Art, Music, Having full blown religious experiences with a fine bottle of "spirits", Insomnia, Gaming, Movies, Outer Space, Playing Guitar, Tomfoolery, Ballyhoo, Shenanigans, Looking for OOP Music, Cigarettes, Wishing I had a million dollars, Talking about what I'd do with that million dollars, Bitching about the lack of opportunity for artists and designers, Coming to the realization that we have to make our own way, Researching True Crime(Serial Killers, Spree Killers, etc.), Zoning out and finding faces in everything I see, The occasional panic attack, Chillin', Hating Joan and Melissa Rivers with the intensity of a thousand suns, Falling for people, Giving advice but not being able to take it, Losing Things(namely cell phones and keys), Forgetting people's names, My cat Haley, Collecting CD's, Finding new music(usually because of my brother), Appropriate Grammar, Fruity Pebbles, etc. Mmmmm. Tatsy.
In no order........... LIVING:The future "Mrs. Teet Johanssen" (one day), Powers Booth, David Bowie, Joe Walsh, Keith Richards, Gram Parsons, Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell(2/3 of Hipgnosis)Mike Patton, Scarlett Johansen (she wants me), Gary Oldman, Gottfried Helnwein, Sean Penn, the cat who invented the Bloody Mary although he's probably dead, Neil Young, Gene Hackman, Pacino, DeNiro, David Johansen, Dali, Ken Andrews, Peter Saville, Salma Hayek(obvious reasons) and more when I can think of em'. Its late right now.DEAD:Bill Hicks, Ronnie James Dio's grandmother(because she invented the metal horns), Hendrix, Howard Hughes, Charles Bukowski, John Lennon, Keith Moon, Jane Mansfield, Steve McQueen, Hunter S. Thompson, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Ava Gardner, Abe Lincoln...heh, Anton LaVey, Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick (with a heater and some serious smelling salts).
These are just a few of the artists and albums that I couldn't live without.
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These are just some of the movies I could watch over and over and are in no particular order: Clockwork Orange, Harold and Maude, The Ice Storm, Shallow Grave, 24 Hour Party People, Platoon, To Live and Die in L.A., Back To School, Southern Comfort, Singles, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Slap Shot, American Beauty, Stone Cold(most quotable movie ever), Raising Arizona, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Taxi Driver, The Big Chill, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist, Grosse Pointe Blank, Short Cuts, Behind the Back Door Part III, Goodfellas, Princess Mononoke, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, The Wild Bunch, Dr. Strangelove, Trainspotting, Stripes, The Blues Brothers, Risky Business, Leaving Las Vegas, The Hitcher, Red Dawn, The Falcon and the Snowman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Aliens, The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, Heat, Wonderland, The Crying Game, The French Connection....oh, my mind is drawing a complete blank. Of course, there are hundreds more to list when I get the time to. .
Penn & Teller's BULLSHIT!, The First 48, VH1 Classic, The Shield, Hardball w/ Chris Matthews, The Daily Show, Nip/Tuck, Chappelle's Show, Family Guy(once in a while), Futurama, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Arrested Development, AMC, VH1's "The 100 Greatest...(whatever), I Love the 80's, etc.", Cold Case Files, Investigative Reports, Monster House, City Confidential, The First 48, HBO Undercover, and what ever movie isn't cut all too hell on regular cable.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Underground Education, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, A Clockwork Orange, The A To Z Encyclopedia Of Serial Killers, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Naked Lunch, Tropic Of Cancer, The DaVinci Code(I bought into the hype, but it was actually good), The Great Gatsby, Portnoy's Complaint......just to name a few leaning against the wall over there. : ) Again, more later.
Trust me, they all make sense once you start thinking about it.