Music (see below), any activity where I'm in water, roller skating, surfing, my dog Typhoon and for some reason all pictures of him are too big to post, my friends - my amazing friends. They perform feats of strength on a regular basis and usually have peppermints. My friends are all grandpas. Writing general, writing sketch comedy, reading, movies, flicks & films.Mid-century modern architecture & design; Googie Space-Age, Joseph Eichler, the floor plans of Mexican wrestler Frank Lloyd Wright.
Ladies and Gentlemen: THE CRAMPS!
STARTING WITH BALL TEARING AUSSIE ROCK: Skyhooks, The Angels, AC/DC, Oils, Hoodoo Gurus, Sports, Australian Crawl. KINDER, GENTLER AUSSIES: Icehouse, The Church, Mental As Anything, THE FIRST LADY OF OZ: Olivia Newton-John. THE REST OF THE LOT: Henry Mancini, Zolar X, The Stones, Beatles, Kinks, Who, Smiths, Clash, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Cramps, Stranglers, Ramones, Animals, Cure, The The, Toy Dolls, Jam, Style Council, Fred Neil, The Boss, Bowie, Duran Duran, Georgie Fame, 1960's supermarket muzak, "Awesome", Captain Bogg & Salty, ABBA, Left Banke, Love, Sonics, evil 1950's hot-rod, 1960's garage, surf, 1960'S GIRL GROUPS (The Shangri-Las especially), Galaxy Trio, HEINO, The Lively Ones, Aussie bar bands that play in pubs for free on a hot Sydney night and do covers, The Free Design, Monks, Troggs, Georgie Fame, Herb Alpert, Hollies, Jellyfish, Jon Brion, Madonna, Morrisey, Adam Ant, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, College Marching Bands, R.E.M., Fleedwood Mac (especially 'TUSK'), Vivaldi (Nigel Kennedy's Four Seasons), Joy Division, New Order, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash, Presley, Electric Light Orchestra, Eminem, Pixies, Prince, Modest Mouse, Blur, Scott Walker, Jaques Brel, Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry, Devo, Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie, Cure, Dave Brubeck, Chocolate Watchband, Sex Pistols, Spice Girls, Yardbirds, Marianne Faithful, Martin Denny, Harmonicats, The Three Suns, Chic, Yves Montand, Dusty Springfield, America, Shirelles, Steely Dan, Gwen Stefani, Split Enz, Cold Chisel, Tommy James, SOUNDTRACK BREAK!: 'Hedwig', 'J.C. Superstar', 'Assassins', 'Ed Wood', 'Guys and Dolls', 'Xanadu' K-TEL, RONCO & MANY, MANY MORE!....such as Old Tymey and the Good Old Days.
Later! QUICK TOP THREE: (Number four and up pretty much changes all the time): 1.'North By Northwest' 2.'Goodfellas' 3.'Ed Wood'HERE'S SOME MORE - CLASSISCS! READY? "Komodo Wizard's Destiny's Legacy III: The Seeker", "Kid Doctor!", "The Awakening of Johann McSkeeves", "Kid Doctor II: (Gettin' Older - Still Doctorin')", "Trip-Trap: The Three Billygoats Gruff (Their Story)", "Mob Olympians", "Dog Driver's Ed", "The Terrifying Bats of Scary Cave Mountian", "The Talking Babies","Giraffe Bartender", "The Berenstien Bears' Vegas Vacation", "Grandma, Put On That Sweater" and MANY, MANY MORE.....(such as "Slinky Academy".)
LOST, Globe Trekker, HEROES, STELLA, Mr. Show, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, anything ever touched ever by Joss Whedon, Arrested Development, Jeopardy, Sopranos, Colbert, Conan, Entourage, Daily Show SOPRANOS! Simpsons. The Sopranos ended and I cried like your sister. HEROES. SUNDAY! MONDAY! HAPPY DAYS! (The one where Ritchie houses a beatnik is my favorite.) CARTOONS! Mythbusters, cartoons. I also like 'Heroes'. And Joss Whedon.
Travel, Bill Bryson, Sedaris, Salinger. BIOGRAPHIES, Sean Wilsey, Lisa Carver, CINTRA WILSON, architecture, National Geographic subscriber & Archie and the gang lover. ESPECIALLY Betty. Chuck Klosterman. I hate girl books about shoppers and jewelry. I love books about bands: "Please Kill Me - An Oral History of Punk" (Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain), "Our Band Could Be Your Life" (Michael Azerrad), "We Got The Neutron Bomb - The Untold Story of L.A. Punk" (Mark Spitz & Brendan Mullen), Lester Bangs, The 33 1/3 series....and I like books.
Hiro from 'Heroes', George Douglass, Kirk A+, Olivia Newton John, Zoe Bell, Johnny Marr