Mr. Squid. Incredibly strange films (except "The Mexican" -- I mean, what the f**k?). The Gimme Gimme Octopus squeaky hammer toy. All the old Robert Mitchum movies being released to DVD. Crazy movies from Asia. Crazy movies from Turkey. The Crazies. The Criterion Collection (what do you think of their new logo?) Helen Mirren appreciation. Dress-up Sundays. Debating the merits of hack/genius Dario Argento. The Betty Page standee in the porn room.
Whoever made the movie that gave Jack Valenti a stroke.
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Big Meat Hammer. Samuel James. The Pontiffs. Covered In Bees. Ennio Morricone. Nino Rota. Devo. Terence Blanchard. WMPG's Radio Junk Drawer, Get Hot or Go Home, Stuck in the 80'S, Aching Spirals of Black Vinyl, Stay Rude, and Overnight Roadtrip.
I like one free.
I like one free every single day.
I like Judge Joe Brown 'cause it comes in kinda OK if I get the antenna just so. But mostly I see TV by renting discs of great stuff like Sports Night, 24, The Wire, The Sopranos, Murder One, Boomtown, Greg the Bunny, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Wonder Falls, Home Movies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Peep Show, Twin Peaks, Roller Girls, Angel, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, My Name Is Earl, The Office, The Office, News Radio, Six Feet Under, Kids in the Hall, MST3K, C.S.I., Sealab, Tom Goes to the Mayor, The Simpsons, The Prisoner,Slings and Arrows, Stella, Reno 911, Freaks and Geeks, Slings & Arrows, SNL, SCTV...
Books are for people too timid to watch thousands upon thousands of movies to the exclusion of all other interests.
But I like the Rough Guide to cult cinema. And Pauline Kael's "For Keeps" is pretty much a necessity. Oh, and Danny Peary's "Cult Movies" series is something you should have. The Psychotronic Video Guide...I mean, that's just a given.
Oh, and all books that were made into movies. One time, some friends gave me the novelization of the pilot episode of the original 'Battlestar Galactica' and an audio tape of them reading the first chapter. Pretty much the best present ever...
John Sayles, Robert Altman
Albert Rosenfield- "While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and a hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and will gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject, absolutely, revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method, is love. I love you Sheriff Truman"