music, art, almost anything with wheels, expanding my "inner circle" of friends, girls in catsuits, fishnets, latex, etc., finding my special purpose, the loving of skulls and bones, slinging paint, pushing ink, hating on pretentiousness, collecting pop-culture figures and old-school skate decks, trying to keep my brain from fighting itself, pool skatin', MX-FMX, watching spectacles, i love to laugh dammit!
People who have some things in common with me....or not, also, Evel Knievel, Wayne Coyne, Pushead, Tony Alva, Phil Lynott (R.I.P.), GG Allin (not resting in peace), Tony Montana, Lemmy, Willie and Waylon (R.I.P.), Guitar Wolf, Seth Enslow, Moebius, HR Giger, the Metz, Greg Dulli, Willy Wonka, Jeff Koons, Burt Renolyds and Jerry Reed
The Cramps, Black Sabbath,Tom Waits, Thin Lizzy, Jane’s Addiction, the Cult, Mogwai, Hank3, Cheap Trick, Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers, (early) Mercury Rev, Misfits, Samhain, Social Distortion, Balzac, Stereolab, Pixies, Johnny Cash, Fields of the Nephilim, Bowie, Ministry, Iggy Pop, Kiss (74-78), Pigface (Gub, Fook), Motorhead, Marty Robbins, Urge Overkill, Nash Kato, the Flaming Lips, Rocket from the Crypt, Skinny Puppy (early), the Louvin Brothers, Godflesh, Beck, Bauhaus, the Melvins (Houdini), Junior Brown, Fleetwood Mac (70’s), Red Red Meat, Waylon and Willie, Ramones, Nirvana (bleach), Butthole Surfers (Locust Abortion Technician), the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Kate Bush (Hounds of Love), the first four Van Halen records, Reverend Horton Heat, Parliament, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Ween, Devo, Pink Floyd (70’s), early AC/DC, Curtis Mayfield, the Impressions, Repo Man soundtrack, Bad Brains, Fugazi (first record), Black Oak Arkansas, James Brown, Hendrix, Soundgarden, the 1st Boston record, the Clash, early Prince, Rolling Stones (70’s), R. L. Burnside, Fu Manchu, early Dinosaur Jr., Man or Astroman, Steely Dan (some), White Zombie, early Billy Squire, Metallica (83-87), Zep, HIM, early Judas Priest, BAD, Loppybogymi, Supersuckers, Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, the Jackson Five, Kraftwerk, Aerosmith (70’s), 13th Floor Elevators, Matthew Sweet, Alice Cooper (70’s), Roy Orbison, Bee Gees, Leonard Cohen, Hasil Adkins
White Lightning, Drugstore Cowboy, This Is Spinal Tap, Scarface, a Clockwork Orange, Dogtown & The Z Boys, Tom Waits-Big Time, Taxi Driver, Phantom of the Paradise, Seven, Deliverance, the Fearless Vampire Killers, Up In Smoke, Hated,The Blair Witch Project, Audition, Kill Bill I & II, 1991-The Year Punk Broke, the Nightmare Before Christmas, Seth-the Hard Way, Boogie Nights, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Driver 23, Ghost World, High Plains Drifter, Bullit, Love and a 45, Alien, Man Bites Dog, Duel, Kalifornia, The Wall, Requiem For A Dream, The Bad Seed, The Exorcist, The Omen, Walking Tall (the 1st one), American Psycho, Sling Blade, Goodfellas, the Dancing Outlaw, Casino, Rush, the King of Comedy, Evel Knievel (the 1st one w/George Hamilton), Caddyshack, the Shining, Cool Hand Luke, Future Primitive, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars-motion picture, Barton Fink, Decline of Western Civilization 1 & 2, Desperado, Blade Runner, the Hitcher, Wild at Heart, Apocalypse Now, Saturday Night Fever, Death Wish, Rebel without a Cause, Mission to Mars, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Mule Skinner Blues, Smokey and the Bandit, the Hunger, Bonnie and Clyde, Punch Drunk Love, 2001-A Space Odessy, The Godfater I & II, Excaliber, the Abominable Dr. Phibes, the Outsiders, Carlito’s Way, Communion, Signs, Car Wash, the Wizard of Oz (with the sound off and a CD playin), Sin City
I'm not ashamed of my TV heritage: Twin Peaks, Josey and the Pussy Cats (cartoon), the Young Ones, Miami Vice, H.R. PuffnStuff, Fat Albert (cartoon), Dukes of Hazzard, FLCL, Don Kirschner’s Concert, Waltons!, I dream of Jeannie, Andy Griffith, Chappelle Show, Night Flight, Night Gallery, Aeon Flux, Speed Racer, the Wild Wild West, Rockford Files, MXC, MX Freestyle and Racing, Reno 911, Carpocalypse, Hee Haw!, Adult Swim
Illusions-the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Disposible-a history of skateboard art, Bettie Page-the life of a pin up legend, the Art of Rock, the Art of Modern Rock, Loser, the Bible, HR Giger’s Necronomicon I & II, the Great American Pin Up. All kinds of Art books but mostly rock biographies-i like to be able to pick up a book and start anywhere or end anywhere.
People that go BIG! Phil Lynott, Tony Alva, Seth Enslow - Ryan Capes, Evel Knievel, Dali, Pushead, David Bowie, Egon Schiele, Wayne Coyne, Johnny Cash, the guy who drew "The Smiley Face", Chuck Zito, the King, Jeff Koons, Gustav Klimt, Warhol, Kent Williams, Nagel, Gil Elvgren, Robert McGinnis, Big Daddy Roth, Aubrey Beardsley, Von Dutch, the man with no name, Floyd the Barber, my beautiful wife Wendi and mother for saving my life.