Wacky cult films, dancing unprofessionally, vintage scooters, classic point-n'-click adventure games, animated television, writing, vintage clothing, vegetarianism, bourbon, dark beer, fine cigars, flavorful hot sauces, discontinued soda pops, lounge music, Dungeons & Dragons, the world of 'Myst', bowling, cooking, silent screen-era starlets, film noir, drag queens, startling the elderly, throttling small children, worshipping false idols, and playing a myriad of instruments, including the almighty UKULELE, God's gift to the world of music.
I'd like to meet:
Since most of the folk I admire are dead, I just wish to meet any nice people who share my interests in music, movies, or just general mischievities, dig?
Music:
The punk, the goth, the rock, the jazz, the funk…you know, what the kids listen to these days. I’m into both many different genres of music and obsessive categorization. Observe:
Alternative Rock: Archers of Loaf Electric Six FISHBONE Julia Marcell MORRISSEY Neutral Milk Hotel Pavement Pixies/Frank Black Queens of the Stone Age Rocket from the Crypt The Smashing Pumpkins THE SMITHS SUPERCHUNK
British Invasion/Mod: The Beatles (post-'Hard Day's Night') Dave Clark Five The Kinks Small Faces The Who
Dark Cabaret: Beat Circus The Deadfly Ensemble The Dresden Dolls Humanwine Stolen Babies Jill Tracy Vermillion Lies Voltaire
Darkwave: black tape for a blue girl Clan of Xymox The Cruxshadows Lycia Project Pitchfork
Emo, I mean "Indie Rock": Braid Christie Front Drive Elliott Rainer Maria Rites of Spring Texas Is The Reason Weezer (Matt Sharp era)
Experimental/Avante-Garde: BJÖRK Captain Beefheart The Fibonaccis Mr. Bungle Frank Zappa
Funk/R&B/Soul: James Brown SAM COOKE Motown/Stax recordings Parliament-Funkadelic Sly & the Family Stone Jackie Wilson
Glam Rock: Mott the Hoople Slade T. Rex
Gothic Metal: Lacuna Coil Leaves' Eyes Mortal Love Theatre of Tragedy Tristania Type O Negative Within Temptation
Gothic Rock: .45 Grave Alien Sex Fiend BAUHAUS THE DAMNED Faith and the Muse Fields of the Nephilim London After Midnight Nosferatu Virgin Prunes
Hardcore Punk/Melodic Hardcore: ALL Bad Brains Black Flag (Morris era) Dead Kennedys Discharge FEAR HÜSKER DÜ Minor Threat
Heavy Metal: BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Marilyn Manson Motörhead Rob Zombie White Zombie
Hip-Hop: Beastie Boys De La Soul Del tha Funkee Homosapien MF Doom Mos Def Public Enemy Run DMC
Industrial: Die Form KMFDM Ministry My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Skinny Puppy Velvet Acid Christ
Jazz/Swing: Josephine Baker Cab Calloway John Coltrane Duke Ellington Billie Holiday Louis Prima Django Reinhardt
Mod Revival: The Chords The Jam The Lambrettas Purple Hearts Secret Affair Squire The Untouchables
Neo-Swing: Lee Press-On and the Nails Squirrel Nut Zippers
Nerd Rock/Nerdcore: The Aquabats! Bad Credit Jonathan Coulton The Impossibles MC Frontalot Dan Potthast THE RENTALS Weezer ('98-on) "Weird Al" Yankovic
New Wave/Synthpop: Blondie DEVO Thomas Dolby A Flock of Seagulls The Go-Go‘s Gary Numan Oingo Boingo TALKING HEADS
New Wave Throwback Punk: The Epoxies Servotron
Pop Punk/Powerpop: Beatnik Termites BIG DRILL CAR Descendents The Dickies The Groovie Ghoulies Pansy Division The Queers Screeching Weasel SUPERNOVA
Pop-Rock: Barenaked Ladies The City Drive JELLYFISH Puffy AmiYumi Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer
Post-Punk: THE CURE Echo & The Bunnymen Joy Division Siouxsie & The Banshees
Punk (First Wave): The Adicts The Adverts The Buzzcocks THE DAMNED The Dead Boys RAMONES The Vibrators
Reggae/Modern Reggae: The Aggrolites Phyllis Dillon Clancy Eccles The Harry J. Allstars Judge Dread The Maytals Jackie Mittoo Lee “Scratch†Perry Satori
Rockabilly/Psychobilly/Surf Rock: The Cramps Man…or Astro-Man? The Phenomenauts Reverend Horton Heat The Ventures
Ska (First Wave)/Rocksteady: Laurel Aitken Ken Boothe Stranger Cole Desmond Dekker Alton Ellis Derrick Morgan Prince Buster The Skatalites
Ska (Second Wave): Arthur Kay Bad Manners THE ENGLISH BEAT MADNESS Mark Foggo's Skasters The Selecter The Specials
Ska (Third Wave): Bim Skala Bim Chris Murray Deal's Gone Bad GoGo13 Hepcat Johnny Socko The Pietasters The Planet Smashers THE SIREN SIX! THE SLACKERS The Stubborn All-Stars The Toasters Westbound Train
Ska Punk: Edna‘s Goldfish THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES Mu330 Skankin‘ Pickle Suburban Rhythm
Skate Punk: Agent Orange Circle Jerks Rancid ('Life Won't Wait' ONLY)
Streetpunk/Oi!: 4-Skins Cock Sparrer Cockney Rejects The Oppressed Sham 69 Street Dogs The Templars
Movies:
1980s horror, bad 1980s comedies, 1940s film noir, 1930s screwball comedies, 1950s musicals, 1950s/1960s B-movies, silent films, independent films and just all around cult movies.
My more elaborate list got so damn long that I’m forced to condense it down to my utmost favorites, including, but not limited to:
-’Akira’
-'ALIEN'
-’Amelie’
-‘An American Werewolf in London'
-'Angus'
-’Angel Heart’
-'Arsenic & Old Lace'
-'BEETLEJUICE'
-‘Big Night’
-’The Big Sleep’ (1946)
-'BLADE RUNNER'
-'The Blair Witch Project'
-'Blood Feast'
-‘Brazil’
-’The Bridge on the River Kwai’
-’The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’ (1920)
-'CASABLANCA'
-The works of Charlie Chaplin
-‘The City of Lost Children’
-’Class of Nuke ‘Em High’ trilogy
-’Clue'
-'Crumb'
-‘Dark City’(1998)
-The ORIGINAL ‘Dawn’ & ‘Day’
-‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’ (1951)
-’Dead Pet’
-’Delicatessen’
-’Dellamorte Dellamore’
-‘Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb’
-’Double Indemnity’
-''ERASERHEAD'
-‘The Evil Dead’
-'Evil Dead II'
-’Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!’
-'A Fish Called Wanda'
-'The Fly' (1958 & 1986)
-‘Forbidden Planet'
-’Forbidden Zone’
-'Freaks'
-’Freaked’
-’From Beyond’ (1986)
-‘Ghost Dog: Spirit of the Samurai’
-'Harold and Maude'
-‘Heathers’
-’The Hunger’
-'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1956)
-'It Happened One Night'
-’The Italian Job’ (1969)
-'JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING'
-The works of Buster Keaton
-’Killer Condom’
-'The Last Man on Earth' (1964)
-The works of Harold Lloyd
-'The Magnificent Seven'
-‘The Maltese Falcon’
-’May’ (2002)
-'METROPOLIS'
-’Midnight Madness’
-‘Monty Python & The Holy Grail’
-‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian'
-’Mulholland Drive’
-'Near Dark'
-'A Night at the Opera'
-‘Night of the Creeps’
-’Northfork’
-’Nosferatu’ (1922)
-The ‘Phantasm’ series
-'Polyester'
-'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead'
-’Princess Mononoke’
-‘Quadrophenia’
-'RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK'
-'THE RE-ANIMATOR'
-'REPO MAN'
-'THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD'
-'Revenge of the Nerds'
-’Rosemary’s Baby’
-‘Session 9’
-’The Shining’ (1980)
-’Spider’ (2002)
-’Sunset Blvd.’
-'Surf II: The End of the Trilogy'
-‘A Tale of Two Sisters’ (2003)
-'Teenage Catgirls in Heat’
-‘Teenagers From Outer Space’
-‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2’
-'The Tingler'
-'Troma’s War’
-'TROMEO AND JULIET'
-’UHF’
-'A Very Long Engagement'
-'Wet Hot American Summer'
-‘The Wicker Man’ (1973)
-'The X-Files: Fight the Future'
-’Zombi 2’
Television:
Tellervision rots the mind, so I try to watch as much as possible, particularly if it falls within the spectrum of bad cult television or modern animated programming…
-LIVE-ACTION:
-‘The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.’
-’American Gothic’
-’Andy Richter Controls The Universe’
-'Big Wolf on Campus'
-’Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ (Seasons 1-5)
-’Firefly’
-’FreakyLinks'
-’The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ mini-series
-'The Idiot Box'
-‘Jack of All Trades’
-’The Kids In The Hall’
-’Maniac Mansion’
-’MILLENNIUM’
-‘Mr. Show‘
-‘MONTY PYTHON‘S FLYING CIRCUS‘
-‘MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000’
-'Push, Nevada'
-'SCTV'
-’TWIN PEAKS‘
-‘Veronica Mars’
-‘THE X-FILES’
-‘XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS’
-'The Young Ones'
-ANIMATED:
-'The Angry Beavers'
-‘AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER’
-'Batman: The Animated Series'
-'Batman Beyond'
-'Earthworm Jim'
-'Eek! The Cat'
-‘FUTURAMA’
-’INVADER ZIM’
-'Mission Hill'
-'The Powerpuff Girls'
-John K.-era ‘Ren & Stimpy’ (Wilbur Cobb!)
-'Rocko's Modern Life'
-'Sam & Max: Freelance Police'
-’Space Ghost: Coast To Coast’
-'Teen Titans'
-'The Tick'
Books:
Science fiction! Most of the time, it’s always stronger in the written word than when portrayed on a screen! There are very few specific authors that I target, though:
-Douglas Adams
-Philip K. Dick
-Neil Gaiman
-H.P. Lovecraft
-Terry Pratchett
-Jules Verne
-’Bunnicula’ - Steve & Deborah Howe
-‘Captain Blood’ - Rafael Sabatini
-’Cows’ - Matthew Stokoe
-‘Dracula’ - Bram Stoker
-‘Frankenstein’ - Mary Shelley
-’On Stranger Tides’ - Tim Powers
-‘The Time Machine’ - H.G. Wells
-‘Treasure Island’ - Robert Louis Stevenson
-…and a few other classic gothic novels I read in high school and subsequently forgot.
I don’t read many comics, but when I do, they’re mostly offbeat, independent alternative ones.
: -Roman Dirge (‘Lenore)
-Neil Gaiman (‘Sandman’)
-Edward Gorey
-James O’Barr (‘The Crow’)
-Jeff Smith (‘Bone’)
-Serena Valentino (Gloomcookie’, ‘Nightmares & Fairytales’)
-Jhonen Vasquez (‘I Feel Sick)
Heroes:
I admire creativy; the sort of ground-breaking creativity that comes from being a little bit 'different', if not downright insane, be it for science, for art, or for just pure sensationalism:
-Robert L. Ripley
-P.T. Barnum
-William Castle
-Roger Corman
-David Lynch
-Rand & Robyn Miller
-Shigeru Miyamoto
-Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert & Dave Grossman
-Warren Spector
-Jules Verne
-Andy Warhol
-John Waters
-Ed Wood, Jr.
