I'm a bibliophile, plain and simple. Those that know what that is, nod and smile. The rest of you, go look it up. It won't hurt, as long as you go easy on the page edges of the ol' Dictionary. Papercuts are vicious. Especially when dipped into a nice little cup of lemon juice. Mmmm.... And yeah, I party. Next question?
Just have a brain and use it. That's all I ask. Of course, a sense of humor helps as well... especially around me.
The Misfits, The Reverend Horton Heat, NIN, Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash, The White Stripes, Amon Tobin, Joy Division, the Creatures, Bauhaus, the Police, etc., etc., ad nauseum. If it doesn't make me want to saw my own head off to make the sound stop boring into my brain, chances are I listen to it.
Yes, please.
I don't watch TV, I play videogames. Horde!
Steven Erikson, Joe Abercrombie, K.J. Parker, Dan Abnett, Sandy Mitchell, Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, Chuck Palahniuk, James Ellroy, Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Dashiell Hammett, J.R.R. Tolkien, Isaac Asimov, Jack Vance, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Stephen Ambrose, H.P. Lovecraft, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Raymond Chandler would all make up a good starter kit for my literary tastes.
Oh, Tyler Durden... why hast thou forsaken us? Stephen King once referred to Cthulu as, "a gigantic, tentacle-equipped, killer vagina from beyond space and time." I had no idea. Seriously, however.... My father. My father is my hero. Always has been.