SINCERITY, Musicology; "It's my understanding... that there are, uh... twenty-three students registered... for this series of lectures on advanced musical form. Now, we all know it's not raining outside, and unless there's a fire in some other part of the building that we don't know about, there's an awful lot of people here with nothing better to do."
I'd like to meet:
"I'm not trying to be a hero! I'm fighting the dragon!"
Music:
WFMU. Mucho musica maestros from A to Z (including A II Z) ~ ABBA to ZAPPA ~ ALLMAN BROTHERS to VAN ZANT ~ AC/DC to ZZ TOP ~ AEROSMITH (on drugs) to ZERO BOYS ~ ANVIL to ZOETROPE ~ THE ABUSED to ZNOWHITE ~ ARMORED SAINT to ZODIAC MINDWARP ~ ALICE COOPER to ZOMBIE ~ ADRENALIN O.D. to ZEKE ~ AMON DUUL to ZEVON ~ ALICE BOWIE to ZUBIN MEHTA. NWOBHM, Krautrock, Psych, Film (& Epic) Soundtracks, Rockabilly, Garage, Surf, Lounge, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Blues, Soul, Jazz, Hardcore, Punk, Funk & Junk. MUCH too much to list here. Actually, it's kinda sick!
Movies:
WHAT ABOUT BOB?, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Sam Peckinpah, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Wise, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Jim Jarmusch, Bill Murray, Gary Oldman, Ray Winstone, William Smith, William Shatner, Bob Clark, Alan Ormsby, Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Don Coscarelli, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Lee, Lee Ving, John Doe, Steve Jones, Penelope Spheeris, Alex Cox, Rat Skates, Daniel Johnston, Jim Henson, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, Linda Blair, Pam Grier, Charlton Heston, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, George C. Scott, Sean Connery, Steve McQueen, Donald Pleasence, Vincent Price, Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder, James Gunn, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Takashi Shimizu, Hideo Nakata, Kinji Fukasaku, Akira Kurosawa, Yimou Zhang, Ziyi Zhang, Fu Sheng, Luc Besson, Guillermo Del Toro, Michele Soavi, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava, Sergio Leone, Monty Python, Terry Gilliam, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Jesus Franco, Christopher George, Film Noir, German Expressionism, old Universal & Hammer Horror, Bible Epics, Biker flicks, Biopics, Roger Corman, Ed Wood, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Jayne Mansfield, Bettie Page, Russ Meyer, Ralph Bakshi, Rankin/Bass, Rodney Dangerfield, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, Gleason & Carney, Pryor & Wilder, Belushi & Aykroyd, John Candy, John Landis, John Waters, Mel Brooks, The Three Stooges, The Marx Brothers, Sylvester Stallone, Joe Spinell, William Lustig, Walter Hill, Ray Harryhausen, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Ridley Scott, Brian De Palma (NOT "Redacted"), Roman Polanski, William Friedkin, Paul Schrader, John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, TAXI DRIVER, etc.
Television:
America's Most Wanted, COPS, Fishing with John, House, Monty Python, Benny Hill, Doctor Who, The X-Files, Millennium, Twin Peaks, History, Discovery, National Geographic, SciFi Channel, Cartoon Network, Jackie Gleason, Rod Serling, The Monkees, The Munsters, The Muppet Show, Joe Franklin, Uncle Floyd, Andy Kaufman, SCTV, early SNL, early David Letterman, Fridays, WABBIT, KPUT, KROP, WGON, WZAZ, WZZT, Channel 83 Civic TV, Classics from the '50s, '60s, '70s & '80s, Old School Wrestling, etc.
Books:
Phone, SHUT UP & SING, Let It Blurt, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, Main Lines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste, Krautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik - 1968 Onwards, Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer, Trower: Their Lives and Music, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Midnight Riders: The Story of the Allman Brothers Band, Skydog - The Duane Allman Story, Frank Zappa, From Grand Funk to Grace, Grit, Noise and Revolution, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster, If Chins Could Kill, Lobotomy, On The Road With The Ramones, My Boy, Phil Lynott: The Rocker, No More Sad Refrains: The Life and Times of Sandy Denny, Nick Drake: The Biography, Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley, White Line Fever, Man in White, Cash: The Autobiography, Belushi, Wired, Redemption Song, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Creem, Mojo, Trouser Press, Easyriders, Soldier of Fortune, Better Homes & Gardens, National Geographic, Catalogs, Comics/Graphic Novels, Wizard, The Betty Pages, Punk, Touch & Go, Forced Exposure, American Hardcore, Sound of the Beast, The Beast, Bronson's Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films, The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh: The Films of George A. Romero, John Carpenter: The Prince of Darkness, Helter Skelter, The Black Dahlia, Ian Fleming, Orson Welles, Rod Serling, Harlan Ellison, Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, Robert A. Heinlein, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Robert Bloch, Ayn Rand, Dr. McCoy, Dr. Savage, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Thompson, Dr. Zaius, Famous Monsters of Filmland, MAD Magazine, CRACKED Mazagine, The Bible, etc.
Heroes:
Super, DICK DALE, Leonard Skinner, The Boondock Saints, Walter Kovacs, Vic Sage, Frank Castle, Paul Kersey, Harry Callahan, Buford Pusser, Buford T. Justice, Henry Krinkle, Tom Stall, William 'D-Fens' Foster, John Eastland, Coffy, Erica Bain, King William, Peter Washington, Roger DeMarco, Francine Parker, Dr. Sam Loomis, Snake Plissken, Max Rockatansky, Ashley J. Williams, The King, The Crow, Vampirella, Special Agent Dana Scully, Frank Black, James Howlett (Logan), Shaun, Reggie, Tony Clifton, Thornton Melon, Ralph Kramden, Ed Norton, Del Griffith, Jake & Elwood Blues, Calvert DeForest, Stewie Griffin, Meatwad, Milk & Cheese, Blimpie, and Eggplant Parm.
