being self-conscious, xenophobia, Todd Colby, zombie movies, Asian horror, Italian horror, John Giorno, being smarter than you, Philadelphia soul, Lucille Clifton, Adrienne Rich, bell hooks, Tokyo Diner, Wagamama's, American football, laughing at your Mac, early-20s aimlessness, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Bill Hicks, Henry Rollins, Chris Morris, Margaret Cho, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Eddie Izzard, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, LucasArts adventure games (Hoagie, Bernard, and Laverne own you), knitting, starting projects that take me years to finish since I procrastinate, drinking mojitos, chainsmoking when I have nothing better to do, talking shit on you when you're not around (well, not you, because I love you)
gorehounds and other assorted psychotics.Oh, and Kiefer Sutherland.
David Bowie, Nick Cave, 50 Cent, Rob Zombie, Bloodhound Gang, The Beatles, Edie Sedgwick, The Clash, Television, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Antony and the Johnsons, Beastie Boys, Sex Pistols, Massive Attack, Warren Zevon, Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Elliott Smith, The Smiths, New Kids on the Block, The Plasmatics, Coheed & Cambria, Ludacris, The Cars, The Beach Boys, Isley Brothers, !!!, The Pixies, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Aimee Mann, Beck, Styrofoam, Peaches, Pink Grease, Bikini Kill, The Futureheads, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Commodores, The Gossip, Gravy Train!!!, Wilco, Iggy Pop, Isaac Hayes, Patti Smith, Hall & Oates, T Rex, Bob Dylan, Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, The Cure, Todd Rundgren, The Delfonics, The Moments, Blue Magic, Bloodstone, RJD2, anything DJ Danger Mouse does, Mr. Scruff, Hexstatic, High Contrast, London Elektricity, Diplo, Prince, The Dells
The Beyond, House by the Cemetary, City of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (both), Day of the Dead (ponderous, but amazing gore!), Return of the Living Dead, Plague of the Zombies, Night of the Creeps, Evil Dead 1&2 (Bruce Campbell is God), Bubba Ho-Tep (still God), Ginger Snaps, Audition, Visitor Q, Evil Dead Trap, City of Lost Souls, Ichi the Killer, Uzumaki, Junk, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Dark Water, Ringu, Inner Senses, Bangkok Dangerous, The Eye, Stacy, Suicide Club, Demons 1&2, Murder by Decree, The Fog, The Thing, Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, Tampopo, A Taxing Woman, Ghostbusters, Monster Squad, Used Cars, Labyrinth, Sid and Nancy, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Spiderman 1&2 (how ridiculously unfashionable), Say Anything, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, MST3K: The Movie, Eaten Alive!, Cannibal Ferox, Cannibal Holocaust, Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Hellraiser, The Wicker Man, Tales from the Crypt/The Vault of Horror, Alien/s, Burial Ground, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (definitely only the first one), Suspiria, Phenomena, The New York Ripper, 28 Days Later, Requiem for a Dream, Funny Games, Rabid, Shivers, Crash, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Cannibal Apocalypse, Harold and Kumar, Napoleon Dynamite, Half-Baked, Monster Squad, Spaceballs, Repo Man, Deep Red, Don't Torture a Duckling
Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, TV Funhouse, The Simpsons, Strangers with Candy, Mr. Show, Futurama, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, The Brak Show, Sealab 2021, MST3K, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Green Wing, The Smoking Room, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Peep Show, The Office, The IT Crowd, 24
Lolita, White Noise, The! Greatest! Of! Marlys!, The Buddha of Suburbia, Falling Angels, The Blind Assassin, Beowulf, The Tin Drum, Silent Spring, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, You've Got to Burn to Shine, The Tin Drum, anything by T.S. Eliot, Red Cavalry, The Trojan Women, Without Feathers, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Frankenstein, A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World, and Terry Pratchett to indulge my geeky side.
"I never met a hero I didn't like. But then, I never met a hero. But then, maybe I wasn't looking for one." -- Lester Bangs(seriously though, Lester Bangs, Peaches, and Margaret Cho)