I just finished directing a documentary called Beautiful Losers that tracks the careers of a group of young artists that I've had the pleasure of working with for the last 10+ years. Money mark from the Beastie Boys made our film score and I just found this video of some of the new stuff he's been creating with them...Confessions of an Art Addict: Chris Johanson, Nikki De St Phalle, Ed Templeton, Daido Moriyama, Barry McGee, Corita Kent, Raymond Pettibon, Ryan McGinley, Thomas Campbell, Margaret Kilgallen, Shinro Ohtake, Martin Kippenberger, Stephen Powers, Geoff McFetridge, Christopher Wool, Rita Ackermann, Clare E. Rojas, Jim Drain, Ashley Macomber, Christopher Garrett, Susan Cianciolo, Dash Snow, Matt Leines, Paperrad, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Thee Gents of Desire, Teen Angels Magazine and so much more. I also have a soft spot for Vox and Dobro Guitars, Vintage Lambrettas, Stingy Brim Hats, Nurse Shoes, my old 1959 Mercedes 190, love.
In life, you are doing one of two things. Either you are walking naked at the edge of a lunar landscape, small and lonely against the far-off stars, or else you're following pitifully in someone else’s tracks.
(A-Z) Arvo Part, BARR, Crass, Depeche Mode, Erik Satie, Faces, Gang Gang Dance, High on Fire, Ian Curtis, Joanna Newsom, King Crimson, Leonard Cohen, Madness, Neu, Orange Juice, PJ Harvey, Quixotic, Rita Mitsuoko, Soiled Mattress, Tom Waits, Ulver, Vaselines, White Magic, XBXRX, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Zeni Geva. Also, my band THE SADS are pretty good. (www.teenageteardrops.com) And these guys:
Kenneth Anger, Leos Carax, Harmony Korine, Jim Jarmusch, Richard Kern, John Cassavetes, Abel Ferrara, Spike Jonze, JL Godard, Robert Frank, William Klein, Alan Clarke, on and on....
Check out my magazine!! (www.rvcaanp.com) Also books by Joan Didion, Nelson Algren, Gilles Deluze, Terry Southern, Marshall Macluhan, William Burroughs, John Fante, Jim Thompson, Stephen Pinker, Kahlil Gibrhan, Emmett Grogan, Pablo Neruda, Kenneth Patchen....too many to list.
Sister Corita Kent, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Weller, Malcolm MacLaren, Marianne Faithful, Tom Waits, Andy Warhol, Nikki De St. Phalle, Roddy Frame, Jean Cocteau, William Burroughs, Emmet Grogan, Eldridge Cleaver...