Just going through the
maneuvers 'till the inevitable...
The Rooftop, the only true asylum I know of.
Playing the bass. Silk screening.
Collecting toys, cinema obscura.
60's pop culture... music, art, television.
The number "8". The letter "E".
Parodistic locution.
The Universe
Moves
Prodigiously
No one in particular... just
watching from a slight distance.
"You Are Not In A Prison,
The Prison Is Within You.
You Can Not Escape Your Thought...
But You Can Free It From It's Cage."
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And Now, For The Alphabetized
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Meet My Amazing Friends!
The Beatles, The Who, Van Der Graf Generator, Wire, Groove Armada, The
Soft Machine... music that has a mood to it. A sound, or a melody with a rote
that suddenly changes, and takes me with it.
More...? Iggy, Damned, The Pistols, Siouxee, Split Enz, The Yachts, Fear, Wierdos,
Detox. Gong (Daevid & Gilli), Captain Beefheart, Caravan, Egg, Cream, Gentle Giant.
Still more... Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Zappa, Santana, John Scofield.
Bernard Herman, Jack Nitsche, Dominic Frontiere. Yet more... Lou Reed, Cramps,
Babylonian Tiles, Deerhoof, Citizen Bird, The Doors, Buzzcocks, Curved Air. Oh yes, and er, umm... The Stranglers, The Grounhogs, Metal Urbain, The Flys, The Saints, Horslips, Blodwyn Pig, Patti Smith, King Crimson, Fripp and Eno, Spirit, Jack Bruce, Procol Harum, The Beach Boys, Ultravox, Joy Division, Punishment Of Luxury, The Jam, Fischer Z, Gary Numan, The The, Genesis, The Art Attacks, The Victims, The Clash, P.I.L., Theatre Of Hate, The Past Seven Days, Rema Rema, Xray Spex, The Cure, Sort Sol,
Pere Ubu, Virgin Prunes, Nervous Gender, Flipper, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus,
Bela Fleck, Talk Talk, The Velvet Underground, Bowie, X, Field Music, Vic Mizzy, E.L.O., Smokey Robinson, Badfinger, National Health, Jethro Tull, Yardbirds, Tempest, Magazine, The Avengers, The Human League, The Creation, Manfred Mann,
Robin Trower, and that's about it. No wait... and Alvin And The Chipmunks.
The Fab Four
The Doors
Poly Styrene
The Buzzcocks
Van Der Graff Generator
The Groundhogs
Arri
Siouxsie
The Pink Floyd
Blue Meanies
The End...
Monsters, Horror, Sci-Fi...
I'm scared, and enjoying it.
The Haunting ('63), War Of The Gargantuas,
Attack Of The Mushroom People,
In The Dead Of Night, The Uninvited.
I like a good date movie now and then, such as Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas,
Clockwork Orange... whatever.
A few more? Lost In Translation,
Eyes Wide Shut, Frenzy, Help!
The President's Analyst, Jesus Christ Superstar.
AIP, Hammer, Giallo, Toho.
William Castle, Ridley Scott, Mario Bava,
Robert Wise, Alfred Hitchcock,
Stanley Kubrick, Roger Corman.
Anything with Eric Von Zipper in it.
Back when: The Outer Limits ('63-'64), The Avengers, The Prisoner.
Somewhere in the middle: The Python Troupe, Fawlty Towers, Butterflys.
A little later: Hill Street Blues, David Lettermen.
Now: The Sopranos, House.
I must admit, I enjoy television. Can it hamper creative thought and activity? Yup, you bet... that's what it's for, remember?
Some Beloved Talking Heads...
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Joan Didion, J. Krishnamurti, Jules Carles, Bertrund Russell, Thoreau,
William Golding, Winston Churchill, Albert Camus, Gertrude Stein, Anthony Burgess,
Milan Kundera, Kahlil Gibran, Hesse, Poe, Alan Watts.
William Golding and George Orwell
Joan Didion and Hunter Thompson
Jack Kerouac and Gertrude Stein
Alan Watts and William Burroughs
People Who Prefer Having No Heroes.
We All Are, No One Is... (Innocent)
Somos Todos IndÃgenas.
Nous Sommes Tous Indigènes.
Wir Sind Alle Eingeboren.
Etc...