photography(joel peter witkin, diane arbus, chris anthony, man ray...as well as my own), various art by various artists(liz mcgrath, mark ryden, gustave courbet, mucha, maxfield parrish, edward gorey, jessica joslin, brom, niagara...i am currently in love with the work of scott radke.) he makes the most amazing marionettes.), ghosts, cats, steampunk, body modification, acting, pinball, painting, yoga, all things greek, gypsies, hinduism, presleyterian church of elvis the divine, standup comedy, vegetarianism, zombies, riding my bike, accordions, stockpiling random bits of junk which i am sure will, one day, be crucially important...i like the way deep bass sounds roll around in my head and tickle the insides of my belly...laughing, scowling, fire, vast expanses of water, traveling, outer space, inner space and various other bits and pieces...
rainy, pretty, ugly, shiny, rusty people
adam and the ants, richard hell and the voidoids, zoe keating, gogol bordello, the monkees, crash worship, big black, nurse with wound, diamanda galas, bright black morning light, joy division, tom waits, yann tiersen, extra action marching band, morphine, rasputina, the cramps, link wray, bad brains, johnny cash, crass, benny goodman, Buddy Holly, the stooges, sheep on drugs, the chromatics, swans, edith piaf, chemlab, the cranes, pigface, pale saints, the wedding present, mum, sigur ros, nancy sinatra, four tet, minor threat, kronos quartet, the cranes, flametrick subs, george gershwin, revolting cocks, the dead milkmen, duke ellington, nina simone, the misfits, joan jett, palace, sow, hellbent, social distortion, ministry, slowdive, glass candy, stereo total, liars, stereolab, nico, ms. john soda, elvis, coil, velvet underground, vincent gallo, carl perkins, filth, blatz, skinny puppy, death in june, b-52's, the ramones, waldteufel, goldfrapp, aphex twin, autechre, Matt Haimovitz...i could go on and on and on and on....
bob hope and bing crosby's road movies (hell, i adore all bob hope films. ), bleak house, secretary, 26 bathrooms, all zombie films, gormenghast, donnie darko, buffalo 66, evil dead (all three of 'em), cold mountain, gangs of new york, series 7, harold and maud, a patch of blue, requiem for a dream, harvey, streetcar named desire, giant, viva las vegas, suburbia (early 80's...not that piece of crap from the 90's), rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead, titus, boondock saints, romeo is bleeding, pretty in pink, breakfast at tiffany's, weird science, 28 days later, 16 candles, edward scissorhands, beetlejuice, rebel without a cause, baxter, man bites dog, the hudsucker proxy, delicatessen, cat on a hot tin roof, the hustler, flash gordon, bonnie and clyde, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, spun, faster pussycat kill kill, clash of the titans, sinbad and the eye of the tiger, welcome to the dollhouse, mystery train, cemetery man, battle angel, they live, dead alive, bad taste, i heart huckabees, bubba ho-tep, willard, back to the future (I,II & III), pecker, walk the line, arsenic and old lace, the lady eve, sin city, romper stomper, any adam ant movie(even the really really bad ones), autofocus...that's all i can think of for now...i would like to note that i despise the breakfast club...i'm sure this will result in a severe beating, but i really think it's crap...
the monkees, breaking bad, space ghost coast to coast, dead like me, the young ones, vicar of dibley, ghost hunters, kids in the hall, x-files
gormenghast, bleak house, devil in the white city, a confederacy of dunces, the journey is the destination, i feel sick, the odyssey, greek mythology and history, his dark materials (by phillip pullman), alice in wonderland, through the looking glass, e.e.cummings, sappho, jerry stahl, j.t.leroy, richard bach, tennesse williams, jean paul sartre, mark twain, hubert selby jr, frank herbert, angus oblong, shakespeare, dr. suess, crime and punishment...any dostoevsky for that matter, 100 years of solitude, daniel quinn, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead
bob hope, jimmy stewart, and my mom...three shining examples of how to live...