Painting, listening to music, Freemasonry, walking around New Orleans, politics, The Church of the Subgenius.
Music
(I like a lot of diffrent types of music, but I'm not going to try to impress anyone by listing a bunch of bands you've never heard of. These are my faves, but I'm down with anything that's REAL, if you know what I mean.)Ky Prophet, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Marilyn Manson, Buddy Holly, Insane Clown Posse, They Might Be Giants, The Dead Kennedys, Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Hank Williams Sr., The Sex Pistols, Ballzack, Rob Zombie, Elvis Presley, The White Stripes, The Ramones, The Pixies, Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Queen.
Movies
Too many to list. I liked "Fight Club", "3000 Miles to Graceland", "Pulp Fiction", "Psycho", "Crumb", "Bubba Ho-Tep", "Mars Attacks!", "Vulgar" and "Valkyrie". The new Star Trek was great.
Television
I'd like to be one of those pretentious types that says "I don't watch t.v., it's stupid.", but everyone who reads that knows that that person's pants are on fire. YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYBODY!!! I like "20/20", "48 Hrs Mystery", "The Simpsons", "The Dick VanDyke Show", "South Park", HBO's "OZ", "Family Guy", "Primetime", "Seinfeld" and, of course "The Jerry Springer Show".
Books
There are too many to write here but my all-time favorite is "Stranger In A Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein. No other book has had that kind of impact on my way of thinking or how I percieve the outside world. I also liked "On The Road", "Flowers For Algernon" and "1984". I mostly read non-fiction books on politics, art, religion, history and a lot of biographies. I am currently reading "The Politics of Ectasy" by Dr. Timothy Leary.
Heroes
"I don't have any heros.
They're all useless."
-Johnny Rotten
About me: Born out of wedlock to a Persian emu farmer and a tax adjuster from West Virginia, St. Bradford was brought into a world of grit and inappropriate sexual innuendo. Though you may remember him as "The Dixie Strangler" who terrorized 5 counties in rural Georgia in the early 80s, he has come to separate himself from those heady days of erotic asphyxiation and turn his life in a much more positive direction.
Nowadays, he keeps his sadistic bent strictly to the canvas, in an interesting blend of folk, surrealism, and pop art tempered by a steely resolve to see all the unbelievers perish in righteous fire. Some say his style is reminiscent of a young Pope Gregory IX, others though, find themselves terrified that the impact of his work could leave the entire art world in ruins!
One could only speculate as to what inimical forces conspired to take a promising boy, born west of the Appalachians, and turn him into a megalomaniac of artistic monstrosity. Perhaps it was the case of rabies he contracted from 1983-1986, or it could have been the steady diet of rat carcases that his mother believed would cure the crippling case of S.I.D.S. he aquired as an infant. At any rate, we can only imagine what a bleak world we would have today without the new direction St. Bradford has brought to an otherwise dying New Orleans art scene.
Influenced by a rich and diverse variety of sources such as Berkley Breathed, Byzantine Iconography, Bob Dylan, R. Crumb and various science fiction films, St. Bradford has jack hammered a bleeding hole into the gaping maw of modern art. St. Bradford creates art for the people, and the people accept this art in supplication to their new overlord. Yes, St. Bradford painfully stitches truth in paint across the face of mediocrity. See it for yourself, before you are forced to bow low before it!
-Bethany Ambrose 2007
You are sooooo sweet! Love ya best friend!
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