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Griffin

About Me

Be afraid of putting your clothes on. Fear the foreigners who are better than you. Remember some people are crazy and think glass is impenetrable. Think of all the words that describe smell.

My Interests

Trivialism, 80's Extreme Horror Films, Animal Rights, fake muscles, krautrock, atonal music, Psychic Night, Insect Imagery, kindness, german expressionism.

Music:

Mission of Burma, slint, Octant, Polvo, guided by voices, PJ Harvey, HIM (instrumental Chicago outfit), Three Mile Pilot, Don Caballero, The Black Heart Procession, the sea and cake, Mocket, pixies, The Breeders, THE VSS, tortoise, Joy Division, the amps, For Carnation, CHAVEZ, Rodan, Howlin' Wolf, a minor forest, godspeed you black emperor!, The Five Cents, The Jesus Lizard, Clikatat Ikatowi, unwound, Nirvana, June of 44, KARP, Mens Recovery Project, Neu!, built to spill, angel hair, FCS North, Kraftwerk, Neil Young, my morning jacket, Six Finger Satellite, Versus, Echo and the Bunnymen, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Barry Lyndon Soundtrack, Ennio Morricone, Angelo Badalamenti, Bernard Hermann, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Howard Shore, enon, Leonard Cohen, Dave Pajo, Jerry Goldsmith, Brainiac, The Birthday Party, Satisfact, godheadSilo, POPOL VUH...Currently listening to: merry christmas mr. lawrence, mission of burma, slint, unwound, six finger satellite

Movies:

Cronenberg, Herzog, Lynch, Gilliam, Kubrick... Nosferatu: eine Symphonie des Grauens, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, M, King Kong, Double Indemnity, Johnny Guitar, The Killing, Horror of Dracula, Point Blank, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes, The Passenger, Badlands, Mean Streets, Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dog Day Afternoon, Shivers, Life of Brian, Stroszek, 3 Women, The Brood, Eraserhead, Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, Time Bandits, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The King of Comedy, Blood Simple., Paris, Texas, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Return of the Living Dead, Return to Oz, The Fly (1986), FAMILY DOG (1987), Dead Ringers, Spoorloos, Naked Lunch, Mystery Train, Barton Fink, Reservoir Dogs, Lektionen in Finsternis, Naked, Ed Wood, Babe, Casino, Exotica, Crash (1996; The only one that matters), Secrets & Lies, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, The Cable Guy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Mulholland Dr., Far From Heaven, Spirited Away, The Fog of War, Keane, Grizzly Man, A History of Violence, King Kong, Sånger från andra våningen, Barry Lyndon, 12 Monkeys...

Television:

Get a Life, Kids in the Hall, Mr. Show, Futurama, L.A. Clippers (against my better judgement), Ren & Stimpy (only first couple seasons), The Edge, History Channel, Roseanne, Forensic Files, Animal Planet, The Simpsons, Win Ben Stein's Money, Myth Busters, Newsradio...

Books:

Crash by JG Ballard, Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.Currently Reading: The Autobiography of Malcolm XLast Read: The Dead Zone by Stephen King

Heroes:

Robert A. Silverman, Mercedes McCambridge, Florian Fricke, Terry Gilliam, Bill Hicks, Holly Hunter, Luis Buñuel, John Robbins, JG Ballard, Roy Andersson, Dave Pajo, Peter Lorre, Christopher Walken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Howard Shore, Ennio Morricone, Angelo Badalamenti, Peter Suschitzky, Vincent D'Onofrio, Oscar Robertson, David Cronenberg, Babe the pig, Kim Deal, George Orwell, Max Ernst, David Lynch, Werner Herzog, Ralph Steadman... (the dots go on,,,,,