances Farmer.Comedy: Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, Eddie Izzard.

Music:

(original)Velvets;STOOGES;Dolls and the usual associated;Richard Hell and the usual associated ,Ramones;The Runaways ; Early Sex Pistols,Banshees,Slits;all the 'indefinable' P*nk era 76/77-Exciting times!Also Lee Perry,King Tubby and OnUsoundS( Store In Dangerous Dubs Cabinet )( Did I mention Blues? That just about scratches the surface )CDs of NOW 'First Thought Best Thought'Burroughs, Di Prima, Ginsberg, Waldman.

Books:

Depends which mind I'm in. Obviously, Burroughs,Ginsberg,Kerouac, H.S.Thompson etc.. Now:'Hollywood Babylon' Kenneth Anger (again..),'Flowers From Hell' ed. by N. Schreck.'The End Of Mr.Y.' Scarlett Thomas (If you knew a book was cursed, would you read it? ) Just about ANY Colin Wilson, 'Artificial Paradises' Baudelaire, 'Opium' Cocteau, The Big Smoke' Peter Lee, 'Artificial Paradises' ,( not Baudelaire; the Anthology.) Also : 'How To Talk Dirty and Influence People ' Lenny Bruce 'Open Up And Bleed ' Paul Trynka. IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS IGGY STOOGE...