books. politics. science. misanthropy. information.
lightning. dragons. grandfather clocks. the full moon. skeleton keys. books bound in human skin.
I'd like to meet:
"If you loved me, you'd all kill yourselves today."
On second thought, I'd really like to meet young Eric Idle. I've been watching a lot of Monty Python episodes lately, and he was totally hot. So, if you're a time-traveling Eric Idle, message me. Otherwise, kill yourself.
Music:
ho-ag, church of the red museum, hallelujah the hills, fleshies, federation x, frostiva, go evol shiki, the rancid yak butter tea party, the paper chase, tom waits, david bowie, bach, brainiac, lovage, pixies, rasputina, the beach boys, ex-girl, the clash, joy division, verdi, faith no more, sweetheart, the magnetic fields, phantods, gravy train!!!!, kopaz, the dresden dolls, queen, nick cave and the bad seeds, belle and sebastian, sigur ros, prince, flotation walls, devo, bis, dead moon, buzzcocks, blondie, my bloody valentine
Movies:
lord of the rings, ghostbusters, young frankenstein, donnie darko, casablanca, david lynch, stanley kubrick, labyrinth, spirited away, tim burton, neptune, wes anderson, city of lost children, the professional, bram stoker's dracula, apocalypse now, pirates of the caribbean, terry gilliam, ghost world, heathers, drop dead gorgeous, death to smoochy, clueless, harold and maude, mirrormask, march of the penguins, scent of a woman, secretary, suspiria
Television:
adult swim, the simpsons, my so-called life, the daily show, doctor who, monty python. (guilty pleasures: reruns of Law and Order)
Books:
lord of the rings, godel escher bach (+ all douglas hofstadter), neuromancer (+ all william gibson), sandman (+ all neil gaiman), transmetropolitan (+ all warren ellis, except not some of the superhero stuff), fear and loathing on the campaign trail '72 and everything else written by hunter s. thompson, cryptonomicon (+ the rest of neal stephenson), murakami haruki, his dark materials, darwin's dangerous idea (and all daniel c. dennett), the selfish gene (and all richard dawkins), harry potter, jorge luis borges, discworld, china mieville, love and rockets, gabriel garcia marquez, salman rushdie, jeff noon, jeff vandermeer, dune, dave mckean, cory doctorow, jonathan carroll, kelly link, roald dahl, harlan ellison, gormenghast, and so many more that this is actually a pointless exercise.
Heroes:
the founding fathers, darwin, einstein, godel, turing, feynman, jfk and rfk, dawkins, dennett, hofstadter, hunter s. thompson.
