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Justin Coloma

everyone is someone else's freak, every cure is someone else's disease

About Me







I grew up in Peru...

The Smashing Pumpkins - Superchrist



From Crackle: Linda Strawberry's Dig


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From Crackle: Linda Strawberry's Dig


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My Interests

my amazing girlfriend, filmmaking, digital video, music videos, my cat larry (aka fatpants, aka tiny grizzly), coffee, rockstar juiced, fitness and nutrition, retractable sharpees, cheer dark, red

I'd like to meet:

film makers, musicians, and other artists for insight, feedback, and inspiration.

Music:



the cure
depeche mode
the ditty bops
the dresden dolls
the glove
goblin
helen forrest
IAMX
keane
marilyn manson
mouse on mars
ennio morricone
muse
my bloody valentine
my chemical romance
nat king cole
nine inch nails
outkast
the pixies
placebo
plaid
dick powell
radiohead
nino rota
the shins
shiny toy guns
siouxsie
sleepmask the smashing pumpkins
the smiths
the sounds
the stills
linda strawberry
the strokes
they might be giants
justin timberlake
veil veil vanish
vive la fete
vnv nation
yann tiersen

Movies:


there is a special place in my heart for cilent cinema. in many ways, i consider it to be the purest form of the medium. i'm especially partial to the great films of chaplin and keaton as well as those spooky german visions from the 20s ( cabinet of dr. caligary, nosferatu, metropolis )

happy/leggy visions from the 30s ( dames, 42nd street, footlight parade ) are also amongst my favorites.

others include films by the brothers coen ( big lebowski, o brother where art thou ), wachowski and quay... fellini ( 8 1/2, la strada ), bunuel ( l'age d'or, the exterminating angel ), and christopher nolan ( memento, batman begins, the prestige ) and holy mountain

Television:

house, 24, twin peaks, monty python's flying circus, south park, neon-genesis evangelion, lain, macross plus

Books:

the tales of h.p. lovecraft, the crying of lot 49, edward gorey's books, dark knight returns, neverwhere, the sandman series

Heroes:


jean cocteau

luis bunuel eugene sandow, batman, charlie chaplin , federico fellini, david lynch, charlie kauffman, michel gondry, marilyn manson , peter jackson, tim burton, sam raimi
nikola tesla

My Blog

this blog may save your life

My dear friends, in particular those living in California:Please read this.  I thought I knew what to do in the event of a catastrophic earthquake...but I was dead wrong.  This report really...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:09:00 PST

good workout songs...

you know when you've listened to every song on your ipod so many times that you end up getting a finger cramp from pressing the "skip" button so many times...?well, that's pretty much where i'm at.&nb...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Sat, 24 May 2008 12:17:00 PST

go green! the color of caaaaaaaaash money

leave it to america to turn the "green movement" into a massive business. don't get me wrong, as someone who grew up in a "third world" country (peru), i know more than most how much harm our overcon...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05:00 PST

fat larry stares as my lady paints away

this is bliss.sitting at home watching my beautiful stout black kitty lying on his side, watching languidly as my beautiful lady paints a naked lady on a huge piece of wood.strawberry has been kicking...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:39:00 PST

video of the week

this was so amazing i had to post it. i hate how animals in films are now done with cg. looks like shit. this is how it should be done!...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:27:00 PST

the ephemeral beauty remains forever in the heart

like angry cold fingertips trying to push us out of its city, a violent chill kept creeping it's way into the hotel utah last night.shivering in my fully button coat, trying to draw warmth from the gl...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Mon, 05 May 2008 02:15:00 PST

piercing the crème brûlée of pop culture

laura albert is my hero.last night i had the pleasure and privilege of enjoying her company at dinner with some friends. i've run across few people in my life that shine with such brilliance and chal...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:29:00 PST

emotional intelligence

they don't teach it in school...but maybe they should.being emotionally intelligent is all about being a mature, sympathetic person who understands their own fears and has a degree of control over how...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:44:00 PST

Smashing Pumkins Day in Los Angeles

Yes, that would be me holding the camera as Jimmy and Billy press their hands into wet cement to be immoralized on Sunset Blvd's Rockwalk, along such rock greats as Elvis, Eric Clapton and Johnny Cash...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:06:00 PST

SUPERCHRIST ALLMIGHTY!

[gary stern "the bassist" and sky saxon "tambourine man"]i am completely elated that after only five days, my video for the smashing pumpkins' superchrist has almost a quarter of a million views, maki...
Posted by Justin Coloma on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:20:00 PST