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Hal vs. The Ionosphere

The death of hipster bullshit.

About Me

Most days are little more than After Effects and coffee.

My Interests

My days usually involve hanging out in coffee shops on my laptop animating. I'm pretty good at Guitar Hero. Need to surf more often. Love making good animation. www.filmfreakcentral.net is the best online review site.

I'd like to meet:

Sassy ladies and dudes flying pterodactyls.

Music:

Seems like I've been listening to lots of PIXIES, PINK FLOYD and BADFINGER of all things... and those Bang Camaro guys if they ever put a disc out. Blondie remains the hottest.

Movies:

AKIRA made me want to ba an animator, that's all you really need to know. I have wide, eclectic tastes. Recent Viewings: THE FOUNTAIN, SCIENCE OF SLEEP, CASINO ROYALE, ICHI THE KILLER, NEAR DARK, TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS, SLITHER Looking forward to: LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, BRIGHT FUTURE, VOLVER, THE PRESTIGE, PAN'S LABYRINTH, TIDELAND, FACTORY GIRL, PERFUME

Television:

THE VENTURE BROTHERS

Books:

On the TO READ shelf: Founding Brothers, Ivanhoe, Kafka on the Shore, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Cryptonomicon, Collapse RECENTLY FINISHED: At the Mountains of Madness (2nd time), Life of Pi, Foundation Trilogy, Devil and Daniel Webster COMICS are so much easier to digest at laundromat: currently hooked on SCOTT PILGRIM, DR. STRANGE, SHE-HULK, vintage GREEN LANTERN. THE BELIEVER Magazine is always a good read.

Heroes:

Politicians like Teddy Roosevelt - what a man, what a life. Artists like Moebius, Miyazaki, Gilliam, Lynch and Jodorowsky - intend for my career can be as eclectic. Performers like Tadanobu Asano and Takeshi Kitano with untarnishable integrity.

My Blog

Kurt Vonnegut - So it goes.

Glad I seem to be one of the last to be posting about this, since it means I'm not the only one who was influenced by Vonnegut. I remember BACK TO SCHOOL, and his brilliant cameo - probably the best ...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:17:00 PST

THE HOST

So I'm going to devote my blog to all the great stuff I'm reading/watching/doing these days, and can't kick it better in '07 than with this movie.For years I've joked that every movie would be better ...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:26:00 PST

I always knew Van Sant was a poor man's Mad Max...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_en_ot/people_gus_van_ santSo you see, DUIs aren't just for Australian bonafide megastars! It happens to indie darlings all the time and I bet Guy Maddin drives a...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:57:00 PST

Legendary animation...

This is why I love YouTube... aside from the underage sirens and videos of Debbie Harry singing with Muppets, every now and then someone posts a lost gem like THE THEIF AND THE COBBLER. For those n...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:27:00 PST

Holy shit...

I have 3 pages of friends! Suddenly, for no good reason, I feel loved and surrounded, now I'm getting paranoid and claustrophibic. Only 17 until the big triple digits. Technology is fabulous. As ...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:25:00 PST

Happy New Year!

Hey all - woke up and embraced the grey pallor of the day with a shower and smile. I LOVE this year already, don't know why, but I have a good feeling about 2006. I think I'm gonna go make some ra...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:28:00 PST

Peabody Can Rot - Day. 4

AWAKE is my favorite Mood Icon - it is most triumphant for a decapitated hovering cat head. Last night was my other family Christmas party at Matt and Liz (who just got married)'s house - was nice ...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:54:00 PST

BOSTON - More than a feeling: Day .3

I love that AWAKE mood icon; it completely captures my elation at surviving yet another day. I usually start my day chugging coffee and pumping my fists in the air: going strong and not dead. A go...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:16:00 PST

BOSTON - East Coast Tour. Day.2

GO MOOD ICON GO! Eat that soup/cereal... whatever... Got up, cold, rainy, bitch of a day. Tossed those heat pellets all over ice, shoveled driveway. Getting too old for this shit. Fuck the East coa...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:09:00 PST

Boston so Far...

Been in Boston three days thus far... Not as many adventures, but why not immortalize in my blog the trip thus far. Especially since I've already written it. Also have a new camera phone, so expec...
Posted by Hal vs. The Ionosphere on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:06:00 PST