Filmmaking and film journalism/analysis; Alternative cartooning; Underground culture; Famous monsters; Photography; Illustration; Self-publishing; Blogging; Mass media issues; Music; Nature and geography; Prehistoric life; Local history; Coffee shop lounging; Koalas. Don't laugh. Koalas kick ass.
People who are honest and willing to work for what they want to achieve in their lives; people who constructively explore the creative arts by not only experiencing but doing; people who exhibit good humor and find the joy in what they do.
The Beatles, Midnight Oil, Billy Joel, Extreme, The Ramones, INXS, Crowded House, Poi Dog Pondering, Wilco, Ani DiFranco, Neil Young, Carrie Newcomer, John Mellencamp, Neko Case, HUM, Radiohead, Poe, Lanterna, Suede, Pet Shop Boys, Goldfrapp, The Darling Buds, more.......
Ones you know: 2001, Star Wars Episodes IV-VI, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Bladerunner, A Hard Day's Night, Time Bandits, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Batman Begins, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The Commitments, Back to the Future, The Re-Animator, Beetlejuice, Harold and Maude, anything w/giant Japanese monsters or a stop-motion King Kong or "Ray Harryhausen" in the credits, more ..... Ones you probably know: Hero, Waking Life, Pi, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Movie, Ghost World, Primer, Oldboy, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, American Splendor, nearly anything w/Bruce Campbell, more...... Ones you should get to know: Existo, The Five Obstructions, Nothing, Tully, The Independent, Nothing So Strange, Living in Missouri, Charming Billy, Lethal Force, The American Astronaut, Sex Machine, The Interview, Radio Free Steve, Scumrock, Bullet on a Wire, The Saddest Music in the World, Laughing Boy, definitely anything w/the phrase "Killing Michael Bay" in the title, more...... Eraserhead. 'Nuf said.
Not a regular TV watcher - I barely even know what's on anymore - but I can do Law and Order, The Simpsons, The X-Files, Cheers, Frasier, Night Court, M*A*S*H, South Park, and so on.
I wish I read a lot more than I did. My current lit is a mix of Web sites, zines, newspapers, comix, and non-fiction that I leaf through for research. I can tell you that my favorite book is Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, however.
Mom and Dad, John Lennon, Ray Bradbury, Jim Henson, Forrest J Ackerman. And, of course, Existo.