Computers, Ultima (the video game, not the perfume), general political arguing, ancient history, archaeology, Transformers (the toys only), sexual innuendo, the Voynich manuscript, the Vectrex and old video games in general, Captain Planet, late-80's to early-90's professional wwrestling (The days of IRS, Issac Yankem, Doink, Akeem, etc), going for long drives, telling longwinded but entertaining stories, old coins still in circulation, Sierra Mist, unusual jelly bean flavors, the Three Stooges (especially Shemp), unusual cartoon artork, making fun of poorly designed websites, funny voices, talking about the merits of different foodstuffs, strawberry juice, late-night Wal-Mart, superfluous verbiage, Waffle House, dogs, hypnosis, really old cars.
I'd like to meet:
Once upon a time, a young woman called me on the phone out of the blue (she was a friend of a friend) and wanted to read "The Portrait of an Artist As a Young Man" over the phone with me. Sadly I didn't have that book, and it didn't go anywhere. A more effective repition of some similar unexpected experience would be ideal.
I especially want to meet someone who recognizes my "headline" quote. It would make me certifiably giddy! :-D
Music:
Note: I am an convicted MP3 hoarder.
Classical: JS Bach, John Cage
Misc: Robert Johnson, Jimmie Rodgers, any ancient music
50's: Jump blues, proto- and early rock n' roll
60's: Garage bands and psychedelica
70's: Early punk and nowave, darkwave
80's: All that is dehumanizing: goth and industrial
90's: Sweet-boy indie pop and anything weird
Some of my favorite bands:
Chuck Berry, Big Joe Turner, the Crystals, the Silver Apples, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, the Left Banke, the Zombies, Patti Smith, Nick Drake, X-Ray Spex, Wire, the Fall, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Stiff Little Fingers, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, the Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Throbbing Gristle, Sisters of Mercy, Nirvana, Tori Amos, a Perfect Circle, Modest Mouse, the Ass Ponys, Trench Coat Yuppies, the Postal Service, Nada Surf.
Movies:
Simon of the Desert, Metropolis, Pinic at Hanging Rock, The Third Man, Solaris, Grizzly Man, High Fidelity, The Best Years of Our Lives, Hour of the Wolf, Rebel Without a Cause, A Clockwork Orange, Ran, The Three Stooges shorts, Wild Strawberries, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Last Year at Marienbad, My Dinner With Andre
Television:
Home Movies, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: TNG, Homicide Life on the Street, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost, Lost
Books:
The Magnificent Ambersons, Woyzeck, Lolita, Nostromo, The Winter of Our Discontent, On the Road, Nausea, The Sound and the Fury, The Way We Live Now, anything by Franz Kafka, Anything by Albert Camus, anything by Italo Calvino, anything by the ancient Greeks, anything by James Joyce
Heroes:
John Cage: Did his own thing for his entire life
Carl Sagan: Skeptic until the very end
