post-apocalyptic mutant biker gangs, film, movies, halloween 365 days a year, ball and joint dolls, funeral dirge, horror, stop-motion animation, makeup, prehistoria, drive-in theaters, old run down theaters, current 93, entomology, osteology, implosions, nature, living in a cave, collecting baby teeth, my muse, smoking, ovals, mirrors with ornate frames, plum wine, giving birth to quartered rabbits, dada, didi, dodo, surrealism, albinos, early man, forests, collecting various parts of the body, totems, necropolis, non-greek or roman mythology, egyptians, cannibals, obsolete technologies, outdated medical practices and equipment, disease, coptics, mysticism, understanding the symbols that surround us, mutation, large vats of chemical solvents, tegaderm, distressed film, hairspray, playing dead!
please don't advertise to me.
a piling of rags producing squeaking white rats and a piece of parchment explaining the matter.
"who am i? i myself, my sister, or this obscure beetle?" {embarrassment.}
b-movie soundtracks, stripper grind, horror rock, apocalyptic folk, psych folk, ethereal goth and opera, shoegaze, bruitisme, garage, new age, 90's alternative and freestyle, 1950's and early 60's pop, surf, bluegrass, caliope, vaudeville, gutteral cries...
i narrowed down my old huge endless list to a clean top 20. in no particular order, and always subject to change:
.shadows
.titus
.videodrome
.the 5th element
.when angels fall
.delicatessen
.pull my daisy
.man bites dog
.weekend
.babe: pig in the city
.doom generation
.careful
.the 'burbs
.blue velvet
.the craven sluck
.the road warrior
.invasion of the body snatchers (1978 vers. preferred)
.uncle buck
.innauguration of the pleasure dome
.at land (deren)
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the twilight zone, in search of
american gods, the sandman series, the crying of lot 49, clan of the cave bear, a hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, haunted, geek love, histoire d'o, the great and secret show, the stranger, a choir of ill children, ender's game (series), THE MAXX, compilations of strange facts and stories, images by bergman, books on cinematography and design......
peggy bundy, diamanda galas, shaye saintjohn, baba yaga