The Ramones, Joey Ramone, Joseph Arthur, Joe Henry, Bernard Butler, Norah Jones, William Shatner, Bright Eyes, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Scissor Sisters, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, The Kings of Convenience, The Old 97's, Oasis, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Aretha Franklin, Andre 3000, The White Stripes, AC/DC, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Journey, Eric Clapton, Belle &;; Sebastian, Mojo Nixon, Ween, The Dead Milkmen, XTC, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Sex Pistols, Bjork, David Bowie, Morrissey, T-Rex, Marc Bolan, Van Morrison, P.D.Q. Bach, Jack Drag, Cursive, Embrace, James Brown, The Parliament Funkadelic, George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix, Modest Mouse, Mercury Rev, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Radiohead, The Gorillaz, Kid Koala, old Jewel, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Beastie Boys, Janis Joplin, Don Mclean, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Don Henley, B.B. King, vpn, The Who, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, The Kinks, The Band, The Police, Sting, Leonard Cohen, Warren Zevon, Ryan Adams, Pete Yorn, Sparkler, Frank Black, Blondie, ZZ Top, Syd Barrett, Bob Seger, DEVO, Atom and His Package, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Green Day, The Stray Cats, The Milkshakes, The Violent Femmes, Sublime, Sondre Lerche, Rilo Kiley, Destroyer, Aimee Mann, The Beatles, Jackson Browne, Possum Dixon, Daisy Chainsaw, Queenadreena, Jay Aston, Gene Loves Jezebel, Tracy Chapman, Damien Rice, Beck, Weird Al, Dead Kennedys, The Pogues, Nick Cave, Rancid, The Horrorpops, Poison, Harvester, Prince, Elvis Costello, Pussy Galore, Johhny Thunders, The Psychadellic Furs, Dolly Varden, Kasey Chambers, The Murderdolls, ELVIS, Frank Sinatra, The Smashing Pumpkings, Guns N Roses, The Clash, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Tool, A Perfect Circle, old Metallica, GWAR, Blatz, The Smiths, The Fall, The Tea Party, The Verve Pipe, Cyndi Lauper, Counting Crows, Soul Asylum, Chuck Berry, The Four Tops, The Supremes, The Beach Boys, The Strokes, Op Ivy, Sinead O'Connor, The Monkees, Beastie Boys, Franz Ferdinand, The All Girl Summer Fun Band, Simple Kid, The Streets, Another Blue Door, From Bubblegum To Sky, Moloko, Mr. Bungle, Shonen Knife, Lemon Jelly, The Paper Chase, Billy Idol, Death Cab for Cutie, Mono Puff, Hanoi Rocks, Air, The Birthday Massacre, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Psychic TV, Joy Division, Love And Rockets, Legendary Pink Dots, Einsturzende Neubauten, Murder By Death, Metric, Architecture In Helsinki, Bran Van 3000, The Blackeyed Susans, Lovage, The The, Louis XIV, Richard Cheese, The Magic Numbers, The Owls, MeWithoutYou, StellaStarr, The Unicorns, Roger Clyne &; The Peacemakers, Amy Allison, Parlor James, The Rentals, The Vents, Gogol Bordello, The Lightning Seeds, Morphine, Vert, Ske, Cold War Kids, Spiritualized, The Funerals, The Walkmen, Clinic, Xiu Xiu, The Sunshine Fix, Placebo, Peggy Lee, Mazzy Star, Moby, Lamb, Roommate, Sea Wolf, Freedy Johnston, My Summer As A Salvation Soldier, and so on, and so on

Anything by Tom Robbins, Kris Saknussemm, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Chuck Palahniuk, Beatrix Potter, Stephen King, Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, P.G. Wodehouse, Kurt Vonnegut, James Joyce, Poppy Z. Brite, H.P. Lovecraft, Scott Bradfield, Shel Silverstein, Douglas Adams, Caleb Carr, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Walker Percy, Angela Carter, etc. etc.

Specific Favorites:

Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Zanesville by Kris Saknussemm
The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter
Love In The Ruins by Walker Percy
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon

Cheesy 80's Movies, Horror Movies (both good and bad), B Movies, Bad Movies, Strange Philosophical Movies, Comedies, Tragedies, Elvis Movies, 70's Sex Comedies, Marilyn Monroe Movies, Woody Allen Movies, Silent Movies, Alfred Hitchcock Movies, Buster Keaton Movies, Laurel & Hardy Movies, Peter Sellers Movies, Tim Burton Movies, Musicals, Documentaries, Blaxploitation Movies, Stop Motion Movies, Jim Henson Movies, Pirate Movies, Silly Kung Fu Movies, Kevin Smith Movies, Prince Movies, Parodies, Charlie Kaufman Movies, Mel Brooks Movies, Shakespeare Movie Adaptations (most have at least some redeeming quality), Marx Brothers Movies, Mysteries, Terry Gilliam Movies, John Waters Movies, Brat Pack Movies, Stanley Kubrick Movies, Shirley Temple Movies, Judy Garland Movies, Preston Sturges Movies, etc. etc.

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My name is Lyric Powers. Yes, really, it's on my birth certificate and all that. My name is not what makes me cool.

I work at home doing graphic and web design, SEO, and several other random things for a handful of e-businesses. I'm slowly but surely building my own company - Lyric Powered Design.

I co-own and operate an online community for fringey, counter-culture parents and families called Global Family Room. I am lucky to be working on this project with a great group of 9 other ladies. They are my soul sisters.

I have a 4 year old son named Kiernan Ambrose Lockhart. The fact that I had a child when I was 19 does not say anything about me other than I wasn't careful. I am a good mother and my son is wicked awesome and way too smart for his own good. He is also a rock star. And yes, I am still with his father. We have been together for 7 and a half years.

I grew up in Athens, OH, home of Ohio University. I haven't lived there for 5 years, but I'm still a townie through and through. Though, so much has changed since I moved away (starting with the invasion of Walmart) that it doesn't really feel like home anymore. I currently reside in a little mill town outside of Asheville, NC. This won't last.

I am a liberal, open-minded, pro-choice vegetarian. I use herbal shampoo, eat organic food, and go barefoot a lot. I am not a hippie.

I have a general dislike for most things associated with the country I live in. Particularly the government and those who run it.

At one time or another, you may find yourself thinking that I'm the nicest person you know. Don't be fooled.

I can be a shameless flirt when the mood strikes me, think nothing of it.

I can be both shockingly forthright and aggravatingly evasive. Sorry...

I sometimes say fuck a lot. That does not mean I have no manners.

I am not especially concerned with what you think of me, but every girl wants someone to like her sometimes.

I am an artist. It's that simple really.

I have a sense of humor and I don't like people who lack one. They make me sad in pants. By the way, I sometimes make really bad jokes. Let it slide.

I am of the technological age, but I don't necessarily dig it.

I love music. Really, I mean, look at that list of bands. That's not even all of the stuff I listen to, that's just how much I typed up before I decided to stop. I had an advantage in my life, that I never even knew was all that unique until I became an adult, in that my parents exposed me to a lot of great stuff while I was growing up.

I am an avid reader. Reading and music go great together. Again, that little list over there is not what I limit myself to, it's just how much I typed up before I decided to stop. Thanks to the wonder (horror) of MySpace, I am now very good friends with one of those authors.

I also have a wide and varied taste in and love of movies. I can find something enjoyable in just about any film ever made. That does not include anything starring Kevin Costner (Wyatt Earp filled me with rage).

I dig some TV as well, but I am not willing to pay for cable and therefore only watch things that come in on my antenna or I have seasons of on DVD. It is likely that I have never seen your favorite shows.

I have not had anything even slightly resembling long hair since I was four years old. It just doesn't work for me.

The only time I've ever worn makeup in my life was when I went through a brief black lipstick phase when I was around 13. I wouldn't even know what to do with makeup if I were to one day further lose grip on my sanity and decide to start wearing it.

You can't tell in most of the photos that exist of me these days, but I have a lot of freckles. The most prominent one on my face you will always notice though, it's about an inch below the middle of my left eye. That's a very important bit of information. Freckles make the world go round.

I could go on and on listing random "facts" about myself, but I've decided to spare you.

antiques, victorian architecture, classic cars, elvis, furniture, decorating, toys, oriental rugs, swiffers, clothes, shoes, jewelry, dyed hair, fun haircuts, mohawks, freckles, thrift shopping, vegetarianism, tattoos, piercings, motorcycles, lunchboxes, light up shoes, roller skates, monkeys, psychology, food, zombie movies, mysteries, graphic novels, love, world domination from the comfort of my couch, mob mentalities, the long term effects of insomnia on my mind, existentialism, nihilism, realism, surrealism, secular humanism, ranting, raving, lunacy, big words, run-on sentences, coughing up a lung, never growing up, etc. etc.

stupidity, ignorance, people who kick puppies, smoking, boogers, george w. bush, shopping, close-mindedness, homophobia, diapers, war, housework, missing deliveries, irresponsible parents, sunburns, earwax, asskissing, inability to think for yourself, seafood

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