My name's Derek. I enjoy writing, reading, billiards, chess, classical and electronic music, and other stuff.
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"The Best Cigarette" by Billy Collins.
The Grim Reaper- considering all those on my heroes list are dead.
Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner, The Talking Heads, Devo, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Autechre, Kraftwerk, New Order, The Cure, Underworld, The Velvet Underground, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, The Smiths:
Donnie Darko, American Psycho, 24 Hour Party People, Nosferatu, The Graduate, Risky Business, Weird Science, Apocalypse Now, Waiting for Trains, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Silence of the Lambs, Rebel Without A Cause, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Wonder Boys, Das Boot, Trainspotting, The Professional, La Femme Nikita(French version), A Clockwork Orange, Rumble Fish, The Hustler, The Color of Money, The Rules of Attraction, Singles, Metropolis, Lost in Translation:
Project Runway, The Speed Channel, VH1 Classic: The Alternative, How It's Made
Easton Ellis: American Psycho, The Rules of Attraction, Less Than Zero, Glamorama, The Informers, Lunar Park. McInerney: Bright Lights Big City, Model Behavior, The Good Life, Story of My Life. Exley: A Fan's Notes, Last Notes From Home. Melville: Moby Dick. Burgess: a clockwork orange. Chabon: Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonderboys. Hemingway: Farewell to Arms. Dr. HST: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Rum Diary. Frank O'Hara: Lunch Poems
James Dean, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Willie Mosconi, Dr. Ing Fitzgerald Porsche, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (a.k.a: The Red Baron)