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About Me

I'm a fanboy dork geek nerd, and damn proud of it. If you gotta problem with any of that, I'll see you outside. I went to college on art and journalism scholarships. I graduated UT Austin with film and advertising degrees, and was two classes away from an english degree. I've been a punk rock singer, corporate graphic designer, collectibles shop owner, vintage japanese toy importer, tattoo shop owner, and body piercer. I once had one of the biggest vintage japanese toy collections in america, and am still considered an expert in the field. I've also amassed a large assortment of comic books, records, movie posters, and most other non-sports (I have no interest in sports) artifacts of popular culture. Nowadays, I mainly collect DVDs, and have well over 4,000.

My Interests

Film, Art, Vintage Japanese Toys, Vintage Samurai Swords, Guns, Giant Robots, Pretty Things, Anime, Tokusatsu, Kaiju, Fringe Cultures, Cajun Food, Pappa's Steakhouse, Sushi, Chinese Buffet, Chewing Gum & Kicking Ass, & I'm All Outta Gum!

I'd like to meet:

You, You, You, No, the girl behind you, You, You, Not you, Definitely you, and most especially You! If I left anybody out, you shouldn't have been so smug and smarmy (Especially you Mr. Affleck).

Music:

The Clash, The Ramones, Poison 13, Violent Femmes, White Zombie, Ministry, The Crystal Method, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pink Floyd, Journey (Yes, Journey), Bruce Springsteen (esp. "Nebraska"), Traci Lords, Blondie, Pretenders, L7, Lords of Acid, Electric Hellfire Club, NIN, David Bowie, The Stooges, The Cure, Bolshoi, Bauhaus, DKs, Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Buffalo Springfield, etc., etc.

Movies:

Blade Runner, Godfather I & II, Casshern, True Romance, Love & a .45, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (Ep. IV & V), Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, White Heat, The Advs. of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn), King Kong ('33 & 2005), The Seven Samurai, Near Dark, Ed Wood, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Sinbad & the Eye of the Tiger (I love Jane Seymour), Brotherhood of the Wolf (I love Monica Bellucci), Audition, Battle Royale, Godzilla (All the Toho stuff, not the TriStar crap), Mirai Ninja, Lilo & Stitch, Nausicaa, Castle of Cagliostoro, My Youth in Arcadia, Mazinger Z tai Devilman, etc., etc. + Just about anything by Akira Kurosawa, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Pedro Almodovar, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Stanley Kubrick, Kevin Smith, Fritz Lang, John Woo, Luc Besson, etc., etc.

Television:

Adult Swim, The Daily Show, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Crime Story, The Young Ones, Wise Guy, Monty Python, Angel, Dark Angel, Smallville, The Shield, TV Funhouse, Invader Zim, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, Southpark, FLCL, Cowboy BeBop, Ghost in the Shell, Samurai Champloo, Astro Boy (All Versions), Gatchaman, Endless Road SSX, Macross, Z Gundam, Henshin Ninja Arashii, Ultraman, Akumaizer 3, Barom 1, etc., etc.

Books:

Harlan Ellison, Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", Andrew Vachhs, Michael Slade, Clive Barker's "Books of Blood", Neil Gaiman, Philip K. Dick, Frank Miller, Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, Henry James, Flannery O'Conner, Dashihell Hammett, Jim Thompson, William S. Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, Douglas Adams, Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Mark Brandon Chopper Read, Michael Moorcock, Lord Byron, Lord Dunsany, "Love & Rockets", "How to Be a Complete Bastard", Evan Dorkin, Jhonen Vasquez, Daniel Clowes, R. Crumb, Spain, Dan O'Neil, etc., etc.

Heroes:

Yoshitaka Amano, Go Nagai, Yasushi Nirasawa, Amemiya Keita, Merian C. Cooper, Francis Ford Coppola, Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, David Lynch, Ray Harryhausen, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino & other Super Geeks, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Bruce Lee (The only asian hero in america in my youth), Jack Black, David Bowie, Joe Strummer, Rick Blaine, The Lead Bird, Capt. Herlock, Tetsuwan Atom, Jimmy Carter, Loretta Cavin & other teachers worldwide that still give a fuck, etc., etc.

My Blog

Joe Riley was a Great Man

Joe Riley was a great man. He was a brilliant sculptor, and masterful artist, regardless of media, but far more than that, he was a great man. He did not preach. He did not criticize. He did not judge...
Posted by Storm on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:46:00 PST

But what about the good things that Hitler did . . .

"If you had the chance to go back in time, and kill Hitler right now, would you do it? I mean I personally wouldn't do it; I think he's awesome, but would you?" . . . Eric Cartman, "South Park", 10040...
Posted by Storm on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:05:00 PST

Body Piercing Schedule

I have been doing body piercing for just over 7 years now. I currently work at Phat Kat Tats (formerly 2 Extreme) 9557 W. FM 1960. That's between Jones Rd & Perry Rd; Which is between 290 & 249; Or be...
Posted by Storm on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:44:00 PST

Poking Holes 7 Days A Week

Who'd a thunk it: I went from not working for over a year; to working 3 days a week; and now that the other piercer got fired, to currently working 7 days a week.I'm at:Phat Kat Tattoos (formerly 2Ext...
Posted by Storm on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:47:00 PST

Whatever happened to Donny?

I was thinking about dead people I know, and Donny came to mind. Donny was quite the character. He sometimes taught english in Japan, sometimes sold anime goods in America, but mainly gambled, and fuc...
Posted by Storm on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:34:00 PST

Why didn't anybody tell me that Joe Claytor died?

Am I that out of touch? It's no secret that I consider the so-called "scene" that I tend to hang out in to largely be a pool of scum, myself often included, but Joe was one of the good ones, a gentlem...
Posted by Storm on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:43:00 PST

Vintage Japanese Toys Videos

I recently transferred from VHS to DVD a video of my japanese toy collection shot by Joe Riley some ten or so years back for Access Cable in Dallas. It's about 35 mins., and shows over 2,000 different...
Posted by Storm on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:39:00 PST