Another blank space I can't leave without being filled in but hell if I can pinpoint these specifically....Ok here goes...ANYTHING and EVERYTHING movies; the process, the purity the enjyment of being in a dark room with a collection of people who are ready to be taken away for 90 minutes to 3 hours. Im a genre buff and a geek movie encyclopedia so be prepared for me to drop a reference or a quote at any moment. Making movies, watching movies, having sex with movies...um....er... Right now Im also digging my mornings writing before 7am, editing on FCP, the ever evolving debate over film vs. HD, my podcasts, a good game of bowling, a Double Double (animal style, no L T P) the hardest metal breakdowns, drifting (look it up), my PSP and RIDGE RACER, great comedy (both on TV/film and stand-up)...do I have to keep going? I'll fill in as time goes on...
..anyone who enjoys movies I like, music I love and can hold a conversation beyond "cool, man" (also if anyone can rock the "Six Degrees of [insert actor's name here]" with me is a friend for life). Oh and a red-headed albino midget with Tourettes...have i got a part for you!!!...and these two...
Faith No More, AC/DC, Deftones, 311, Tenacious D, Boy Hits Car, CKY, Static-X, Primus, Slipknot, Weezer, DevilDriver (Im bias), Beasties, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Zombi, Eminem, Ice T, Public Enemy, (old school) Metallica, gODHEAD, Slayer, At The Drive-In, Beck, DVDA, Killswitch Engage, Primus, White Zombie, Bleed The Sky, The Ramones, Big Wreck, Downer, NIN, Queen, N.E.R.D., Bleed The Sky, DJ Swamp, White Stripes, The Unband, System Of A Down, Strapping Young Lad, ANYTHING 80's...the list goes on...
FUCK ME where do I begin? OK off the top of my head and in no particular order...THE EXORCIST, DAWN OF THE DEAD ('79), SCHINDLER'S LIST, PULP FICTION/RESERVOIR DOGS/KILL BILL (Sorry but QT's films are one big story in my book), THE BLUES BROTHERS, LORD OF THE RINGS series, HEAVENLY CREATURES, VIDEODROME, BAD TASTE, DEAD ALIVE, MEET THE FEEBLES, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, JAWS, HEAT, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, CHICKEN RUN, THE INSIDER, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, AKIRA, CLOCKWORK ORANGE, FULL METAL JACKET, 2001 (think I like Kubrick?), GHOSTBUSTERS, THE BLOB ('88...hey, fuck off it rules), THE FIFTH ELEMENT, STAR WARS/EMPIRE/JEDI/SITH, SE7EN, ETERNAL SUNSHINE, GOODFELLAS, UNFORGIVEN, FEARLESS, ALIENS, POOTIE TANG (did that take you away from giving me shit about BLOB?), BATTLE ROYALE, AUDITION, AMIELE, BOOGIE NIGHTS, CRASH (Cronenberg),L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, TOXIC AVENGER, PRINCESS MONONOKE, DIE HARD, THE FRENCH CONNECTION, INDIANA JONES series, SUSPERIA, CREEPSHOW, AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, EVIL DEAD 1 & 2, TRAINSPOTTING, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, CANNICAL HOLOCAUST (How bout that as a double Feature?), TERROR FIRMER (bias again, guilty), THE INCREDIBLES,TALK RADIO, SHORT CUTS,THE LIMEY, THE BICYCLE THIEF, CITIZEN KANE, THE JERK, FIGHT CLUB, VERTIGO, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, CHOPPER, LETHAL WEAPON series (minus 3), ADAPTATION, TOY STORY, MAN BITES DOG, THE GOONIES, THE IRON GIANT, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, RAGING BULL, CLERKS, THE ROAD WARRIOR,THE WAY OF THE GUN, MOULIN ROUGE, THE BEYOND, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, MEAN STREETS, SAY ANYTHING, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, KEN PARK, KIDS, LEON...
Well, being a slave to my tivo, I guess I'll just start running down whats in the hard bastard... THE SOPRANOS, MXC, LOST, SOUTH PARK, FUSE, HEADBANGERS BALL, SIX FEET UNDER, ENTOROGUE [SIC], PARADISE HOTEL, AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL (fuck off), TALES FROM THE CRYPT, RESCUE ME, SPACED, THE SHIELD, IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PITTSBURGH, NIP/TUCK, THE SIMPSONS, OZ, PIMPS UP HO DOWN,CHAPPELLE'S SHOW, ADULT SWIM, FAMILY GUY, TWIN PEAKS, HOUSE OF COSBYS, MR. SHOW, TENACIOUS D...hmmm, fuck my ass what else...
Hello LA commute: No time for Books Dr. Jones, I get my literary fill with audiobooks so here is a list of the last books I "heard": The Shining By Stephen King, Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk, Confessions of a Video Vixen, Salem's Lot (Im on a King kick lately), Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenence by Robert Pirsig, Jaco: The Life & Times of the World's Greatest Bassist (Thanks P-nut), Kiss Me Like Im A Stranger by Gene Wilder, Life of Pi by Yann martel, The Memory of Running by Ron (The Man) Mclarty, All I Learned about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger by Lloyd (The Manner) Kaufman, There & back Again by Sean Astin, The Dark Tower series...
Michael Mann, Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi, Steven Spielberg, George Romero, John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino, Dario Argento, John Landis, Lucio Fulci, Luc Besson, Martin Scorcese, Lloyd Kaufman, Takashi Miike, John McTiernan, George Carlin, Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Marcos Siega, David Cronenberg,Tom Savini, Tim Burton, Dante Spinotti, Bill Murray, Theirry Aboghast, Mitch Hedberg, Fred Dekker, Shane Black, Pixar, Cameron Crowe, Rob Zombie, Thelma Schoonmaker, Robert Zemekis, Ross Robinson, Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Bayer, Mark Romanek, Keir McFarline, Pasqualle Buba, PT Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Mike Patton (sorry Mike), Stanley Kubrick, Angus Young, FDNY, Abe Vigoda...