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Tim

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About Me

i'm an animator/artist, and whatever that entails.my aim is daythebeatdied

My Interests

Film, Animation, Comics, Art (in general), Coffee, Fruit, Magazines, Nintendo, Synthesizers, Rock Shows, Music, Cheese, Bicycles, Staying out of touch.

I'd like to meet:

people to be in a ridiculous pop band with, other artists excited about moving images, other artists excited about non moving images, people interested in ridiculous pop music, anyone i can have a conversation with from noon until midnight, and lastly if he exists... the devil, so i could sell my soul for money, fame, and power, or at least a midnight snack.

Music:

I like music with elements of dance, pop, and synthesizers. more specifically in the following genres:

brit-pop, j-pop, electro-pop, indie-pop, dance-pop, punk-pop, power-pop, post-pop, psych-pop, post-punk, new wave, shoegaze, and bubblegum

Favourite Bands?
Bis, English Beat, The Jam, XTC, Action!, Sonics.

Movies:

Jeunet, Miyazaki, Coen Bros, Brad Bird and others.

Television:

Marquee Moon was a pretty good album i suppose.

Books:

I enjoy humorous, sarcastic books, with a selfconscious styling. Recently? Windup Bird Chronicle, Tin Drum, Old Masters, Blue Beard, some things about Italian futurism...

Magazines are a quicker read though.
Tokion, Giant Robot, While You Were Sleeping, Juxtapoz, The occasional Harpers i borrow from my roommate, and the Weekly Dig keep me occupied in my state of non-novel reading.

Comic books are an even quicker read.
The Maxx, Optic Nerve, Pop Gun War, Jimmy Corrigan, Quimby Mouse, Krazy and Ignatz, Peanuts, Blue Monday/Scooter Girl, Et Cetera

Heroes:

Chris Ware/Adrian Tomine/Chris Bachalo, Edward Tufte, Paul Weller/Pete Shelley/Andy Partridge/Colin Moulding, Lance Armstrong, Yuri Norstein/Jean-François Laguionie/Rene Laloux