Art, music, literature, history, fashion, ancient cultures, mythology/folk tales, nature, surrealism, animal liberation, fantasy/sci-fi, graphic design, languages, architecture, BRYAN![grunts], film, the macabre-zombies, werewolves, vamps, etc.- worlds of inside jokes.
The artists, the flawed characters, the consumed, the rebels, the dregs of the social pyramid, the writers, the musicians, the people looking for something more, the darkly humorous [or lamely humorous], people who constantly surprise you [for the better], the educated, the imaginative, the antiheroes, the mourning, the beautiful, the exiles.
Classical; especially Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This would also include composers for movie soundtracks such as three of my personal favorites: Howard Shore, Tyler Bates and Hans Zimmer. Then comes rock; many genres: old-school punk, newer punk, oi!, alternative, cello, old-school goth, 80's, progressive, garage, classic, grunge. Rock then divides into the metal catagory: black, doom, speed, gore, folk, thrash, power, viking, heavy, goth. Other genres include industrial, techno, trip-hop, folk, ambient, experimental, musicals, opera, cabaret [especially punk cabaret], world music[I currently have an obsession with Middle Eastern music], neo-victorian, a'cappella, trance, tango. I have yet to hear a Finnish band I haven't liked, so if it's from Finland, chances are I like it.
69 Eyes
Abigail Williams
Acid Bath
Adicts, The
AFI
After Forever
Alien Sex Fiend
Allyptic
Amen
Amethystium
Amorphous
A Perfect Circle
Apocalyptica
Arch Enemy
Artrosis
Asmodeus X
Azam Ali
Bach
Bassonica!
Bauhaus
Bee Gees, The
Beethoven
Behemoth
Belladonna
Big Electric Cat
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Bjork
Black Dahlia Murder
Bowmans, The
Broadzilla
Broken Bones
Buzzcocks, The
Cancer Stick
Career Soldiers
Carpathian Forest
Casualties, The
Catamenia
Celtic Frost
Celtic Woman
Cheap Sex
Christian Death
Clash, The
Coal Chamber
Cocksparrer
Cold
Collide
Coram Lethe
Corey Lento
Corpus Delicti
Cradle of Filth
Cropknox
Crossbreed
Cruxshadows, The
Cure, The
Danny Elfman
Dark New Day
Darvoset
D.D.A.
Delirium
Depeche Mode
Deviant
Die Krupps
Diemonsterdie
Dimmu Borgir
Distillers, The
Dragonforce
Dresden Dolls, The
Dropkick Murphys, The
Drowning Pool
Dry Kill Logic
Eden's Onslaught
Einsturzende Neubauten
Elvis Presley
End of the Rope
Entwine
Enya
Emiliana Torrini
Emilie Autumn
Epica
Eternal Twilight
Evanescence
Eva O.
Everclean
Exploited, The
Five Pointe O
Flogging Molly
Foetus
Garbage
Galt Aureus
Germs, The
GG Allen
Ghost Dance
Ghost of the Robot
Green Day [old]
Gwar
Hammerfall
Hans Zimmer
Hansel und Gretal
HIM
Howard Shore
Humanwine
Iced Earth
Ill Nino
In Flames
In This Moment
Ivy
Jill Tracy
Johnny Cash
Joy Division
Kamelot
Katatonia
Kate Price
Kittie
KMFDM
Korn
Krum Bums
Lacrimas Profundere
Lacuna Coil
Laether Strip
Lamb of God
Leaves Eyes
Loiter Cognition
London After Midnight
Lords of the New Church
Lylah
Mankind is Obsolete
Mardo
Marilyn Manson
Medieval Baebes
Mercyful Fate
Ministry
Misfits
Monks of Santo Domingo de Silas
Moonspell
Mozart [especially "Requiem"]
Murderdolls
Nevermore
New York Dolls
Nightwish
Nile
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
NOFX
Nosferatu
Nox Arcana
Old Man's Child
Opeth
Opticollide
Optic Rose
Otep
phoenix/NEBULIN
Pink Floyd
Poisonblack
Police, The [and Sting]
Pray for the Soul of Betty
Prophetess
Rammstein
Ramones, The
Rasmus, The
Rasputina
Razed in Black
Revelation Theory
Ripper
Rob Zombie
Roison Murphy
Rosetta Stone
Saliva
Satyricon
Scarlet's Remains
Season of Mourning
Season of the Wolf
Seduced by Suicide
Seether
Sex Pistols, The
Shadows Fall
Sikasfuk
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Skint
Skeletal Family
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins, The
Sothis
Spahn Ranch
Sparklehorse
Spyder Baby
Starlit
Static X
Steve MacDonald
Stevenmarque Society
Stolen Babies
Switchblade Symphony
Theatre of Tragedy
Twelfth Street Staggers, The
Todesbonden
To'Mera
Tool
Tragic Black
Tyler Bates
Type O Negative
Usherhouse
U2
VAST
Velvet Acid Christ
Velvet Chain
Virgin Black
Vivaldi
Voltaire
Walter Sickert and the Army of Toys
Wake, The
W.A.S.P.
Weird Al
What time is it, Mr. Fox?
William Burroughs
Within Temptation
X
Yanni
Yo Yo Ma
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
300
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Beowulf
Pan's Labyrinth
The Village
Moulin Rouge
Spirited Away
Interview with the Vampire
The Covenant
Queen of the Damned
Ice Age
The Nightmare Before Xmas
Poltergeist
Chicken Little
The Wicker Man
Blacula
Van Helsing
Edward Scissorhands
Signs
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Transformers
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Napoleon Dynamite
Beetlejuice
March of the Penguins
The Hobbit
Hellboy
The Corpse Bride
The Watcher in the Woods
Harry Potter
The Matrix Trilogy
Sons of Provo
Howl's Moving Castle
Mirrormask
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Sky High [just for that guy who throws fire]
Serenity
Saints and Soldiers
And anything with Charlie Chaplin or Boris Karloff!
New York Doll
Television can corrupt those without a will.
Stargate SG-1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Chuck
NCIS
Reaper
Heroes
Sanctuary
Bones
Invader Zim
Law & Order: SVU
Kingdom Hospital
Nature
Antiques Roadshow
Masterpiece Theatre
King of the Hill
Seinfeld
And of course, various nature/animal documentaries, historical re-enactments, and cartoons. I'm a PBS nerd.
I love to read. Some of my favorites:
A Dozen Black Roses
Alienist, The
Art of War, The
Begotten, The
Bel Canto
Blood and Gold
Bored of the Rings
Boris and Bella
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The
Da Vinci Code, The
Dead Roses for a Blue Lady
Dhampir
Dracula [Stoker’s]
Dragon Champion
Dragonlance [all]
Eclipse
Eldest
Eragon
Evil: A Primer
Hannibal
Historian, The
Hobbit, The
Interview with the Vampire
Les Miserables
Long Hard Road out of Hell, The
Lord of the Rings, The
Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, The
New Moon
Nightwatch
Pandora
Queen of the Damned
Rebel Fay
Scarlet Letter, The
Shinigami: God of Death
Sister of the Dead
Stand, The
Thief of Lives
Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories, The
Traitor to the Blood
Twilight
Vampire Armand, The
Vampire Lestat, The
Where the Wild Things Are
AUTHORS:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Anne Rice
Gris Grimly
H.P. Lovecraft
William Shakespeare
Bram Stoker
Barb & JC Hendee
Edgar Allen Poe
R.A. Salvatore
SAMANTHA BARBRE, RIP. ROGER BUXTON, RIP. And too many others in ways so small that it would seem strange to write it down. You won't know who you are.