Gemma Gracewood
Film & TV Producer (Frontseat, Dead Letters, Flight of The Conchords: A Texan Odyssey), Ukulele player, DJ.
Telephone, microphone, ukulele, kitchen whiz, blusher brush.
A great story, well told.
The things that small people say.
People who start new things late in life.
The lads of Quarter Acre Pictures.
The other 11 members of the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra.
Being able to walk out my front door and either turn right and head straight into the ocean, or turn left into the thick of the arts scene.
Huge non-fiction tomes about the world going to hell in a hand-basket.
Chick flicks.
Dave Brubeck and Bill Evans and my Dad's collection of '60s jazz albums. David Kilgour's solo work. Early Dolly Parton. Coast FM. The brilliant podcasts that are on BillyBragg.com right now. Classic NPR shows like Car Talk and This American Life. Kim Hill when she's flirting with someone really, really clever. Americana on Radio Active.
www.frontseat.co.nz www.ukelele.co.nz www.myspace.com/wellingtoninternationalukuleleorchestra www.myspace.com/toomanyshejays And coming to the walls of Deluxe Caf e in August: "An Apron for Every Occasion"
I like the idea of match-making creative folk. Not in a romantic sense, but in the sense that two tastes may not yet have met and something beautiful might happen when they do. Wonder if there'd be a matchmaking agency in that? Otherwise, a dating agency for hooking up arty types with tradespeople.
