My Blog:
BrianSydnor.blogspot.com
music performance (trombone, keyboard),
martial arts (Hapkido, Creative/Extreme Forms),
and animation (The world of 4 "P's": pixels, pencils, paper-cutouts & plasticine!)
I'd like to meet:
(happy to say, some names have been deleted due to my having MET them!) Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Jackie Chan, John Lasseter, Brian Drummond, Donnie Yen, Jon Valera,Pat Johnson, Brendan Small, Jon Benjamin, Scott McNeil, Jim Davis, Glenn Keane, Jim Cummings, Cree Summer, Mr. Lawrence, Sammo Hung, Ernie Reyes Jr., Bill Watterson, Jet Li, Walter Jones(Zach),Thui Trang(RIP Trini), Austin St. John(Jason), David Yost(Billy), Amy Jo Johnson(Kimberly), Eamonn Butler, Burny Mattinson, Jason David Frank(Tommy), Katsuhiro Otomo, Frank Ticheli, Nik Ranieri, Michael Jackson, Hans Zimmer, Gavin Rossdale, 3eb band members, Wiley Miller, Tress McNeill, Andreas Deja, Kevin Cadogan, Mike Chaturantabut, David Douglas, Gavin from Dredg(again, with a sharpie this time!)
Music:
:::ROCK/ALTERNATIVE::: RADIO ANGEL, Kevin Cadogan, THIRD EYE BLIND (3eb), Goo Goo Dolls, OASIS, Thursday, DREDG, Rob Zombie, METALLICA, My Chemical Romance, NINE INCH NAILS, Institute(disbanded), DISTURBED, Bush(disbanded), TONIC, Adema, SHADES APART, No Doubt, VAN HALEN, Unwritten Law, FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER, Killswitch Engage, SIGUR ROS, Queensryche, SISTER 7, Ben Folds...
:::TALK RADIO::: Ron & Fez (comedy gold...), , Darian O' Toole, Turi Ryder, Gretchen & The Lukes, Scott & Casey, Single Life, John London...
:::HIP-HOP/R&B::: SWV, MICHAEL JACKSON, Mary J. Blige, ENVOGUE, Tevin Campbell (TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT-ME-T'DOOooOOoo!!*get's dragged offstage*), AALIYAH, 2Pac, TLC, Nas, MONTEL JORDAN, Bone Thugs n' Harmony, KIETH SWEAT, Prince, BOYZ II MEN, Immature, IMX, Otafuku Rex(experimental), TOWER OF POWER...
:::JAZZ::: RYAN HAINES, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, CHICK COREA, Warren Gale Jr., FRANK SINATRA's BAND, Jules Rowell, COUNT BASIE, Woody Shaw, SPITFIRE BAND, JOE HENDERSON, E.C.H.S. Bands...
:::SYMPHONIC/CLASSICAL::: GERALD FINZI, Oakland Eastbay Symphony, SAN FRANSISCO SYMPHONY, Richard Stolzman, ANTONIN DVORAK, Michael Telson Thomas, FRANK TICHELI, Elliot del Borgo, HANS ZIMMER, Michael Morgan, HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS, London Philharmonic, JOHN WILLIAMS, Claus Badelt, JERRY GOLDSMITH, E.C.H.S. Bands...
:::ELECTRONIC::: DHT, Fenakistoscope, READ WRITE SPEAK TYPE, Handicaped, DAIKI KASHO, Lunatic Calm, HIVE...
Movies:
:::LIVE ACTION::: The Neverending Story, The Last Samurai, Once Upon a Time in China 1-4, Imitation Of Life, Fist of Legend, E.T., Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Fist of Fury, Enter The Dragon, The Great Dictator, Project A, Operation Condor, Who Am I, Titanic, Once Upon a Time In Mexico, Gorgeous, The Last Mimzy, Legend of Drunken Master 1 & 2, Hook, Chinese Connection, The Last Emperor, Reno 911: Miami, Batman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Malcom X, Batman Returns, Antione Fisher Story, Batman Forever, Peter Pan, Superman Returns, The Crow, Better Luck Tomorrow, Batman Begins, Iron Monkey, I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka', Powder, Kill Bill, Rumble in the Bronx, Police Story, Supercop, Tai Chi, Best of the Best (can't help it!), TMNT 1-3, Karate Kid 1-4, Shanghai Noon/Knights, Flight of the Navigator, Hero, Pirates of the Carriean (all), The Sandlot...
-Directors/Studios- Steven Spielberg, Bryan Singer...
:::ANIMATION::: Peter Pan, Tokyo Godfathers, TMNT (2007), The Prince of Egypt, just about all Disney feature animation, Road to El Dorado, Memories, The Last Unicorn, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Milennium Actress, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Metropolis, Perfect Blue, Steamboy, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Grave of the Fireflies, Triplets of Bellevue, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, FMA: Conqueror of Shambala, Bebe's Kids(we don't die, we multiply!), Ghost in the Shell 1 & 2, Jin Roh...
-Directors/Studios- Don Bluth, Jeff Matsuda, Katsuhiro Otomo, Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Satoshi Kon, Gary Goldman, Walt Disney(disney shall rise again!), Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata, Osamu Tezuka, Mamoru Oshii, Brad Bird, John Lasseter, Pixar, Studio Ghibli, Aardman...
Television:
:::LONG AGO:::TMNT, The World Of David The Gnome, DBZ(ah, regret...), Muppets, Gummi Bears, Voltron, The Real Ghostbusters, Garfield, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Batman TAS, Biker Mice From Mars, (I narrowly escaped "Pokemon" with my life!), Beast Wars, Reboot, Batman Beyond...
:::THEN::: Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Megas XLR, TMNT(2003- ), Trigun, Wolf's Rain, Home Movies, Dr. Katz, Spongebob Squarepants, Everybody Loves Raymond, Yes Dear, Daria(you gotta love that toon!)...
:::NOW::: Reno 911, Monster, King of Queens, Avatar The Last Airbender, My Name is Earl, Justice League Unlimited, The Boondocks, Family Guy, American Dad, Ghost in the Shell SAC, King of the Hill, O' Grady, The Batman, Now And Then Here And There, Afro Samurai, South Park, Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends, Everybody Hates Chris...
Books:
The Animator's Survival Kit, Batman: Hush, Batman: Long Haloween, Batman: Dark Victory, animation/drawing "how-to" books, Garfield(I've read nearly every G-book), Space is the Place, Calvin & Hobbes, Boondocks, Peanuts, Rustle the Leaf, Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit(great bio!), Kindred, books collecting Bruce Lee's philosophy, Patternmaster, The Neverending Story, Books on Taoism, Book of Five Rings, Video Girl Ai, Trigun...
:::Authors::: Jeph Loeb, Frank Miller, Scott Beatty, Mark Millar, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Jim Davis, Alan Moore, Brian Michael Bendis, Gail Simone, Wiley Miller, Aaron McGruder, Bill Watterson, Neil Gaiman, Paul Dini, Octavia E. Butler...
Heroes:
(IN NO ORDER) Jon Valera, Andreas Deja, Jason(student at my martial arts school), Yuen Wo Ping, Glen Keane, Ernie Reyes Jr., Jackie Chan, Nik Ranieri, Aaron McGruder, Wiley Miller, Jim Davis, Burny Mattinson, Walter Jones, Clay Kaytis (the man with the plan!), Chris Rock, Walt Disney, Eamonn Butler, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, my parents are the socialites I'll NEVER be...
