random stuff about me, musical and beyond…(part I)
random stuff about me, musical and beyond…(part I)
first 45s i can remember owning:
Queen “Another One Bites the Dust”
Kool and the Gang “Celebration”
my worst vices…
coffee (trying to quit, have downgraded to decaf)
dark chocolate (hey, it’s high in anti-oxidants)
ice cream (my twin sis dubbed us “ice cream whores” as in we can be bought with ice cream)
crushes on stars…
Bert from Sesame Street (he was my first boyfriend, i had a life size doll my mom made me)
Johnny Depp (the sexiest man to ever live…are you reading this Johnny?)
my fave veggies…
broccoli
mushrooms
dark leafy greens
garlic
tomatoes
black beans
edamame
pretty much any veggie, i *love* veggies!
vegging out on the couch in front of a movie 
early pop song addictions…
“Borderline” by Madonna
“Never Surrender” by Corey Hart
fave fast food meals on tour…
Subway’s Veggie Patty sub
Wendy’s Spring Salad Mix with oriental sesame dressing (have eaten this for breakfast in a pinch down south where they haven’t heard of bagels yet..southern breakfast food is pretty limited for a vegetarian who hates eggs!)
fave TV shows…
Will & Grace
Friends
Sex & the City
(i know, i’m such a girl!)
fave morning rituals…
a walk in the park (4 miles, high gear)
cup of tea (trying to quit the coffee remember)
silence for as long as i can afford it (i’m a grouch in the am)
worst scar…
on my elbows from my 3rd and last time roller blading about 2 years ago…my feet went out from under me on a long downhill stretch…i fell flat on my ass, my head even hit the pavement but my elbows took the brunt of it and haven’t been the same since
fave childhood musical memories:
*dancing to MJ’s Thriller on vinyl with my mom and bro and sis after school
*laughing and playing to “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” by John Denver while dad made pancakes and eggs (yuck, i *still* hate eggs!) on sunday mornings…”well i got me ole fife and i got me ole fiddle, sun’s comin’ up i got cakes on the griddle, life ain’t nothin’ but a funny funny riddle, thank god i’m a country boy!”
*playing Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” over and over just to hear that baby cry in the middle
*the torment of listening to Joni Mitchell on repeat for the 5 hour drive from our house to my grandparent’s house at age 6…my ears were not quite ready for Joni yet and boy did i think my mom had bad taste in music! (and my dad too, i mean who were these guys who named their band after an ugly bug?)
*begging dad to get down his trombone and play for us! either that or at least get out his guitar and play “Yellow Submarine”
*sitting on the trunk of the car in the driveway with my bro and sis singing at the top of our lungs a song we made up designed to entice grammy to come visit us…i’ll never forget when she drove up later that day! magic or coincidence? (or maybe a little help from mom?)
fave films of last year…
Bowling for Columbine (they should show this in school)
Frida (i cried all 3 times i saw it)
Adaptation (i need to see this one again)
names of a few of my childhood pets(we had a *lot* ok?)…
first rabbit: Graybelt
second rabbit, french lop: King BunBun
first fish: Blackie
first cat: Smudge
first and last guinea pig: Henny Guinea
first horse: Lillie
second horse: Zephyr
fave family dog: Spanky
fave family cat: Phenomena
fave family chicken: Mr. Cluck (who was a hen mind you, and laid the eggs that my dad scrambled which i had to eat doused in ketchup, salt and pepper every sunday morning and still gagged over! have i mentioned i have an aversion to eggs?)
i hate not being able to have a 4 legged friend in NYC, i can’t wait to have a pet again one day!
where does that name come from…
“Kyler”…my great grandmother’s maiden name, it’s dutch
“Gypsy Rock Records” my so called record company…from the names of my mom’s two horses, Rocky and Gypsy
“Wooden Spoon Publishing” my so called publishing company…i used to use a wooden spoon as a make-shift microphone while performing for make-believe audiences from my perch on the hearth when i was small, or so i’m told!
some of my fave albums off the top of my head…
David Gray “White Ladder”
Joni Mitchell “Blue”, “Hejira” and many more
David Mead “Mine and Yours”
U2 “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”, “Achtung Baby”, “Joshua Tree”
Tori Amos “From the Choirgirl Hotel”
Coldplay “Parachutes”, “Rush of Blood to the Head”
Patty Griffin “Flaming Red”
Peter Gabriel “So”
Jonatha Brooke “10 Cent Wings”
Bleu “Redhead”
Sarah McLachlan “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”
Jeff Buckley “Grace”
Sheryl Crow “The Globe Sessions”
Pete Yorn “musicforthemorningafter”
Sting “Ten Summoners Tales”
least fave chores…
doing dishes
matching socks
going to the post office
cleaning out the bathtub drain
my typical hours…
wake up at 10am
go to bed at 2am
it’s past my bedtime…night night
ps if you have random questions about me or my music, email them to kylerengland@yahoo.com and i’ll answer them in part II