Founding micronations. Ruling Fadeopia. Battling agents of Confucius Family Liquor. Court intrigue.
Creative individuals who can laugh at the absurdity of the world we live in, and life in general. And Asia Argento.
Depeche Mode, Placebo, Love & Rockets, Grantby, Portishead, Gangstarr, Rakim, Alva Noto, Death Cab for Cutie, De/Vision, late 80s, early 90s, noisy pop, keyboards, guitars, drum machines, Ms. John Soda, The Notwist, 13 & God, Pierre Bastien, Broadcast, Eats Tapes, Boards of Canada, Deru, NIN, Dabrye, Skeletons, Android Lust, Attrition, Gang Gang Dance, Fiest, Sissy, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Eric Satie, Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko
Children of Men, Rocket Science, Paprika, Edmond, 2046, Manderlay, Code 46, The Conversation, Blade Runner, Hardcore, Homicide, Alien, Memento, Killing of a Chinese Booky, Parallax View, Marathon Man, City of God, 28 Days Later, Night of the Living Dead, Lost in Translation, Ran, Rope, Seven Samurai, Unagi, Minbo no Onna, On the Waterfront, Freaks, The Royal Tennenbaums, Dog Day Afternoon, French Connection, Breaking Away, Lawn Dogs, The Piano, A Simple Plan, American Beauty, Heavenly Creatures, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Chinatown, The Shining, Unforgiven, Tombstone, Cure, Zardoz, Happiness,
NHK, Samurai Champloo, 2nd Gig, Stand Alone Complex, Paranioa Agent, Law and Order, Cracker, Discovery, Food Network, History Channel, Family Guy, The Closer, Gunslinger Girl, Rome, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, The Unit [Mamet!], The L Word, Dexter, The Wire
China Miéville, David Mamet, Harlan Elison, Haruki Murakami, Larry Niven, Bruce Sterling, Nancy Kress, Peter F. Hamilton, Ryu Murakami, hard scifi, quirky tales.
Around the turn of the centruy (the old one), Bert Williams, a black vaudevillian, ordered a martini in a white establishment, the bartender said, "That'll be one thousand dollars." Bert put down some bills, and said, "I'll have five."