the father, son & holy ghost, zombies, bass, synths, DVDs, film, FMV video games, a good cup of coffee, controversial/apocalyptic films, editing, digital zooms, my ever-growing CD collection, The Criterion Collection, Industrial/Techno, photography, Heartland Community Church, Sega CD, censorship, the MPAA, hugs, intimate friendships, rediscovering things from my youth, distortion, grainy films, MPEG video, Ebay, Absinthe, old school Tooth and Nail/Solid State Records, manipulation, my Macbook, audio commentaries, vegetarianism, hating sports, sarcasm
WIDESCREEN IS SIGNIFICANT, BUTTMONKEYS!
IF TIME WAS NO OBJECT: Adolf Hitler NOW: Trent Reznor, Mark Mothersbaugh, Richard Linklater.
Ace of Base
The Agony Scene
Alien Ant Farm
Aphex Twin
Arcade Fire
Ashby Furlough
Casey Bankord
Barenaked Ladies
Beanbag
Beck
Beethoven
Bikes Not Bombs
Blindside
Blood Brothers
David Bowie
The Bravery
Bright Eyes
Calla
Johnny Cash
The Centurions
The Chariot
Chevelle
Chokebore
Circle Takes the Square
The Clash
Coldplay
The Controver Sea
Converge
Crash Rickshaw
Crux
The Crystal Method
The Cure
Danielson Famile
Darkfield Illuminator
Dashboard Confessional
deftones
Demon Hunter
Devo
Discover America
DMX
Eels
Emery
The Faint
Far
Fatlip
The Felix Culpa
Filter
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
Frodus
Bryan Fry
Gang of Four
The Gerogerigegege
Gorillaz
He is Legend
Jimi Hendrix
Incubus
Inspector Owl
Interpol
Jay-Z
Jimmy Eat World
Joy Division
Kid Dakota
Matthew Koepsell
Linkin Park (really)
Living Sacrifice
John Mayer
mewithoutYou
Midwestern Death
Modal
Moby
Mute Math
Neutral Milk Hotel
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Ninety Pound Wuss
No Doubt
Norma Jean
Ozma
The Pixies
The Presidents of the United States of America
Project 86
Quiet Entertainer
Rammstein
Refused
Reggie and the Full Effect
The Rentals
Roadside Monument
Rodan
Ruins
Run DMC
Matt Sharp
Showbread
Sigur Ros
Skinny Puppy
Slint
The Smashing Pumpkins
Snapcase
Snow Patrol
Soul Coughing
Spitfire
Subseven
Switchfoot
Toadies
Training for Utopia
U2
Under Our Curtain of Fire
Unwed Sailor
Weezer
Wilco
Josh Wink
Xiu Xiu
Weird Al Yankovich
Zwan
and whatever Jacoby Young touches
NO METAL!
FILMS:
Kill Bill
Fight Club
A Scanner Darkly
License to Drive
Babel
Godmoney
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Best in Show
Children of Men
Napoleon Dynamite
Buffalo '66
Blade Runner
Happiness
Slacker
Garden State
Little Miss Sunshine
Silent Hill
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Natural Born Killers
Mortal Kombat
Brazil
The Elephant Man
Shopgirl
Half Nelson
Lost Highway
Mulholland Drive
Resident Evil
The Matrix
Akira
Rushmore
Max
The Royal Tennebaums
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Ring
One Hour Photo
The Saddest Music in the World
28 Days Later
Requiem for a Dream
Event Horizon
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Can't Hardly Wait
Stay
Spaceballs
Star Trek: Generations/First Contact
Battle Royale
Bad Taste
The Evil Dead
Night of the Living Dead/Dawn of the Dead/Day of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
Wayne's World
Good Burger
Blade
The Silence of the Lambs
Orange County
Batman
Saving Silverman
THX 1138 (the only good George Lucas movie)
Freaks (1932)
Japanese horror flicks
Metropolis (1927 Live Action, and 2001 Anime)
ACTORS: John Cusack, Jackie Chan, Jim Carrey, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Black, Kirstin Dunst, Cameron Diaz, Robert De Niro
DIRECTORS: Mark Romanek, Wes Anderson, Spike Jonze, Quentin Tarentino, Darren Aronofsky, Chris Cunningham, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul W.S. Anderson, George Romero, Danny Boyle, and Terry Gilliam.
The Simpsons
Clone High
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
South Park
Futurama
Stella
Garfield and Friends
Tom and Jerry
Cowboy Bebop
Spongebob
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Arrested Development
Da Ali G Show
Scrubs
The X-Files
The 1st season of Dark Angel
In Living Color
Star Trek: The Next Generation
House of Buggin (anyone remember that one?)
Conan
Mr. Show
Duckman
I Love the 80s/90s
BOOKS:
It's All Downhill from Here - Andrew Schwab
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Steven Chbosky
If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell
Touching from a Distance - Deborah Curtis
Anything by Chuck Pahlaniuk
The Message//Remix
COMICS:
Calvin and Hobbes
The Far Side
Fox Trot
Garfield
Zits
Jesuchrist, Andrew Schwab
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