Drunkenness. The beautiful game. Celtic FC (Hail the Hoops!). Robots. Watching horror films in the dark. Chain-smoking. Video games. Uber-geekdom. Irish Republicanism. Absurdism.
1. Anyone who thinks they can match me in "the box".
2. Every horrible pharma rep in the world.
Mogwai, Joy Division, Godspeed You Black Emperor, The Pillows, bedhead, Arab Strap, Justice, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Arcade Fire, Cibo Matto, Boys Noize, M83, Low, Hayden, the Clash, Roadside Monument, Belle & Sebastian, Beatles, Les Savy Fav, Ellen Allien, Puffy Ami Yumi, Explosions in the Sky, Test Icicles, Ulrich Schnauss, Neutral Milk Hotel (gO gO Elephant 6 Orchestraa R.I.P.), Slowdive, Sigur Ros, my bloody valentine, David Bazan, MC Chris, the Reindeer Section, the Pogues, Black Flag, Starflyer 59, the Rentals, anything with Casio keyboards/or Moogs. Any early 90's shoegaze music, or any current shoegaze that blatantly rips it off. Lately I've been listening to a lot of electronica, which I never in a million years thought I would.
Zombie flicks, LotR trilogy, Boondock Saints, 80's flicks, pretty much anything with Christian Bale, STAR WARS (Original Trilogy and Episode III), The Reflecting Skin, Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit (1&2), Lost in Translation, Green Street Hooligans, anything Harmony Korine, early David Lynch, 60's/70's/foreign horror.
Dexter (best show on TV), Dr. Who, Twin Peaks, X-Files re-runs, The Office (US and UK), Trainspotting, Colbert Report, Man Vs. Wild (and just about anything else on the Discovery Channel), Heroes, To Catch a Goddamned Predator, Flight of the Conchords, Tigers games, Garth Merenghi's Darkplace.
I'm in between books right now. I really need to get a library card in Chicago.
Kevin Shields. Bear Grylls. Matt Stoakes. Dexter Morgan.