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"call me...
a jocular conversationalist, a focused listener, a famous friend, a cheeky optimist, a conscious citizen, a..."
More about James
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More About James
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Schools (Other):
Indiana University
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Occupation:
writer/musician/composer/producer
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Affiliations:
kcrw, ubiquity records, lotus world music and arts festival
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Hobbies and Interests:
live music (playing/hearing), lit (charles baxter, ha jin, henry miller, italo calvino), modernist prefab housing (trying to build a rocio romero lv house), kcrw (produce a show), politics (dick cheney eats worms), art/history, film, nature, british humor
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Favorite Books:
charles baxter's 'the feast of love', 'what fresh hell is this?' (dorothy parker bio), henry miller's 'colossus of maroussi', mcsweeney's, italo calvino's 'difficult loves', ha jin's 'waiting.' 'madame bovary', 'the great gatsby', emily dickinson, wallace stevens, william blake, flannery o'connor, anything from taschen or mcsweeney's, trashy rock mags
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Favorite Movies:
the passion of joan of arc, a face in the crowd, jazz on a summer's day, orphee, breathless, vanishing point, royal tenenbaums, anything with peter sellers, particularly "the party"..
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Favorite Music:
joanna newsom, clinic, television, david bowie, pj harvey, inara george, antony and the johnsons, wilco, cat power, alan lomax field recordings, ravel, thelonious monk, alice cooper, magnetic fields, velvet underground, t rex, interpol, shins, pixies, badly drawn boy, django reinhardt, chopin, sufjan stevens, jimmie rodgers, leonard and avishai cohen(s) respectively, and those beatles.
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Favorite TV Shows:
six feet under (one of my songs is in the august 22 episode!).. but don't watch much tv.
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Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
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About Me:
call me...
a jocular conversationalist, a focused listener, a famous friend, a cheeky optimist, a conscious citizen, a taker of the thoughtfully chosen risk, happily/creatively employed, suede-digging vegetarian, pragmatic sensualist, skilled diplomat, aspiring yogi, possessor of a big heart and sassy wit, emotionally mature, eyes/heart/mind open (hopefully)...verbal but not verbose. or verboten.
more about my music life: www.jamescombs.com
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Who I Want to Meet:
vibrant, engaged, funny, ethical artist types...
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Testimonials and Comments for James
sense of humor. Really patient and forever
sympathetic. Lest I make him sound like a big
pushover mushball...he has a clarity and
organization to his thinking mind that is
astounding. Oh yeah, he sings like an angel. If
james will have me..he will be my friend forever.
Double forever if he starts eating hamburgers.
and an important artist. He is the Monet of pop.
And a visionary, as well. Also one of the smartest
people I know in Los Angeles. Always fun and
enlightening to hang out with! Get to know James.
Your life will be improved.
anything at anytime, or to talk about
anything, he is ON it. A true friend,
generous and thoughtful. also his wit
has produced many a chuckle through
the years (ask him to do his kennedy
accent...). his beautiful & soft yet not-
quite-sweet voice and amazing
songwriting skill and musicianship
have earned him the right to be a self
absorbed tyrant, yet he has kept that in
the cupboard and continued to be
humble and supportive to his friends,
old and new. and he's always saying
something intelligent. and he makes a
mean cup of tea.