Anything that makes me think or feel in new or interesting ways
Music
My band...Rhea's Obsession: http://myspace.com/rheasobsession...bands/composers/artists that have changed my life and/or influnced me would have to include, in totally random order...>deep breath<...Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Levin, Bach, Mozart, Handel, Gyorgy Ligeti, Henryk Gorecki, Brian Eno, Jimmi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Velvet Underground, The Doors, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley, King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth, Dead Can Dance, Ennio Morricone, Peter Gabriel, David Sylvian, Daniel Lanois, U2, Bill Laswell, Massive Attack, Cop Shoot Cop, Jim Thirlwell, DJ Shadow, NIN, Ministry, Metallica, Sepultura, Fear Factory, No Means No, Big Black, Bauhaus, Frank Zappa, Marvin Gaye, Pixies, Bauhaus, Einsturzende Neubauten, Nick Cave/Birthday Party, Tool, Jesus Lizard, Radiohead, Portishead, Kyuss/Queens Of The Stoneage, Lamb, Public Enemy, Youssour N'Dour, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Dimmu Borgir, Iggy Pop, Dead Boys, Sex Pistols, Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan, Baaba Maal, Fatala, AC/DC, Motorhead, Dead Kennedys, Fugazi, Test Dept., Ramones, Chris Whitley, The Who, Bob Moog, Black Sabbath, Henry Rollins/Black Flag, Sigor Ros, Swans, Diamanda Galas, David Torn, Danny Elfman, Killing Joke, Hednigarna, Garmarna, My Bloody Valentine, Kronos Quartet, The Stooges, Legendary Pink Dots, Tom Waits, Bjork, Rob Zombie, Glen Branca, The Clash, Television, Talking Heads, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jane's Addiction, Juno Reactor,Queen, Otep, Buzzcocks, Godflesh, Alec Empire/ATR, Interpol...need more ??
Movies
Oh Gawd...do I really have to list them all ? It's a fucking endless list. No..really. I love anything that's intelligent, pretty, interesting, weird, funny, epic or subtle, subversive, obscure or generally messed up.
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Loose Change is a must see.
These two movie clips are easter-eggs aka hidden content from my all time fav video game Silent Hill (in this case, SH 3)...
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Television
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Ok...maybe a couple...Battlestar Galactica (the new one) IS fucking genius and so was Firefly. I like CSI and Frontline too.
Books
I own hundreds of books...how about we go with authors instead. At a glance to the shelf in no order...J G Ballard, William Gibson, Charles Bukowski, Milan Kundera, Edgar Allen Poe, Aleister Crowley, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Herman Hesse, William Burroughs, Philip K Dick, George Orwell, Kahlil Gibran, John Brunner, Doris Lessing, Anais Nin, Noam Chomsky, Nietzsche, James Joyce, Robert Anton Wilson, Indries Shaw, Thich Nhat Hanh, Albert Camus, Carl Jung, Michael Moore, Lao Tsu, Sun Tsu, Roger Zelazny, Stephen Hawking, The Dalai Lama, Buckminster Fuller, Ray Kurzweil, Frank Herbert, Baudelaire, Baudrillard, Kathy Acker, Mikhail Bulgakov, all of the Re/Search series, M.C. Escher, Dali, Helnwein, H.R. Giger, Neil Gaiman, Dan Brown, Marshall McLuhan. That doesn't include any of my comic collection or techy manuals or reference books.... :D
About me: Music is the passion of my life. At some point I have worn just about every hat there is: performer, songwriter, recording engineer/editor, band co-manager, film soundtrack and commercial composer and all-around insane artiste.
I started as a bass player when I was 13 and played and recorded in countless bands for years touring all over Canada and US. In 1995 I started working with the wonderful and talented vocalist Sue Hutton and Rhea's Obsession was born. I took on the guitarist/producer role at that point and haven't looked back. We have released two CDs on Metropolis Records.
We're playing with Braintoy at the Reverb (651 Queen St. W.) this Friday at 9pm sharp...ALL-AGES! Bring little ones...we'll try not to use foul language ;)
Hey Jim! How are you doing? Sasquatch was great. Gorgeous! Here's a link to something you may get a kick out of... (do I really sound like that???!!!;)
Jim!! Great to hear from you! All is well in my world! Was just in T.O. on business! When are you coming out to the west coast, would love to see a show! Peace! xoniki
Hey you! Life is pretty amazing actually. I met the love of my life (met again actually, we used to hang out when I was 18). He's an amazing musician and songwriter, of course!, and I'm living in a dreamy romantic love story. Besides that, working and playing and the usual. How the hell are you????
Cookies? You want cookies? It takes more than one little bunny to be officially one of the "dark" Now get all of your bunnies to come over - then we'll talk! Oh yes, there's always a catch! muahahahahaha!
That sounds great!! Plus, hehe I am going to try something fresh on my end; see what happens when I am not drunk! haha I am joker! see you soon! Valerie.
Jim... wazzzup?! Just getting back from 2months of roaming India, haven't really myspaced for a bit, playin' on it - so thought I'd wish you an early bday! Stay healthy and in touch bro/R
