Ah, yes, still figuring that out myself.
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storytelling, film, comics, writing, fun, art, design, toys, alchemy, neurochemistry, love, you.
All kinds. Folks who wanna spur each other on to do more, keen minds and kind souls, sharp wits and snappy dressers. Those who wanna teach and those who wanna learn. "Get in where you fit in" and "Look good doing it" are mottos that I'm oft reminded of, as well as the old adage "Be kind to those whom you meet on your way up, for you will surely meet them again on your way back down". I'm rather open to meeting new people, 'cause people who need people, those are the luckiest people in the world, or some such.
Tom Waits, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Bowie, Iggy, Tom Waits again, Menomena, that whole turntabelist thing, Sabbath bloody Sabbath, Bjørk, Dr. Octagon, Cube (as in Ice), PE.1, Gold Chains, the VU, Johnny Cash, NIN, Ministry, RevCo, MLWTTKK, Nitzer Ebb, Love & Rockets, the Cult, Run DMC, Bauhaus, Joy Division, MLWTTKK, White Stripes, Rick James, Sinatra, Barry White, the Pixies, AMC,
Miller's Crossing, Down By Law, Adaptation, Point Blank ('67), Creature from the Black Lagoon, Alien, Apocalypse Now, Zentropa (Europa), High and Low, Clean Shaven (it ain't porn), Violation of Aurora Snow (it is porn), M, Fight Club, Searchers, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Citizen Kane, Delicatessen, Der Himmel über Berlin, Henry Fool, Outlaw Josey Wales, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Goodfellas, Wild at Heart, Dead Man, The Element of Crime, Léon (the uncut version of The Professional), The Killers ('64 version w/ Lee Marvin. LEE MARVIN.), The Killing, The Seven Samurai, Raging Bull, Brazil, The Princess Bride, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Birds, Paths of Glory, Sexy Beast, Dead Ringers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Drugstore Cowboy, The Empire Strikes Back, Rebel Without a Cause, Cool Hand Luke, Naked, Conan The Barbarian (no, really), Rashomon, Lost Highway, The Third Man, The Thin Man, La Femme Nikita, The Apartment, The Maltese Falcon, Psycho, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Big Clock, A Fistful of Dollars, Closely Watched Trains, Purple Noon, The Limey, Rope, Dr. Mabuse; King of Crime, Metropolis, King Kong ('33), The Hustler, 12 Monkeys, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sin City, Brick, and the list she do go on...
Simpsons, Twin Peaks, Quincy, Super Friends, The Phoenix, V, that show where Andy Griffith went into outerspace (look it up), those shows that show how things are what they are (ie: surgery or reptile care or why sand is sand).
Cat's Cradle, Closely Watched Trains, Blankets (seek it out), 100%, Lolita, Jim Thompson, Elroy, Bukowski, Hammett, HS Thompson - RIP '05, Voltaire, Machiavelli (Nicolò, not 2Pac), Carter Beats the Devil, The Wasp Factory, Motherless Brooklyn, Blood Meridian,
...have always been cowboys, still are it seems. OK, pehaps I'm just being glib. So... Abe Lincoln, Tom Waits, Frank Miller, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair the Dinosaur, Voltaire, the guy who stepped in front of the tank in Tiennemen Square who's name we will probably never know, Matt Wagner, Lee Marvin, everybody who gets up at whatever time of the day or night and gets it done.