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Reading--I love horror, in particular, as well as mysteries; Simon Marsden, Steve Niles, "Satan's 3 Ring Circus", S. Rhine, Joel-Peter Witkin, William Max Miller, Roman Dirge, Gunther von Hagens, Alex Pardee (I love Bunnywith), Lars Fruth, Jhonen Vasquez, Olivia, Wes Benscoter, J.K. Potter, Paul Booth, Alphonse Mucha, Chris Mars, Rene Magritte. Macabre art, Chad Michael Ward, Dali, Nelly Recchia, George Higham, Bettie Page, Leilah Wendell, Alan M. Clark, Chad Savage, Gris Grimly, Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Coleman, Jason Soles, the artists who used to show at the late lamented Dark's Art Parlour. R.H. Phister's "Sister Vigilance" has been one of my top ten favorites for years. Love movies of all kinds, and British comedies. Monty Python, Eastenders, Eric Idle, John Cleese. Love to shop at Dark Delicacies, Necromance, Shocklines. Addicted to Rue Morgue magazine and a frequent Fangoria reader. Cemetery walks and photography, hearses, classic cars in general. Mutter Museum, Petersen's, Living Dead Dolls. I'm a vegetarian, and like to cook when the mood strikes me--don't think I have a natural knack for it, so the dishes don't always come out the way I expect, but none of 'em have killed me so far. ;)
| | Music | There's not much out there I don't like--some favorites are X, John Doe Thing, REM, Trent Reznor, Type O Negative, SCOTS, Gary Numan, Squeeze, Andras Jones, Nick Cave, Cramps, Beck, Chris Cornell, Peter Gabriel, Franz Ferdinand, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tegan & Sara, Dandy Warhols, Queens of the Stoneage, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Hank Williams, White Stripes, Andras Jones, Johnny Cash, Moby, Ramones, They Might Be Giants, Gillian Welch, Chris Isaak, Beck, Gary Numan, the Strokes, Morrissey, Tom Petty, the Bolshoi, Marillion, 20's and 30's crooners, rockabilly, all the stuff I hear on Jonesy's Jukebox. The Watusi Rodeo show is great too.
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| | Movies | Not into films featuring animal cruelty or graphic sexual violence against women: other than that, the field is wide open. Love horror movies and am SICK SICK SICK of the endless remakes and foreign retreads being cranked out. Some favorites are Phantom of the Paradise, Dead Ringers, Garden State, Tommy, Black Christmas, Cronicas, Hellraiser, Dead and Breakfast, Army of Darkness, Bubba Ho-Tep, May, Halloween (just the first one--an absolute classic!), Cannibal! The Musical, Feed, They Live, Dead End, Ju-On, Reservoir Dogs, Hardware (fantastic film), To Live & Die In LA, Love Object, Wicked City, Aftermath. Brad Dourif, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Combs, Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro, Bruce Campbell, Desmond Harrington, Rpert Everett, Cillian Murphy, Christian Bale, Kevin Howarth, Hugh Laurie (he's good on House, but I just love him at Bertie Wooster), Crispin Glover, Angela Bettis, Angelina Jolie, Viggo Mortensen, Brad Dourif, Clive Owen, Eddie Izzard, Giovanni Ribisi, David Cronenberg, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Lewis, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Johnny Depp, Thora Birch, Angelina Jolie, Lili Taylor, Gina Gershon, Charisma Carpenter, Harry Dean Stanton.
| | Television | LOCI, CSI, mysteries, love cartoons: Scrubs, Mucha Lucha, Shaolin Showdown, Simpsons, My Name is Earl, The Office, King of the Hill, Family Guy, South Park, MADtv, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Buffy/Angel (love that Joss!), Aqua Teen Hunger Force; Seinfeld, Brit coms, Eastenders, The Addams Family, Rod Serling/Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, America's Test Kitchen. Love anything with Vincent D'Onofrio, Alyson Hannigan, William Petersen, John McGinley, Gary Dourdan, Zach Braff, Clive Owen, Nathan Fillion, Robson Greene, Adam Baldwin.
| | Books | Weaveworld by Clive Barker: because the world within a world rang so true and so deep; Books of Blood because the horrors did too--deliciously; "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald, "The Other" by Thomas Tryon;
Anything by Joe Lansdale and David J. Schow; Charles Grant; Gary Braunbeck; Dennis Etchison, PZ Brite, Steve Niles, Loren Rhoads (I will miss Morbid Curiosity), Memorial photography/Stanley B. Burns archive books,
James Lee Burke, Roberta Lannes, Norman Partridge, Brian Hodge, Kim Newman, Ramsey Campbell, Kealan Patrick Burke, Ian Rankin, Caitlin Kiernan, Christa Faust (LOVED Hoodtown), Cemetery Dance, Subterranean Press, Dennis Lehane, all Stephen Jones anthologies, Tim Lebbon, Brian Keene. Bloom County (Opus is my favorite), Berkely Breathed, Far Side, Pizarro, Pearls Before Swine.
Many series: Harry Bosch, Amanda Raisin, Hamish McBeth, Dave Robicheaux, Poirot, and and and ......
Honorable Mention to Stephen King: Carrie was the first horror novel I remember reading, in addition to an anthology of "true but undocumented" exorcism and demon stories. The book would probably make me laugh now with overkill description, but at 7 the book was absolutely riveting!
| | Heroes | Clive Barker: live well and fully, create, experience, and most importantly laugh at everything, especially yourself; express yourself in everything you do. In addition, just be a helluva fun and interesting person that other people want to drink a beer with.
Also John Doe--love X, love the solo stuff, love everything he's done. His music evokes such an emotional response--I couldn't live without it. |
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