Film, video, storytelling. Nature. Art, literature, comics.
Currently in high rotation in my CD player: Oliver Future, Papa Roach, They Might Be Giants. * * I'm down with and open to a variety of music, but 90's grunge really rings true to me and some of my all time favorite albums include Pearl Jam's "Ten," Bush's "16stone," Nirvana's "Nevermind," Black Lab's "Your Body Above Me," and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side" * * I enjoy music from Eminem to Beatles, Doors to Radiohead, Bad Religion, Greenday, 'Tallica, Pumpkins, all those classics. Always eager to find something new... let me know about it!!
I want to make movies. So when I talk about favorite movies, there are those that are just fun to watch and I appreciate as a viewer. And then there are those "Holy Grail" movies that I adore as a filmmaker, and hope to someday make something in a similar league. Films like The Virgin Suicides, Heavenly Creatures, American Beauty, Garden State and Thumbsucker create a mood, a certain melancholy ambiance that really strikes a chord in my heart. Other such films that I connect with include: Adaptation, Almost Famous, Before Sunrise, Crash, High Fidelity, Fight Club, Ghost World, Glory Dayz, I Heart Huckabees, Romeo+Juliet (Baz), The Royal Tenenbaums, and Waking Life. And some movie that just kick ass: 12 Mokeys, Aladdin, Arlington Road, Batman (1, Forever, & Begins), Better Off Dead, City of God, Dead Pet, Equilibrium, Eternal Sunsine of the Spotless Mind, Go, Higher Learning, Hotel Rwanda, The Matrix (1), Office Space, Pulp Fiction, Serenity, Sideways, Spider-Man (1+2), Star Trek (IV, VI, & First Contact), Swingers, Three Kings, TMNT, Toy Story (1), Training Day, True Romance, The Truman Show, The Virgin Suicides, The Wedding Singer, X-Men 1 & 2, and Kevin Smith flicks (except Jersey Girl)
The Daily Show & The Colbert Report are my Must-See-TV. With Arrested Development canceled, Scrubs is now the best sit-com on TV. The Office is good, but it will never live up to the original BBC version in my eyes. * * I grew up on Nick At Night: Get Smart, Green Achres, Dick Van Dyke, and shows like Pete & Pete, Wonder Years, Boy Meets World, Batman the Animated Series, and the Trek franchise * * I dig comedy that messes with people, like Da Ali G Show and Trigger Happy TV, and shows that are innovative like Mr Show, and have a message, like Chapelle and South Park. Conan is the king of late night. And random stoner humor like Family Guy & ATHF is cool. * * I enjoy dramas like Angel, Buffy, Firefly, Freaks & Geeks, and My So Called Life.
I am "reading" so many books right now and finishing none. I just bought "Confessions of An Economic Hitman" tho, which looks good. Also trying to make it thru Calavier & Clay, among others.
Barack Obama. Kieth Olbermann. Steven Colbert. Jon Stewart. Al Gore. Ralph Nader. Noam Chomsky. Richard Linklater. Zach Braff. Sofia Coppola. Wes Anderson. Joss Whedon. Batman.