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Richard

But we're all scum, Johnny. We're all scum.

About Me

I almost never log in here anymore. If you want to get in touch, you can email me at rfranklin15 at yahoo.Ok?Ok.

My Interests

Movies, music, comic books, sleeping in, showering twice a day, worshipping PJ Harvey, Asian cinema, yakuza attack dogs, my dog, not cleaning my room, being at work and not working, logic and reason, offbeat humor, randomness, Malibu Rum, excessive violence, pushing the boundaries, LA Kings hockey, sarcasm, making your own decisions, making a difference, tact, Protect , spending money that I should be saving, discovering new music, alphabetizing my collections of things, contemporary Japanese fiction, good detective fiction, Newcastle, and I'll think of more later.

I'd like to meet:

See those people in my "Heroes" section? Them.

Music:

PJ Harvey, Tool, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Radiohead, Skinny Puppy, Dead Can Dance, Portishead, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Miranda Sex Garden, Foetus, Massive Attack, Swans, Aphex Twin, Bauhaus, Bjork, Dirty Three, Mono, John Zorn, Afrirampo, 65 Days Of Static, Cibo Matto, Merzbow, Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, and TONS of others.
I keep a list of the CDs I own at CD Tracker if you really want to see (almost) everything. You can also check out my Last FM Profile to see what I've been listening to recently.

Movies:

I have a DVDSpot , which I keep updated and has all of the DVDs I own on it, except for any bootlegs or "unofficial" DVDs.
My favorite movie of all time: The Killer
Runner-ups: Oldboy, A Clockwork Orange, Hero, Lady Vengeance, The Big Lebowski, Ichi The Killer, In The Mood For Love, Shaun Of The Dead, Hard Candy, Sword Of Doom, Lady Snowblood, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, Raise The Red Lantern, Infernal Affairs, A Tale Of Two Sisters, Audition, Super Troopers, Sin City, Dancer In The Dark, Outlaw Josey Wales, Harakiri, Trainspotting, etc.
My Favorite Director: Takashi Miike
Runner-ups: Chanwook Park, Stanley Kubrick, Wong Kar Wai, Shinya Tsukamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Darren Aronofsky, Edgar Wright, Zhang Yimou, Terry Gilliam, Masaki Kobayashi, Yasuzo Masumura, Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, Stephen Chow, etc.
Favorite Actor: Chow Yun Fat
Favorite Actress: Meiko Kaji, Maggie Cheung (tie)
Runner-ups: Tony Leung, Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, Young-ae Lee, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Nakadai, Eun-kyung Shin, Simon Pegg, Gong Li, Johnny Depp, Toshiro Mifune, Jennifer Connelly, Kang-ho Song, Sonny Chiba, Emily Watson, etc.

Television:

The Daily Show. The Colbert Report. South Park. Chappelle's Show.
I don't watch much TV.

Books:

Novels: Anything by Andrew Vachss, Greg Rucka, Dennis Lehane, Chuck Palahniuk, Hunter S Thompson, Joe R Lansdale, Kurt Vonnegut, John Kennedy Toole, Harry Crews, Irvine Welsh, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Koji Suzuki, Jim Thompson, etc.
Comics: Anything by Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Greg Rucka, Mike Carey, Dave Lapham, Grant Morrison, Brian Michael Bendis, Gail Simone, Drew Hayes, Ed Brubaker, Jhonen Vasquez, Peter Milligan, Mike Allred, etc.

Heroes:

Bill Hicks .

Andrew Vachss .

Chow Yun Fat .

PJ Harvey .

Jon Stewart .

Takashi Miike .

Tool.

Stephen Colbert.