Yoko Ono.
Pavel Filonov.
Max Ernst.
Kazimir Malevich.
Wassily Kandinsky.
Paul Klee.
Philippe Druillet.
HR Giger.
Gustave Dore.
Nick Blinko.
Richard M Powers.
Piet Mondrian.
Frank Frazetta.
Erol Otus.
Arthur Adams.
Michael Golden.
Ray Harryhausen.
Francisco Goya.
Heironymous Bosch.
Pieter Breughel.
NC Wyeth.
Beksinski.
Pierre Soulages.
Music
RUSH, Univers Zero, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Devo, Voivod, Tangerine Dream, Enslaved, Yoko Ono, Rudimentary Peni, Wendy Carlos, Emperor, Candlemass, Liars, Oneida, Deerhoof, High on Fire, Will Haven, SubArachnoid Space, YOB, Ludicra, Zombi, Nomeansno, Converge, Eurythmics, Air, Bernard Hermann, Basil Poledouris, Sunn0))), Khanate, Burning Witch, Sepultura, Dead Meadow, Pink Floyd, Goblin, Birthday Party, the Fall, Neko Case, Geraldine Fibbers/Carla Bozulich, Lost Goat, Unearthly Trance, King Crimson, Nico, Van der Graaf Generator, Budgie, Bill Nelson, Celtic Frost, Tones on Tail, Rollerball, Amon Duul II, Cave In, Herbie Hancock, Einsturzende Neubauten, Lene Lovich, Bobby Hutcherson, Melvins, Flux Information Sciences, Mouse on Mars, Orthrelm, Raging Slab, Unwound, Shannon Wright, Blind Guardian, Judas Priest, Opeth, Slayer, Solitude Aeturnus, Will Haven, Warhorse, Lost Sounds, Phantom Limbs, Asva, Behalf, Nice Nice, The Planet The, Jonny X and the Groadies, ((( microwaves ))), Six Finger Satellite, Man... or Astroman?, Scorpions, Danava, Harold Budd, Fist Fite, Kosmos, Wolves in the Throneroom, allclassical.org, and on and on and on...
Movies
Reflecting Skin, Wild at Heart, Wings of Desire, Highlander, Holy Mountain, Moulin Rouge, Dunwich Horror, Zardoz, The Little Girl Who Lived Down The Lane, Mad Max, Spinal Tap, Fantastic Planet, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Daughters of Darkness, Liquid Sky, Santa Sangre, the Bad Seed, Super Troopers, Evil Dead II, Fright Night, Flesh + Blood, Begotten, Dune, Suspiria, The Devil's Backbone, The Others, Miller's Crossing, Superbad, Les Yeux Sans Visage, King of Kong, Wisconsin Death Trip, Eating Raoul, Terrorvision, Shivers, Watchmen, The Passion of Darkly Noon, Forbidden Zone, Watchmen, more to come...
Television
Dark Place, The Prisoner. Soap. Twin Peaks. Robotech Macross. Megalocalypse, Carnivale. Deadwood. Highlander. Robot Wars. Once Upon A Hamster. Thundarr the Barbarian, dead channels...
I have also used televisions extensively playing the original Metroid games on NES and SNES.
Books
Curently savoring "WE" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Also: Mark Leyner. Gene Wolfe. HP Lovecraft. Thomas Hardy. Umberto Eco. Stephen Hawking. Jose Luis Borges. Samuel Delaney. A N Roquelaure. George Eliot. Frank Herbert. Gary Gygax. Ayn Rand. Virginia Woolf. JK Rowling. Richard Brautigan. William Sleator. Phillip Pullman. Herman Melville. Continuum Press. Arkham House. Feral House. Taschen. Bust Down the Doors and Eat All the Chickens. Stacks and stacks of books about heavy metal (especially The Dirt by Motley Crue).
About me: I am an animator, booking agent, music writer, and DJ. I can't fix your kitchen sink, but I can bake you cookies. You can see the video I produced and animated towards of the bottom of this page. Here's a selection of feature articles I wrote during the six years I freelanced at the Portland Mercury. Currently I'm writing most actively for Willamette Week, and Metal Edge. More info about my bands, booking and DJ activities are listed below:
My booking agency roster is currently: Acid King, Agalloch, Amber Asylum, Asunder, Asva, Bloody Panda, Coffins, Corrupted, Evangelista, Kawabata Mokoto, Ludicra, Noxagt, Ocrilim, Ovo, Stovokor, The SubArachnoid Space, Thrones, Totimoshi, Two Ton Boa duets, Wino, Witch Mountain, YOB and Zu.
Nanotear alumni include Black Elk, The Living Jarboe, Eternal Elysium, Wolves in the Throneroom, Trees, Unearthly Trance, Age Eternal, Ghostride, Pink Mountain, Khanate, Zombi, The Planet The, Ohsees, The Hidden Hand, Whitehorse, 31 Knots, and more...
- click here to see the Nanotear Site--it's finally been updated!
I am DJ and DJ curator for Mondays at TUBE (18 NW 3rd and Burnside, Portland, OR). I host a weekly Dj event there every Monday call BAD REPUTATION (aka Heavy Metal Ladies Night).
Who I'd like to meet: Wendy Carlos.
OK HERE'S THE
NEW DEAL
:
If you live in Portland, please add NANOTEAR PDX, my new all local promotions page. You will be accepted unless you totally suck.
I don't have time to look through the many friend requests I get. If I can instantly (like in less than a second) recognize you because we have a prior acquaintance, I will add you. Otherwise, you're gonna have to send me a short note explaining who you are, and why you want to befriend Nanotear. If you are a band, and you are influenced by the music on the radio, please do not waste my time.
I am not seeking new bands for the roster. If your band is similar in caliber to the artists I already represent, and signed to a label, feel free to query. If you are unfamiliar with the world-class artists I'm already working with, please take the time to familiarize yourself with the progressive nature of the Nanotear roster.
i usually don't like high pitch voices interferring with my indulging heaviness, but the Witch Mountain's demo is really good. and, funny enough, the singer has a Jenis Joplin attitude in her singing.
Hi we have just posted a new track titled "Oracles Song Of
Unceasing Wrath" Please take a min to give it a listen and let us know
what you think? It would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
Hey Nate, it has been a long time. Hope your well. I was wondering if you could help me out with some advice? A friend of me, just got a job working for a musician and she has never booked shows or anything like this, what could you suggest?
Olde skozey fetisch performance newly posted @ YouTube. It was the first ever Noise Pancakes at Pubis Noir (in San Francisco's Mission District). There were three audience members in attendance.
Available on the DVD-R: Brutal Sound Effects Volume 1
thanks again for hooking up the Gilman show. It was fucking killer. Going to try and swing by the tube monday, but we're playing at the fez with Sikhara, so we'll see.
