My interests mainly pertain to answering this generic query and impressing upon you that I have a diverse bunch of interests and hobbies, their inclusions bearing varying degrees of significance or accuracy, and which will best hide the fact that I got no life!
I have so many hangups, quirks and faults as a person that are so detrimental to building strong and lasting friendships with people that I don't kid myself anymore. Ideally, whatever, nothing's ideal so I guess we'll see. Most have come and gone. Some current ones I hope will stick around. For all the friends I've lost, I value their memory, each one for the unique life lessons but honestly, all the wisdom in the world doesn't do shit for the empty feeling in my stomach. I prefer the company of people who are compassionate, have something to offer, have a crazy or odd sense of humor, have a way with words, are creative, artsy and craftsy, and have a TON of money, I mean, just LOADED! I wish I could find people who were interested in my opinions, who wanted to hear what I've heard and hear, see what I've seen, someone who thinks my artwork is amusing, my quirks are tolerable, my faults are forgiveable.
Several: The Church, Coil, Cocteau Twins, Swans, Angels of Light, Ultravox, Magazine, Talk Talk, The The, Springhouse, Catherine Wheel, The Sound, For Against, Lowlife, Slowdive, Digital Dance, Danse Society, Blitz, Television, Wolfgang Press, SL&G, Death In June, Current 93, Joy Division, The Cure, Curve, Tear Garden, Chameleons, Peter Gabriel & Genesis [auto-cry], Modern English, OMD, Kate Bush, Patti Smith, Lene Lovich, Book of Love, Passage, Felt, Minny Pops, Tuxedomoon, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Go-Betweens, The Verlaines, The Chills, The Bats, Colin Newman, Pete Shelley, And Also The Trees, Wire, Robyn Hitchcock, Au Pairs, Einsturzende Neubauten, Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Artery, The Names, Comsat Angels, Wire Train, The Associates, In The Nursery, Nurse With Wound, New Model Army, Lush, Galaxie 500, A.R. Kane, Isidore, Jack Frost, Hex, Noctorum, Deep Forest, Future Sound of London, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Chapterhouse, Boo Radleys, Can, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, Depeche Mode, The Mission, Mission of Burma, Innocence Mission, Clan of Xymox, This Mortal Coil, Seekonk, Fields of the Nephilim, Sisters, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, March Violets, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Massive Attack, Add N to X, Throwing Muses, Merzbow, Masonna, Sonic Youth, Big Black, Jesus Lizard, Husker Du, Babes in Toyland, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Bailter Space, Gary Numan, Faust, Popul Vuh, Teardrop Explodes, Echo and the Bunnymen, Kitchens of Distinction, Helios Creed, Concrete Blonde, The Autumns, Scorn, Controlled Bleeding, Southern Death Cult, Theater of Hate, The Cranes, Malaria!, Buzzcocks, The Bollock Brothers, P.I.L., Gang of Four, Delta 5, The United States of America, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, A Certain Ratio, Durutti Column, Legendary Pink Dots, Guided By Voices, Ghost, Silkworm, Afghan Whigs, Skinny Puppy, Doubting Thomas, Download, Hilt, Killing Joke, The 3 o'clock, Martha and the Muffins, The Wipers, Alien Sex Fiends, Sex Gang Children, XTC, The Move, Sun Ra, Yello, Young Gods, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Shriekback, The Pop Group, Dream Academy, Colourhaus, Neu!, Prick, Icehouse, Easterhouse, The Alarm, Patrick Crowley, Bronski Beat, Suicide, Tiamat, Specimen, Skeletal Family, Mogwai, M83, Siouxsie, 13th Floor Elevators, Japan, Charlatans UK, The Saints, Yaz, Duran Duran, Kraftwerk, Klaus Nomi, Pulva, African Headcharge, Dub Syndicate, Black 47, David Byrne, John Frusciante, Kevin Hewich, Ladytron, New Age Steppers, The Stranglers, Loud Family, Game Theory, Der Plan, Port City Music, David Bowie, Sinead O'Connor, Adam Ant, U2, Shudder to Think, Martika, Crowded House, The Farm, Cock Robin, Ultra Vivid Scene, Tin Machine, Thrashing Doves, Beth Orton, The Residents, Remy Zero, Nashville Pussy, Reverend Horton Heat, my own music isn't too bad either...when I have time to work on it, which is rarely. ....
William Hurt, Peter Weller, Kurt Russell, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Erwin Leder, Gary Oldman, Ron Pearlman, Sigourney Weaver, Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer. Examples: One True Thing, Garp, In the Name of the Father, My Left Foot, The Fabulous Baker Boys, A Cry In the Dark, Patton, The Funeral, The English Patient, JFK, Nixon, Born on the 4th of July, La Femme Nikita, The Professional, Misery, The 5th Element, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Dead Poet's Society, In the Heat of the Night, Midnight Cowboy, True Romance, U-Turn, Patton, Imaginary Crimes, Schindler's List, Sophie's Choice, Gandhi, Soylent Green, Escape From New York, Tron, The Dead Zone, Bad Lieutenant, Smoke, Liam, The Innocent, The Witches of Eastwick, The Shining, Wolf, Coma, Android, The Duellists, The Dark Crystal, Wallstreet, Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension, Alien, Aliens, Aliens 3, Alien Resurrection, Dreamscape, The Fury, Dune, Altered States, The Deer Hunter, Midnight Express, Manhunter, Bride of Frankenstein, Das Boot...
I found Hell's Kitchen amusing. That's tough, man/woman/wombat. You try it and tell me it's easy. MythBusters is kind of interesting; then again, so am I. Mad Men and Sopranos are shows you can't go wrong with. I like Jeopardy, and stuff on Comedy Central but I could live without it, and mostly do. Discovery, wildlife stations are usually cool, The History Channel should be better than it is. Sex and the City is usually decent, unlike me, who iz a crude, rude, brooding dude.
I know who wrote the book of love. It was an idiot. It was a fool. A slobbering fool with a speech defect and a shaking hand, and he wrote my name next to yours, but it should have been David Byrne or somebody.
Those who have had the greatest impact on my life. It's easy to figure out who those people are. Some of them want nothing to do with me, can't stand me, think I'm scum, wish I would disappear for a very long time, maybe my very presence they find offensive, etc. This makes me very sad because I will always love them. My parents. Certain Red Rose drivers, who make a living bailing out fuckers like me every day. Lynda Carter, Manute Bol. Here's another for you: animal lovers and activists, particularly ones who take in abused or neglected animals and manage to make them feel loved and wanted. Those kinds of people should be ANYONE'S hero, really. Noble. Magnanimous. And my dog-friend Polly, because she's a courageous animal who has fought death and survived to tell the tale (in barks)