*I Me Mine*
Full (Real) Name: Melisa Laura Marti.
Nicknames: Lucy, Mel, Lisa, Melimelum, Sydie, Paramelisa, Mimi, Michi, Mechi and Star-Bloom.
Pseudonym / Alter Ego: Lucy Hari.
Birthdate and Birth Place: December 13th, 1983; Once, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Current Location: José C. Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Soul Mate / Romantic Obsession: Javier A. De Luca (Reivaj, The Poet). I love you, my soul!
School: Buenos Aires University (Literature) and the Julián Aguirre Music School.
Languages: Spanish, English and Latin. I'm learning French and German, too. And I can also read some Portuguese and Italian.
Hobbies: Playing guitar, enjoying and making Music, writing, reading, drawing, starting debates and loving The Poet.
Favourite Music Genres: Rock. Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Cosmic Rock, Progressive Rock, Acid Rock, Experimental Rock, Symphonic Rock, Glam Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Baroque Rock, Rock'n Roll, Blues Rock, Pop Rock, Grunge Rock, Punk Rock, Rock Nacional, Alternative Rock, To Be A Rock And Not To Roll (...) and Classical.
Favourite Band: The Beatles.
Other Bands/Solo Artists: Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, David Bowie, Gong, Sonic Youth, The Cure, The Kinks, Van der Graaf Generator, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Sweetwater, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Lou Reed, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, The Zombies, The Hollies, The Byrds, The Who, Country Joe & The Fish, Genesis, Syd Barrett, Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, Placebo, Bauhaus, Cream, The Creation, The Temptations, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The Neighb'rhood Childr'n, Buffalo Springfield, The Pretty Things, Gandalf, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Cramps, The Electric Prunes, The 13th Floor Elevators, Moby Grape, The Blues Magoos, Love, Eric Clapton, Brian Eno, Jethro Tull, Yes, Queen, The Roxy Music, Traveling Wilburys, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Donovan, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Santana, The Mamas & The Papas, Fleetwood Mac, Blind Melon, Wilco, Nirvana, Marillion, Sui Generis, Charly García, Os Mutantes, Amon Duul II, Le Orme, Harmonium, Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible, Vox Dei, Babasónicos...
Top 10 Beatles Songs: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Because, Strawberry Fields Forever, Here Comes the Sun, Girl, Across the Universe, For No One, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, A Day in the Life.
Favourite Albums: *Revolver* by The Beatles, *The Piper at the Gates of Dawn* by Pink Floyd, *In the Court of the Crimson King* by King Crimson, *The Velvet Underground & Nico*, *The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society*, *Led Zeppelin III*, *All Things Must Pass* by George Harrison, *Imagine* by John Lennon, *A Salty Dog* by Procol Harum, *Camembert Electrique* by Gong, *The Doors*, *Pearl* by Janis Joplin, *The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars* by David Bowie, *Jardím Eléctrico* by Os Mutantes, and *Pescado ~ 2* by Pescado Rabioso.
Favourite Classical Composers: Tchaikowsky, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Strawinsky (only sometimes).
Favourite Pieces of Classical Music: Tchaikowsky's "Swan Lake Ballet", Beethoven's 6th and 7th Symphonies and Moonlight Sonata, Mozart's Alla Turca and Magic Flute, Bach's Minuetto and Bardineiri and Cello Suite Nº1 in G Major, Strawinsky's "Le Sacre Du Printemps"...
Musical Instruments I Play: GUITAR, flute, keyboards and whatever I get and manage to learn.
Favourite Electric Guitar Model: A cherry red Gibson Les Paul Standard. But I love my wine red Epiphone Les Paul Standard (“Hari”) as well, of course!
Favourite Movies: The Lord Of The Rings, Help!, A Hard Day's Night, Forrest Gump, A Clockwork Orange, Velvet Goldmine, The Wall, Edward Scissorhands, Girl: Interrupted, Goodbye Lenin!, Labyrinth, Yellow Submarine, Fantasia, The Last Unicorn, The Exorcist, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, Carrie, The Silence of the Lambs, Back to the Future.
Favourite Actors/Actresses: Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon.
Favourite Lord of the Rings Characters: Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Gandalf, Sméagol/Gollum, Treebeard...
Favourite Cartoon: Homestar Runner!!!
Favourite TV Shows: The Simpsons, Cold Case.
Favourite Novels: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Rayuela by Julio Cortázar, La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende, Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Favourite Poems / Poems Collections: "America" by Allen Ginsberg, Poeta en Nueva York by Federico García Lorca, Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, "The Night of the Nymph" by Reivaj...
Favourite Authors: Julio Cortázar, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily & Charlotte Brontë, J. R. R. Tolkien, Reivaj, Allen Ginsberg, Federico García Lorca, Charles Baudelaire, Rubén Darío, Edgar Lee Masters, Ezra Pound, Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Oliverio Girondo, Alfonsina Storni, Alejandra Pizarnik, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, José Martí...
Favourite Philosopher / Art Theorists : Friedrich Nietzsche and Gilles Deleuze. Georg Lukács and Jan Mukarovský are alright as well. On the other hand, I hate Theodor Adorno and Michel Foucault. What a pathetic answer.
Favourite Artist: Salvador Dalí.
Favourite Comic: Mafalda, by Joaquín "Quino" Lavado.
Favourite Humorists: Les Luthiers and Alejandro Dolina.
Favourite Video/Computer Games: Maniac Mansion: The Day of the Tentacle, SimCity 4, The Sims and Jurassic Park: Chaos Island.
Favourite Food: Vegetarian pizza -I became a veggie five years ago-, fresh fruit and ice-cream.
Favourite Drink: Apple juice.
Favourite Fruit: Peaches, Strawberries and Apples.
Favourite Colours: Sky-blue, purple, green and black.
Favourite Animals: Tigers, dolphins, horses and cats.
Favourite Mythical Creature: Unicorn, Pegasus, Puff the Magic Dragon.
Favourite Flower: Jasmines.
Favourite Summer Outfit: Yellow shirt, bell-bottom jeans,bare feet.
Favourite Winter Outfit: Black turtleneck, corduroy trousers and flat velvet shoes, brown corduroy jacket.
Favourite Girl Names: Abril, Diana, Luna, Isis and Layla.
Favourite Boy Names: Franco, Dylan, Floyd, Lennon and Julio.
Favourite Seasons: The end of the Summer and the beginning of Spring.
Favourite Places: The Poet's arms. And chest.
Religion: Love.
Heroes: John Lennon because he lived life intensely and gave Peace a chance; and George Harrison because he fought against many shadows. And because they both did GREAT music and made my life way better.
Utopic future: I see myself writing poetry in a London park at daytime and playing guitar on a psychedelic rock band at night. Living in a dirty (but warm and beautiful) apartment with my beloved Poet. Or perhaps we will go back to nature and live in the countryside. Smiling constantly.
~*Lucy Hari*~