If this is Hell, then I'm lucky...
My main interest is to help other people understand themselves and their potential. I believe it is within all of us to really be able to chase our dreams and be successful at it. It's time for all of us to realize that we all have something special within us to be the greatest we can possibly be. It might be something you have to search deep within you to find or it might just be a change of scenery. But either way, we all have the power to go out and NOT have to work some bullshit job just to make ends meet. Ultimately, how much more rewarding is it to make money doing what you LOVE? There's no reason we need to NOT do that. WE ARE ALL BETTER THAN THAT!
Let's see, what else? Concerts particularly metal concerts, listening to my ipod and all the metal I have stored up there, listening to music REALLY loud, loving bands that people hate like Insane Clown Posse and Mindless Self Indulgence, Star Wars, Hellblazer, Sandman, Vertigo Books, KISS, getting tattooed (man, it's been a while!), buying toys, going to comic book conventions, bounty hunters, Sith Lords, Bounty Hunter Clothing, Room 13 Clothing, Sik World Clothing, collecting and watching DVDs...playing video games especially (kinda obvious) Star Wars Battlefronts, Garth Ennis, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Chimaira, Machine Head, I'm sure I'll think about more soon...i'm kinda strapped for time...
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WAR MACHINE ENTERTAINMENT
With WAR MACHINE ENTERTAINMENT working furiously to break new and revolutionary artists and bands, we want to make sure you all get to check out what we have going on at all times!
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BLACK CHAPEL
The band to check out now is BLACK CHAPEL from Los Angeles, CA! An amazing blend of old school thrash mixed with the epic feel of power and black metal! They recently won the AIRPLAY DIRECT "All Things Digital Hard Rock/Heavy Metal" contest and are now on their way to play the Indianapolis Metalfest in September! ! Read all about it HERE! !
Check out their myspace page HERE!
Check out BLACK CHAPEL performing "SANDS OF TIME" live at the Key Club on 09-02-2007
BLACK CHAPEL @ The Key Club 09-02-2007
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ANTHONY CLARKSON'S GRIM WONDERLAND
There are some that call his art, morbidly cute, and there are some that just think he's just a demented genious...however, no matter what you think, Anthony Clarkson's art is NOT to be trivialized. It creeps and oozes, grabbing you with the dark tentacles from the back of your mind where darkest secrets and isolation rest. You won't ever know about Anthony Clarkson until you actually view his artwork, until you feel the perpetual darkness within...Enter THE GRIM WONDERLAND...
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Never mind the scenery, it's only bleeding...
Well, let's see...I've met Gene Simmons (THE MAN!!) and I've met all the people who play Boba Fett so to be honest, there's not many more I HAVE to meet. Since meeting those two, I can pretty much die happy.
The only people I wanna meet are people who wanna keep making metal and dark pop culture bigger and bigger! If you're into Star Wars, metal, Spawn, cool action figures, horror or sci fi movies, books, and that sort of thing...THAT'S who i wanna meet! I'm looking for people who want to make the world at large see what we have and make it bigger and better! I wanna meet the people who LIVE this life! Who BREATHE this life! Who LOVE this life! I want to meet people who want to make their mark on this fucking world!
Who do I NOT wanna meet? Slackers, wannabes, elitists (even metal elitists), bullshit artists, wasters of time, tweakers, mongoloids, burnouts, wastes of space, and anyone else who thinks being lazy and complacent is the way to go. GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!
Metal is in my blood. It always has been and always will be. I've worked at places like Roadrunner Records and Century Media Records...none of them gave me what I wanted which was the opportunity to REALLY help metal out in a serious way. Now, I finally have that outlet to help metal bands out in a way that doesn't put money in someone else's pocket. Starting NOW, WAR MACHINE ENTERTAINMENT is going to make that impact...one that will bring things back to where they need to be...in the hands of the FANS and the people who are truly dedicated to showing people that metal is not a lifestyle, it's a fuckin CULTURE! Lifestyles are fads, lifestyles are trends, they come and go as do the poseurs who suck them in but a culture is forever.
METAL is a culture and it's here to fucking stay!
That being said, click on the following banners to see interviews I've done...they're prett cool...
Here's a video you should ALL check out...this is a video a fan did for one of my favorite bands, CLUTCH, from one of my favorite albums,coincidentally also called CLUTCH! This is the video for ANIMAL FARM and even though it came out in 1995, it's as fuckin relevant now as it ever was back then! I hope you all dig it!
Pantera (RIP DIMEBAG DARRELL...A god among men...) There is nothing that can be said now that hasn't been said about him, his life and his unnecessary death. Everyday that passes, I find it hard not to think of him and what he has given so many of us. I've seen people with photos with him and I have to say that I'm sad that I never got a picture with him myself and now I'm poorer in spirit because of it. However, that doesn't take away from what he's given me in my life and that was hope and determination. I hope he's given many of you something equally as powerful if not moreso. So if you're really a Dimebag fan, then you'll rock this buddy icon:
BROTHERS FOREVER
Acid Bath (The greatest band that never was), Deadboy and the Elephantmen, Agents of Oblivion, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Crisis, Core, Crowbar, COC, Leonard Cohen, Frank Sinatry, Frontline Assembly, Fudge Tunnel, Fu Manchu, Foetus, Killswitch Engage, KISS, Ministry, Mnemic, Mad Capsule Markets, Barkmarket, Badbrains, Dry Kill Logic, Spineshank, Baby Fox, Arch Enemy, Portishead, ANYONE, Janes Addiction, Porno For Pyros, Cynic, Cypress Hill, Danzig, Dead Industry, Deftones, Deadlights, Glass Jaw, Glass Casket, God Lives Under Water, God Flesh, Death, The Crown, God Forbid, Monster Magnet, HIM, MOD, SOD, Powerman 5000, Primus, Deicide, Obituary, Prong, Prodigy, Murderdolls, Stone Sour, Slipknot, Morphine, Mr. Bungle, Kittie, KMFDM, Korn, ICP (Yeah, thats right! FUCK OFF!), Kotton Mouth Kings, Twiztid, Murder My Love, Mudvayne, Machine Head, Slayer (FUCKIN Slaaaaayyeeeerrrr!), Biohazard, At The Gates, Down, Himsa, Hemlock, GWAR, Hatebreed, Metallica, Megadeth, Nothingface, Marilyn Manson, Mindless Self Indulgence, Nirvana, Hole, Rage Against the Machine, old Red Hot Chili Peppers (What is this Zephyr bullshit!?) Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Static X, Ultraspank, Nora, Everytime I Die, The Bronx, Boss Hog, Jon Spencers Blues Explosion, Nailbomb, Soulfly, Sepultura, My Dying Bride, Kyuss, Queens of the Stoneage, Lacuna Coil, LAMB OF GOD, Shadows Fall, Life of Agony, L7, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Nebula, Slo Burn, Unida, Lard, Human Waste Project, Snot, Chimaira, Chem Lab, CLUTCH (!!!), Buzzov*en, Brutal Juice, Burn the Priest, Candiria, Infectious Grooves, EYEHATEGOD, Sinch, Fear Factory, Jonathan Fire Eater, Incubus, Mastodon, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, The Obsessed, New Kingdom, Tool, Soundgarden, and probably a fuckin million more i can't even think of right now...
I'm a HUGE movie freak with goddamn TONS of DVDs at my apt! As for movies...let's see...Star Wars Trilogy and that includes Episodes I and II for all you skeptical pieces of shit out there who don't think they're any good! Episode III: REVENGE OF THE SITH!! HAHA! I still love hearing how people LOVED the old Star Wars movies and think the newer ones suck. Just remember something, you probably saw the first trilogy when you were like, 10 years old and guess what...? EVERYTHING WAS COOL WHEN YOU WERE 10!! YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER!!
What else? The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Mallrats, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Airplane!, Alice In Wonderland, Animatrix, Angel Heart, Antz, Better Off Dead, Being John Malkevich, Big Fish, Breakfast Club, Bruce Almighty, A Bugs Life, The Cell, Chicago, Chicken Run, Chimaira: The Dehumanizing Process, The Core, The Crow, Dark City, Day After Tomorrow, Dazed and Confused, Donnie Darko, The Doors, Dude, Wheres My Car?, Dumb and Dumber, Emporers New Groove, Event Horizon, Evolution, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, A Few Good Men, Fight Club, Fifth Element, Finding Nemo, Freddy Vs. Jason, The Fugtive, Gangs of New York, Good Will Hunting, Gross Pointe Blank, GWAR: Phallus In Wonderland, The Harry Potter Movies, Hellraiser Movies, High Fidelity, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, House of 1000 Corpses, Identity, Im Gonna Get You Sucka, Jackass: the Movie, Jason X, Jumanji, Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2, Kingpin, Last Samurai, Lilo and Stitch, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix Movies, Memento, Me, Myself, and Irene, Men In Black, Moulin Rouge, Misery, Nightmare Before Christmas, Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie, Friday, Next Friday, Not Another Teen Movie, Office Space, Old School, Pantera Home Videos, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pulp Fiction, Planet of the Apes, The Ref, Rambo Movies, Reservoir Dogs, Resident Evil, The Ring, Say Anything, ScarFace, Scary Movie 1 and 2, Scooby Doo, Scream, Shaolin Soccer, Shrek 1 and 2, Sleepy Hollow, Snatch, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Spaceballs, Spider-Man 1 and 2, Strange Days, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead, Swingers, Swimming with Sharks, When Harry met Sally, Tarzan, all Terminator Movies, Theres Something about Mary, Total Recall, Toy Story 1 and 2, True Romance, 28 Days Later, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Unbreakable, Undercover Brother, Underworld, Usual Suspects, Vanilla Sky, Van Wilder, X-Men and X-Men 2, Young Frankenstein, Zoolander, and a slew of others!
I try not to watch too much TV but when I do, I'm all about Headbanger's Ball; Family Guy; The Simpsons (how can ya NOT be into it!?!); Sealab 2021; Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law; Invader Zim!; Trigger Happy TV; Jon Stewart and the Daily Show; Happy Tree Friends, LOST...and that's probably about it...
Stephen King's Dark Tower Series is fucking UNREAL! If you haven't read this and you like Stephen King, FUCKING PICK THIS SERIES UP!!! It's like Clint Eastwood a la The Good, The Bad and the Ugly/Fistfull of Dollars meets Lord of the Rings meets Mad Max! It's a SICK read!
Also check out: ANGELS AND DEMONS by Dan Brown, the guy who wrote "THE DAVINCI CODE". THE DAVINCI CODE is the sequel to ANGELS AND DEMONS. It's all about the Catholic Church, conspiracies, science, the existence of God, and the destruction of the planet. If you love reading about how the Catholic Church has fucked over the entire world and how good it would feel to get back at them, I highly recommend it! It's a fuckin fast read too!!
Other than that, I'm a big fan of PREACHER, The Punisher, Hellblazer and pretty much anything Garth Ennis writes. I also dig on any VERTIGO titles from DC (Swamp Thing, Y the Last Man, Sandman, etc)
Some books you all should check out:
Batman: HUSH
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: The Cult
Batman: Arkham Asylum
PREACHER: (The collected series) Books 1-10...I can guarantee you will NEVER have read a more FUCKED up comic book in your life!!
"God doesn't care if you say 'motherfucker"
Sandman: the entire series! Pick it up! Another series that'll just turn your fucking world upside down!
Hellblazer: Fuck the movie with Keanu Reeves! That was the biggest load of BULLSHIT I'd seen in a long long time! They set the movie in Los Angeles, the LEAST magical place on earth rather than England where it's supposed to take place! It's like they got a script for a different movie, put some Constantine-ish additions to it and then spewed out that crap. Here's a hint, next time you get someone to play an Englishman, GET AN ENGLISH MAN, not a retard surfer/actor wannabe!
The book versions of the stories are way more fucking intense than that movie! And besides, anyone who can give the devil the finger and walk away gets my fuckin vote!! The one to check out is the book called, "DANGEROUS HABITS"
"The good lord appreciates honesty. If you feel like an asshole in your suit, you are quite at liberty to say so."
SIN CITY: A Dame to Kill For
Sin CITY: That Yellow Rat Bastard
SIN CITY: The Big Fat Kill
Man, I could go on and on...
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