THERE'S ME!
AND MY FILMS...
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT SUNDOWN (this is the kickass Euro-cover)
and the upcoming, ZOMBIES ANONYMOUS (formerly LAST RITES OF THE DEAD).......................................................
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.........................................on the set...why are their guns pointed at my dick?
what a goofy bastard.
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...................................things i love.....Filmmaking, writing music, martial arts, watching movies (preferably in the theater), bike riding, playing piano, dressing up on Halloween, watching trashy tv, being a goofball, dancing & partying, making people laugh, or cringe (or both), sitting around campfires at night, heading out to the woods and staring up at the clear night sky and the grandness of it all, baking on the beach, chilling in my apartment amidst the lava lamps, fiber lights and endless sea of scented candles.....................................................
......"I crucified my hate and held the world within my hand" -Jon Anderson, Close to the Edge (Yes)
I'd like to meet:
the late great Carl Sagan, Keith Emerson, Roger Ebert, Edward Witten, the Leptopril Lady, Howard Stern (and Robin, Artie and Fred), Martin Scorcese, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Judy, The Black Crowes, Stephen Hawking, Penn Jillette, Vincent Gallo, John Tuturro, Edward Norton, Anna Faris, Officer Doyle from the Judge Mathis show, Mikael Akerfelt, Bruce Campbell and Mick Foley.
Music:
My tastes in music range from Baroque-era classical and jazz to death metal and rap and just about everything in between. There's not a genre that I won't give a chance to, and all I ask is that the music have heart, soul, originality, and most importantly, be challenging and provacative.My Absolute favorites....Opeth, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Yes, Jane's Addiction and Bach. (the classical composer, NOT the singer from Skid Row!)....Other favorites are Led Zeppelin, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Genesis, the Doves, Beck, Dead Can Dance, King Crimson, Ice Cube, Bob Marley, Crosby Stills & Nash, p-funk, Aphex twin, Meshuggah, the Doors, Chicago (just the 70's jazzy stuff), Between the Buried and Me, Nevermore, Soundgarden, Dr. Dre, Weezer, Sneaker Pimps, Portishead, Deftones, Metallica, Rage against the Machine, Frank Zappa, Elton John, Alice in Chains, Billie Holiday, N.W.A., Phish, Johnny Cash, Robert Rich, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Lamb of God, Amorphis, Smashing Pumpkins, Rush, Public Enemy, Sepultura, Eric B. & Rakim, Miles Davis, Hallucinogen, Queen, Gentle Giant, Coldplay, STP, the Verve, System of a Down, Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Snoop Dogg, Billy Joel, Foo fighters, the Black Crowes, the Cure, Prince, Beethoven, Mozart and Handel ...and so much more!!!
Movies:
Although people generally think I am only a fan of horror, not true. Much like my love for music, my love for films spans across all genres. They just have to be good, and that is all I ask. My favorites include Raging Bull, Apocalypse Now, Clockwork Orange, Dawn of the Dead(the original), 2001, the Godfather, Jaws, Goodfellas, ... I loved the movies of the 70's in particular. Also have a soft spot of early 80's horror films like American Werewolf in London, The Thing, Poltergeist, Re-animator, Evil Dead, among others...
okay. heres more. Close Encounters, Paths of Glory, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Full Metal Jacket, Rocky (only the magnificent first one, and not those shitty sequels), all three Lord of the Rings movies, and in general, the work of Peter Jackson over the last 15 years. the Godfather, the Conversation, The Killer, One Flew over the Cuckoos nest, 12 monkeys, Malcolm X, Bicycle Thief (a rollicking good time!), Boogie Nights, Seven, On the Waterfront, Blue Velvet, Pulp Fiction, Butch cassidy and the sundance kid, Magnolia, Superman, Sunset Blvd, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original), Do the right thing, Dr. Strangelove, Casablanca, the films of the Coen Brothers, Tarantino, Coppola, George Romero, terry gilliam, Kubrick, Scorcese, John Carpenter, Oliver Stone, Spike Lee, Hitchcock, Tobe Hooper, Elia Kazan, Sam Raimi....holy shit, i could go on and on....
Kubrick-my favorite director of all time; PT Anderson-my favorite director working today;All time favorite actor-Marlon Brando;
Television:
My favorite show: Ghosthunters on Sci fi channel..and my all time fave is probably The Honeymooners... and I loved Strangers with Candy, and Carl Sagan's Cosmos... other favorites are King of Queens, South Park, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, Naked Science and Is It Real (both on National Geographic Channel) ... Those are some of the better shows I watch. I also like some real shit-television, like Judge Judy and the Maury show (but only when he has the paternity tests for whores who dont know who fathered their baby).
oh yeah... i'm a sucker for anything on the science channel, discovery channel, or national geographic channel that involves any of the following: outer space, astronomy, meteors, disasters, end of the world scenerios, dinosaurs, earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanos & tsunamis (and of course, supervolcanoes and megatsunamis!) cryptozoology, the big bang, string theory and m-theory, evolution, horrible diseases, vemonous critters, killer jellyfish, early man, the supernatural, killer sea creatures mauling unsuspecting tourists, UFO's, the search for the unifying theory of physics, and anything involving alternate realities, and I am all up in that!
Books:
i dont read fiction, only non-fiction...my favorites as of late...If Chins could kill (Bruce Campbell), Self Made Man (norah Vincent), Unit 731 testimony (accounts from a japanese prison camp) , Schindlers List, Many Lives Many Masters, Killing for Culture, Sleazoid Express (the history of Times Square's movie theaters and the b-movies that played in them) and Lloyd Kaufmans Make Your Own Damn Movie.
Heroes:
my heroes.... My dad, toughest mf on the planet... My mom, coolest metallica-lovin mom ever...my brother lee, warped like me...my best friend jonathan... my sensei russ (russ IS the man)...stanley kubrick, the filmmaker who lifted film to the level of great art...Jackie Chan & Steven Seagal, they were the ones who inspired me to start studying martial arts with their incredible asskicking movies...Keith Emerson, best rock pianist ever....Lloyd Kaufman-cinematic rebel and king of true, real independent cinema. He's an artist first and a businessman second (and foot fetishist third)
