First there is the all encompassing passion for mid century design. That is the obsession.
Other stuff I adore...
Top Ten
1.Abstract expressionism
2.Voices In The Dark Website - Creepy stories read by Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre.....how cool is that?
3.Vintage records and Cover Art
4.Indian Food
5.Tom Waits
6.Vintage Sci-Fi TV
7.Hokey Vintage Horror Movies
8. Dadaism
9.Sherlock Holmes
10. DVD Box Sets
Music
Tom Waits, Nick Cave, The Tiger Lillies, Gogol Bordello, Christobal Reppetto, The Ramones, Daniel Johnson, Jazz, Blues, Funk, Reggae, Soul World Beat, Cha Cha , Bossa Nova, Lounge...ANYTHING WITH AN ACCORDION!!!
Movies
Anything black and white with an eerie soundtrack - Vincent Price, Boris Karloff
..Stuff with good furniture, I love playing "Name That Chair" to see if I can identify different designers.
Great chair movies - The original "Ocean's Eleven" for some great art and "Bell, Book, And Candle" for a T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings sofa that will make you drool in your popcorn.
Favorite all time movie though would have to be A Bucket of Blood - no bucket, no blood, but lots of awesome beatnik energy!!!!
I love Spider Baby too, especially for the opening credits and My Son The Vampire has great graphics and the theme song is hilarious.
Television
The Twilight Zone,Addams Family, Munsters, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mission Impossible, The Avengers, The Saint, The Mod Squad, Tales From The Darkside, Tales From The Crypt, Amazing Stories.
DVD box sets rock!!!
Books
Design books, vintage art magazines, Sherlock Holmes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kurt Vonnegut, ghost stories....
Heroes
Tom Waits, Jim Flora, Charles and Ray Eames, Jim Flora.