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Lester Darké

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World!

About Me

I'm Lester I'm 19 I like Art, I like Music, I like Reading, I like Drinking. I find it hard to say things simply. I hope that I am polite, and I try to live an honest life. I try to Care. I'm loyal to those I love. I'm Vegetarian, I believe that it is morally right. I probably live a bit too much of an indulgent life. I'm often shy and awkward, but I'm getting better at this hole communication thing.
Just finished college, I've fucked up a lot of it, even though I like to think I'm Smart. I've just entered Full-time work, and am sitting back to get everything in perspective. I want to be an Illutrator, so I intend to start working on a portfolio whilst doing this. I may return to education later in order to get back on track to achieving this. But for now I need a break, so as to have a good think. I've never really known what I want from life.
I have a hopelessly romantic and analytical yet often cynical view of the world. If I happen to start ranting about stuff just give me a slap and put me in my place. That usually works best.
I make careless typing errors which I can never be bothered to correct. However I now have a spell checker for Firefox, so maybe that will make me correct more often.

My Interests

Car rides to nowhere at night listening to the Nekromantix, and 16 Horsepower!
Beauty. Friends. Music.
Making pictures:

ART: If you make or see any good Pictures, show them to me, I'll probably be intrested.
SURREALISM-DADA-GRAPHICS
ILLUSTRATION-GRAFFITI-TATTOO
ABSTRACT-EXPRESSONIST

-Clive Barker
-Banksy
-Jacob Bannon
-Salvdior Dali
-H.R. Giger
-Derek Hess
-Dave McKean
- Katherine Katz
I hate most Pop Art, but respect it for the influence its had, mainly in developing techinques (i.e. Screen printing). I particuarly hate Andy Warhol, because hes a pretentious Prick, who filmed the empire state building for 8 hours, calling the raw footage "ART".

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people, who will really get to know me, and who are nice, friendly, and actually care.
People with plugs in their pints.
People who have positively influenced me.

Music:


I'm in a few bands, we'll see what comes of them.
I'm looking to join new bands
My Weekly Chart:

SKRAMZ-GRIND-POSTROCK-HARDCORE
[I TRY TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND THOUGH]
-16 Horsepower
-American Nightmare
-Attack! Vipers!
-Bane
-Battle of Mice
-Block party
-Blur
-The Chronicles of Adam West [RIP]
-Converge
-The Draft
-Explosions in the Sky
-Grails
-Head Wound City
-Isis
-Kate Bush
-Liu Kang
-Mono
-Orchid
-The Pax Cecilia
-Pig Destroyer
-Planes Mistaken For Stars
-The Pluto
-Red Sparowes
-Sigur Rós
-Swing Kids
-Thursday
-These Arms Are Snakes
-Tower of Rome

Movies:

THOUGHTFULL-PROVOCATIVE-CULT
FORIEGN-ARTSY-CONTRAVERSIAL
-BEAUTIFUL-

28 Days Later,
Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes),
Amélie,
A Scanner Darkly,
Being John Malkovich,
Brick,
Crash [1996],
Donnie Darko,
The Edukators,
Eraserhead,
Fight Club,
One Hour Photo,
Pan's Labyrinth,
Renaissance,
Scanners,
Sin City,
Spirited Away,
The Big Lebowski,
The Last Supper,
The Blair Witch Project,
Urotsukidoji,
Memento,
Mullholland Drive
Zatoichi.

Television:


BBC2
Channel 4
Film 4

Batman
Bucky O'Hare
Heroes
Murder She Wrote
Scrubs
Spider Man
South Park
Star Trek
-ST:TNG
-DS9
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Thundercats
Transformers
Quantum Leap
X-Men

Books:

SCIENCEFICTION.URBANFANTASY
PHILOSOPHY.HORROR
SURREAL.DRUGS

DUNE Sequence - Frank Herbert
The Scavanger Tilogy - K.J. Parker
Carrie - Steven King
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Gloriana - Micheal Moorcock
The Great and Secret Show - Clive Barker
Sacrament - Clive Barker
Gallile - Clive Barker
Coin Locker Babies - Ryu Murakami
Akira (graphic novels) - Katsuhiro Otomo
Timequake - Kurt Vonnegut
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Phillip K. Dick
Rediscovery of Man - Cordwainer Smith
The Etched City - K.J. Bishop
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe

Heroes:

I don't have heroes as such, I just admire people who have done things I would like to do. Having heroes I find is the same as idolisation, and I think no man should idolise another.
However, I have great respect for the following.... Anybody who makes truly beautiful and meaningfull music. and anyone who writes stunning books. Artists and Intellects. My sisters have been a big influence on my life, as they have looked after me, and would do anything for me. My sister Naomi is an inspiration to me as an artist, and I wish I had more of the talent she has. Tony Ward coz he's an ecentric philosophising legend!