Bacon, Scotch and Colonel Angus: Breakfast of Champions!
This dominates my mood, at the moment... great little video...
Utah saints -Something Good 08
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"The rubies and the pearls of the lovesick eye." ('Limiter', Machines of Loving Grace)
Soothing the savage breast and massaging the savage thigh.
All things creative. Humor/comedy/wit, i.e.: watching, creating, engaging in, and finding humor in things, especially the dry stuff, absurdity, wordplay, and the highbrow take on lowbrow.
Travel, big and small, leisure and stimulation... planes, trains, and automobiles... any travelling at all, really. Cooking and trying new cuisine. Pitching woo, rumpy-pumpy, and sensual stuff. People. Good beer (love me micros and imports), wine (especially reds), and liquor (fine scotch and quality bourbon are my favorites). Canadian cigarettes and nice cigars.
Learning through experience, observation, and study. Mailing the Amish vibrators.
Dean Chamberlain's "Tattoo"...
Dean Chamberlain's "Yellow Failing"...
Visit deanchamberlain.com.
You. Her. Them.
Many creative types that I admire. ...Oh, and I would love to meet that crazy, caped, coiffed, pepper-munchin' mofo, Chairman Kaga, from the original Iron Chef.
And, all of the Horsemen of the 'bloc, in particular, of course.
Dean Chamberlain's Space Bride...
Dean Chamberlain's Ann & Erica...
Dean Chamberlain's Muir Trail...
Dean Chamberlain's Robin...
Dean Chamberlain's King Protea...
Visit deanchamberlain.com.
Otherwise... let's see... here's the ad that started the Modocrylic craze that has swept the nation...
But, if you tell anyone the secret to my Modocrylic impressiveness...
Eh... but, really...
Arcadia: "Missing" video (directed by Dean Chamberlain)...
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And the video that still kicks other videos' asses and takes their lunch money...
Duran Duran's
"Hungry Like the Wolf" video!
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Here's a few...
Duran Duran, Arcadia, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, The Sisters of Mercy, Adam Ant, Adam and the Ants, The Doors, Moev, David Bowie, Electronic, Ministry, New Order, Monaco, The Cure, Sarah McLachlan, Marc Almond, Public Image Limited, Erasure, Ultravox, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Japan, The B-52's, Railway Children, Garbage, Men Without Hats, The Killers, R.E.M., Midnight Oil, Nine Inch Nails, Yaz (Yazoo), Swans, Human League, Concrete Blonde, The Psychedelic Furs, Deep Forest, Peter Gabriel, No Doubt, Blondie, Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Enigma, Revolting Cocks, This Picture, Berlin, Enya, New Model Army, Peter Murphy, ABC, Camouflage, Kon Kan, Power Station, Lush, Kate Bush, Coldplay, Information Society, INXS, Jesus Jones, Echo & The Bunnymen, Leonard Cohen, Nirvana, Machines of Loving Grace, Tears For Fears, Milla, Soft Cell, This Picture, The Smashing Pumpkins, The The, Dead or Alive, Peter Schilling, Simple Minds, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Culture Beat, The Sundays, t.A.T.u., U2, Thomas Dolby, Book of Love, Tom Middleton (Cosmos), The Supremes, Visage, The Clash, Clannad, BT, LaBouche, Dead Can Dance, The Cardigans, Jimmy Eat World, The KLF, Chris Isaak, The Cult, Bauhaus, Le Click, The Ocean Blue, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Ennio Morricone, The Cranberries, Beck, Wham!, Giorgio Moroder, Real McCoy, 10,000 Maniacs, Bush, a-Ha, A Flock of Seagulls, Orgy, DJ Sammy, Alien Ant Farm, Gwen Stefani, The Sisterhood, Poe, The Raveonettes, The Mission UK, Orbital, Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, XTC, Cowboy Junkies, Ofra Haza, Lords of Acid, Natalie Merchant, Arcade Fire, Jane's Addiction, Einsturzende Neubauten, Pearl Jam, English Beat, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Alarm, Bad Religion, KT Tunstall, Roxy Music, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Howard Jones, The Birthday Massacre, Mazzy Star, Bigod 20, The Pixies, Sixpence None the Richer, Belly, Cracker, Alice in Chains, The Bloodhound Gang, Simon LeBon, Shakira, The Go-Go's, James, Weezer, Camper Van Beethoven, Butthole Surfers, The Partridge Family, Reel Big Fish, Falco, Evanescence, Disturbed, The Breeders, Talk Talk, Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, Level 42, The Calling, Tones on Tail, Big Audio Dynamite, The Smiths, Guns 'n Roses, The Motels, The Church, Afro Celt Sound System, Big Country, Nile Rodgers, Sky Cries Mary, John Taylor, Time Zone, John Lennon, After the Fire, Dead Milkmen, OutKast, Talking Heads, Jackson 5, Men At Work, Blur, Republica, Black 47, Wolfgang Press, Eurythmics, Metallica, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Naked Eyes, Modest Mouse, Andy Taylor, Razormaid, Paul Oakenfold, John Lydon, Oingo Boingo, The Fixx, Robbie Williams, Barenaked Ladies, Temple of the Dog, Alison Moyet, EMF, Samantha Fox, Utah Saints, Men at Work, Lazard, Billy Idol, Portishead, The Mamas and The Papas, MC Chris, The Bangles, Letters to Cleo, When In Rome, General Public, Recoil, Morrissey, Luscious Jackson, Love and Rockets, Julian Lennon, The Beloved, Primitive Radio Gods, Joe Jackson, Warren Cuccurullo, Suzanne Vega, Madonna, Izdatso, Alice Deejay, Velvet Underground, Dido, Feist, Elvis Presley, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Jewel, Kraftwerk, Coil, Eighth Wonder, The Divinyls, Bronski Beat, Spice Girls, Love Spit Love, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Beach Boys, Faith No More, Bananarama, Missing Persons, Joy Division, Romeo Void, Modern English, Tool, Bjork, The Sugarcubes, Sinead O'Connor, Split Enz, Meredith Brooks, Stabbing Westward, Jane Arden, Spandau Ballet, The Pretenders, Frou Frou, They Might Be Giants, Peter Rauhofer, The Donnas, Mono, Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, Liz Phair, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Style Council, Sophie B. Hawkins, Rob Zombie, Midge Ure, Inspiral Carpets, Queen, Gary Numan, Tubeway Army, Kajagoogoo, Trik Turner, ReHab, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Remy Zero, Korn, Barnes & Barnes, Front 242, Moby, Dream Academy, Fleetwood Mac, Daft Punk, Dirty Vegas, Limahl, Pete Yorn, Robert Palmer, Delerium, Alphaville, Marilyn Manson, Pink Floyd, Hole, MxPx, The Monkees, Air, Martin Gore, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Rage Against the Machine, Lou Reed, Saint Etienne, Savage Garden, The Presidents of the United States of America, Chumbawamba, Real Life, The Vapors, The Police, White Zombie, The Bolshoi, The Corrs, Cocteau Twins, The Buggles, Edwyn Collins, Nick Drake, The Crystal Method, Franz Ferdinand, H.I.M, Stevie Nicks, Heaven 17, FreeBass, System Of A Down, The Stranglers, Prodigy, Squeeze, Lily Allen, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Timbaland, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Bravery, Shiny Toy Guns...
...and, of course, my friends in Edmonton Block Heater (*coughcheckouttheirMySpaceinmyfriendslistcough*)...
...and a whole hell of a lot more I'm not pulling out of my head at the moment.
Duran Duran: "Serious" video...
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Another of my favorite old videos... Pet Shop Boys' (with Dusty Springfield) "What Have I Done To Deserve This?"
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I love silent movies, especially Chaplin films.
Of Chaplin's work, City Lights is my favorite (and possibly my favorite film, period), but Gold Rush, The Kid, The Circus, and many of his short films (especially the Mutuals) are right up there.
The movie "Chaplin" about his life is great, too. ...Also, anything with Keaton or Fairbanks is aces.
Citizen Kane - Monty Python and the Life of Brian - Little Big Man - South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Monty Python's Meaning of Life - Batman Begins - Casino Royale (the recent one... just incredible) - Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Almodovar rules) - Orgazmo - The Cameraman (Buster Keaton) - Cannibal the Musical - BASEketball - Last of the Mohicans (the one with Day-Lewis and Stowe) - Office Space - Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan - Clerks - Glory - Young Guns 2 (What? Shut up!) - Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy - Star Trek: First Contact - Team America: World Police - Dogma - Memento - Amadeus - The Breakfast Club - National Lampoon's Vacation (just the first one) - Any film by Bernardo Bertolucci - The Wild Bunch - Spider-Man I & II - The X-Men movies - Superman I, II, & Returns - Star Trek: Generations - Super Troopers - aaaaand just way more than I can even begin to think of.
To be honest, I've watched almost no TV in the past couple years or so, and I know I've missed out on some very cool shows from the past few years, but I'll name some of my favorites...
Monty Python's Flying Circus, Kids in the Hall, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers, South Park, Simpsons, Venture Bros., Red Dwarf, Newsradio, Chappelle's Show, Reno 911, TV Funhouse, The Daily Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Insomniac with Dave Attell, Smallville, Survivor, Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko), Mr. Show, The Office, Sealab 2021, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Justice League Unlimited, The State, Mr. Bean, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mystery Science Theatre 3000... and most of the stuff on channels like History, Discovery, National Geographic, Travel, Food Network, etc...
...And Good Eats! The only cooking/food show you'll ever need. Alton Brown is a genius, and one hell of a cool, funny guy.
Big Douglas Adams fan... the Hitchhikers' Guide books are great. The first two Red Dwarf books are right up there, too... in some ways, I find them even funnier. ...Phillip K. Dick's work is great. I've appreciated Conrad's Heart of Darkness more and more with each reading.
Otherwise, not counting comic books, I usually tend to prefer non-fiction books, especially biographies. ...Which is weird, since I hope to be a fiction writer.
For comic books, I read DC titles, and have since I was a kid (except for most of my late teens and early twenties, when I spent my money on partying and what not, instead (no regrets about that, I assure you).
Sir Charles Chaplin, Ben Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, those who forged Labor Unions, the Pony Express riders... there are many more, to varying degrees.
...Anyone who had the character and resolve to put their neck on the line to help people or advance our species, in spite of ridicule, witch-hunters, or pressure/persecution from society, the government, or any formidable institution.
...Oh, and the creators behind the old The Fox and The Crow comics, and Alton Brown, of course.
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