Film (particularly Development Hell), Philosophy and Mythology, Beer Snobbery, Laying out really loose story ideas, inducing existential crises, skimming coffee table books, hanging out with droogs (and doing such high-brow things such as replacing parts of film titles with the word "mung" and talking about how to improve genitalia),
Well I met Nick Cave in December, so he's off the list.Any other artists that I like, particulary the ones that are dead. Although I can fathom alot of those artists being dicks..People who like comics books that aren't concerned with how the artists draws a superhero's costume so close to their muscles (or bust). I'm all about comics being respected as a medium, not lumped as a genre that struggles with its escapism and bondage fetish.I'd also like to meet a fictional character, through drugs or science.
I'm more Buzzcocks over Floyd. Nick Cave, Tom Waits, David Bowie, The Pogues, Leonard Cohen, Barry Adamson, Trent Reznor, Ennio Morricone, Aphex Twins, Chemical Brothers, Prince, Einstürzende Neubauten, Styx, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa, The Ramones, The Clash, Cruxshadows, The Eagles, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Voltaire, Kaiser Chiefs, Niki Jane, Rasputina, Kenna, Dr. Octagon, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Coral, Kenna,I also have a taste for Brit Pop and floor fillers (although its a self-loathing kind of enjoyment).
Most people like the same movies. Most of any hip auteur's stuff (i.e. Lynch and the Coens), Tarantino, Terry Gilliam and Danny Boyle films, Vampires, The Order, Hot Fuzz, Point Break, The Name of the Rose, Ravenous, Brick, Demon Knight, Revolver, Dune, I Heart Huckabees, The Fountain, Gattaca, El Topo, Waking Life, True Romance, Bubba Ho-Tep, Blade Runner, Buckaroo Banzai, The Thing, Donnie Darko, Izo, Renegade, Big Trouble in Little China, Sideways, Adaptation, City of God, The Last Temptation of Christ, Wristcutters: A Love Story, most spaghetti westerns and neo-noirs, The Assassination of Jesse James,
I can multi-task. That means I can do other things while I watch tv, so I don't see it as a horrible device.All the popular shows on Showtime, Carnivale, South Park, pseudo-educational stuff on TLC and Discovery Channel, Big World, Little People,
Philosophy, Creativity and PulpPhilip K. Dick's personal works, Umberto Eco, Elmore Leonard novels, Chris Moore, Rick Veitch, Peter Milligan, Grant Morrison, Hume, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman (he's just so bloody charming),The Joy of Homebrewing, Radio Free Abelmuth, Dune Chronicles, Hyperion Cantos, House of Leaves, Thus Spoke Zarathsura, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Once and Future King, Ender's Game, A Brief History of Time, Cat's Cradle, The Great Gatsby, Man Without A Country, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, The Kama Sutra, Crooked Little Vein,Comics: Flex Mentallo, Enigma, Preacher, Hitman, Blankets, Y: The Last Man, Mage, Grendel, Shaolin Cowboy, The Metabarons, The Ultimates, Revelations, Animal Man, Wanted, Red Son, Phonogram, El Diablo, Global Frequency, Miracleman, Orbiter, Moonshadow, Seven Soldiers, Sandman, Sandman Mystery Theater,Short Stories: The Sniper, Voice of the Fire,
I don't need saved. I also believe that almost all historical figures fail in some aspect and are romantacized (i.e. Gandi). But I'm fascniated with mythology, legends and folklore. The Hero with a Thousand Faces; so essentially anyone archetypal and idealistic. Individuals who I have interest in are often rebellious philosophers, non-dry creative scientists, and people with absurd claims made about them, such as Joseph of Cupertino, Erasmus, Garibaldi, David Hume, Neitchtze and Stephen Pinker."Take no heroes, only inspiration.". I do think we should strive to be demons to society's mediocrity.