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Conor Ghilarducci

all I wanna do is watch Xanadu

My Interests

Music:

Simian Mobile Disco, Walter Mego, Daft Punk, Justice, MSTRKRFT, Sebastian, Uffie, Feadz, Busy P, CSS, The Presets, Schneider TM, Telefon Tel Aviv, Kiln, Christmas Baubles, Boom Bip, Matmos, The Soft Pink Truth, SAGAN, Peaches, Finesse and Runway, Cursor Minor, Pulseprogramming, M83, Apparat, Copy, Howard Hello, Charles Atlas, Nobody and the Mystic Chords of Memory, Sybarite, Boards of Canada, Scientific American, Bus, Psapp, Maps and Diagrams, KPT Michigan, Run_Return, Efterklang, Jimmy Edgar, Chok Rock, Adult., Les Georges Leningrad, The Prodigy, Peaches, Jackson and His Computer Band, Junior Boys, !!!, Tussle, The Alps, Imitation Electric Piano, Kings of Convenience, Vincent Gallo, Cat Power, ESG, Cluster, Bola , Bjork, Broadcast, Battles, Hella, Flossin, Numbers, Heaven 17, Prince, Talking Heads, Tracy + the Plastics, Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem, Pixeltan, Broker/Dealer, Autechre (Gescom), Pedro, Jaimie Lidell, Two Lone Swordsmen, Clark, Rechenzentrum, Stars of the Lid, Rothko, Fennesz, everything on Morr Music; Arovane, B. Fleischmann, Duo 505, ISAN, Phonem, Styrofoam, Limp, Populous, Guther, Opiate, Lali Puna, Guitar, Wechsel Garland, Ms. John Soda, Tied & Tickled Trio, The Go Find, Masha Qrella, Tarwater, Electric President, Couch, Audio Dregs, E*ROCK, 1999, Eastern Developments, Savath & Savalas, Plus Device, Slicker, Some Water and Sun, Dan Boadi and the African Internationals, Black Devil Disco Club, The Avalanches

Movies:

Danger:Diabolik, Videodrome, American Psycho, Fando & Lis, The Libertine (1970), Contempt, Band of Outsiders, Weekend, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Tarnation, The Machinist, Un Chien Andalou, L'Age D'Or, Blood of a Poet, The Orpheus Trilogy, Daisys, Discreet Charm of the Burguoise, That Obscure Object of Desire, Girl Shy, The American Astronaut, The Saddest Music in the World, The Sea that Thinks, Songs From the Second Floor, Mirror, The Sacrifice, Nostalgia, The Life Aquatic, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dancer in the Dark, Trouble Everyday, Nadja, THX 1138, Logan's Run, Barbarella, Apocalypse Now, Easy Rider, The Cell, The Center of the World, The Loss of Sexual Innocence, Morvern Callar, The Holy Mountain

Television:

stacks of them all tuned to 80's music videos.

Books:

with art and pictures and words innit.

Heroes:

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My Blog

Surrealist Mannifesto by Andre Breton

THE FIRST SURREALIST MANIFESTO BY ANDRE BRETON ............................................................ ............................................................ ......................We are stil...
Posted by Conor Ghilarducci on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

People Say You're Crazy, John, but I say you're the most incredible artist of our time

Before I quit my job at the art store I had the pleasure of meeting the man who will soon be recognized as the most important outsider artist of the Century. His name is John Cadigan and he's been st...
Posted by Conor Ghilarducci on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The delerium of murder . . . art imitates life and life imitates art

I recently saw a new documentary about David Lynch and talking about the inspiration for Lost Highway he just flat out says he was watching a lot of the OJ Simpson trial (who wasn't?) and got the idea...
Posted by Conor Ghilarducci on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST