| General | My interests lie in pretty much anything media related (film, television, music, reading, writing, and playing video games). In terms of academic research, I am interested in adaptation theory, American independent cinema, animation, film noir, formalism, French cinema, and new media. I am currently researching Winsor McCay's comic strip adaptations. For more details, see my favorite music, films, and books below. | | Music | Cannonball Adderley, Air, Fiona Apple, Louis Armstrong, Basement Jaxx, The Beatles, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Bjork, David Bowie, Dave Brubeck, Buena Vista Social Club, Cake, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Eric Clapton, Patsy Cline, Ry Cooder, Coldplay, John Coltraine, The Cure, Daft Punk, Miles Davis, Decibully, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, The Eels, Electric Light Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Fatboy Slim, The Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Garbage, Gorillaz, Grateful Dead, The Greyboy Allstars, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, PJ Harvey, Jimi Hendrix, David Holmes, Interpol, Elton John, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, Keane, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Aimee Mann, The Mars Volta, Massive Attack, Dave Matthews Band, Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan, Glen Miller, Modest Mouse, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, The New Pornographers, No Doubt, Oasis, Outkast, Charlie Parker, Pink Floyd, The Police, Portishead, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Res, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, Josh Rouse, Saint Etienne, Santana, Erik Satie, Paul Simon, Eliot Smith, The Smiths, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Supergrass, Tahiti 80, Travis, TV on the Radio, U2, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tom Waits, Kanye West, The White Stripes, Wilco, Hank Williams, Zero 7. | | Movies | 8 1/2, The 400 Blows, 2001: A Space Odyessy, Adaptation, Aguirre, American Splendor, Amelie, Battleship Potemkin, Batman Begins, Belle De Jour, Blade Runner, Blow Up, Boogie Nights, Breathless, Broken Flowers, Casablanca, Children of Men, Citizen Kane, City of God, Contempt, The Conversation, Day for Night, The Decalogue, Do the Right Thing, Double Indemnity, Dr. Strangelove, Eternal Sunshine, Eyes Wide Shut, Fight Club, The Five Obstructions, Floating Weeds, The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, Grand Illusion, A History of Violence, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, In the Mood for Love, Jackie Brown, Jaws, Jules and Jim, The Killers, La Jette, The Limey, The Long Goodbye, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, M, Masculine Feminine, MASH, Meshes of the Afternoon, Metropolis, Modern Times, Mr. Arkadin, Network, No Country for Old Men, Nosferatu, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, On the Waterfront, Out of Sight, The Passinger, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Pierrot Le Fou, Psycho, Pulp Fiction, Raging Bull, Ran, Rashomon, Reservoir Dogs, The Rules of the Game, Rushmore, The Seven Samurai, The Seventh Seal, The Shawshank Redemption, Shoot the Piano Player, Sideways, Singin' in the Rain, Some Like It Hot, The Star Wars Trilogy, Strangers on a Train, Sunset Boulevard, The Sweet Smell of Success, Talk to Her, Taxi Driver, There Will Be Blood, The Third Man, Tokyo Story, Touch of Evil, The Three Colors Trilogy, Un Chien Andelou, Wild Strawberries, Winsor McCay, The Wizard of Oz, Zodiac. | | Television | 24, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Arrested Development, Batman: The Animated Series, Chappelle's Show, Countdown with Keith Obermann, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, Daria, Deadwood, Entourage, Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, Freaks and Geeks, Heroes, How Do I Look?, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Kids in the Hall, King of the Hill, Lost, Mythbusters, News Radio, The Office (BBC), Reno 911, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Stella, Tales from the Crypt, The Wire, Yacht Rock. | | Books | Film/Genre-Rick Altman, 100 Bullets-Brian Azzarello, Andre Bazin, The Ways of Seeing-John Berger, William Blake, Narrative Comprehension and Film-Edward Branigan, Black Hole-Charles Burns, Televisuality-John Caldwell, Don Quixote-Cervantes, Michael Chabon, Philip K. Dick, The Great Movies-Roger Ebert, T.S. Eliot, The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Corrections-Jonathan Franzen, Sandman-Neil Gaiman, Neuromancer-William Gibson, Lord of the Flies-William Golding, System of Comics-Thierry Gronensteen, Catch 22-Joseph Heller, Henrik Ibsen, Convergence Culture-Henry Jenkins, The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man-James Joyce, Godard on Godard, On the Road-Jack Kerouac, Tao Te Ching-Lao Tzu, Batman: The Long Halloween-Loeb and Sale, Little Nemo-Winsor McCay, Understanding Comics-Scott McCloud, Frank Miller, The Aesthetics and Psychology of the Cinema-Jean Mitry, Alan Moore, More Than Night-James Naremore, George Orwell, Edgar Allan Poe, David Sedaris, William Shakespeare, Getting Away With It-Steven Soderbergh, Maus-Art Spiegelman, The Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-Hunter S. Thompson, J.R.R. Tolkien, A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole, Brian K. Vaughn, Oscar Wilde. | | Heroes | Batman, André Bazin, Robin Yount. |
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