Coffee...
Black t-shirts...
Crime fiction...
Women in fishnet stockings...
Retro commercial art (movie posters, paperback covers)...
Comics...
Tattoos...
Film of all kinds (although I mostly lean towards psychotronic and stuff your average guy would call "artsy")...
Surf and instrumental music...
Garage bands (retro & neo)...
and of course...
PUNK FUCKING ROCK (particularly NYC/Detroit/Cleveland sound)...
Music
I guess you could say that on the whole I love rock and roll of all kinds: garage rock (old & new), surf instro, British invasion stuff, rockabilly, and especially punk fuckin' rock!!! But I do like my share of "bad" classic rock as well.
My favorite artists include:
? and the Mysterians * AC/DC * Bash & Pop * Stiv Bators * Beatles * Beach Boys * Bellrays * Chuck Berry * Blasters * Black Flag * BOMP RECORDS * Booker T & the MGs * BOWIE * Johnny Burnette Trio * The Byrds * Johnny Cash * Cheap Trick * CLASH * Cramps * Creedence * CRYPT RECORDS * Jeff Dahl * Dead Boys * Devil Dogs * The Earaches * Edison Rocket Train * Electric Frankenstein * ELO * Roky Erickson * ESTRUS RECORDS * Exploding Hearts * Flamin' Groovies * Gas Huffer * Richard Hell & the Voidoids * Hellacopters * Hi-Risers * Humpers * Joan Jett * Kinks * KISS (up to Dynasty) * Labor Party * Lazy Cowgirls * Lee Harvey Oswald Band * Little Killers * Los Straitjackets * Luna * Makers * Man or Astroman * MC5 * Thee Minks * Misfits * Motorhead * New Bomb Turks * New York Dolls * Oblivians * Only Ones * Graham Parker * Gram Parsons * Iggy FUCKIN Pop (and the Stooges) * R.A.M.O.N.E.S. * Lou Reed * Reigning Sound * Replacements * Paul Revere & the Raiders * Rolling Stones * Saints * Sex Pistols * Coyote Shivers * Sonics * Son Volt * Star Spangles * STAX * Stray Cats * Supernova * Supersuckers * SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY * Teengenerate * Television * Testors * Thin Lizzy * Johnny Thunders * Toothless George * T-Rex * Uncle Tupelo * Upper Crust * Ben Vaughn * Velvet Underground * Ventures * Victims * Wilco (up until 'Ghost') * Link Wray * X * Neil Young * To name a few
Movies
Evil Dead • Close Encounters • Sid & Nancy • Hot Fuzz • Shaun of the Dead • Crumb • American Splendor • Young Frankenstein • The Third Man • Batman Begins • Apocalypse Now • Wyatt Earp • Escape from New York • Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains • 8 1/2 • GunCrazy • Nightmare Alley • The Wild Bunch • Scarlet Street • Brick • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang • The Lookout • Serpico • Blade Runner • Alien • Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow • Wet Hot American Summer • Anchorman • The Jerk • JERRY LEWIS • Texas Chainsaw • Return of the Living Dead • Halloween • Near Dark • Event Horizon • Hard Core Logo • WES ANDERSON • Rock N Roll High School • Filth & Fury • Slasher • Mayor of Sunset Strip • Frazetta: Painting With Fire • Waiting for Guffman • Spring Forward • Spinal Tap • Rutles • And God Spoke • Requiem for a Dream • Almost Famous • SCORSESE • The Apostle • 1900 • JOHN SAYLES • Mr Sardonicus • House of 1000 Corpses • Death Race 2000 • Devil's Rejects • Big Trouble in Little China • Heat • The Warriors • Sgt York • Jaws • Godfather I & II • Jacob's Ladder • Star Wars • Taxi Driver • WOODY ALLEN • Zodiac • The Commitments • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Television
...was a great NYC band.
But seriously folks: THE WIRE. THE WIRE. THE WIRE. Penn & Teller: Bullshit. Venture Bros. The Office (US). Ren 911. Scrubs. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Boston Legal. 30 Rock. Life. Monk. Burn Notice. Seinfeld re-runs. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Simpsons re-runs (recent seasons have been unwatchable). Conan & Letterman. MythBusters. Freaks & Geeks & Undeclared (RIP). Arrested Development. Saturday Night Live from '75 to '92
REALITY TV MUST DIE
Books
To put it mildy, I am an avid reader. To put it not so mildly, I am one fucking huge bookworm. Here's a breakdown of some of the stuff I dig:
James Ellroy, George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane, Robert Crais, John Connolly, Tom Perotta, Nick Hornby, RICHARD PRICE, Paul Auster, Charles Bukowski, Christopher Moore, Joe Queenan, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Anthony Bourdain, John Dunning, and many many many more.
Also enjoy good comics, including, but not limited to, the work of:
Alan Moore, Mark Waid, Ed Brubaker, Bob Fingerman, Peter Bagge, James Robinson, Frank Miller, Jack Kirby, Robert Crumb, Denny Eichorn, Tony Harris, Giffen & DeMatteis, Howard Chaykin, and the EC Crew.
Heroes
Christopher Guest • David Letterman • The Jerky Boys • Jack Kirby • John Sayles • Robert Crumb • Tommy Stinson • Greg Shaw (RIP) • James Ellroy • George Pelecanos • Joe Queenan • Jerry Lewis • George Carlin • Penn & Teller • Woody Guthrie • Harvey Pekar • Andy Kauffman • The Ramones • Anthony Bourdain • Tom Dowd • Donald "Duck" Dunn
Brocktoon, fans of real rock and roll, like-minded nerds, and women that want to send me provocative photos. (Please)
