music. art. food. tabasco sauce. urban decay. industrial structures. driving on lower wacker. the Bulls. the Bears. djing. being a part of www.meioticpromotions.com straight outta chi-town!
a 100 percenter.
my chicago influences: karl and ken meier - dave siska - zachary lubin - josh werner - israel vines. the many shades of techno. chicago jack house. jungle/drum n' bass. experimental pieces. pre '96 hip-hop. downtempo. jazz. depressing rock. reggae (mostly dub and dancehall). old soul and funk bits.
The original Star Wars trilogy (not the revised director's cut ones with all that added CGI and muppet shit). The Big Lebowski. Shawshank Redemption. American Beauty. Rear Window. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. anything Spike Lee has done. anything Wes Anderson has done. Trading Places. Cop Land. Heat. Mystery Train. The Princess Bride. True Romance. the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Basquiat. Office Space. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...the list goes on.
Simpsons. Family Guy. Rescue Me. anything on the Food Network, Discovery Channel, or History Channel.
my parents. jean-michel basquiat. mark rothko. jackson pollack. the McIlhenny family for creating Tabasco.