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neil / d'monte

The journey is everything...

About Me


Maquel and I at the Li Cari Fashion Show, LAFW 2008
(Photo Courtesy of Rush Varela)
THE BASICS:
* A libertine and a sharp wit...
** I drum, I draw, I paint, I act, I write, I love to laugh, I hate to hate,...
*** I've been referred to as the "over-achiever of the under-achievers"...
ANYTHING ELSE?
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"Laughter...the most civilized music in the world."
- Peter Ustinov
"I touched her thigh and Death smiled..."
- Jim Morrison
"Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?"
- Andy Warhol
IMDB and WEBSITE LINKS:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1548702/ and www.neildmonte.com
MODEL LINKS:
www.onemodelplace.com - Number 288352
www.modelmayhem.com - Number 308881
www.toospoiled.com/profile/default.cfm?cID=160785

KELLEE BRANDISE!!!! AN AWESOME and TALENTED FRIEND!!! CHECK HER OUT!!!!!
CHECK THIS SITE OUT FOR HORROR REVIEWS!!!
BUY THIS NOW!!!!
THE CULT - BORN INTO THIS

My Interests


My Commercial Headshot (photo by Nick Wagner)

Maquel and I at Johnny V.'s Birthday Party @ RITUAL, 2008 (Photo Courtesy of Jay Darius)

Be sure to check out Bucky's clothing line, SYCFUK! We wear their jackets, hoodies and apparel.
www.sycfuk.net

And if you need custom accessories, contact Clayton at www.deadbeatleather.com. We wear her items exclusively at events and shows.
www.deadbeatleather.com

RECENT ARTWERKS:

'MACBANE' Teaser Art for my upcoming film/graphic novel (Copyright: Picturesque Films, 2007 - All Rights Reserved. Cover Model: Kellee Brandise) www.picturesquefilms.net

"GATE OF THE EAST WIND", a Graphic Novel, published by Praxis Comics (Front cover by Jason Walton. Pencils/Creature Designs by Neil D'Monte and Jason Walton. Copyright Doug Warr/Aaron Mason, 2003 - All Rights Reserved) www.praxiscomics.com

"My Big Blue Eyes" (Cat Presley's portrait, 2005), Acrylic on Canvas

"Juliana Hatfield" (Acrylic on Canvas, 2006)

These things make me smile:

FILM / Attending Film Festivals / ART (painting, drawing, conceptual design, going to museums and galleries) / Acting / Architecture (Helmut Jahn-Bill Pedersen/KPF-I.M. Pei-Le Corbusier-Weese-Botta-Gehry-Meier-Stern-Graves) / Industrial Design (Syd Mead, in particular)) / Photography / Doing anything creative / Good books (Anne Rice-Fritz Lieber-Garrison Keillor-Whitley Streiber-Hunter S. Thompson-Henry Miller-Kerouac-Nietzsche-Kafka) / Anything and Everything "Star Wars" / Anything and Everything "80's" / Blonde rocker girls / Pajama Parties with blonde rocker girls / Vintage clothing, old muscle cars and cafe racers / 70's and 80's 'Pop-Culture' / Salsa (the spicier, the better) / Fast Driving / Punk-Rock / DEVIL-SEX / Working out / Going out to pubs + bars / Philosophy (Existentialism) / Psychology + Sociology / Manhattan Beach / Hiking / KCRW 89.9 FM / KXLU 88.9 FM / Laughing my ass off / Vince Vaughn / Eddie Murphy / Chevy Chase / Getting into adventures with friends + complete strangers / Writing screenplays + short stories / Playing drums (in the styles of Tommy Lee + Matt Cameron) + guitar (in the styles of Stone Gossard, Juliana Hatfield + Eddie Van Halen) / Charvel-Jackson Guitars / Ludwig Drums / Old School Arcade games / Ambition + Determination / Charisma + Confidence / Wit + Intelligence / Vampires + Werewolves / Anything involving 'Spider-Man' / MARVEL Comics / Spicy food / Sea food / Starbucks' Chai Tea Lattes / Hanging out with good people / Meeting new people (one of the greatest joys in life) / "Intense" conversations (you will be my friend forever...) / Those who are PASSIONATE about what they do + who are at PEACE with themselves / a Friendly smile + MUSIC!!!!! (Can't get enough of it!!!)

and these things make me ill:

The words "CAN'T" + "WON'T", Opportunists, Slow Drivers and ANYONE WHO FUCKS UP MY "CHI"!!!!!!

I'd like to meet:


'Actors, Authors, Artists and Thieves...'
- Paul Westerberg

and...

DARTH FUCKING VADER!!!!!

NO ONE UNDER 18 AND NO ONE ON MEDS NEED APPLY!!!!!!!!!!!

Music:


NEIL PEART IS THE MAN!!!!!!

PAUL WESTERBERG!!!!!!!!!

COLLEGE + INDIE-ROCK:

The Ocean Blue, Sundays, Buffalo Tom, Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield & Blake Babies, The Wonderstuff, Teenage Fanclub, Dig, Guadalcanal Diary, Fields, Chick Chick Chick, Pere Ubu, The Verve, Charlatans U.K., Toad the Wet Sprocket, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Matthew Sweet, Natalie Merchant & 10,000 Maniacs, My Bloody Valentine, The Connells, Autolux, The Godfathers, Luscious Jackson, Throwing Muses, Afghan Whigs, Madder Rose, Eve's Plumb, Material Issue, Liz Phair, Beth Orton, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Mekons, Kitchens of Distinction, Swervedriver, Yo La Tengo, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Autumns, Apples in Stereo, Slowdive, BRMC, The Art of Safecracking, Sigur Ros, The Refused, The International Noise Conspiracy, Course of Empire, The Music, Luna, The Helio Sequence, The Datsuns, Galaxie 500, Furthur, Blonde Redhead, Summerhits, My Dad VS. Yours, Mission of Burma, Soft Boys, Blue Bird, Brad, The Constantines, T.V on the Radio, The Veils, J. Mascis & Dinosaur Jr., Singapore Sling, Saxon Shore, At The Drive-In, Portastatic, Spiritualized, GVSB, Bullet Lavolta, fIREHOSE, Leaving Trains, Skin Yard, The New Pornographers, Das Damen, Wire, Hater, West Indian Girl, The Anniversary, Placebo, The Clientele, The Decemberists, Death From Above 1979 and COLOURSOUND.

ROCK + POWER-POP:

Cheap Trick, The Cult, The Holy Barbarians, Paul Westerberg & The Replacements, The Plimsouls, Bob Mould & Sugar, Redd Kross, Tommy Stinson & Perfect, Paul Weller & The Jam, L7, Lenny Kravitz, Nick Lowe, The Pretenders, The Call, Tommy Conwell, Living Colour, Skunk Anansie, The Posies, Frank Black & The Pixies, Jimi Hendrix, B.O.C., Todd Rundgren & Utopia, Peter Gabriel, Joan Jett, Jonny Polonsky & Feather, The Velvet Underground, Drivin' and Cryin', The Donnas, Will and the Kill, Arc Angels, The BoDeans, Blondie, Boston, The Faces, Rush, Zeppelin, Styx, The Doors, Queen, Bryan Ferry, Joe Jackson, Jeff Buckley, John Mayer, Jeff Beck, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Lou Gramm & Foreigner, The Who, Tool, A Perfect Circle, The Stranglers, MC5, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, Gang of Four, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Vandenberg, Concrete Blonde, Jane's Addiction, Mirror Ball, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Temple of the Dog, Mother Love Bone, Green River, OLD Soul Asylum and OLD Goo Goo Dolls

GLITTER ROCK:

David Bowie, T.Rex, Roxy Music, KISS, Sweet, Slade, New York Dolls, Hanoi Rocks

80'S:

Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Wang Chung, Prince, Talking Heads, The Housemartins, Oingo Boingo, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Fixx, The Police, Pre-'85 U2, Pre-'87 REM, Pre-'84 Van Halen, Smithereens, INXS, Stone Roses, Wire Train, XTC, The Psychedelic Furs, Tears for Fears, Rick Springfield, Echo & the Bunnymen, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Midge Ure, The Church, A Flock of Seagulls, Neil Finn & Crowded House, The Cars, Gary Numan, Rythym Corps., Adam & the Ants, Pseudo Echo

ELECTRONICA, ACID JAZZ + TRANCE:

Oakenfold, Digweed, Paul Van Dyk, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, tomandandy, Bullitnuts, Boards of Canada, FSOL, UNKLE, Curve, Air Liquide, Salt Tank, Drum Club, Coldcut, Bjork, Chemical Bros., Massive Attack, Thievery Corp., Belle & Sebastian, Imogene Heap, LTJ Bukem, Crystal Method, The Propellerheads, Tosca, Cirrus, Meat Beat Manifesto, Underworld, Satoshi Tomei, The Starseeds, Junkie XL and Steve Roach

SOME REGGAE:

Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse

OLD PUNK + RAP:

Ramones, Sonic Youth, Fear, D.I., Gen. X, The Clash, TSOL, The Necros, 7 Seconds, G.I., RFTC, UK Subs, Death Sentence, Dag Nasty, Chaos U.K., Agent Orange, Minor Threat, Magazine, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, X, Buzzcocks, Television, Samiam, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Kraut, Murphy's Law, Dr. Know, Husker DU, G.B.H., Fang, Warzone, Killing Joke, Circle Jerks, Uniform Choice, Token Entry, The Crucifucks, Cro-Mags, Samhain, False Prophets, Killing Time, Special Forces, Kraut, Sham 69, Blitz, The 4 Skins, Condemned 84, The Dead Boys, Fugazi, Lords of the New Church, Soul Side, KRS One, Public Enemy, Eric B. and Rakim, Slick Rick, LL Cool J, Liquid Liquid & De La Soul

METAL + INDUSTRIAL:

Fastway, Judas Priest, Girlschool, Helloween, Fates Warning, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, Voivod, Celtic Frost, Coroner, Running Wild, Kreator, Pre-'87 Megadeth, Venom, Slayer, Saxon, Accept, Abbatoir, Exodus, Exciter, Vio-lence, Anthrax, Pre-'88 Metallica, Testament, Motorhead, Overkill, Rigor Mortis, Mercyful Fate, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D., Laibach, Nomeansno, Filter, Kyuss, KMFDM, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Kraftwerk, Lords of Acid, Butthole Surfers, Rammstein, NIN, Helmet, Quicksand, Prong, Post Mortem, Holy Terror

SOME GOTH:

Balaam & The Angel, OLD Siouxsie and the Banshees, Psychic TV, The Creatures, Fields of the Nephilim, Peter Murphy & Bauhaus, Cabaret Voltaire, Alien Sex Fiend, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Sisters of Mercy, Foetus, Death Cult & Southern Death Cult

SOME JAZZ:

Mingus, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker

and Jamiroquai, Parliament, The Untouchables and yes,...ABBA and KC and the Sunshine Band!!!

Movies:


STAR WARS!!!!!!!
SCI-FI FLICKS:
The ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY, Alien(s), Blade Runner, Logan's Run, Predator, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator & T2, Robocop, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ORIGINAL Planet of the Apes, Starman, Flash Gordon, Lifeforce
ACTION FLICKS:
Heat, To Live and Die in L.A., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Die Hard 1&2, Hard-Boiled, Speed, Lethal Weapon 1&2, The Jack Ryan Series, Point Break, Bullitt
INDIE FLICKS:
Amelie, Audition, Fall, Red Meat, Man Bites Dog, Cherry, Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Sexy Beast, Donnie Darko, Fear of a Black Hat, Roger Dodger, Waking the Dead, Velvet Goldmine, The Last Time I Commited Suicide, Talk to Her
HORROR/THRILLER FLICKS:
Anything by David Cronenberg, Hammer Films, Se7en, Copycat, The Fog, Hostel, early Carpenter and Craven, Fulci and Argento flicks, Near Dark, The Lost Boys, An American Werewolf in London, The Hunger, Humongous, My Bloody Valentine, Graduation Day, Sleepaway Camp, Scream, Halloween 1&2, Prom Night, Maniac, Friday the 13th Parts 1-4, Night School, Phantasm, Re-Animator, New Year's Evil, The Howling, The Changeling, Silence of the Lambs, Fright Night, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Interview With a Vampire, A Nightmare on Elm Street
COMEDIES:
Most Woody Allen flicks, What's New Pussycat?, The Pink Panther, After Hours, Skin Deep, Animal House, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Fletch, Caddyshack, Real Genius, Blues Brothers, Swingers, The Sure Thing, High Fidelity, The Kentucky Fried Movie, Student Bodies, Weird Science, Top Secret, Beverly Hills Cop 1&2, Mister Roberts, This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Heathers
WEIRD CULT FLICKS:
Zardoz, ShockWaves, Pieces, Starcrash, Time Walker, Time Rider, Eraserhead, old Corman classics
DRAMAS:
The French Connection, An Officer & a Gentleman, Chinatown, Magnolia, Tequila Sunrise, Donnie Brasco, Blow, Goodfellas, The Godfather parts 1&2, Presumed Innocent, Midnight Cowboy, The Basketball Diaries, Talk Radio, Manhunter, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Casablanca, Strange Days, Midnight Express, The Graduate, Paper Chase, Breaking Away, Reversal of Fortune, Before Sunrise, The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane, On Golden Pond
80's COMEDIES:
Hot Dog-the Movie, Secret Admirer, Bachelor Party, John Hughes flicks, Up the Creek, Private School
FANTASY:
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Legend, Immortal, Dragonslayer, Krull, MirrorMask
SOME ANIMATED FLICKS:
Rock&Rule, Heavy Metal, Fire and Ice, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor, Fantastic Planet
CAMERON CROWE FLICKS:
Jerry Maguire, Say Anything, Singles, Almost Famous
TOO COOL FLICKS:
The Warriors, Desperado, Escape From N.Y., Tombstone, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, American Psycho, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Back to the Future, Superman 1&2, Spider-Man 2, Fight Club, From Dusk 'Till Dawn, The Crow, A Clockwork Orange, Snatch, Brotherhood of the Wolf and ANYTHING with Johnny Depp except "The Astronaut's Wife" and "Secret Window"!

Television:


NOW:

Nip/Tuck, Smallville, Planet Earth, Two and a Half Men + Entourage (which is funny because it's like watching weekly episodes of MY LIFE!)

THEN:

Action!, Battle of the Planets, Bakshi's "Spiderman" cartoon, Seinfeld, Cheers, Night Court, Wings, 2WO, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Werewolf, Dark Shadows, In Search Of..., Black Adder III, Battlestar Galactica, The Transformers, Tales From the Crypt, Tales From the Darkside, 21 JumpStreet, Booker, Miami Vice, Riptide, Space:1999, The Monkees, Bosom Buddies, It's Your Move, The Banana Splits, Melrose Place, Silk Stalkings, The Powers of Matthew Star, High Tide + Pacific Blue (Gotta love that 'beach-cheese')

Books:


Books, Comics + Graphic Novels:

On the Road, Beyond Good and Evil, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, The Brothers Karamazov, No Exit, A Brief History of Time, The Vampire Chronicles, The Hunger, The Keep, The Omen, The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, The Hero from Otherwhere, The Chronicles of Narnia, Walt Simonson's 'Thor', Brian Bolland's 'Camelot 3000', John Byrne's 'Alpha Flight', Alan Moore's 'Batman: The Killing Joke', Chris Claremont's 'Uncanny X-Men', Bill Sienkiewicz's 'Moon Knight', Rick Leonardi's 'Cloak and Dagger', Michael Golden's 'Micronauts', Ghost Story, No Exit, Hello! He Lied, Story by Robert McKee and Joseph Campbell's The Hero of a Thousand Faces.

Magazines and Periodicals:

Architectural Record, Architectural Digest and Progressive Architecture.

Heroes:


Neil Peart of RUSH
Robin Zander of CHEAP TRICK
Chris Cornell
Steve 'Steamin' Clark (R.I.P., Brother)
FANTASY:
Han Solo, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, G-Force, Mr. Shoop from 'Summer School', Booger, Dan Fielding, The Amazing Spider-Man & T.J Hooker!
REALITY:
My Parents (MORE THAN ANYTHING!!!). ACTORS: Vincent Price, Johnny Depp, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Willem DaFoe, Ethan Hawke, Christopher Lee, Henry Fonda, Lawrence Olivier, Harrison Ford, Martin Landau, Steve McQueen, Sigourney Weaver, Richard Harris, Peter Sellers and Peter O'Toole. DIRECTORS, WRITERS + SPFX MASTERS: MICHAEL KELLER (my friend/director who has and continues to give me excellent career advice), GUY MOSHE (my friend/director whom I am learning so much from), STEVE MINER and SLY STALLONE (two directors who keep telling me that I would make a good director soon), Cameron Crowe, P.T. Anderson, Wes Anderson, Robert Towne, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Garrison Keillor, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Conrad L. Hall, Atom Egoyan, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Mann, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Alfred Hitchcock, Kathyrn Bigelow, Rick Baker, Rob Bottin, Stan Winston & Dennis Muren. MUSICIANS: ROBIN ZANDER, Terry Bozzio, Dave Weckl, Matt Cameron, Stephen Perkins, Stewart Copeland, Muzz Skillings, Geddy Lee, Tommy Shaw, Ian Astbury, Billy Duffy, Paul Westerberg, Jim Morrison, Michael Hutchence, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Eddie Van Halen, Brian May, Keith Richards, Neal Schon, Dave Pirner, Pete Townsend, Warren DiMartini, Bob Mould, Mike Watt, Phil Lynott, Andy and John Taylor of Duran Duran, Chris Cornell, Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Thurston Moore, Evan Dando, Juliana Hatfield, Harriet Wheeler, Johnette Napolitano, Liz Phair, David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, Brian Molko, Kevin Seconds and Mark Mothersbaugh. ARTISTS: Frank Frazetta, Robert Williams, Coop, Ralph McQuarrie, Syd Mead, H.R. Giger, De Es, Martin Emond, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Jean-Giraud Moebius, Richard Corben, Brian Bolland, John Byrne, Jim Lee, Michael Golden, Berni Wrightson, Patrick Nagel, and Andy Warhol
PETER O'TOOLE
PETER SELLERS
BROM
MARTIN EMOND

My Blog

Today,...

I am the happiest guy ALIVE!!!!!! Last night, after 30-plus years, I FINALLY met ROBIN ZANDER of Cheap Trick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone who has known me for a period longer than fifteen years&n...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:14:00 PST

Visions

Lethal aggression, apartheid is here Racial Segregation, our intense fear Famine, poverty - a plague of disaster Blackshirts and Racists who bow to their masters... Nazis walk the streets, cowards are...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:35:00 PST

This Time Around...

Ok,...so I have not written anything in a while.  But from what I know, it is better to write when I have something pertinent to say/express instead of writing for the sake of writing.....
Posted by neil / d'monte on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:29:00 PST

The One Thing...

WHAM!!!  BAM!!!  PTANNG!!! So you all must know that I just got back from San Diego's Comic-Con, completely exhausted!  It was pretty packed and I was pretty busy meeting up with friend...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:11:00 PST

meeting Martin

Maquel and I were leaving my office on Tuesday night, nothing short of routine.  We arrived at the elevator bank and waited patiently for the cab to take us down 22 floors to the parking gar...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:33:00 PST

High Anxiety

Sorry for not being so in-touch as of late.  I know that a lot of you email me on a regular basis and do keep up with my blogs, for which I am grateful.  I have been without a working comput...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:03:00 PST

Sometimes...

...there is NOTHING like driving at 145 MPH on a deserted highway at 4am, cranking The Replacements' "Answering Machine"!  To Paul, Tommy, Chris and my beloved Bob (who is no longer with us...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:57:00 PST

On...

On Life... Life is such a beautiful thing, you know?  And I don't think that many people really comprehend how intrinsic and special a gift it is.  Sit back and think of what a miracle it is...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:56:00 PST

Back to You

a quick interjection... God, it feels like forever since I've written anything on here and I would like to thank all my readers for being so patient.  I've been pretty much gone for a few mo...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:29:00 PST

The Reflecting Pool

I stumble through this God-forsaken, Uncertain of the path I'm taken, But along the way, I make a smile, I hope where I end up might be worthwhile... (Bob Mould, 'Reflecting Pool')   ****Interjec...
Posted by neil / d'monte on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:09:00 PST