.. Hi I'm Ben...
These are my Van Halen Volleys!!!!
I hand painted these
..Making films, art, cinematography, art,.
Making music - rock, techno, anything.
Snorkelling
Running, and fitness stuff
Synthesisers and other 70s/80s stuff
..I like driving through quiet towns at night
with my windows down, volume up playing heavy metal.
..JAPAN!!!!!! I want to go there a lot.
Snowing, Snowboarding,
I think thats how you spell it.
..Blowing shit up is fun too.
And blinding people with battery spotlights :P
..Physics is cool.
Food too.
Often salty saturated things are good.
Trent Reznor
The nice people from Mindless Self Indulgence.I would also like to meet Edward Van Halen.+ Michel Gondry
+ Michael J. Fox.
+ David Firth
+ Maynard James Keenan
+ Edgar Wright
+ Simon Pegg
+ Nick Frost
+ Quentin Tarantino
+ Richard D. James
+ Chris Cunningham
+ Phil Collins
+ Björk
+ Elena Filatova
+ Spike Jonze
+ Albert Hoffman
+ James Clavell
+ David Gilmour
+ Zack De La Rocha
+ Tom Morello
+ YouThere's more, but yeah.------------------I've filmed interviews etc with these nice people.
~ Daniel Radcliffe (I got to shake his hand twice!)
~ Charlie Cox (Stardust)
~ Geoffrey Rush, Abbie Cornish and Director Shekhar Kapur (For Elizabeth The Golden Age)
~ Zac Efron and Nikki Blonsky (hairspray)
~ Matt Damon (bourne ultimatum - red carpet, brief interview)
~ The 3 guys from Superbad and briefly director Judd Apatow
~ Director Rod Hardy (December Boys)
~ Director Matt Nable and Nathaniel Dean (The Final Winter)
~ Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan and Director Greg McLean (Rogue Crocodile Film)
~ Alex Gaudino (Destination Calabria)
More soon
In order of name:
..36 Crazyfists
Aerosmith
AFI
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
Air
Alice Cooper
Anthrax
Anti-Flag
Aphex Twin
AudioSlave
Basement Jaxx
Beastie Boys
Beethoven
Belinda Carlisle
Big Country
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Björk
Black Sabbath
Blake Reary
Blink 182
Bloc Party
Blondie
Bloodhound Gang
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bon Jovi
Bran Van 3000
British Sea Power
Brian Eno
Bryan Adams
Buckcherry
Butthole Surfers
Cheap Trick
Chuck Berry
CKY
Cold Chisel
Coldplay
Colin Hay
Concrete Blonde
Counting Crows
Crowded House
Crystal Method
Cut Copy
Cyndi Lauper
Cypress Hill
Daft Punk
Danzig
Daryl Braithwaite
Datarock
David Bowie
David Byrne
David Gilmour
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Devo
Dire Straits
Dr Wallet
Dragon
Dragonforce
Duran Duran
Electric Six
Elvis Costello
Eminem
Ensemble Nipponia
Eric Clapton
Eskimo Joe
Eurythmics
Everything But The Girl
Fine Young Cannibals
Fleetwood Mac
Foo Fighters
Fort Minor
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frou Frou
George Michael
Gorillaz
Grand Funk Railroad
Grandmaster Flash
Grant Lee Buffalo
Green Day
Groove Armada
Guns N' Roses
Hi Standard
HIM
Hoobastank
Hothouse Flowers
Hunters And Collectors
I Deny
Iggy Pop
Interpol
INXS
Iron and Wine
Iron Maiden
Jack Johnson
Jamiroquai
Jeff Buckley
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix
John Lennon
Journey
Joy Division
King City Seven
Korn
Kraftwerk
Le Tigre
Led Zeppelin
Lee Jackson
Lenny Kravitz
Linkin Park
Locust Toybox
Lou Reed
M.I.A.
Madonna
Meat Puppets
Metallica
Michael Jackson
Midnight Oil
Mike + the Mechanics
Millencolin
Mindless Self Indulgence
Misfits
Missy Higgins
Moby
Monkees
Motley Crue
Mudvayne
Muscles
Muse
Mylo
My-T-Hi
Neil Young
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
No Doubt
NOFX
Oasis
OK Go
One Dollar Short
Outkast
Ozzy Osbourne
Pearl Jam
Pennywise
Perfect Fit
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Prince
Prodigy
Public Enemy
Queen
R.E.M
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
Ramms+ein
Real Indictment
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Reel Big Fish
Richard Ashcroft
Rise Against
Rob D
Rob Zombie
Rod Stewart
Roy Orbison
Run DMC
Say Anything
Say Hi To Your Mom
Sex Pistols
Shonen Knife
Simon & Garfunkel
Simple Minds
Sinead O'Connor
Slayer
Smashing Pumpkins
Sonic Mayhem
Sonic Youth
Spinal Tap
Steve Vai
Sublime
Symphony X
System of a Down
Talking Heads
Tatu
The Alan Parsons Project
The B-52's
The Beatles
The Byrds
The Cars
The Chemical Brothers
The Church
The Clash
The Cranberries
The Cure
The Darkness
The Doors
The Eagles
The Killers
The Kinks
The Kooks
The Living End
The Mamas & The Papas
The Offspring
The Police
The Postal Service
The Ramones
The Rolling Stones
The Shins
The Smiths
The Stone Roses
The Velvet Underground
The Vines
The Who
Thrice
Tom Petty
Tool
Toto
Turbonegro
U2
Unwritten Law
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Vera Lynn
Weezer
Weird Al Yankovic
Wheatus
Yellowcard
ZZ Top
....That should be enough for now...
Here are a few that tickle my fancy.Lost In Translation Ghost In The Shell Buffalo Soldiers Hero The Crow Howl's Moving Castle Laputa - Castle In The Sky Jinroh Trainspotting The Beach Children Of Men Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind Daft Punk's Electroma Love Actually Two Hands Back To The Future 1,2,3 Game Of Death Fist Of Fury Chevy Chase films (National Lampoons etc) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Dark City CKY series Old School Skate and Surf films --Directors etc..-- Michel Gondry Gregor Jordan David Firth Chris Cunningham Robert Rodriguez Masamune Shirow Alex Proyas Spike Jonze Mamoru Oshii Etc..
Television lies...But some of it is goodCh31 is fun. BUT ANALogue
Everything by James Clavell...
and more..Reading is coole. Contrary to what those people said to you primary school.Here are some things.Shogun
Noble House
Whirlwind
Taipan
Stealing History
Mao's Last Dancer
Falling Leaves
Harry Potter is fun
Shantaram
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
George Negus's "The world from Islam"
All Dan Brown's works
National Geographic & Australian Geographic.
Lots more.
Knowledge is power and power is wealth.
Think about that.
My dear friends
Trent Reznor