Scissors, pretending to fit in, self destructive work loads, thinking when I should be sleeping, sneaking,
the sound of blades sliding, uncut leather skins, old woollen military uniforms, propellers,
fabric, lots and lots of fabric, old natural fabric, food, being thoroughly stunned by my matrix speed reflexes,
arid humour, brown, deluding myself that I might one day be able to sit still and do less than four things at a time... and maybe even nothing at all,
trying to eat with grace and failing miserably, repetition in form, matte surfaces, cooking things that aren't quite Japanese, robots, ostrich leather,
old and new medical equipment, wit, hardware stores, knowing the sound and rhythm of someone's walk, green, reading when I should be sleeping,
innovation, delicate structures, keeping Frost together, caffeine, texture, facial hair, the profile of layer slices, running on stairs,
smiling at strangers when they least expect it, jelly fish, squids and rays, being loud, the cold, buttons, getting away with it,
working out how they did it, eating with gusto, art that appears factory made, self imposed aphasia, being very quite, shirts buttoned up, patterns and association, scarves, selective appropriation [takin' otha peoples stuff], poker faces, being constantly engaged, undoing knots - especially the really tiny ones in thread, seeing animals and faces in things, becoming entranced with the way people move, nazi era technology, 40's and 50's view of the future, the sternomastoid, finding my other halves, cutting things.
Anything soviet
Those dead and or slippery suckers known as... contrôleur général Jean-Baptiste Colbert :: Jan Saudek :: Jean-Paul Gaultier :: Helmut Newton :: Bruce Sterling :: Alberto Giacometti :: Dr. Josef Mengele :: :: Richard Francis Burton :: original Jesus :: :: Phillip K Dick :: Mil Millington :: Isama Noguchi :: Alexander Rodchenko :: Christo :: Rosalie Gascoigne :: Droog :: Eiko Ishioka :: Joel-Peter Witkin :..
..: and cats who paint with words
where to begin...
the artists i've played one song/album repeatedly for a day.
or two.
Philip Glass :: Atmosphere :: Vincent Gallo :: Joanna Newsom :: School of Emotional Engineering :: Aesop Rock :: TZU :: Antony and the Johnsons :: MIA :: Neil Young :: The Beatles :: Bit Meddler :: Ty :: Tindersticks :: Yo-Yo Ma :: True Live :: Stina Nordenstam :: Hanne Hukkelberg :: B. Fleischmann :: Mum :: NWA & the Posse :: Johnny Cash :: Squarepusher :: Simon White :: Ai Yamamoto :: Sage Francis :: Sigur Ros :: Saul Williams :: Roots Manuva :: Asa-Chang & Junray :: Nick Cave and his very bad Seeds :: DJ Shadow :: Smog :: 2 Litre Dolby :: Radio Head :: Portishead :: Pasobionic :: The Doors :: Murray Lachlan Young :: Slug :: Momus :: The Commas :: Colleen :: Susumu Yakota :: Slug :: King Tubby :: Muddy Waters :: Iron & Wine :: Yann Tiersen :: Bonnie "Prince" Billy :: Gelbison :: Funkstorung :: Erik Satie :: Dose One :: Run-D.M.C. :: CocoRosie :: Cat Power :: Howie B :: Nora Keyes :: Charles Mingus :: Via Tania :: The Necks :: T-Bone Walker :: Kronos Quartet :: Tricky :: Boards of Canada :: Janis Joplin :: d'Angelo :: Blossom Dearie :: early Violent Femmes :: Alice Coltrane :: Gabriel Piras :: Bob Dylan :: Nora Keyes :: Kraftwerk :: Scout Niblett :: Yo La Tengo :: D'Angelo :..
where to end?
maybe at mr Cohen. or Serge.
hmm. trouble every day :: a clockwork orange :: city of lost children :: edward scissorhands :: robocop :: in the mood for love :: 12 monkeys :: barbarico :: the elephant man :: ghost in a shell :: brother :: kikujiro :: gataca :: buffalo 66 :: the machinist :: american psycho :: the man who wasn't there :: the big lebowski :: russian ark :: the secretary :: the fifth element ::so I guess films where a plausible alter reality has been constructed. then, now or not yetthings involving takeshi kitano :: johnny depp :: tim burton :: woody allen :: stanley kubrick :: claire dennis :..and just about anything with subtitles slices through my achilles heel
black books :: the sopranos :: red dwarf :: astroboy :: battle of the planets :: futurama :: family guy :: the office [uk] :: the simpsons :: League of Gentlemen :: Mr. Invader Zim :: Beyond 2000 :: Blackadder :: dexter :: The Goodies :: Monkey Magic :..
written by
Phillip K Dick :: Jean Piaget :: Aldous Huxley :: William Gibson :: Michael Marshal Smith :: Bruce Sterling :: Walter John Williams :: Neil Stephenson :: Jon Courtney Grimwood :: Jeff Noon :: Anthony Burges
mmm... cyberpunk, old sci fi and books about how mundane things evolved. like language. and the cerebral construction of reality. and how things are made or work.
I grew up on comics; spawn and johnny the homicidal maniac and richie rich. Casper was a do goodie jerk.
Bruce Sterling :: Ken Gensrich :: contrôleur général Jean-Baptiste Colbert ::... hmm. i've forgotten them all. all but my grandfather.
couldn't have had too much impact then