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Brad von Doom

When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. -Sinclair Lewis

About Me

I'm a Goth/Industrial/Synthpop/EBM DJ (come check out The Industry EVERY Friday Night), I’ve been known to organize art shows & other events, I’m a fairly serious photographer with an interest in film making, video editing, music production and all forms of media production in general. I try to be balanced in my life. I enjoy good times with friends, hiking, coffee, urban/Lowbrow art, travel and all the usual vices.

My Interests

Photography, Hiking, Painting, Gothic/Industrial/Synthpop music, House Music, Electronica, Jazz, Art History, coffee, Libertarianism, Biking, Occultism, Ceramics, Eastern Philosophy, Archeology, Bohemians, music production, Sushi, Funky Clothes, Egyptology, technology, glass work, Science Fiction, Horror Literature, urban exploration, shoes, Horror Flicks, Cheesy British Sci-Fi Shows, Asian Culture, intelligent conversation

I'd like to meet:

Artists, Musicians, Sideshow Freaks, Anarchists, Occultists, non-conformists, & bohemian types.

Music:

Gothic & Industrial, EBM, Electro, 80's, Deep House & Experimental music. Skinny Puppy, Leonard Cohen, Bauhaus, Interpol, Southern Culture on the Skids, Front 242, Aphex Twin, Joy Division, Fugazi, Autechre, Chris and Cozy, Covenant, X-Marks the Pedwalk, Siouxsie, Throbbing Gristle, Echo & the Bunnymen, Frontline Assembly, Miguel Migs, Adult, Flock of Seagulls, Stromkern, Tom Waits, Blue Six, Future Sounds of London, Dead Milkmen, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Mark Farina, OMD, Richard D James, Modest Mouse, Psychedelic Furs, The Knife, Carl Cox, Miss Kitten, Sex Pistols, Deadbolt, Ramones, De-Phazz, Japan, Assemblage 23, Hong Kong Counterfeit, Johnny Cash, Fisherspooner, KMFDM, Dead Kennedy's, Goldfrapp, This Mortal Coil, Ministry, Wolfsheim, VNV Nation and on and on and on. If you want to dance to some of this stuff come check out my regular DJ gig at The Industry.

Movies:

HORROR!!! Evil Dead 2, Night of the Living Dead, House of 1,000 Corpses, any kewl old zombie flicks, Indie Films, Anime , Film Noir. Seven Samurai, Ghost in the Shell, Kill Bill, Ringu, Citizen Kane, Dune, Reservoir Dogs, The Big Sleep, Blue Velvet, Cecil B. Demented, Casablanca, Breakfast Club, Pulp Fiction, The Eye, Blade Runner, Akira. I'm a big fan of experimental films especially the work of Kenneth Anger, Richard Kern & the 80's movement know as The Cinema of Transgression.

Television:

Torchwood!!!! Dr. Who, Battlestar Galactica, Blake's Seven, Monty Python, Master's of Horror. Ya know, dorky stuff!

Books:

H.P. Lovecraft, The Doors of Perception, The Dresden Files, Tao Te Ching, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Memoirs of a Geisha,The Ring Trilogy by Koji Suzuki, The Consumer, Tales of the City, Brave New World, People's History of the U.S., The Exorcist, Cat's Cradle, Neuromancer, Rashomon, The Stranger, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Holy Blood Holy Grail & Harry Potter.

Heroes:

Aleister Crowley, Noam Chomsky, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, and people who generally stand up for what they believe even though it may not be popular.

My Blog

Where are they?

Whatever happened to Ginsberg’s Angel headed hipsters? Are they lost in an ocean of cookie cutter souls seeking salvation at the altar of Pop Rocks, Pet Rocks & 80’s kitsch? Perhaps ...
Posted by Brad von Doom on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:33:00 PST

Cinema of Transgression Manifesto

Cinema of Transgression Manifesto by Nick Zedd We who have violated the laws, commands and duties of the avant-garde; i.e. to bore, tranquilize and obfuscate through a fluke process dictated by practi...
Posted by Brad von Doom on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:34:00 PST

Theory of Xenomorphosis

Xenomorphosis is the process through which negation of the fraudulent values, institutions, mores and taboos of consensus reality is accomplished. It is the key transforming moment in t...
Posted by Brad von Doom on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:32:00 PST

A life examined

Sometimes I feel like I've wasted the past 10 years of my life. Now I have a little bit of an idea about the thoughts that run through the heads of the elderly on their deathbeds. The key is to not wa...
Posted by Brad von Doom on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:48:00 PST

Bringing you Baton Rouge's ONLY Goth/Industrial night!

..>..>..> First and Third Thursday of Every Month!!L Goes Dark Come dance your ass off to your favorite Goth/Industrial/EBM & Synthpop tracks on the first Thursday of every month. Tunes ...
Posted by Brad von Doom on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:29:00 PST

My Photography Website

http://www.bradwatkinsphoto.com
Posted by Brad von Doom on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:33:00 PST

ArtSideDown - Saturday July 22nd

Check out this event. I'm going to have some of my photography on display. There's going to be other great art, performance art and a band.  Hosted By: ~lil bit~When: Saturday Jul 22, 2006 at 10...
Posted by Brad von Doom on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:50:00 PST

INFJ

:)   INFJ's are:   creative, smart, focus on fantasy more than reality, attracted to sad things, fears doing the wrong thing, observer, avoidant, fears drawing attention to self, anxious, ca...
Posted by Brad von Doom on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST