Music, Literature, Film, the arts in general, cultures & philosophies, science, nature, the human experience. Experiencing as much as I possibly can in life and learning as much as I can about people in order to better understand them. Getting through to people who have given up.
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I'd like to meet:
Self-centered, uncultured, automatons who live for deploring themselves and degrading those who find things in life which they can embrace passionately.
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Someone who's not a fucking coward. I want a girl who laughs for no one else, who when I'm away leaves her make up on the shelf. People so interesting that they just make you want to read about them. Madmen, Lunatics, and other people who probably shouldn't make so much sense to me, but strangely seem to. Driven open minded people who don't stand by the first thing they learn simply because it is all they know. Agree to disagree and the conversation can always be passionate without being inflamed. Have the ability or at least the desire to stand up in a kingdom of fear and be yourself. Differentiate between self destruction and escapism/martyrdom. Not easily offended/ scared away by reality.
P.S. I'm not nearly as psychotic as I sound. I think. Maybe.
P.P.S. I have no idea what's going on.
These guys are my friends, my peers, and a fucking incredible source of music and inspiration. Indulge Yourself.
Music:
www.myspace.com/theshotgundisciples
www.myspace.com/empyrean - check it.
The Dandy Warhols, Tool, APC, Dream Theater, Dick Dale, Alice in Chains, The Mars Volta, Radiohead, Every Time I Die, The Ocean, Baroness, God Forbid, Om, Mogwai, Fair To Midland, Propaghandi, Strung Out, Nirvana, The Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden, The Cranberries, Big Black, Bjork, The Ettes, Various Mike Patton Projects, Opeth, They Might Be Giants, Sunny Day Real Estate, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Omar A. Roderigeuz-Lopez, Queens of the Stone Age, System of a Down, Slayer, Type O Negative, Pearl Jam, Athlete, Green Day, REM, Samiam, No Doubt, Bush, Sublime, Nerf Herder, STP, Jerry Cantrell,
Between the Buried and Me, Cynic, Denali, American Head Charge, Ambulance LTD, Weezer, Slipknot, The Incredible Moses Leroy, Melissa Auf Der Mar, Marilyn Manson, Nekromantics, Twisted in Graves, Mnemic, Norma Jean, Children of Bodom, Mariachi Guitar, (oldschool) Offspring, Lacuna Coil, Porcupine Tree, Iron & Wine, Murder By Death, Probot, Arch Enemy, Bleeding Through, Moonspell, Dimmu Borgir, Static-X, Against All Authority, Korn, Metallica, Live, Puya, Amorphis, Molotov,Kidney Thieves,The Pixies, The Ventures, The Secret Kingdom of Avrigus, Lengsel, Buckethead, Virgos Merlot, Travis, Pink Floyd, Alien Crime Syndicate, Ateryu, Cradle of Filth, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nightwish, Thornley, 36 Crazy Fists, Snow Patrol, Snapcase, Various Tooth and Nail / Hopeless Records bands, Muse, Our Lady Peace, Blur, Vivaldi, Bach, Dark Tranquility, Life of Pi, Taking Back Sunday, Portishead, Zoa, Mercy Falls, Circa Survive, Death Cab For Cutie, Milka, The Secret Machines, Switchblade Symphony, Stabbing Westward, Deftones, Days of the New, Gorillaz, A Fire Inside, Helmet, Carolines Spine, Finger Eleven, Sigur Ros, Shadows Fall, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, The Haunted, Trivium, OKGO, Blue Man Group, Velvet Revolver, Kula Shaker...for starters but i like a bit of everything.
Movies:
Donnie Darko, The Last Temptation of Christ, High Fidelity, Rejected, The Crow, Blow, Vanilla Sky, Various horror and drama, as a rule anything with John Cusack, Johnny Depp, or John Malkovich.
Television:
Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken. Other than that I haven't been watching too much t.v. lately except ironically at work. From a long term perspective, The Simpsons, (guiltily) The first couple seasons of buffy the vampire slayer, (without remorse) south park, (on occasion), nip/tuck, csi, Chappele's Show, Family Guy, That 70's show, random history, travel, discovery, and national geographic channel shows. Classic twilight zone.
Books:
Voice of the Fire, Galapagos, Memnoch the Devil, The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Count of Monte Cristo,The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience, The Demon Haunted World, A Game of Thrones, Poe, Shakespeare, Percy Shelly, Jung, Dan Brown, various political and social philosophies, on and on.
Heroes:
Dave Grohl, Rick Rubin, Johnny Depp, John Cusack, Carl Sagan, Alan Moore, Jhonen Vasquez, Josh Freese, Rod Serling, Maynard James Keenan. People who are honest and successful. People who tell it like it is without being a dick about it.
