Music (progressive rock, ambient, first wave goth, industrial); Movies (Daikaiju, anime, speculative fiction, fantasy); Graphic Design
I'd like to meet:
Most of the people I'd want to meet I already have. Having said that, the following are people I wouldn't mind having an opportunity to thank for all the enjoyment their creativity has brought me over the years:
Harlan Ellison, Dan Simmons, Michael Moorcock, Stephen King, Robert Fripp, the members of Dream Theater, Fish, Mikael Akerfeldt, Thomas Gabriel Fischer and Martin Eric Ain of Celtic Frost, Christofer Johnsson and the members of Therion, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davison, Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Christopher Eccleston and/or David Tennant (all past TV Doctor Who Doctors)...
...and probably a million others I haven't thought of...
Music:
Yes, King Crimson, Opeth, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Dream Theater, Opeth, Metallica, Danzig, Iron Maiden, The Red Masque, Anglagard, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Marillion, Proto-Kaw, Kansas, Frank Zappa, Hawkwind, Rush, Porcupine Tree, Strawbs, Robert Fripp, Matthew Parmenter, discipline, echolyn, Spocks Beard, Happy the Man, Anekdoten, Mirthrandir, Camel, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Soft Machine, Magma, Guapo, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, the Mars Volta, Van der Graaf Generator, Steve Hackett, Peter Hammill, Emperor, Finntroll, Amon Amarth, Celtic Frost, My Dying Bride, Advent, Frogg Cafe, Johnny Cash
Movies:
Godzilla films (any era: Showa/Heisei/Millenium). Any Daikaiju film (Daimajin/Gamera/whatever). Anime: Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Vampire Hunter D, Ninja Scroll. Traditional fantasy films: Lord of the Rings as an example. Black and White cinema.
Television:
Doctor Who, Wire in the Blood, Torchwood
Books:
Stephen King's Dark Tower series, Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion, especially Elric, The Hollow Man, Children of the Night, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion, Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Summer of Night (all by Dan Simmons), Harlan Ellison, especially Strange Wine, Slippage, Angry Candy, The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled, Mefisto in Onyx, All the Lies That Are My Life
Heroes:
Roger K. Strair, MD, PhD...he was the doctor who handled my stem cell transplant as part of my cancer treatment in 2001, and is the man most responsible for my being alive. If that doesn't qualify as being a hero, I don't know what does. Oh, and the anonymous people who donated the blood I needed for transfusions during treatment.
