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Chris

Too Much Hell Ain't Enough For Me

About Me

My name's Chris Krovatin. I'm an author, an actor, a metalhead, and a Cancer. My favorite musicians are Slayer and Frank Sinatra, and my favorite pasta is gnocchi (it's made of potatoes). I like presents, especially Jack Daniels, weird toys, and vintage posters.

My Interests

Heavy metal, Frank Sinatra, vinyl, vintage posters, dinosaurs, toys, liquor, mind-altering chemicals, Shakespare, death (the subject), Death (the metaphysical being), vampires, candy, cooking, coffee, Satan, cigarettes, H.P. Lovecraft, comic books, superheroes, highlighters under blacklight, tattoos, the Sunday funnies, cool-looking cufflinks, nice suits, Quentin Tarantino, Kat Dennings, religion, going for walks, drawing in class, Mike Giant, Paul Booth, Francis Bacon, Ed Roth, Christmas carols, and sex.

I'd like to meet:

My fans. The only reason I have a MySpace profile is to keep in touch with what readers I do have, to keep them posted on any book or appearance news. For book stuff/me babbling about music I like, check out my MySpace bllog.And Lola. I'd just looooove to meet Lola.

Music:

Slayer, Frank Sinatra, Pantera, Darkane, the Babylon Whores, NIN, White Zombie, Dimmu Borgir, Disiplin, Bloodbath, Emperor, Grieg, Underworld, Napalm Death, High On Fire, the World/Inferno Friendship Society, Cannibal Corpse, the Brimstones, Deicide, Muse, Repugnant, the Black Label Socity, Anthrax, the Wu-Tang Clan, 1349, Naglfar, Steppenwolf, Iron Maiden, anything by Mike Patton, bad ska-punk, Posessed, Portishead, Strapping Young Lad, the Bronx Casket Co., Morbid Angel, the Misfits, Pig Destroyer, the Sounds, swing metal, and Pat Benatar.

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, A Clockwork Orange, Now & Then, Se7en, Dracula (Bela Lugosi), Dawn Of The Dead, Cannibal Holocaust, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Blade, Alien VS Predator, How High, Spun, Airheads, Gummo, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, Young Frankenstein, anything with the Marx Brothers in it, All About Eve, Faces Of Death, Return Of The Livind Dead (all three of 'em), Coffee & Cigarettes, Hustle & Flow, Dog Soldiers, and The Sandlot.

Television:

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Batman: The Animated Series

Books:

Anything by: David Levithan, Chuck Klosterman, Christopher Moore, Stacey Richter, William Shakespeare, Hunter Thompson, Billy Merrell, Baudelaire, H.P. Lovecraft, Jane Austen, Bram Stoker (but unless you're into "White Worm", Stoker's not really an 'anything by' author, is he?), Ray Bradbury, Samuel Beckett, David Mamet, and Happy Bunny.

Heroes:

Harvey "Two-Face" Dent

My Blog

Bomb The Music Inustry!--A Ska Commentary

Let's face it, at the end of the day, one can't be angry all the time. Anger takes effort, as well as a justification, without which one appears the idiot. More so, anger needs to be sparked by someth...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:30:00 PST

Anaal Nathrakh, "Eschaton"

These days, black metal falls into (mainly) two categories: symphonic black metal, with its over-the-top melodies and fearsome fairy-tale epic production, and traditional black metal, where the music ...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 07 May 2007 07:29:00 PST

NEW SPEAKING APPEARANCE!

IF YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND MICHIGAN:I will be speaking about my book and metal in general at the Spring Institute in Frankenmuth. The whatnot goes down the morning of Friday the 30th. I'll be signing at...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:08:00 PST

CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER!

Congratulations to Slayer, winner of the Grammy for Best Metal Song.About fucking time, eh?
Posted by Chris on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:39:00 PST

PUSH Anthology feat. A NEW CHRIS KROVATIN STORY!

On February 1st, the new PUSH Anthology (titled, I think, 'THIS IS PUSH') comes out. Every published PUSH author has a story in it, most featuring characters from their book.It includes 'GINGER', a ne...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:12:00 PST

My Top Thirteen Albums Of 2006

In order:1. SLAYER, "CHRIST ILLUSION" Honestly, what the fuck did you expect me to say? This is a perfect Slayer album, accessible yet old-school, grindy yet speedy, intense yet brooding. Slayer toppe...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:09:00 PST

BWAHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNLDLyeepVsFor the record, I fucking hate goddamn Trivium.
Posted by Chris on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:22:00 PST

EYELINER DOUBLE FEATURE PT. 2: A Life Less Lived--The Ultimate Gothic Boxed Set

Ahem: I GET BOOOOOORED, YEAH, I GET BOOOOOOOORED....IN THE FLAT FIEEE-HIEEE-HIEEE-HIEEE-HIEEEEEEEEELD!Anyway.So, for Christmas, I got "A Life Less Lived: The Ultimate Goth Boxed Set." It's cute--the t...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:50:00 PST

Halloween Movie Suggestions, Anyone?

Anyone who reads this: I'm throwing a Halloween party at my school. Now, I know almost every scary movie in the book, and I own a laaarge number of them, but I need to narrow it down into four, maybe ...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:57:00 PST

To those who have recently commented/messaged

I am settling in to my senior year at Wesleyan, and as such I'm swamped with work. My life has been taken over by Intro. German, Theater History, and trying to maintain a somewhat-healthy social life....
Posted by Chris on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:17:00 PST