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Comic books (WORDS: Morrison, Gaiman, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Warren Ellis, Mark Millar, Joss Whedon, Mike Carey BOOKS: Vertigo, Promethea & Planetary, Fables, The Pulse & Powers, Godland, The Umbrella Academy, and I miss Castle Waiting! PICTURES: Steve Ditko, The Hernandez Bros.,Paul Pope, J.H. Williams III, Frank Quitely, Darwyn Cooke, P. Craig Russell...), Glen Baxter & Charles Addams & Edward Gorey, and the gelatin teared world of Pierre et Gilles.
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Meerkats, kuchina & kokishi dolls, watching re-runs of Solid Gold,Mid 18th - early 19th children books illustrators: Walter Crane, Kay Nielson, Rackham & Dulac etc., old photo's of odd sisters. I've recently decided I want to become that coffee shop cliche who sits at a table half the day chatting when he doesn't have his ipod on and laptop open to work, because I suspect he never uses the word "timeclock" more than once a month in casual conversation.
Fyi, If you're looking for a silk screener, check out Mammoth Printshop on the first page of my Friends. They're fast, friendly, and flawless (high praise from an artistic obsessive-compulsive whose superpower is seeing everything in "Flaw-O-Vision").
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Music
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Camper van beethoven/cracker, cake, annie lennox, marc almond, grace jones, new order, (old) cure & depeche mode, the smiths, they might be giants (despite the Malcolm In The Midddle theme song), nina hagen, shriekback, everything but the girl, the magnetic fields, the decemberists, azure ray, calexico, mohave 3, belle & sebastian, the real tuesday weld, grizzly bears, pulp, black box recorder, momus, looper, stars, juniorboys, the postal service, matt pond pa, neko case, pinback, the faint, dresden dolls, notwist, ladytron, datarock, datasette,
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the streets, rjd2, mickey avalon, hot chip, vhs or beta, franz ferdinand, modest mouse, the prima donna's, yo la tengo, the flaming lips, rilo kiley, kings of convenience, the trailer brides, antony & the johnsons, coco rosie, llasa, smokey and miho, pink martini, combustible edison, michel legrand, agnes bernelle, serge gainsbourg, edith piaf, yma sumac, les baxter, henry mancini, eartha kitt, julie London, nina simone, amy winehouse, dolly parton, kay starr and an assortment of chanteuses ad nauseum.
mix-tapes! mix-tapes! mix-tapes!
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Movies
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Directors: tom tykwer, zhang yimou, douglas sirk, almodovar, val lewton/jacques tourneur, hitchcock, francois ozon, claude chabrol, fassbinder, hal hartley, ferzan ozpetek... movies: me and you and everyone we know, harold & maude, grey gardens. gilda, black lizard, the umbrella's of cherbourg, conspirators of pleasure, the wicker man, crumb, heavenly creatures, rear window, orpheus, edward scissorhands, a lion in winter (original), the city of lost children, sunday bloody sunday, the red shoes, sweet november (1968), the trouble with angels, marlene, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the lover (1992), beautiful thing, the incredibles, ma vie en rose, excalibur, twin falls idaho, frances, the breakfast club, all about eve, the reflecting skin, pie in the sky, bunny lake is missing, les biches, meet the feebles, strait-jacket, the adventures of felix, logans run, wetherby, the prime of miss jean brodie, chinese roulette, a zed and two noughts, the colours trilogy, hedwig and the angry inch, cane toads, the harlock saga, queen margot, incident at oglala,
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caesar & rosalie, seperate tables (original), le samourai, the phantom tollbooth, sleuth, aberdeen, in the mood for love, the haunting, ma vie en rose, pandora's box, the wedding gift, bell book & candle, diabolique (original), the birds, central station, the hanging garden, return to oz, the ice storm, closetland, election, a letter to three wives, kwaidan, american movie, east side story, affair of love, unmade beds, i've heard the mermaids sing, lord love a duck, bad manners, housekeeping, rosemary's baby, tampopo, the legend of hell house, angel dust, the last of sheila, what's eating gilbert grape, suddenly last summer, the hunger, american fabulous, the acid house, monsters inc, the price of milk, happy accidents, the cockettes, amelie, the anniversary party, little otik, a delicate balance ('73), spirited away, cal, tatie danielle, out of the past (1947), the heroic trio, far from heaven, the dark crystal, queen bee, strings ('04) & most hammer horror (especially freddie francis/peter cushing) to name a few.
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Television
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Then: the new zoo revue, star blazers & battle of the planets, marine boy, the super-friends (circa legion of doom), buck rogers, wonder woman, jem, the muppet show, dr. shock and creature double feature, dr. who, most hanna barbara and sid & marty kroft. inbetween - now: pee-wee's playhouse, dark shadows, paper dolls, dynasty (pre moldavia massacre), melrose place,
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justice league unlimited, creature comforts, buffy the vampire slayer (pre sixth season), my so called life, freaks and geeks, cracker, prime suspect and brit birds of a feather,nighty night, drawn together,project runway, strangers with candy, aqua teen hunger force, are you being served?, and week-long celluloid junk food binges of cutesy/clever over written occassionally smarmy but none the less addictive cable series when they come out on dvd.
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Books
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Authors are easier: julian barnes ,angela carter, tim sandlin, margaret atwood, salinger, jeanette winterson, nick hornby,james baldwin, tennessee williams, carson mccullers, truman capote, shirley jackson, quentin crisp, david sedaris, noel coward, dorothy parker, john lahr, dawn powell, gore vidal, ellen gilchrist, early john irving,
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marjorie kellogg, "geek love" by katherine dunn, jeffrey eugenides, francoise sagan, bukowski, augusten burroughs,"secret history" by donna tartt, mary karr, harlan ellison, kate wilhelm, walter tevis, john wyndham, ray bradbury, neil gaiman, michael moorcocks "dancers at the end of time" series, clive barker, francesca lea block, j.k. rowling, chuck palanniuk...
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Heroes
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Pedestals are a li'l slippery for hero worship, but here are some who inspire me...malificent (outside of turning into a dragon, her greatest power was making dramatic entrances/exits!),
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daniel kay, grant morrison & alan moore, marlene dietrich, jim henson, the wonder twins of faggotry: oscar wilde and tennesee williams, dolly parton, flawless sabrina, tammy faye, quentin crisp, miss piggy, puddlegump, and weetzie bat .
Kennie's Various Developing Myspace Quirks:
Appearances to the contrary, I'm not the latest Hanna-Barbera "Classic Villains" trading card, so if you're inviting me please introduce yourself.
The only Friends I'm interested in having on my homepage are ones I actually talk/type to (even if only occasionally), and blogsters with a hook on their line.
Oh, and Cicely Tyson, because at this point of my life I can't go a month without her skeletal lipless face glaring down at me from a t.v. somewhere in the city of Philadelphia: and THAT is true immortality.
B.t.w, I need a face. Those "no photo" ghost friends are spooky.
INTERESTED IN MY ARTS &CRAFTS? Having paid off the mortgage on my $8,000 replacement teeth (knew I should have opted for the candy corn, Wite-Out, and crazy glue repair kit!) they're back in production as of Feb. 08ish; available here, at WILBUR in the basement of The Antiquarian , and The Curiosity Shoppe.
http://www.artstarphilly.com/
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Who I'd like to meet:
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Someone who'll play Johnny Guitar to my Vienna, loveable misfit toys, Byronic Buddy Hackett's, a sock puppet with a smile like the zipper on a body bag, steel orchids, the man who invented fluorescent lighting (and not so that I can shake his hand...), glamazons and gendernauts, The Mr. Snuffaluffagus Of Merengue, Puddlegump, kittens with a whip, Eldrad, second generation C.H.U.D.sters, thriftaholics who preach from a polyester pulpit, the ghost of Thelma Ritter, boys both Emaciated & Emancipated, and a man whose kiss is like a smoking mother of pearl inlaid revolver in a black leather glove.
...after being MIA for weeks, i finally saunter my ass into TLA last night, and you were not there...it was bittersweet, for i missed bantering with you and seeing your happy face, i knew you were enjoying the perks of management and taking a much deserved night off. hope you had a happy one, whatever you did. see ya'...
...swear to god, i actually thought of you while i was posting the sketches; "i wonder what lord kenneth will think of my awesome masterpieces"...
(BTW: even your humorous chide is a compliment...back then, i was going through a thor phase, and wanting to distinguish mine from marvels', i was being a stickler for details, and, for some reason, i envisioned mjolnir looking kind of wood-ish and "natural"...ie; keg-like...so, thank you [smartass] ...i should also change the T to a P, the real norse rune for thor)
