Pretty boys!! Gotta love 'em. That aside, much randomness stemming from Japan. I love ancient Heian era Japan, especially The Tale of Genji and other authors works from that time and the visually stimulating pop culture found today in Tokyo. Going with that live I live for h. Naoto clothing, especially h. Blood and Anarchy. I also love non-Japanese gothic fashion, especially by Lip Service. VOLKS dollfies and other BJDs. Anime. A given right here. Bishoujo/bishounen and occult stuff. Not going to bother listing it all right now. Prettyful and interesting artists such as J.W. Waterhouse, Yoshitaka Amano, Salvador Dali, Andy Goldsworthy, and lots of people. Lots and lots of people. Must not forget the strangeness that is H.R. Giger. Boots. Lots of fun, tall, clompy, buckly, platformy boots. Industrial clubs! Why can't I find any good clubs in Osaka?! WHY?!!
Delerium, but last I checked she was busy following her fishies...
My first and forever love!
HIDE - we love and miss you! You will never be forgotten!!Other JROCK such as Miyavi, Dir en Grey, Janne da Arc, Luna Sea, Kana, and a shitload more that I don't want to list. I'm lazy. Also, must not forget S.K.I.N. because that is one kick-ass band! Others? Tori Amos, oh, how I miss your pain. Where did you go?! My love of Tori has been replaced by the strange sock-loving EMILIE AUTUMN! Yum! Now if I can only get ahold of one of her plague rats I would be a happy girl. Also, I'm currently loving VNV Nation, Covenant, Suicide Commando, Blutengel, NamNamBulu, Ayria, Minerve, Hocico, And One, Les Anges De La Nuit, FLA, Angelspit, Tapping the Vein, The Birthday Massacre, Zeromancer, Project Pitchfork, Lamia, NIN, Tool, The Azoic, L'ame Immortelle, Funker Vogt, Stromkern, Amduscia, Diary of Dreams, collide, Cruxshadows, Assemblage 23, Mortiis, Mesh, Rhea's Obsession, Faith and the Muse, Nighwish, Bjork, Happy Rhodes, Delerium, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, yadda yadda yadda. All that jazz.... Currently, I've been loving the awesomeness that is net radio's Tormented Radio !!
Japanese films. Love ya' Takashi Miike (esp. the well-know Ichi the Killer and Audition). Anything GHIBLI also rocks my socks.Other favorites randomly include Pride & Prejudice (BBC and Keira), Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before XMAS, The Crow, Labyrinth, Legend, Hero, Braveheart, The Jacket, Run Lola Run, Amelie, Chocolat, Requiem for a Dream, Dark City, Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind, Big Fish, Benny & Joon, The Virgin Suicides, What Dreams May Come, Quills, American Beauty, Crash, etc.
Firefly is amazing! If you have not checked this short-lived but dearly loved show you must!
Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel trilogy right now is my favorite set! Can't wait to see what happens with Imriel... Also loves: Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z. Brite, Laurel K. Hamilton, Sharon Shinn, Anne Bishop, Patricia A. McKillip, Tanith Lee, L.J. Smith, Guy Gavriel Kay, Charles de Lint, George R. R. Martin, Anne Rice, etc. Some favorite "classic" authors include: Jane Austen, Baroness Orczy, Edgar Allen Poe, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Sylvia Plath, Murasaki Shikibu, etc. etc.