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Mike Crocker

the death of beauty is the death of man.

About Me

All images Copyright 2007/2008 Mike Crocker.

My Interests

Photography, Art, Music, and Such...

I'd like to meet:

Others who have similar inclinations toward creativity. Artists, photographers, writers. Luminous minds. Gallery owners. Serious musicians and bands in need of album art. Any all around decent human beings who wish to connect.

Music:

atari teenage riot, blonde redhead, nin, tool, radiohead, massive attack, bad religion, system of a down, gravehaven, marilyn manson, portishead, the shins, autechre, aphex twin, saul Williams, a perfect circle, meat beat manifesto, the doors, autolux, depeche mode, the cure, tom waits, the beatles, nirvana, tears for fears, lcd soundsystem, franz ferdinand...

Movies:

bladerunner, existenz, waking life, cloverfield, fight club, better off dead, batman begins, American psycho, lost highway, Donnie Darko, the fountain, taxi driver, 2001, one hour photo, requiem for a dream, pi, se7en, Love Is The Devil, Alien, videodrome, the video art of Chris Cunningham, ///...... DOCUMENTARIES: The Corporation, Why We Fight, Endgame, Pretty As A Picture, The Power of Nightmares, The Trap, Mcluan’s Wake, Maybe Logic...

Books:

FICTION: The Great and Secret Show, Everville, The Books of Blood by Clive Barker, Naked Lunch – William S. Burroughs, VALIS – Philip K. Dick, 1984 – Orwell – The Nightmare Factory – Thomas Ligotti, ///...... Comics: The Invisibles, Doom Patrol, Animal Man – Grant Morrison, NON-FICTION: Anything about the painter, Francis Bacon. Art and Physics – Leonard Shlain, A People’s History of The united States, Howard Zinn. I am currently reading "Illium," by Dan Simmons as well as several books on art, photography, and graphic design.

My Blog

GRAVEHAVEN

I recently worked with the progressive/punk rock band, Gravehaven, from Boston, to produce album art for their debut EP, "Perceptions For The Colorblind." The album was released on September 19th and ...
Posted by Mike Crocker on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:26:00 PST