the art of Joachim Luetke, John Santerineross, Fred Stuhr, Sha Sha Higby,
Outsider Art: Charles Benefiel, Lori Field, Francoise Duvivier, Remades,
cemeteries, Vodoun, shadows, labyrinths, mystery, folk art, secrets, Santeria, the body beautiful, erotica, Weimar era Berlin, nutritional experimentation, consciousness, dreams, bdsm, drinking red wine with good friends, roots, tonics, erotica, dusty old tomes, witchery, tarot, stark industrial landscapes, decay, dancing…in sum: life, sex, death.
I'd like to meet:
adventurers, explorers, mystics, artists, mad scientists
Music:
In Gowan Ring,
Forseti,
Darkwood,
Death in June,
Current93,
Isis,
Old Man Gloom,
Cult of Luna,
Nick Drake,
Jill Tracy,
Unto Ashes,
Dead Can Dance,
Burzum,
Emperor,
Blut Aus Nord,
Graveland,
Marilyn Manson,
VNV Nation,
Wolfsheim,
Covenant ,
Estampie,
Elliot Smith,
Erik Satie,
Bauhaus,
Chopin,
PJ Harvey,
Nick Cave,
Radiohead,
The Swans,
Siouxsie and The Banshees,
Kate Bush,
Billie Holiday,
Mazzy Star,
Cat Power,
God Speed You Black Emperor,
Mad Season,
Alice In Chains,
Einsturzende Neubauten,
Joy Division,
Rasputina,
Led Zepplin,
NIN,
Sopor Aeternus,
Rachels,
Modest Mouse,
Antony and the Johnsons,
Bright Eyes,
Lux Interna,
I go through different phases (obviously!) -am really into neo/apocalyptic folk music right now.
Movies:
Psychological Horror Films,
Jan Svankmajer’s Faust,
The Brothers Quay,
everything by David Cronenberg,
Nosferatu - both Murnau and Herzog,
David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman esp. The Seventh Seal,
Terry Gilliam films- esp. Brazil, Blade Runner, The Third Man, Angel Heart, From Hell, The Lord of the Rings, The Wicker Man, Touch of Evil, The Thing, Alien, A Clockwork Orange, Hitchcock’s Spellbound, Memento, The Shining, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (the original), La Jetee, Dark City, Wings of Desire, Harold and Maude, Charlie Kaufman films, The Night of the Hunter, John Cusack films: Runaway Jury, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Grifters, Say Anything, Better Off Dead; Johnny Depp films: Sleepy Hollow, Dead Man, Edward Scissorhands, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Blow.. as you see, this could go on forever. i’m film-obsessive.
Television:
Carnivale, Addams Family, Forensic Files, BBC Mystery
Books:
Have always been my friends.
Everything by China Mieville. Divine Horseman by Maya Deren is an incredible book. Also like: The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), Blue of Noon (Bataille), Dune Chronicles (Herbert), Tim Powers- esp. Last Call, Wicked and Confessions by Maguire, the Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy, Harry Crews, Chuck Palahniuk and many many more.
