Films, films, films - watching them, writing them, making them; science fiction - writing and reading; comic books - writing and reading; horror - writing, reading, viewing. And making brain pudding. Yum! Oh yeah, torturing Dr. Tarr and Nurse Feratu whenever I get the chance! My main interest right now is creating new episodes of TARR AND FETHER'S PSYCHO CINEMA, and working on the website, http://www.tarrandfether.com.
R. Buckminster Fuller (in the next phase of existence), Ed Poe (ditto), Mark Twain (ditto), H.P. Lovecraft (ditto),ED WOOD (ditto), HUNTER S. THOMPSON (ditto), Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarentino, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Umberto Eco, Warren Ellis, Neal Stephenson, Ray Bradbury, Thomas Newman, Rick Baker, Frank Miller, Conrad Brooks., James Gunn, James Ellroy, Neil Gaiman, Les Claypool. Not necessarily in that order. To be continued...
The Residents, Crystal Method, Frank Zappa, Beastie Boys, Aphex Twins, Chemical Brothers, Iggy and The Stooges, Captain Beefheart, Smoosh, Dust Brothers, Clint Mansell, The Doors, Sneak Machine (shameless self plug!), Jeff Beck, Kokin Gumi, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Orbital, Prodigy, Hextatic, The Gorillaz, Xploding Plastix, Tipsy, The White Stripes, Raconteur, and on and on and on... and not necessarily in that order.
ALL DAVID CRONENBERG FILMS, especially VIDEODROME. ALL DAVID LYNCH FLICKS, especially ERASERHEAD, ALL TARENTINO FLICKS, ALL P.T. ANDERSON FILMS, CITIZEN KANE, MALTESE FALCON, UNBREAKABLE, RINGU, TETSUO: IRON MAN, TOKYO FIST, ALL AKIRA KURASAWA FILMS (especially SEVEN SAMURAI, YOJIMBO and SANJURO), PI (the best low-budget science fiction film ever made), NOSFERATU (the original). NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE. ALL ED WOOD films. SPIDER BABY. ENTER ZOMBIE KING. MAN BITES DOG. SHAUN OF THE DEAD. X-MEN 1 AND 2. (3 is okay but not as good as 1 and 2). ERASERHEAD and everything else by David Lynch. 300. PAN'S LABYRINTH, AMORES PERROS. This list is endless.
DEXTER, Entourage, THE SHIELD, The Simpsons, South Park, My Name is Earl (I'm a member of Karma's Army), Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Tarr and Fether's Psycho Cinema, anything by any horror show hosts I can get my grubby little mitts on.
Anything by Neal Stephenson, Ray Bradbury, Charles Stross, Thomas Pyncheon (especially "Against the Day-one of the best books I've ever read), Umberto Eco (Faucault's Pendulum is my favorite), William Gibson, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Walter Mosely, Charles Bukowski, James Ellroy (especially White Jazz), Dashiel Hammett, David Brin, Edgar Allan Poe, Aleister Crowley, H.P. Lovecraft. All the classic horror novels, i.e. "Frankenstein," Dracula," etc. This is also an endless list.
R. Buckminster Fuller. Ernie "Ghoulardi" Anderson. Bobcat. Selwin, Morgus, Sir Graves Ghastly. Commander USA. The Kielbasa Kid. Pee Wee Herman. Little John of Big Chuck and Little John. (Whatever happened to Hoolihan?). THE BONE JANGLER and NOCTURNA. Butch R. Cleever. Frank Zappa. Captain Beefeart. Professor Griffin. Dr. Creep. James Gunn. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Yet another list that could go on and on.