Name:Amy Potter

Birthdate/place: 07/04/68, Indianapolis, Indiana

Home: Atlanta, Georgia

Why you are reading this: I used to run Half Baked Records whose web page you are currently browsing.

My 9-5: Environmental Engineer

Hobbies or lack thereof: I'm either

1. watching TV
2. surfin da net on my computer at home
3. tending to my animals
4. listening to music or going to see bands play
5. playing with my best friend Carter (right, 2 years old).

Pets:

• Mali Uromastyx(Spiny Tailed Lizard) named Yuri (far right)

• tabby/calico mix named Ginger (right)


• albino chaco frog named Rose

First Album Bought: Def Leppard "Pyromania"

First Concert: Rick Springfield at the Atlanta Civic Center 1981

A few of my favorite things:

• Bands/Artists:
• Yo la Tengo

• Sebadoh
• Pavement

• Sonic Youth
• Squirrel Nut Zippers
• Bio Ritmo
• Shaking Ray Levis
• John Zorn
• Raymond Scott
• Nick Drake
• Camper Van Beethoven
• Neil Young
• Nirvana
• John Denver
• Herb Alpert


• Local Bands/Artists (Besides the bands on my label):
• Seely
• Gold Sparkle Band (RIP)
• Charlie Parker
• Macha
• Blacktop Rockets
• The Lost Continentals
• Bill Taft
• Rock-a-teens


• Album: BOB "Complex Organism Blues" (I know it's on my label, but it just rules!)


• Current Listen: A tape I made of Lou Barlow songs


• TV shows:
• Homicide:Life on the Streets
• Jeopardy
• Biography
• X-Files
• Simpsons
• Northern Exposure
• 90210
• Real World
• ER


• Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte


• Potent Potables:
• Honey Brown lager
• Blue Moon Raspberry Cream Ale
• Whisky Sour
• Manhattan
• Kahlua & Cream w/ Butterscotch Snapps
• Chambourd
• any box of wine


• Daily Ritual: Next to sleep, going to the Twin Towers snack bar before work for my el grande cup of coffee vs. my cup of Raspberry Zinger hot tea during the afternoon.


• Actor: Kevin Spacey


• Movies:
• Titanic
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
• ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
• The Shining
• Pulp Fiction
• Stars Wars
• Rear Window
• Gas Food Lodging
• Swimming with Sharks
• Shawshank Redemption
• Child's Play
• The Jerk
• Fargo


• Crushes:
• Rob Morrow (actor)
• Lou Barlow (Sebadoh)


• Dream Vacation: Trip to Egypt, complete with Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Great Pyramids & Sphinx, Valley of the Kings, Temple of Karnak, Luxor, & Nile cruise.


• Childhood Toys:
• Atari 2600
• Evel Knievel motorbike & action figure
• Sit n' Spin
• Kick & Go scooter
• Lite Brite
• Miniature McDonald's Restaurant

• the telephone
• the parking situation outside my apartment
• my recent lack of any type of motivation
• insomnia
• Creative Loafing Music Section
• the music business
• and of course, rainy days & mondays.