dark barbarism, playing drums (plug), writing and drawing (another plug), tuning in and spacing out and getting paranoid. Like Art Bell, I got the ill commmunication.
Cute boys. We can eat a bunch of psychedelic mushrooms and taste the color of sound together.
billy bragg, bauhaus, the church, warren zevon, beastie boys, a tribe called quest, devo, big star, aztec camera, echo & the bunnymen, beat happening, the cure, leonard cohen, gil scott-heron, captain beefheart, otis redding, red krayola, mayo thompson, joy division, kraftwerk, neu!, nirvana, robyn hitchcock, wu-tang clan + solo GZA, the butthole surfers, gang of four, log hog, beck, buddy holly, the raincoats, the clash, jim croce, john williams, robert wyatt, wilco, the kinks, neil young, the byrds, crosby, stills, & nash (& young), phil ochs, woody guthrie, robert johnson, the carpenters, john denver, the contortions, clara rockmore, T. rex, various early NY punk (like the ramones, television, and patti smith), faust, donovan, judy collins, harry nilsson, gary numan, tubeway army, king tubby, brian wilson while in the beach boys (especially teamed up with Van Dyke Parks), b-52's, the beatles, solo john lennon, solo ringo, the monkees, solo mike nesmith, throbbing gristle, run dee run dee run dee run dee emcee, pylon, the side effects, swell maps, velvet underground, mission of burma, some solo frank zappa, all of the Mothers of Invention, alexander "skip" spence, the noisettes, 2pac, henry pierre, the association, king crimson, brad fiedel, robert fripp & brian eno, tiny tim, jimi hendrix, all manner of experimental/psych or pop 60s stuff, weird shit, and miscellaneous guilty pleasures like chicago, bread, christopher cross and anne murray.
An American Werewolf in London, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, RoboCop, the Star Wars movies, the Indiana Jones movies, The Big Lebowski, Donnie Darko, Ghost World, Road to Perdition, Batman Begins, Head, Casino Royale (2006), The Blues Brothers, Godfather 1 and 2, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs, Michael Moore's movies, David Cronenberg's The Fly, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3, Crumb, Die Hard, The Jerk, The Shawshank Redemption, Brain Candy, Strange Brew, Ed Wood, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, and a bunch of other shit.
Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Monkees, The Sopranos, Quantum Leap, Curb Your Enthusiasm, All in the Family, The Kids in the Hall, Mythbusters, murder and law enforcement documentary shows. Most of the rest of tv frightens the living shit out of me.
i love Robert E. Howard, any other 30s weird pulp or noir, Kahlil Gibran, Alfonse Mucha, anything relating to 1930s-40s architecture, technology and clothing, and in that vein 1920s, 30s, 40s reprinted Sears Roebuck catalogs. and comics. assloads of comics.
The B trinity: Batman, Billy Bragg and Bill Hicks