.breakin stuff. bar room brawls. homeless people. deviant psychology. getting hurt. dirty ass kids riding bmx. birds of prey. king diamond. third world angst. zombies. the roman empire. midwest abandonment desolation. street gang warfare. puking in subway terminals. ugly women. drawing much of the prior mentioned crap...and not getting payed very well for it.
i saw him in concert. then i got into an eye poking fight with a drunken fat gentleman and his equally drunken and fattened wife. true story...
The Who-the Pretty Things-beach boys (the druggie years)--the rolling stonesMarc Bolan/T-Rex-Grand Funk-Lightnin' Hopkins-Richard Hell-the Doctors of Madness-13th Floor Elevators-Syd Barrett-alice cooper-Mott the Hoople-jerry lee lewis-johann sebastian bach-thee michelle gun elephant-the walkmen-budgie-jethro tull-warren zevon-joe walsh/james gang-teengenerate-suicide commandos-john lee hooker-gary glitter-the doors-television-pentagram-sir lord baltimore-Iron Maiden-raven-Death From Above 1979-Queens of the Stone Age-flower travellin' band-dinosaur jr.--Brian Eno/Roxy MusicYes-discharge-bruce springstien-little richard-Nugent-slade-angry samoans-roy harper-radio birdman-venom-blitz-tygers of pan tang-ray charles-the amboy dukes-billy joel-cannibal ox-tommorow-the move-judas priest-wishbone ash-josephus-Blue Oyster Cult-AC/DC-Damned-Mission of Burma-Led Zeppelin-the Dogs-the MC5-Howlin Wolf-MF doom-MF grimm-queen-highway robbery-Jimmy Reed-Genesis (peter gabriel era)-Motorhead-hawkwind-Mr. Lif-sweet-Void-The Stranglers-The Stooges-GZA/Genius-David Bowie-Diamond Head-Buzzcocks-Ghost Face Killah-raekwon-Black Sabbath-Ozzy-the clash-Beatles (the good stuff)-Bad Brains-Germs-Black Flag-the Kinks-Rush-"rock and roll" bob dylan-New York Dolls-the Weirdos-ludwig van-Electric Light Orchestra (yeah i know)-Dead Boys-Richard Wagner (he was hitler's fave composer i'm afraid)and the Ramonesand any band that was on the 'killed by death' catalouge which would up running into the thousands.
short hand = films by these directors for starters:ranier fassbinder- hal ashby- alejandro jodorowsky- sam peckinpah- werner herzog- akira kurosawa- wes anderson- christopher guest- frank oz- luis brunel- bella tarr- Federico Fellini- takashi miike- andre tarkovsky- the cohen brothers- sergio leone- martin scorcese...otherwise and more specifically it's thus:.the good the bad and the ugly..yojimbo..the big lebowski..takashi miike's Dead or Alive series..used cars..slap shot..the warriors..midnight express..the phantom of liberty..the living dead trilogy..zatoichi..ed wood..lone wolf and cub movies.. rushmore..the life aquatic with steve zissou..the deer hunter..best in show/spinal tap..the werckmeister harmonies..a bullet for the general..end of the century..
twilight zone- simpsons- i claudius- doctor who- american gladiators- futurama- welcome back kotter- home movies- and mama's family
steinbeck. dickens. joyce. voltaire. camus. hunter s. thompson. vonnegut. cervantes. charles bukowski..anything written about the lives of the 12 ceasers..ezra pound. charles beaudelaire. t.s. elliot.
rodney dangerfield and don quixote. rembrandt van rijn and my family. ralph jones, the ramones and people who know what i'll never know.