Maiming, strangulation, torture, revenge, honor, loyalty, respect, money, hard work, hardly working, fist fights, glass fights, blade fights, and cat fights.
Morrissey/The Smiths, The Cure, The Bomboras, Murder City Devils, Starflyer 59, Dick Dale, Depeche Mode, Mike Patton/Mr. Bungle, Henry Mancini, Reverend Horton Heat, The Specials, Johnny Cash, Chris Isaak, The Slackers, Hepcat, Bon Voyage, The Killers, Ministry, The Cramps, Harry James, Rufus Wainwright, Skankin Pickle, Duran Duran, Electric Six, The Sir Finks, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Chris Murray Combo, The Israelites, Nick Cave, Social Distortion, Dean Is Dead, Fugazi, Jump With Joey, The Phantom Surfers, Gipsy Kings, Deke Dickerson, Boz Boorer, Nine Inch Nails, The Creepy Creeps, Danny Elfman/Oingo Boingo, No Doubt (w/Eric Stefani ..s), Havalina Rail Co., Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, The Ventures, The El Caminos, Denali, The Devics, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Perez Prado, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Toots and The Maytals, The Skatalites, Secret Chiefs 3...oh and, I have a weakness for Dance House, Drum N' Bass, and anything flamboyantly club (L.A. STYLE) oriented and I have no idea why.
Vertigo, East Of Eden, Giant, Tombstone, Leon The Professional, Spartacus, Godzilla (all 1985 and prior) Casablanca, The Godfather Collection, Joe Versus The Volcano, Rushmore, Love and a .45, Buffalo 66, A River Runs Through It, Better Off Dead, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Rebel Without A Cause, Killer Klowns From Outerspace, The Buddy Holly Story, The Breakfast Club, My Blue Heaven, Shawshank Redemption, Exorcist 3
Discovery, Travel, Food, History Channels. American Chopper, World Poker Tour, Weird Travels, anything ghost or UFO related. Bugs Bunny and Friends, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Felix the Cat, Tom and Jerry, and Woody Woodpecker.
Books steal precious time away from youthful inexperience. I'll have all the time in the world to read/live vicariously when I'm elderly and paraplegic.
Morrissey and Oscar Wilde come to mind when I think of heroes...but they're practically the same person in either case...and that makes me even more homo-erotic than I already am.