None. Absolutely none. I'm such a fucking snob that everything bores me. But really I'm fascinated by bright shiny objects that move around. Most animals agree.
Music:
This should really go under the "Heroes" section for me... The Standells, Radio Birdman, New Race, The New Christs, The Ponys, The Real Kids, The Briefs, The Damned, The Dirtbombs, The Henry Clay People, The Stitches, The Pagans, Creekbird, The Didjits, The Gun Club, The Cows, The Smut Peddlers, The Dexateens, Magazine, The Dwarves, Wilco, Black Flag, Coachwhips, Woodpussy, Charleyhorse, Daniel Johnston, The Ones, King Black Acid, S.S.M., Syd Barrett, No Means No, The Faces, Small Faces, Devo, The Phantom Limbs, Crass, The Kinks, X-Ray Spex, Firecrotch, The Magic Christians, The Epoxies, The Fall, The Butthole Surfers, The Monks, Ween, the first Killing Joke album, The Frogs, The Angry Samoans, The Velvet Underground, Them, The Cramps, The Adicts, Syd Barrett, Hello Defective, The Von Zippers, Brian Eno, DOA, Sky Saxon and The Seeds, The Mormons, The Diplomats of Solid Sound, The Ventures, 400 Blows, Louis Armstrong, Sham 69, Tubeway Army, The Gories, Ministry, The Flaming Lips, The Undertones, The Lazy Cowgirls, Suicide, The Misfits, The Hells, The New York Dolls, The Stranglers, Trashcan Darlings, Bad Brains, The Centimeters, Irving, The Miracle Workers, The Dead Boys, The Bellrays, The Mean Reds, The Barberellas, T. Rex, The Fall-Outs, Louis Armstrong, Missing Persons, The Dictators, Gang Green, The Avengers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Seven Seconds, The Unicorns, MC5, Rudimentary Peni, Wesley Willis, Zen Guerilla, The Icarus Line, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead, The Fucking Champs, Guided By Voices, Slint, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Cynics, Boss Hog, Gang of Four, The Vibrators, Dead Moon, The Modern Lovers, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Sonic's Rendezvous, Guitarwolf, Suicide, The Mentors, Hank Williams, Tenderloin, 45 Grave, The Rolling Stones when they were still young and on drugs, The Minutemen, Klaus Nomi, Maurice Chevalier, Hella, Otis Redding, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Doo Rag, Deltahead, Bob Logg III, The Buzzcocks, Nina Hagen, Dean Martin, Joan Jett, The Mummies, The Supersuckers (I'll pass on the country shit thanks), The Simpletones, Deep Purple, Nation of Ulysses, Lou Reed when he was still on heroin (circa Transformer and Rock N' Roll Animal), Television (just Marquee Moon, fucking amazing), The Stooges, The Weirdos, The Velvet Cactus Society, The Sharp Ease, Pavement, The Creation, AC DC with Bon Scott, Minor Threat, The Saints, James Brown, The Break Up, The Who, Stiff Little Fingers, The Yardbirds, Frank Zappa, The Stomach Frogs, The Jesus Lizard, The Germans, The Slouches, The Present, The Desert Stormtroopers, Black Santa, Wrong Hole, The Gimmicks, The 16 Men of Tain, Spider Monkey, The Wrenches, Bands with really stupid hybrid names like El Salvador Dalai Parton. Bands that lost their lead flute players to drug overdoses. Also into cheesy bands that misspell their names, like the Beatles for instance.Early Childhood Favorites: "Rhinestone Cowboy" (G. Cambell). "Life's Been Good" (J. Walsh) "You Really Got Me" (Kinks) "In The Summertime" (Mungo Jerry)I'm a bit of a band geek I suppose, but everyone's got their little "thing" in life, don't they? If they don't, they'd better find one soon or die hollow.
Movies:
Curbstompers From Mars (Okay, I made it up. Now back to my "serious" cinematic delights), Delicatessan, Lolita, Brazil, Rear Window, Rushmore, Oldboy, Schizopolis, The Warriors, Shaoilin Soccer, The Machinist, District B-13, The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb, Time Bandits, The Killing, The Gate, Suicide Club, The Red Balloon, There Will Be Blood, Love Liza, A Clockwork Orange, Switchblade Sisters, Alien, Blue Velvet, The Host, Midnight Cowboy, Miller's Crossing, The French Connection I and II (heroin, anyone?), Dog Day Afternoon, Dog Soldiers, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Cat People, Cat's Eye, Cat Ballou, Even Dwarves Started Out Small, The Dirty Dozen, Barton Fink, Crumb, Taxi Driver, The Reflecting Skin, Electraglide In Blue, Hated, The Evil Dead 2, Altered, The Tin Drum, Escape From New York, Pan's Labyrinth, Bloodsucking Freaks, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Down By Law, Me, You, and Everyone We Know, The Great Escape, Blade Runner, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (with Dennis Hopper. What? you haven't seen it? Shame on you), The Swimmer, Crippled Masters, Buckaroo Banzai, Raising Arizona, (Jan Svankmajer's) Faust, Little Otek, Straight To Hell, Happiness, Rock N' Roll Zombies, The Godfather parts I and II (I'd rather polish the head of my penis with a cheese grater than watch part III again), Good Night and Good Luck, Vanishing Point, Enter The Dragon, Grizzly Man, Creepshow II, Trainspotting, Darby O'Gill and The Little People (the only Disney movie on this list and let's keep it that way), Repo Man, Scanners, Shallow Grave, Any Samuel Fuller directed flick, especially Naked Kiss or Shock Corridor. Animation by the Quay Brothers. Practically any Zombie movie ever made (especially some of those shitty Italian ones where dresses become ripped for no apparent reason). Oh yeah, and artsy foreign films that I don't understand but apparently mean something important. PS If you try to make me watch any of those terrible period dramas with either Hugh Grant, Anthony Hopkins, Leonardo DiCrapio, or Kate Winslet in it, I'll fucking kill you. Seriously.
