halloween, bikram yoga, jiu-jitsu, black phoenix alchemy lab, poi, breathing fire and other forms of firedancing, Earth First!, burning man, TRUTH, democracy, reducing my consumption of plastic somehow,
overthrowing the government
and its rich white guy capitalist regime, honor, changing with bodywork, breathing,
flaming lotus girls, welding, musical instruments - guitar, violin, cello and the accordion, 19th century photography,
unicorns, horses, irish whiskey, old motorcycles,
organic gardening, glassblowing, victoriana, homebrewing,
singing, spoken word, corsets, bdsm,
tattoos, absinthe, joel-peter witkin.
I'd like to meet:
demons. voudou queens. and zombies. big black bat wings are a plus. so are pointy teeth.
Music:
SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM! my elvis is jeff buckley. tom waits, devin townsend, strapping young lad, the cult, brian webb, ani difranco, rasputina, concrete blonde, chelseaonfire, johnny cash, dead kennedys, diamanda galas, morphine, nick cave, and anything he does with warren ellis, patti smith, pj harvey, tmbg, tool, nin, band of horses, rocco deluca and the burden, alexi murdoch, okkervil river, slayer, old metallica, rage against the machine, manson, sugarbitch, groovasaurus, the elevator drops, niyaz, institute of technology, sebadoh, scissorfight, bauhaus, leonard cohen, dead can dance, radiohead, pogues, dresden dolls, beethoven, will oldham (aka bonnie prince billy), destruct-a-thon, godspeed you black emperor, vintage soundgarden, queens of the stone age, crash worship, indian, african, celtic world music, tuvan throat singing, nusrat fateh ali khan, blue man group, babes in toyland, calexico, the clash, black sabbath, eminem, faith no more, candiria, meshuggah, twinemen, nwa, madonna, iron and wine, cold war kids. yes, i am fucking weird. i can't stop listening to the soundtrack for "the proposition" right now.
Movies:
into the wild, fur, 300, kill bill vols. I and II, donnie darko, frida, secretary, grindhouse,rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, withnail and i,the last samurai, house of flying daggers,mulholland drive, usual suspects, better off dead,the breakfast club, ferris bueller's day off, say anything,edward scissorhands, true romance,
o brother where art thou, the big lebowski,lord of the rings trilogy, the last unicorn.wings of desire. american beauty. reservoir dogs.the professional. the shining. immortal beloved.strange days. halloween. moulin rouge.the red violin. the english patient. serenity. the legend of drunken master. shaolin soccer. smoke signals. pow wow highway. miller's crossing. billy jack. tombstone. winged migration. what the bleep do we know? dellamorte dellamore, aka, the cemetary man.the last temptation of christ. pan's labyrinth, the devil's backbone, fire walk with me,and anything david lynch or akira kurosawa.
Television:
"watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye." ~bill hicks
Books:
"the capture" by kiarna boyd, the sandman, "american gods" by neil gaiman, "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand, the "his dark materials" trilogy by philip pullman, "shibumi" by trevanian, "the passion" by jeanette winterson, "ghost of chance" by burroughs, "how to breathe underwater" by julie orringer, "til we have faces" by c.s. lewis, "the contrary farmer" by gene lodgson, "house of leaves" by mark danielewski, "the mists of avalon" by marion zimmer bradley, mary oliver, wendell berry, orson scott card, e.a. poe, ursula k. le guin, charles de lint, tanith lee, kerouac, h. p. lovecraft.
Heroes:
jesus christ, (not christian, but i love the man and his teachings) frida kahlo, mary the third countess of rosse, the dalai lama, thich nhat hanh, utah phillips, michael moore, sybil leek, julia margaret cameron, george carlin, bob flanagan, beatrix kiddo, mother abigail (the 106-year-old black lady in "the stand"), anyone working for peace and justice.
