Cossacks, Geeks, Film Students, Satanists, Drunks, Exotic bird owners, librarians, activists, aborigines, alpacas, mimes, The Gentleman Ghost, opera singers, folk legends, Egyptian princesses, troglodytes, dingbats, stunt drivers, underwater welding experts, kind hearted folk, stone creatures not from The Neverending Story. Incan ritual cloths, French vocal pop legends, noise rock, bondage, history of whale hunting, avant-garde jazz, James Caan in ROLLERBALL, grindcore, bare-knuckle boxing, black metal, Indonesian desserts, skate punk and thrash, hillbilly tape music!, silent films, hilljacks, musique concrete, hockey fights, Byzantine Empire, Prussian army strategies, 60s Italian cinema, Greek Orthodox Churches, riding lawn mower jousting, rockabilly, russian roulette, The Disintegration Of Humanity By Way of The Sugar Cane, bonfires, flamenco guitar, surf music, American labor struggles, rattlesnakes, graverobbing, modern composition, remote viewing and ESP, Japanese Noise & Psychedelic musics, Surrealism, Fluxus, Military Industrial Complexes, mistakes, pin-ups, doom rock, morlocks, anti-heroes, carnivores, improvised music, crooners, The Grand Guignol (I need some more literature on this business, recommend some to me y'all), absinthe, paintballing with an emphasis on lawn dart usage, childish folly, merriment, green tea, wasting potential, absurdity, and energy drinks.
Link Wray, Pete Cosey, Leslie West, Duane Eddy, Mark Farner, Chet Atkins, Robin Guthrie, Duane Denison, John McLaughlin, Kevin Shields, Sonny Sharrock, Nels Cline, J. Mascis, Roy Buchanan, Shinki Chen, Neil Young, Matt Sweeney, Eddie Hazel, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Link Wray, Boz Boorer, Helios Creed, Scotty Moore, Derek Bailey, James Burton, Davie Allen, James Blood Ulmer, Ben Chasny, Keith Levene, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marc Ribot, Keiji Haino, East Bay Ray, Greg Ginn, Elmore James, and Bruce Anderson of MX-80.
I'LL TRAVEL THIS ROAD 'TILL DEATH SETS ME FREE. It's all really out there for you to enjoy. Don't let the snobs and nerds deter you from the discovery process. Not all of us are working for the dark side. C'mon! ask for a burn! Bobb Trimble, Kit Reams, The Attack, Easy Chair, Cryptids, Dry Ice, IMPLOG, Spike Drivers, Boris Policeband, Underdogs, Vertical Slits, Luxurious Bags, Ike Yard, Erkin Koray, Peter Hammill, XHOL CARAVAN, Collective Tools, Sniff N' The Tears, Minimal Man, White Boy And The Average Rat Band, Zipper, Junie Morrison, Shinki Chen (and related), Doomsday Cult Sounds VIA Church Universal, Charles Manson And The Family Jams, Tivol, Grand Theft (1972 sharin' my cheesburger and fries with you!), Father Yod And The Yahowah 13, Mad River, Stonewall, Ivor Cutler, Peter Grudzien, Michael Yonkers Band, PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SOUND!, Black Widow, Coven, Euclid, White Lightening, International Harvester and related ensembles, The Dillards, Dead Machines, Roger Miller, Harvey Milk, The Diamonds, The Mummies, Fire Engines, Glaxo Babies, Gravy Train (aw hell, both of 'em), Andy Votel, Armand Schaubroeck, Jerusalem, Leaf Hound, Lucifer's Friend, Fraction, Necronomicon, Colosseum, Tyvek, Electric Sandwich, Die Todlische Doris, Gary Walker And The Rain, World Of Oz, Caetano Veloso, Dr. Strangely Strange, Patto, Jack Jones, Edgar Broughton Band, UFO, Baby Dee, Guru Guru, High Rise, Chris Connelly, Krauty McKraut and Seers, Sir Lord Baltimore, PFFR, Raven, Michael Polnareff, Afterglow, Crushed Butler, Love Live Life+1, Uriah Heep, Hackamore Brick, Big Bertha, Oneida, Rita Hayworth, High Tide, Chris And Cosey, Tiny Tim, Eugenics Council, Schooly D, Googoosh, Harry Pussy, Strange, Arnold Dreyblatt, Exuma, Rappin' Duke, Camera Obscura, Catholic Discipline (I need more of their shit, Claude Bessy is my Voltaire), The Mills Brothers, The C.A. Quintet, Joyride, The Misunderstood, Granicus, Apocalypse (Die Anderen), Flower Travellin' Band, T.2, Holy Shit, Jericho, Toad, 999, Truth And Janey, Patty Waters, Zolar X, Marzette Watts, Flying Luttenbachers, Duane Eddy, The Homosexuals, Archie Shepp, Ariel Pink, Foetus, Leslie Gore, Reagan Youth, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, Roy Buchanan, Chrome, The Taste, The Fall, Solomon Burke, The Telescopes, Skull Snaps, Gregg Bendian's Interzone, Yma Sumac, James Blood Ulmer, Sandie Shaw, Nick Cave, Albert Ayler, The Clean, Thin Lizzy, Silver Apples, JPT Scare Band, Dead Condors, Bridgette Bardot, Judee Sill, Diamanda Galas, Michael Gira/Swans/Angels Of Light, Rodd Keith, Pharoah Sanders, Carcass, Einsturzende Neubauten, Josefus, Keiji Haino, Ash Ra Temple, Twinkle, Blue Oyster Cult, The Smiths, Martin Denny, Throbbing Gristle, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Burnt Friedmann, Gallon Drunk, Eric Dolphy, Cilla Black, Derek Bailey, Legendary Pink Dots, Japan, Oxxxes, Frijid Pink, The Pretty Things, Merzbow, Petula Clark, John Fahey, Antibalas, Arthur Lyman, Will Oldham, Buffy Sainte Marie, The Fugz, Dragonspit And Dr. Teets, Baden Powell, John Zorn, Ennio Morriconne, Bastro, Dick Hyman, Kim Fowley, Apes, Coughs, The Ex, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Josef K, Orange Juice, Elmore James, Bardo Pond, Earth, Flamin' Groovies, Bill Evans, Billy Cobham, This Heat, Leslie West, The Four Freshman, Andre Williams, Charlie Feathers, Eddie Harris, Joe McPhee, Brick Layer Cake, Gil-Scott Heron, Bernard Purdie, Napalm Death, Bobby Scott, Scott Walker, Connie Francis, Smegma, Arzachel, Nation Of Ulysses, Old Time Relijun, The Gories, Suicide, The Go-Betweens, Cabaret Voltaire, John Lurie, Skinny Puppy, Bride Of No-No, The Need, Mahalia Jackson, Don Cherry, Music Machine, Love, The Move, T-Rex, The Godz, Holy Modal Rounders, Moondog, Jimmy Giuffre Trio, Jackie Wilson, 1910 Fruitgum Co, Bunny Brains, Neu!, Lydia Lunch, Easybeats, Wire, Tony Williams, Sonny Sharrock, Ken Nordine, Television Personalities, XTC, Jandek, Moby Grape, James Gang, Konono No. 1, Xinlis Supreme, Flying Saucer Attack, Howlin' Wolf, Royal Trux, Peggy Lee, Gene Pitney, Pussy Galore, J. Geils Band, Hawkwind, Cecil Taylor, Odd Nosdam, Company Flow, Live Skull, Budgie, Theoretical Girls/Glenn Branca, Otis Redding, Caravan, The Mentally Ill, Carlos Montoya, X, Carter Family, Robbie Basho, Caustic Resin, Grand Ulena, Chad And Jeremy, The Gun Club, The Monks, Arab On Radar, Chavez, Ricky Nelson, Roxy Music, More Dogs, Helen Kane, The Crystals, Dale Hawkins, Dalek, Marty Robbins, Antony And The Johnsons, Davie Allen And The Arrows, Split Enz, Dead Kennedys, Television, Dead Meadow, Bullet LaVolta, Johnboy, Death Comet Crew, Keith Jarrett, Rachel's, Sam Cooke, Phil Spector, As Mercenarias, Made In Mexico, Don Caballero, Khanate, August Born, Donny Hathaway, Demon Fuzz, Dorothy Ashby, Yusef Lateef, Ufomammut, Leadbelly, Eddie Gale, Nurse With Wound, Current 93, Edith Piaf, Maria Callas, Marianne Faithfull, Electric Light Orchestra, Broadcast, Gravenhurst, Erase Errata, Richard Hawley, Pulp, Esquivel, Etta James, Neil Hagerty, Son House, Euphone, Fantomas, May Blitz, Buffalo, The Feelies, Dark, The Flesheaters, Dengue Fever, Flux Information Sciences, Thundercrack, Woody Guthrie, Fontanelle, Skullflower, Coil, The For Carnation, James Burton, Ronnie Hawkins, The Fucking Champs, Cul De Sac, Scratch Acid, Funkadelic, Gal Costa, The Dead C, Ghost, Gilberto Gil, Tom Ze', Spirit, Abba, Nico, Link Wray, Guapo, Big Boys, Hair Police, Halo Benders, Doris Day, Hella, Horace Andy, Captain Beefheart, Radio Birdman, The Ink Spots, Shangri-Las, Jack Nitzsche, Jackie McLean, Jacques Brel, New York Art Quartet, Jim O'Rourke, Joe Meek, John Coltrane, Johnnie Ray, Last Exit, Peter Brotzmann, Van Morrisson, Johnny Ace, Josephine Baker, Mistinguett, Kenny Dorham, KMD, Larry Coryell, Shipping News, Les Paul And Mary Ford, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Lightning Bolt, The Lilys, The Ventures, Sun Ra, LuLu, The Electric Eels, Ma Rainey, Maddox Brothers And Rose, The Sadies, Magazine, Man Or Astroman?, Marlene Dietrich, Poets Of Rhythm, Mickey Newbury, Mike Nesmith, MX-80, Nancy Sinatra, The Slits, Need New Body, Jackie O Motherfucker, Nels Cline, Pere Ubu, David Axelrod, Ornette Coleman, Os Mutantes, Wayne Shorter, Oxbow, Phantom Tollbooth, Burt Bacharach, The Alarm Clocks, Mission Of Burma, Polvo, Mule, Public Image LTD, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Raincoats, The Gants, Rapeman, The Revelons, Rodan, Skip Spence, The Ronettes, The Saints, Alex Harvey Band, Serge Gainsbourgh, David Ackles, Shellac, Simply Saucer, Dwight Twilley, Six Organs Of Admittance, Comets On Fire, Sixtoo, The Flaming Stars, Bill Monroe, Solex, Lightnin' Hopkins, Otis Rush, Leonard Cohen, Sonny Rollins, Spacemen 3, Painkiller, Romeo Void, OMD, Swell Maps, The Cramps, Codeine, Thrones, His Name Is Alive, Bablicon, Pearls Before Swine, Townes Van Zandt, Lee Scratch Perry, US Maple, Bud Powell, Curtis Mayfield, Virgin Prunes, The Wipers, Saccharine Trust, The Minutemen, Wrangler Brutes, X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic, Whitehouse, Dusty Springfield, Yamasuki, Yesterdays New Quintet, Milt Jackson, Deodato, Young Marble Giants, probably hundreds of thousands more. I have a problem that both enriches and destroys my life.
Ken Russell, Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch, Pier Paolo Pasolini, John Carpenter, Robert Altman, David Cronenberg, Richard Kern, Stanley Kubrick, Werner Herzog, Sidney Lumet. I'll try anything twice. Hell Comes To Frogtown, Dead Heat, Aguirre The Wrath Of God, Last Boy Scout, Bad Boy Bubby, Cannibal Holocaust, Videodrome, Crazy Love (Bukowski), Brazil, The Wicker Man, The Tenant, Mamma Roma, The Cockettes, Straw Dogs, The Devils, Bad Taste, The Wild Bunch, Escape From New York, Salo, Lenny, Scrooged, Breakfast On Pluto, They Live, The Third Man, Crash, Bad Lieutenant, The Stuff, Thou Shalt Not Kill...Except, Barry Lyndon, Henry And June, anything remotely pornographic, exploitational, violent, or dystopian.
In some circles it's really cool to say that you don't watch television. What does that mean? Commercial, broadcast television? Then I say no, I don't watch any of it. I don't say it to try and sound intellectually superior to other people....it's just something I can't get with. Honestly, I've tried to sit down and kill time with this cumbersome beast but it doesn't do the trick...like an expired muscle relaxer.
Heaven knows I'm a "slack motherfucker" in this department but...Terry Southern, Dylan Thomas, Charles Bukowski, Ambrose Bierce, William "The Great Slashtubitch" Burroughs, Lester Bangs, Richard Meltzer, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn (the usual suspects, I suppose), ee cummings, John Kennedy Toole, HP Lovecraft, Jim Marrs.
this list is in no particular order. Noah Cope, Greg Moore, John Brookshire, Karl Richardson, Billy Reed, Gabe Beam, Jeff Herbster, Kelly Pierson, Chuck Porter, Ben Doerfler, Andrea Bishop, Ricky Walker, Jeff Loose, Damon Sturdivant, Eric Yarnell, Steve From Cleveland, Ron Draconis, Bad Andy Shanks, Good Andy Shaddeau, Mike Cartell, Drew Petrovich, Jason Quick, Marissa Geiger, Joanna Bopp, Ben Langlois, Janee Houston, Ian LaPointe, Dan MacGuire, Jerry Grindstaff. If I am forgetting anyone in particular, it is certainly not intentional since this all came together rather quickly. These are folks that have either enabled, inspired, and provided me with inspiration for my own work or have done the same with their work or the work of others...along with their kindness and generosity. They are the real definition of hero more so than the distant (yet not so distant) products of gunslinging guitarists, erratic actors, crooners, maverick directors, and the like who normally occupy this space in my profile. Thank you one and all.