Music, Art and Film of all kinds. My family and friends. My dog Mortiis, he's evil! And, well photography.
Kindred spirits. Emperor, form the 2007 Reunion tour. Ihsahn Notodden, Norway 2008. Behemoth, hanging in front of the Flat Iron Building. Behemoth portraits, 2007. Scott "Wino" Weinrich, St. Vitus, The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan and The Hidden Hand. The Hidden Hand live in Greenpoint Brooklyn, Feb 23 2007. Jesu first show in the US at NYC Irving Plaza 3-15-07 In Flames June 2006 Decibel cover shoot. I almost lit my bedroom on fire. Seriously, that’s my friend John back there with a big flaming torch. Man, I am listening to Alice Cooper right now, "Steven" Holy Fucking Shit, amazing! Slash and Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom. Municipal Waste, Hazardous Mutation promo shoot. The Sword Age of Winter & Hate Eternal King Of All Kings press photos. HellHammer/Celtic Frost's Tom Gabriel Fischer. NYC Jan. 2007 Slayer's Kerry King NYC Feb 2007. Slayer Live 2006. Zakk Wylde NYC May 2005 Portrait of Mike Hill, Block Box Recordings, Versoma and Anodyne. High on Fire Blessed Black Wings Press Photo. High On Fire live at the Irving Plaza NYC 2006. David Silver/Hubbard Combo. Anton Kern Gallery Melvins 12" show 2003. Geezer Butler from Black fucking Sabbath. Priest Reunion, a Hubbard/Bernstein combo. Sunn0))) Live at the Knitting Factory NYC. Panthers Press photos 2007
So much to name. Lots and lots of metal, it's my wonderland and I will never have to grow up there. Rock, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Noise, pretty much anything as long as it speaks to me. Mastodon, Slayer, anything Wino has ever done pretty much rules. The Melvins, NEUROSIS, ISIS, Godflesh, Jesu and Big Business. The Entire catalogue of early Earache Records catalog from 1982-1996 (Napalm Death, Carcass, Cathedral, Scorn, OLD, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Terrorizer, ext) Pretty much everything Prince has ever done rules, even the bad stuff is great next to any modern pop trends. Miles Davis, Coltrane. Crowbar (Kirk is a fucking riff machine), Eyehategod, COC and Down. Priest, Sabbath, Maiden, Alice Cooper, Diamond Head, Angel Witch, all sorts of NWOBHM. DIO rules, especially with Sabbath. Jesus Lizard, Grand Funk, Clutch. Sunn0))), Goatsnake, Burning Witch, Boris, Electric Wizard, Sleep, High on Fire, OM, Cathedral all sorts of stoner goodness. Death, Grave, Dissection, all the great early Swedish Death Metal. Celtic Frost/Hellhammer, Dark Throne, Deathspell Omega, Gorgoroth, Leviathan, Nachtmystium a whole world of Black Metal. AC/DC, you know there is way too much to list. Judas Fucking Priest 2008. The Metal God himself and an photo advertisement for Glenn Danzig's Scotch. ABBATH and DEMONEZ from the Mighty Immortal, NYC 2007. Nachtmystium, Assassins promo photos 2008. Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom, Helsinki, Finland 2008. Marten Hagstrom and Fredrik Thordendal from Meshuggah, 2008... Baroness live in Brooklyn, NY 2007. Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein from Down. Mastodon live at London's Hammersmith Apollo, March 2005.Mastodon in the studio with Matt Bayles recording Blood Mountain. Seattle, WA March - April 2007. Hubbard/Bermstein part Duex. Lamb of God Live at Roseland NYC March 22nd 2007. Lamb Of God Ashes of the Wake record release show. NYC Irving Plaza, Aug 2004. And a strip of random live & portrait images from 2006. Blake Judd (AKA Azentrius) and Nachtmystium 2007. 1349 & Nachtmystium live in NYC on April 1st 2007.
Everything by David Cronenberg, especially Dead Ringers. Almost everything by David Lynch. The Lost Boys, Michael Haneke's movies are completely out of control. Takashi Miike, John Carpenter, All sorts of Documentaries and Spaceballs.
Curb, Six Feet Under, and of course the almighty Simpson’s. I am also addicted to VH1 Classics; they actually play music videos, holy shit!
The Dirt, Blood Meridian and a whole shit load of picture books. The Dillinger Escape Plan, Miss Machine press photo. Jacob Bannon of Converge ,Columbus Ohio 2002 and Aaron Turner Mike Gallagher of ISIS, Bowery Ballroom, NYC 2005. ISIS 10th Anniversary show NYC 2007. Torche live at NYC Irving Plaza 3-15-07
My folks pretty much rule, not too much can compare. Satyricon Live at BB Kings NYC 2005. Michael Akerfeldt from Opeth & Joe Preston from Thrones, High On Fire, The Whip, Sunn0))) and The Melvins. Pig Destroyer, Terrifyer press shot. 2005. Oxbow live in NYC 2007. Cryptopsy The Unspoken King press photos. Brian Posehn and Castle fucking Greyskull! Clutch live at Irving Plaza March 20th 2007. Matt Pike from Sleep and High On Fire 2008.