The Chaos Theory, Sonic cherry limeade, science fiction, nightlife, music, tornados, sharks, dystopian literature and film (involving seemingly inhuman demagogues), parapsychology and metaphysics, dreaming lucidly, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations, behavioral science, M.P.D., psycopathy vs. psychosis, The U.K. (especially Oxford, Brighton, Edinburgh, and London), androids, A.I., analog and digital synthesis, backstories to masterpieces (i.e., The Magician's Nephew to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, as well as the Star Wars prequels to the trilogy), snakes, Ben & Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, The Sith, indie gay boys, the WILHELM scream, fashion, skylines, Europe, Stoli, simply gorgeous girls, Baroque / Rococo / Neoclassic (art, architecture, fashion, and thought), sturm und drang, movies, reading, CNN, NPR, sketching, interior design, English literature (particularly the Enlightenment, Romantic, Realist, and Victorian periods - 1750-1900), History (French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Imperialism, WWI and WWII), travel/jet setting, early '60s mod, early '80s new wave, the New Romantic movement, expensive jeans, studio54 (circa 1979), The Rumrunner (circa 1980), The Blitz (circa 1980), The Limelight (circa 1988), ambiguous sexuality, Senator / Chancellor / Emperor Cos Palpatine (Darth Sidious), The Borg, Her Imperial Magesty Jadis, androgeny, hair, Stuart Sutcliffe, Astrid Kirchherr, Twiggy, Andy Warhol & Edie Sedgwick, Nick Rhodes, Patrick Nagel, Steve Strange, Wikipedia, IMDb, Paper, Wallpaper*, *surface, Nylon, Mojitos, DIRTY vodka martinis, Bloody Marys, Mimosas, Bellinis, Sunday brunch, spooning
AO
I'm misanthropic.
.:indie | electro | new rave | new wave | new romantic | synth | mod | britrock | psychedelic | industrial | trip hop | downtempo | lounge | soul | deep house | jungle - drum 'n bass | punk | classic rock | French pop | jazz | baroque | classical:.
As of May 2008, the following never leave my iPod playlists:
Foals
Hercules and Love Affair
The Whip
Shy Child
Black Kids
Walter Meego
Calvin Harris
The Ting Tings
Klaxons
Riot in Belgium
Yelle
Chromeo
Mew Young Pony Club
Friendly Fires
Justice
Broken English, Shortbus, Factory Girl, Running with Scissors, V for Vendetta, The Last King of Scotland, The Kite Runner, Harold and Maude, Finding Neverland, Elizabeth, A.I., The Black Stallion, Contact, The Motorcycle Diaries, John Hughes films from the '80s (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, you know the drill), The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Shining, The Beach, Sybil, Blade Runner, Garden State, Backbeat, The Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz, Mommie Dearest, Party Girl, The House of Yes, Star Wars (all of them-- I'm obsessed), Get Real, Edge of Seventeen, Gia, Waking the Dead, Jawbreaker, Mean Girls, The Sweetest Thing, Superstar, 200 Cigarettes, Jaws, Jaws III (3-D), Poltergeist, Poltergeist II (NOT III), Star Trek: First Contact, Batman, Batman Returns, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sliding Doors, Misery, Interview with the Vampire, Josie and the Pussycats, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1979 animated version, NOT the Disney piece of shite), Jurassic Park, Heathers, Wet Hot American Summer, Christopher Guest films (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, etc.), Before Sunrise, Before Sunset (which made me bawl like a baby).
AbFab, Modern Marvels, Project Runway, Lost, Dallas, V, Campus Ladies, SNL, Cash Cab, Family Guy
The Stranger, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Pride and Prejudice, The Chronicles of Narnia, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Vampire Lestat, The Princess of Cleves, Vanity Fair, The Tommyknockers, Misery, The Hipster Handbook (if you've never read it, drop everything and get to your local bookstore. It's funny as shit). I generally enjoy anything by Jane Austen, Gustave Flaubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Oscar Wilde, William Makepeace Thackery, Anton Chekov, Albert Camus, Henry James, Madame de Lafayette, etc. (clearly, I'm into period literature).
Dystopian fiction writers.