Noir, dada, anarchism, UFC, envelopes, surrealism, horror, junk, asphalt, noise, cats, crap, making sounds, writing, candy, ice cream, notes, cars, halloween, plants, jungle noises, electronic bunnies, cake, robots, numbers, phones, staplers, fingers tapping, sound of one hand clapping, duct tape, duck tape, o'shannon, shades, static, pens, folders, tom skerritt, pencils, telescopes, jurgen prochnow, cartoon tea kettles, answering machines, hats, suits, blankets, skirts, blue guitars, spaceships, toy aisles, jellybeans, red jellybeans, beans, gum, empty cases, caspar, denmark, grass, vcrs, office buildings, lighters, postmarks, sunshine, mirrors, smudges, dirty hands, monkeys, q-tips, cotton swabs, bars, empty bars, pool, malfunctioning dice, chalk, pajamas, hot plates, ketchup, pillows, shoeboxes, parrots.
I'd like to meet:
"..a man without any enemies usually doesn't have any real friends either." - Edward Bunker "Education of a Felon: A Memoir"
I know who I DON'T want to meet:
two-faced people,
people who have no integrity or backbone,
dishonest people,
people with no standards,
people who talk behind other people's backs,
trendy people,
people who don't stand behind what they say,
dumb people.
Music:
Bassholes, Morphine, EYEHATEGOD, Blind Willie McTell, SWANS, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, SKULLFLOWER,
Mississippi John Hurt, John Lee Hooker, Robert Belfour, GOD, Cable Regime, Smiths/Morrissey, Fall of Because, Cocteau Twins, The Cramps, Oblivions, Johnny Cash, Captain Beefheart, CCR, SKip James, Furry Lewis, SUNROOF!, Bauhaus, Christian Death, Joy Division, Elvis Presley, Merzbow, Masonna, Clutch,
Steely Dan, Godflesh (and all assorted Justin Broadrick projects like JESU, FINAL, TECHNO ANIMAL etc), Napalm Death, 68 Comeback, The Mummies, The Horrors, Cheater Slicks,
Compulsive Gamblers, The Church, Arab Strap, Tiny Tim, Nurse With Wound, Current 93, Sol Invictus, Machines of Loving Grace, Skinny Puppy, Therapy?, Peter Brotzmann, Sun Ra, etc
Movies:
Horror, Giallos (or maybe the plural form is "gialli"?), Luis Bunuel films, surrealism, David Lynch, Cronenberg, Takashi Miike films, film noir, Hitchcock, Marx Brothers, Karate Kid Trilogy, Jodorowsky's THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, Shaw Bros, kung fu,
Television:
turner classic movies, ufc, king of queens.
Books:
Too many to list really. I read more than I socialize. For starters, all books by Jim Thompson. Fucking genius.
William S. Burroughs of course.
Also: Tom Piccirilli, Hugh Fleetwood, Patrick McGrath, Patrick Suskind, J.G. Ballard, H.P. Lovecraft, Colin Wilson, Edward Lee, Richard Laymon, Charlee Jacob, etc. Non-fiction about history, candy, crime, film.
I hate people who don't read.
Heroes:
Jim Thompson; my grandfather; my father..
