vickytofcs

About Me

A girl. Plays keytar. Makes films. Likes music. My name is Victoria ... but I've been nicknamed Vicky-T by my dear friend Anna ... Vicky and then T as in Vicky Toria .. I don't have T as my middle initial or anything. Lots of people ask me about the nickname ... there's my explination.

My Interests

music, art, film, books.

Music

I remain open minded. who cares if a band gets big? who cares if I have some guilty pleasures ... I like what I like. Some are favorites, some are a bit embarrassing, some I hate to enjoy, some are incredible:..... Neutral Milk Hotel, The Shins, Bloc Party, Arcade Fire, Deerhoof, Phoenix, Willie Nelson, Novi Split (my ex: www.novisplit.com), Mates of State, xiu xiu, Pavement, Elbow, Modest Mouse, Material Issue, Robyn Hitchcock, Quasi, Rentals, Truck, Quix*O*Tic, "Hair" Soundtrack, Marianne Faithfull, Glen Campbell, Postal Service, t-rex, kraftwerk, Peter and Gordon, Bis, Prince, Pulp, The Futureheads, Eagles of Death Metal, Fawnhawk, The Honey Brothers, Tegan and Sara, Cold War Kids, Rapture, Wolf Parade, Palace Brothers, Mojave 3, Tahiti80, Architecture in Helsinki, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Zombies, Animals, Strokes, A Minor Forest, Cub, Air, Apples in Stereo, Fall Out Boy, Bedroom Walls, Serge Gainsbourg, Atom &, His Package, Badly Drawn Boy, Basement Jaxx, Belle and Sebastian, Lola Ray, The Smiths, Beulah, Billy Bragg, Billy Idol, Blur, Blonde Redhead, Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot, Boomtown Rats, Bob Dylan, Wire, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Stills, Tommy Stinson, Boogiedown Productions, Band of Horses, The Walkmen, Joe Jackson, LCD Sound System, THE C, Squeeze, Kings of Convenience, Bright Eyes, Built To Spill, The Clash, The Clean, Coldplay, The Cure, Dandy Warhols, Darkness, Dead Kennedys, Death Cab For Cutie, Multiple Cat, The Decembrists, Denali, Devics, Eels, Elastica, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Heavy Vegetable, Elvis Perkins, Exploding Hearts, The Rinse, Broken Social Scene, Camera Obsura, Noelle, The Faint, The Fall, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, Frogs, Giorgio Moroder, Grandaddy, Guided By Voices, Hefner, Helium, Honorary Title, Hot Hot Heat, Iggy Pop, Iron and Wine, Jets to Brazil/Jawbreaker, Joy Division/New Order, Justin Timberlake, The Kinks, Kool Keith, Le Tigre, Led Zepplin, Leonard Cohen, Les Savy Fav, The Libertines, Looper, Love, Magnetic Fields, Mirah, My Bloody Valentine, Nada Surf, Nick Drake, Jeff Magnum, Nico, Nina Simone, Oasis, The Sparks, Peaches, Phil Ochs, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Portishead, Ratatat, Raveonettes, Rilo Kiley, Rush, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, Simon and Garfunkel, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Spacehog, Stereolab, Sugar Cubes, Superdrag, Supergrass, Tears For Fears, That Dog, The Jesus &, Mary Chain, Tom Waits, Travis, Tricky, The Turtles, Ugly Cassanova, Unkle, Velvet Underground, Vincent Gallo, (old) Weezer, White Stripes, Wilco, Yo La Tengo ...... etc .... ha!.... sooo many more ....

Movies

Anything by Francois Truffaut

Television

The Mighty Boosh

Books

A Confederacy of Dunces, Anything written by Oscar Wilde, Roald Dahl, Herman Hesse, Graham Greene or Murakami, Perfume by Patrick Suskind, Anything by Marque De Sade ....