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DaDa KingZ's Interests
General
Film, pop culture, b-boy culture, pop art, animation, conceptual music video, art, graphic design, painting, drawing, multimedia art, graffiti, dadaism, architecture, photography, collage, comics, manga, animation, toys, making stuff, music, fashion, science, trade shows, dog and cat shows, social drinking, travel, dreaming, brainstorming and barnstorming
Music
anticon, underground hip hop, new school hip hop, hip hop, electro, electronica, disco punk, deep bass, breaks, 70s punk, 70s rock, rapture, talking heads, trans am, de la soul, edan, dose one, gel, why?, odd nosdam, time machine, people under the stairs, tribe called quest, afrika bambaataa, outcast, jackson and his computer band, captain funk, ben mono, joseph nothing, the avalanches, world's end girlfriend, daedelus, the weather, busdriver, dj quietstorm, lily allen, the presets, the klaxons, midnight juggernauts, daft punk, the subs, sebastien, justice, teenage bad girl, acid jacks, kissy sell-out, herve, basement jaxx, the clash, the doves, fugazi, mr. bungle, mike patton, sex pistols, black sabbath, deep purple, the doors, pink floyd, chicks on speed, MU, ed banger, kitsune, modular, kitty yo records, broadcast, ben's symphonic orchestra, too many to mention, I'm blanking!!!
Lawrence of Arabia, La Haine, Amelie, Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mon Oncle, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Zhivago, Gladiator, The Party, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Excalibur, City of the Lost Children, Jaws, Seven Samurai, Godfather, Black Stallion, Mad Max, Spirited Away, Totoro, Laputa, Mind Game, Trava, Akira, Metropolis (animated), etc. etc. etc.
I like escapist entertainment with "depth" more than "deep" anything, regardless of genre.
Television
I don't watch TV! ...except for Lost, Firefly, Prison Break, Trek, Deadwood, Rome, Everybody Hates Chris, Battlestar Galactica, The Office (BBC), Scrubs, The Wire, Freaks and Geeks, 24, Prison Break, X-Files, Alias, Monty Python, Ugo Ugo Luga, etc. etc. etc. yes, ok so maybe I watch a bit of TV... :p
Books
Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Phillip Pullman's Lyla novels, some SF, some comics and manga, art books, Lonely Planet Guides
Heroes
Generally artists, and creative people who absolutely take their medium and work to the limit. Not just artists, but stunning technicians. Michel Gondry, Paul Pope, Salvador Dali, Robert Rodriguez (esp. after reading his book), Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Madonna, Georges Rousse, Marcel Duchamp, Takashi Murakami, Toshio Iwai, Rin Tarou, etc. etc. etc.
About me:
DaDa KingZ is a borderless-media art group based in Tokyo Japan.
By day the DaDa KingZ are professional artists, designers, animators and directors.
By night the DaDa KingZ are VJs, event promoters, live video performers and live paint performers for clubs, parties, concerts and more.
This profile is managed by Ben.
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