Literary and cultural theory, tattooing/piercing, pop culture, subcultures, drumming, pool, philosophy, history, soccer, underground/independent hip-hop, medieval history (esp. heresies), romantic/post-romantic classical music, late-50s/early-60s jazz, klezmer, rocksteady, semiotics, structuralism and poststructuralism, political/social satire, television, film, robots, zombies, coffee.http://www.venganza.org/piratesarecool4.gif
I'd like to meet:
Umberto Eco, Stephen Colbert, and the man who put the 'ram' in the 'ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong.' I'd like to shake his hand.http://www.venganza.org/him2.jpg
Music:
The Clash, James Brown, Beethoven, The Fucking Champs, Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, Aesop Rock, Otis Redding, Randy Newman, Cannibal Ox, David Bowie, Queen, Meatloaf, Muddy Waters, Deltron 3030, The Chemical Brothers, The Meters, Brother Ali, MC5, Stravinsky, Mahler, Bach, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shuggie Otis, Eddie and the Hot Rods, The Who, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Cliff, Tower of Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Temptations, Buena Vista Social Club, Ugly Casanova, The Kinks, Verdi, Operation Ivy, T Rex, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Dieselboy, The Dead Milkmen, Amon Tobin, Gang of Four, El P, Interpol, Metric, Marvin Gaye, The New Pornographers, The Decemberists, Gorillaz, Brian Wilson, Al Green, Cannonball Adderly, Shostakovich, Desmond Dekker, Joe White, Eyedea and Abilities, The Melodians, Frank Zappa, The Bonzo Dog Band, Rush, Mos Def, Holst, Dragonforce, two or three of the Beatles' albums, The Books, Berlioz, Robert Johnson, The Violent Femmes, Linton Kwesi Johnston...as you probably can tell, I don't listen to a lot of new music. It's so much effort to remain hip.
Movies:
Miller's Crossing, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn't There, Happiness, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Night of the Living Dead, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Devil's Backbone, Scanners, The Brood, Waiting For Guffman, Titus, Spinal Tap, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Black Orpheus, American Movie, Eraserhead, Brazil, Time Bandits, Dawn of the Dead (the original), The Producers (the original), Psycho (the original), Airplane, Cradle Will Rock, A Night at the Opera, The Shining, Dr. Strangelove, Night of the Hunter, Young Frankenstein, Annie Hall, What's Up Tiger Lily?, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Cape Fear (the original), Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs, Shaun of the Dead, each Monty Python film, Goodfellas, Dazed and Confused, Jackie Brown, Three Kings, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Decline of Western Civilization: Part II, Love and Death
Television:
M*A*S*H, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Mythbusters, Roseanne, Futurama, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Naked Science, Moral Orel, King of the Hill, The Sopranos, Robot Chicken, Harvey Birdman, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Twilight Zone, The Critic, Blackadder, The Fast Show (Brilliant), The Office(UK), Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, Strangers with Candy, The Kids in the Hall, The Final Report, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Prisoner
Books:
The Name of the Rose, Candide, The Zombie Survival Guide, America--The Book, The Jungle, The Stranger, Hamlet, Flowers For Algernon, Breakfast of Champions, White Noise, Kant and the Platypus, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Devil's Dictionary, all Sherlock Holmes mysteries, except for 'The Man with the Twisted Lip.' That was too Twilight Zone-ish an ending for me. Also, Jonathan Culler is the shit.
Heroes:
Mersault, Martin the Manichaean, William of Baskerville
