Some of my favorite bands are Van Der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill, Art Bears, Comus, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Magma, Bauhaus, The Great Society, Captain Beefheart, Dead Can Dance, Present, Pink Floyd, Pentangle, 5UUs etc etc etc...... Also have a fondness for Child's Ballads.
Favorite albums of all time: Art Bears' "Winter Songs", Van Der Graaf Generator's "Pawn Hearts" and "H to He...", "The Least We Can Do...", Peter Hamill's "Over", "Silent Corner, Empty Stage" and Comus' "First Utterance".
Movies
I like a lot of different types of films -- from foreign to art films to action and horror and B-movie cult films. Love old Hammer films and like anything with a dark sense of humor. Favorite films also include "Delicatessen", "Bartleby", "Dead Alive", "Lord of the Rings", "Cemetary Man" aka "Dela Morte Dela More", "Office Space", "Wicker Man" (the original) etc... New favorite movie is "Pan's Labyrinth." I absolutely DETEST Hollywood remakes of older films or foreign films.
Television
I don't watch TV, but I do watch tapes of old Dr. Who shows, and like to rent the series for "Deadwood" and "Carnivale". Also a fan of the "Family Guy" and "Battlestar Galactica".
Books
I read everything and usually average 2-3 books in a month. Favorite genres include historical fiction, biographies, sci-fi, and non-fiction books about historical events. (Some) favorite authors include Pearl Buck, Neal Stephenson, J.R.R. Tolkein, Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Beirce, Poe, Lovecraft, Orhan Pamuk etc etc etc. I am also partial to graphic novels. New favorite book: The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. Currently reading: Moby Dick.
I'm an artist/graphic designer in the Philadelphia-area, as well as a the vocalist/co-founder of the avant rock band, The Red Masque (http://www.theredmasque.com). We also have a MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/myredmasque. My design website is located at http://www.designbyredeye.com.
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Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to network with other artists, musicians, and other creative types.
Just rented Pan's Labyrinth; will watch tonight...everyone's raving about it... Great dragon / dog/ fox drawings, too! Part-Celtic, Part-Aztec, it looks like...
