Tsai Ming Liang, Shibasaki Ko, Crispin Glover, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Danny Peary, Takenaka Naoto, Steve Buscemi, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Liu Chia Liang, Hui Ying Hung, Mao Ying, Kaji Meiko, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kim Ki Duk, Kim Ji Woon, Bae Du Na...Alex Cox was at the front of the list until I interviewed him. He is awesome.
I play lead guitar in The Shemps. I Listen to lots of obscure vintage, mostly 60's, rock and roll, r & b, soul, garage, punk, rockabilly, trash, etc. Check out the Music To Spazz By, Downtown Soulville, and Fool's Paradise shows on WFMU (wfmu.org) for some cool sounds that I dig.
My favorite bands include The Sonics, MC5 and The Candy Snatchers. But that's just the tip of the spectrum...
I have a degree in film studies. I love trashy psychotronic stuff, from kung fu movies, spaghetti westerns, and giallo to film noir, indie, arty and foreign stuff.
Freaks & Geeks, various Japanese shows
have always surrounded me