Phantom of the Paradise, Tommy, Hellboy, Tron, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Planet of the Apes (1969), Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Nightmare Before Christmas, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Alien, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Star Wars, Peter Pan ( the new one and the Disney one), Pinnochio, Fantasia, The Lord of the Rings series, Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the lost Ark, Blade Runner (the original), Every Pixar film ever made, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, The Exorcist, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Team America, This is Spinal Tap, The Wizard of Oz, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1960's), Robocop, The Right Stuff, The Shawshank Redemption, Any Miyazaki film, Hero, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 1&2, Mars Attacks, Sleepy Hollow, 2OO1: a Space Odyssey, any Terry Gilliam movie, any Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie, 1960's James Bond films, Any Coen Bros. film, Dr. Strangelove, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights, The Player, Best in Show, The X-Men series, Napoleon Dynamite, National Lampoon's Vacation, Batman Begins and the new King Kong.
("To name but a few")
Looking forward to: The Alfred Hitchcock Biopic with Matt Lucas of Little Britain as Hitch. Brilliant casting.
Television
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OK: Arrested Development, Little Britain, League of Gentlemen, HBO's Deadwood, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Carnivale, The Comeback, Band of Brothers, From the Earth to the Moon. I LOVE HBO. God bless you, HBO.
Little Britain
The Simpsons, Drawn Together, Kid Notorious, South Park, Family Guy, Venture Brothers.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Late night with Conan O'Brien. Real Time with Bill Maher.
Dinner for Five with John Favreau.
Wonder Showzen. I looooove the Wonder Showzen.
Project Greenlight. Nip/Tuck. Mad TV. Strangers with Candy. Mr. Show.
On Boomerang from Cartoon Network: The Banana Splits, Johnny Quest, Wacky Races (Mem-o-ries...)
The Banana Splits - the reason I play drums.
Books
Not much of a bookworm. Last books read: "Lost Hollywood" by David Wallace. Also been going back & forth between "Heroes & Villains" - a Beach Boys Biography and a great book about Punk Rock called, interestingly enough, "PUNK" by Stephen Colgrave and Chris Sullivan. You should read it - then maybe you'd stop listening to fucking Green Day, for Christ's sake.
Heroes
-Are not people who get paid bazillions to dribble a rubber ball down a wooden floor in a gigantic, air-conditioned, Multi-Million-Dollar Arena - they're Policemen, Firemen, Soldiers, Teachers and anyone with the balls to to stand up to the legions of idiots & assholes that plague our existence. Don't let people push you around. Fight back. Don't puss out.
I raise my Flagon of mead to thee!
HUZZAH!
I'm a musician. A drummer, no less. No, you don't have to speak slowly.
I played drums in a really great band in 1996 called "Imperial Drag" that self-destructed during the making of our second album. The year we were on tour was the most amazing experience of my life. I'm really hoping my new band, Fantastic Black, will do the same. Tour, not self-destruct.
A silly video I made with a band I used to be in, The Fizzy Bangers.
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Random Ickyisms
People call me "Icky" because when I was very young, my brother couldn't say "Eric", so he called me "Icky". I was in two bands with two Erics, so I just used that nickname to make things less confusing. I'm not trying to be like "Izzy" or any shit like that. Many people only know me by that name.
Yeah, I like Disneyland. A lot. I know it's kinda gay, but I don't care. If you like Disneyland a lot, maybe we can be friends. If you like Magic Mountain more, Maybe not.
I never really fit into any one group, which is kinda cool and kinda annoying.
I'm generous to a fault. I'll help you move, paint your house, pick you up from the Airport - just buy me lunch and we're cool.
I'm masculine in certain ways but also in touch with my "feminine side", which means I can use power-tools, build a bookshelf, work on my car and also cook and arrange flowers. I guess you could call me a "renaissance man". I'd prefer it if you didn't, though.
If you're kind and loyal to me, I'll do anything for you. Anything. If not - you don't exist.
I fucking hated the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Hated it. I love Pirates, love the ride - hated the movie. Fuck that movie.
I love writing because I can express my thoughts - which are usually cramming their way out of my mouth like people trying to get out of a burning building - in a concise, focused and articulate manner.
I'm a lover, not a fighter, except if you cross me, in which case I'll hunt you down & kill you and drink your blood in the moonlight.
"Scratch a true cynic and you find a disappointed Romantic; a little boy who has convinced himself that because everything isn't wonderful, everything must be terrible".
Who I'd like to meet: Those who are talented and know who they are.
Those who are good, kind and compassionate.
Those who are open-minded and are into trying something different.
Those who are in touch with their inner-tard and don't feel that they need to "Grow up" and "act their age".
Those (men) who don't act all macho and live by some assinine, male "Code" that dictates that they can't show emotion and treat women like brood mares.
Those who aren't morbidly obese and crazy.
Create Your Own!
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