| General | coffee, coffee houses, writing, literary criticism, visual kei, horror, gothic literature, mythology, foreign films, complex storylines, comics, art, anime, cosplayers, cyberpunk, Victorianna, gothic lolitas, Fortean Times, weird science, the beach, British humor, eroguro, oshare kei, creativity, the vampire genre, summer, people-watching, brainstorming sessions, Pre-Raphaelites
| | Music | AFI, Alkaline Trio, The Aquabats, Ben Weasel / Screeching Weasel, Belle & Sebastian, Brittain Ashford, Dear Nora, The Field Mice, Foo Fighters, The Futureheads, Groovie Ghoulies (RIP), HorrorPops, Jawbreaker, Jimmy Eat World. Ladytron, Me First & the Gimmie Gimmies, Motion City Soundtrack, The Mountain Goats, The Mr. T Experience / Dr. Frank, Neco Case, Nerf Herder, The New Pornographers, Pedro The Lion, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Pulp, The Rasmus, Rilo Kiley, Sleater-Kinney
J-Pop/J-Rock
Anna Tsuchiya, Ai Otsuka, Aural Vampire, Ayumi Hamasaki, Aikawa Nanase, Arai Akino, The Brilliant Green, Dir En Grey, Do As Infinity, Ellegarden, Every Little Thing, Fictionjunction, Hitomi Yaida, Kotoko, Malice Mizer, Miz, Moi Dix Mois, Morning Musume / Hello Project, [The Evil Morning Project], Nami Tamaki, Nana Kitade, The Peanuts, Puffy Amiyumi, Salyu (aka Lily Chou-Chou), Sayaka, Sweetbox, The 5.6.7.8's, Tommy february6, Tommy Heavenly6, Yui, Yuki | | Movies | The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, After Life (1998) (Wandâfuru Raifu), Alien, Avalon (Mamoru Oshii; 2001), Back to the Future I-III, Battle Royale, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure & Bogus Journey, Boogiepop & Others, Company of Wolves, Ghostbusters, Memento Mori (Yeogo Goedam II), Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Highlander (the original only), Hearts in Atlantis, High Noon, Hollywood Knights, Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari), Lethal Weapon, The Lost Boys, The Mothman Prophecies, Near Dark, Shaun of the Dead, Swing Girls, That Night (1992), To Kill a Mockingbird, Yellowbeard, Whale Rider, Wild Zero, Zebraman (and anything by Takashi Miike), Otakus in Love (Koi no mon), My Sassy Girl (Yeopgijeogin geunyeo), Last Quarter (Kagen no tsuki), The Fox Family (Gumiho gajok), Sweeney Todd, Let the Right One In
Anime
The Castle of Cagliostro,
The Cat Returns, Blood: The Last Vampire, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Kiki's Delivery Service, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Millennium Actress,
My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Whispers of the Heart | | Television | Black Adder, Dr. Who, Lost, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Scrubs, South Park, The Young Ones, Life on Mars (BBC version only), Cutie Honey The Live, Jekyll, Dexter
Anime Series
Azumanga Daioh, Boogiepop Phantom, Cowboy Bebob (Japanese language only -- hate the English dub), Gankufsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Gilgamesh, Gunslinger Girls, Haibane Renmei, Hellsing, Kino's Journey, Last Exile, Master of Mosquiton OAV, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Princess Tutu, Serial Experiments Lain, Twelve Kingdoms, Vampire Princess Miyu, X: The Series, Dennou Coil, Blue Drop, Ghost Hound, Bakemonogatari | | Books | King Dork by Frank Portman, The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, Shampoo Planet by Douglas Coupland, Pattern Recognition by William Gibson, Perdido Street Station by China Miéville, I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Nine Stories (and anything) by JD Salinger, Naked (and anything) by David Sedaris, The Jeeves series by P.G. Wodehouse, The Outsider by Colin Wilson, The Devil in Love by Jacques Cazotte, Sexual Personae: Art & Decadence From Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (and anything) by Camille Paglia, Labyrinths (and anything) by Jorge Luis Borges, At the Bottom of the Garden by Diane Purkiss, The Fig Eater by Jody Shields, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki, Gormenghast I&II by Mervyn Peake, Vathek by William Beckford, Skellig by David Almond, The Cat (and anything) by Marie-Louise von Franz, The Death of Satan by Andrew Delbanco
Comics
Shadow Star (Narutaru) by Mohiro Kitoh, Kagen no Tsuki "Last Quarter (of the Moon)" By Ai Yazawa, Godchild by Kaori Yuki, Alichino by Kouyu Shurei, Astro City by Kurt Busiek, The Nocturnals by Dan Brereton, Dork! / Milk & Cheese by Evan Dorkin, 13 O’clock (and anything) by Richard Sala, The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman, Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell, anything designed / illustrated by Mike Mignola, Range Murata, or Yoshitoshi ABe | | Heroes | Bob Hope |
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