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Johnny Cat

Come hell or highwater!

About Me

I'm sick, twisted, genuine, fun & a general pain in the ass! Let me be yer main mo-fo on the down low!!!I just recently got back into painting after a long hiatus, I forgot how much I needed it... like therapy? I've had an infatuation with the old school movie monsters ever since I can remember, so I decided to crank out a series of 'em just in time for Halloween... appropriately titled "Horrortraits"! Mmwahhh ha ha ha!

My Interests

All of the arts, new experiences, my friends, my kidz (cats)... Diablo & Pinoche', travelling and lots of xoxxx!

I'd like to meet:

Outcasts, misfits, freaks, cohorts, accomplices, scoundrels and scallywags... my kind of people! The characters I like to surround myself with are creative, real & got something to say! Being into art, film & music is a always a +! Just make sure ya subtract -the psychos, back-stabbers, stalkers, ego maniacs, close minded, soul-suckin' vampires from this equation! I've met enough of 'em! ha ha!

Music:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Butthole Surfers, Reverend Horton Heat, old Bowie, Love & Rockets, Johnny Cash, P.J. Harvey, Pixies, Judas Priest, Elvis, Bauhaus, Tom Waits, Motley Crue, Dean Martin, The Young Gods, Replacements, Sinatra, Black Sabbath, Flaming Lips, Sisters of Mercy, Roy Orbison, Ramones, T-Rex, Siouxsie, AC/DC, Joy Division, Iggy Pop/Stooges, The Clash, Velvet Underground, Melvins, Demented Are Go!, Pogues, X, Louis Armstrong, The Cult, Patsy Cline, Mr. Bungle, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Dead Kennedys, Leonard Cohen, Turbo Negro, Hank Williams, Slayer, Marvin Gaye, Link Wray, The Cramps, Go Like Hell!, Debussy, Kiss, Sparklehorse, Diamanda Galas, The Mars Volta, The Specials, Barry Adamson, Circle Jerks, Ministry, Wagner, Devo, Kyuss, Dead Can Dance, Sisters of Mercy, Misfits, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Black Flag, Motorhead, Death in June, Billie Holliday, Tones on Tail, Monster Magnet, Catherine Wheel, Duke Ellington, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pulp, Alice Donut, The the, Johnny Thunders, Sonic Youth, No Means No, Supersuckers, C.C.R., Interpol, Spiritualized, Fear, Mercury Rev, The Jam, Fugazi, Nebula, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Electric 6, Social Distortion, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Murder City Devils, Death from Above, Bjork, Dirtbombs, Fu Manchu, gothic/ infuckindustrial, punk, rockabilly, metal, psychobilly, 80's, delta blues, buttrawk, glam, ska, old skool soul, jazz/big band/swing, eclectic soundtracks, the list is endless...

Movies:

What can I say, I love film! Any kind of art that can make you feel... something. Escapism from the monotony is a beautiful thing! David Lynch, Kubrick, Scorsese, John Waters, Coen Bros, Tim Burton, Jim Jarmusch, Blade Runner, On The Waterfront, The Godfather 1 & 2, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Cincinatti Kid, Treasure of Sierra Madre, Alien, The Wild One, Birdy, City of Lost Children, Butterfield 8, The Jerk, Cool Hand Luke, Brazil, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Papillion, The Hunger, Angel Heart, Freaks, Requiem For A Dream, Chinatown, Barfly, Drugstore Cowboy, The Man Who Would Be King, Dracula (Bela, of course), Caligula, A Fistful of Dollars, Trainspotting, Viva Zapata, Excalibur, Repo Man, Fight Club, Lawrence Of Arabia, Fargo, Midnight Cowboy, Bullitt, Apocalypse Now, High Noon, Bad Santa, The Mission, Gladiator, Touch Of Evil, Easy Rider, Rumble Fish, Serpico, Europa Europa, Road Warrior, Seven, Rivers Edge, Dangerous Liasons, State of Grace, Exotica, Wings of Desire, Sin City, Return of the Living Dead, Spun, all the Monty Python flicks, cult, film noir, old horror, sci-fi, westerns, porn, what do ya got...

Television:

Twin Peaks, Carnivale, The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Shield, Columbo, Lost, X-Files, 24, Six Feet Under, The Young Ones, Strangers with Candy, The Addams Family, Project: Runway, The Twilight Zone, Crime Story, Top Chef, The Munsters, old cartoons...

Books:

Dracula, Frankenstein, Flashman series, Animal Farm, The Count of Monte Cristo, 1984, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Anne Rice, Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, pulp paperbacks, bios, indie comics... anything unconventional or unpredictable!

Heroes:

My daddio, my friends (I must be blessed by somethin' out there!), Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Brando, Salvadore Dali & of course the Silver Surfer... he's got the fuckin' power cosmic, man!