British motorcycles (I own a '74 Norton and '71 Triumph), poster art, architecture, flea markets, records,50's bamboo furniture, sharp looking boots/suits/ascots, junk shops, coronations, Abyssinian cats, old record players, deserts/mountains/forests, my van that I converted into a camper, road trips, comics, urban detritus, mysticism, British hair circa 1966, the forgotten, aberrations, the unexplainable, yetis.
Music
Yardbirds,Yardbirds,Yardbirds! Small Faces, KINKS, Pretty Things, John's Children, Troggs, the Creation, the Animals, the Open Mind, HAWKWIND, Blue Cheer, the Poets, Pink Floyd (Barrett era), Q65, Outsiders, Gene Clark, Kaleidiscope (British, Mexican and US, in that order) Fire, Tomorrow, the Easybeats, the SEEDS, Chocolate Watchband, Amboy Dukes, the Who, the Chants, Shocking Blue, Missing Links,the Eyes, Bluestars, Zachary Thaks, Arthur Brown, Bo Didley, HOWLIN' WOLF, the FALL, Erkin Koray, 3 Hur-el, Sarolta Zalatnay, Selda, Wire, Buzzcocks, Saints, the Homosexuals, the Adverts, Spacemen 3, Can, Amon Duul, Faust, the STOOGES, MC5, Alice Cooper, Funkadelic, 13th Floor Elevators, Suicide, King Crimson, the Gories, the Cheater Slicks, T Rex, Bowie, Roxie Music, Thee Headcoates, Gris Gris, Pink Fairies, Johnny Burnett, Carl Perkins, Link Wray, the Makers, the Oblivians, the Birthday Party, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, Serge Gainsbourg, Sonic Youth, Chrome Cranks, Rolling Stones, the Zombies, Capt Beefheart, the Electric Prunes, Velvet Underground, the Standells, X-Ray Spex, the Damned, the Deviants, the Monks, the Sonics, the Wailers, Eddie Cochran, Metal Urbain, Johnny Cash, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter, Yma Sumac, Korla Pandit, the Elois, Neu, Neil Young, Moby Grape/Skip Spence, the Cramps, Incredible String Band, the Soft Machine, the United States of America, 60's Aussie/NZ stuff, Os Mutantes, the Nice, the Blossom Toes, Les Fleur des Lys, the Action, the Sorrows.
Movies
Out of the Past,Night of the Hunter,Thunder Road,Mean Streets,Get Carter,Two Lane Blacktop,Head,the Saragossa Manuscript,Dr. Strangelove, El Topo,Five Easy Pieces, Badlands,Apocalypse Now,Raging Bull, Alphaville, Rififi, A Touch of Evil,any trash biker flick (She Devils on Wheels,etc.), Blue Velvet ,the Hobbit animated flick,Man Bites Dog,Sunset Boulevard,Chinatown.
Television
Huh?
Books
The Magic Mountain,the Trial,the Brothers Karamazov,The Sleepwalkers, The Man Without Qualities, Borge, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People.The Avatamsaka Sutra.Claremont/Byrne era X-men,Miller/Janson era Daredevil. Bios of:Robert Mitchum(Baby I don't Care),Howlin' Wolf(Moanin' at Midnight),Dave Davies (Kink),"Yardbirds:The Ultimate Rave-up". Japrocksampler,Trader Vic's Guide to Food and Drink. Anything by members of the Situationist International.
Heroes
Lord Buckley,Lenny Bruce,otters and peacocks (my spirit animals),Erik Satie,Jack Kirby, my uncle Bill(r.i.p.),Guy Debord.
About me: Greetings!The Duke is a spontaneous & creative boulevardier with a sharp wit and badass sense of humor.I spend most of my time and effort DJing,booking and promoting shows around the SF Bay.Keep your eyes open for the various "House of Windsor" and "The Duke Presents" events.
Music,the listening to and collection of,is a primary focus.I'm a music collector rather than a conventional record collector.My vinyl list consists mostly of
60's garage/Brit/psych rock,international pop,punk & post-punk,space-rock,exotica and peculiar & cool oddities.
Did I mention motorcycles? I've been riding for about 10 years now. Recently, when my 1st bike (a 1971 Triumph Tiger 650) started feeling a bit run down I decided to pick up a '74 Norton Commando 850. After 6 months of work it's finally on the road. It's fantastic: might never have to buy another bike. Famous last words, maybe?
At first meeting some blokes think I'm sarcastic,cynical,and maybe some kinda smart-ass.I've been told by people that I reminded them of Christopher Walken(?!).This is a surprise to me because I'm a generally upbeat guy.I'm cool with comrades who are down with the program but have no patience for pretentious,untrustworthy or disrespectful fucks.My attitude is:put yourself out there,drop your preconceptions,have a sense of humor (preferably cynical/absurd) and see what the hell happens.There's only one thing to take seriously:reality (even though it has a liberal bias).
I'm some sorta artist.I've been drawing for years ;mostly poster art and b/w graphics.All of my flyers & posters you see are done by me (check out my photo gallery).I dig typeface too
,especially by hand.No digital tricks.Several years ago I even designed a house that was built in Costa Rica.All my friends are musicians/artists/bartenders.We have fucking rad times and take it to another level on a daily basis!!!
Who I'd like to meet: Dead:Keith Moon,Keith Relf,Brian Jones and Syd Barrett. Living:Dave Davies.
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