Film, Books, Music, Design, Comedy, Culture, Politics, Etc.
I'd like to meet:
Oh damnit, whoever. If you're feeling ambitious, IM me: DJClayWMTS. Otherwise go piss up a rope.
Music:
Oh boy, here's another HUGE ass list of obscure bands that make me cool to all the other people who look at my myspace profile!!...Anotony and the Johnsons, ZAPP, Chromeo, Electric 6, Fiery Furnaces, Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, Old Crow Medicine Show, Hank Williams (fuck Bocephus!), Neko Case, 65DaysofStatic, Jack Dangers, Moog Cookbook, The Faint, Add N to X, I Am X (seriously they're not related), The Black Keys, Amon Tobin, Clem Snide, Frou Frou, Air, Daft Punk, Lovage, Scissor Sisters, Thievery Corporation, Los Amigos Invisibles, Calexico, Imaginary Baseball League, Plone, William Shatner ('Has Been'...though Tamborine Man is unintentional hilarity), some Bjork, Biz Markie, Beta Band, Prefuse 73, Damien Rice, Sufjan Stevens, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Medeski Martin & Wood, soul, obscure hip-hop and electro (of the NON dancefloor variety...bleh trance and house), sad bastard music, F-U-N-K, jaZzz, RJD2, DJ Shadow, Blockhead, The Shins, (Comedy stuff) Mitch Hedberg, Brian Regan, Louis Black, Eddie Izzard, David Sedaris (audiobooks, but still DAMN funny), (back to music) Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Old 97's, Kid Koala, Twilight Singers, Super Furry Animals, Jedi Mind Tricks, Blackalicious, Quannum, Junior Senior, UNKLE, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Dr Octagon, Deltron 3030, (insert Dan The Automator produced album of your choice here), Portishead, Iron & Wine, Muse, plus my fav. record label...Ninja Tune Records
Movies:
Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, A Very Long Engagement (good the first time, but so much better upon repeated viewings), Delicatessen (best sex scene EVER), Amelie, City of Lost Children, Waiting for Guffman, About Schmidt, Young Frankenstein,Old Boy (Korean film), City Lights (yes, Chaplin is still damned funny several decades later), Hero, Dr.Strangelove, Shaun of the Dead, American Nightmare (documentary), Pulp Fiction, Freaks, Japanese horror (The original Grudge is some scary shit), Terry Gilliam films, bad horror (old bad horror, not new bad horror), Donnie Darko, Adaptation, Spirited Away, Brotherhood of the Wolf, American Splendor, Ghost World, Finding Nemo, Triplettes of Belleville, Monsters Inc, Audition, Dawn of the Dead (remake), Cemetary Man, Kill Bill, Battle Royale, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, A Mighty Wind, the Lord Of The Rings films, etc.
Television:
MST3k, Strangers with Candy, Family Guy, The Critic, Futurama, Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Carnivale, Home Movies, The Brak Show, South Park, Upright Citizens Brigade, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Da Ali G Show, The Office
Books:
Lots of instruction books (oh who the hell am I kidding, NOBODY reads those damned things), FREAKONOMICS (holy hell that book rocks), All the President's Spin, The Daily Show presents America: The Book, Me Talk Pretty One Day (hell, ANYTHING Sedaris has written, though Barrel Fever can be pretty bleak humor), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Running with Scissors, Colors Insulting to Nature, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Repairman Jack books, Weaveworld, Abarat, Dark Tower series, Needful Things, IT, Take the Cannoli, Dry, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, The Onion, Nerve books, Lamb: The Gospel of Christ According to his Childhood Pal Bif, IT, Barrel Fever, Sarah Vowell, Steve Martin, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Confederacy of Dunces, etc.
Heroes:
What exactly constitutes a hero? Someone you like? Someone you respect? Someone you emulate? Someone you want to become? There's a huge range of what it means to have a hero. To me, when someone is your hero, you strive to become that person. From my perspective, I don't really have a lot of heroes. I like people and their work, but I think heroes is a little strong a word for what I feel. Too many people think if you like a person/celebrity/etc you have to like everything about them. I feel heroes come dangerously close to this. You just feel like you want to possess all their traits, I just can't see anyone who I want to do that with. Ummm....*falls backwards off soapbox* oww....my ass.
