Adam Ant, Android Lust, Apotygma Berserk, Aphex Twin, Assemblage 23, Attrition, B52's, Bauhaus, Beborn Beton, Bella Morte, Berlin, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bigod 20, Billie Holliday, Bing Crosby, Bjork, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Changelings, Cherry Poppin Daddys, Christian Death, Clan of Xymox, The Clash, Cocteau Twins, Coil, Collide, Covenant, the Cure, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Dead Kennedys, Dean Martin, Decoded Feedback, Delerium, Depeche Mode, Die Form, Die Krupps, Din Fiv, Duke Ellington, Electric Hellfire Club, Enigma, Faith and the Muse, Falling Janus, Fields of the Nephilim, Frank Sinatra, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Gary Numan, Gitane Demone, Hans Zimmer, Haujobb, High Blue Star, Iggy Pop, In the Nursery, John Coltraine, Kill Switch Click, Killing Joke, L'ame Immortelle, Leather Strip, Legendary Pink Dots, Lords of Acid, Love and Rockets, Love Spirals Downwards, Lycia, Meg Lee Chin, Mentallo and the Fixer, Miles Davis, Ministry, Miranda Sex Garden, The Misfits, Missing Persons, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Nick Cave, Peggy Lee, Peter Murphy, PIL, Portishead, Project Pitchfork, Psychedelic Furs, Qntal, Radiohead, Ramones, Recoil, Romeo Void, Rosetta Stone, Rozz Williams, Sara McLachlan, Sinead O Connor, Siousxie, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, Snog, Social Distortion, sToa, Stray Cats, Suicide Commando, Switchblade Symphony, Thelonius Monk, This Ascension, This Mortal Coil, Tones on Tale, Tori Amos, Trance to the Sun, Type O Negative, The Vapors, Velvet Acid Christ, Violent Femmes, Wumpscutt, and Xorcist
Movies
SERENITY, Sin City, Blade Runner, Constantine, The Fifth Element, Zoolander, Swingers, Shaun of the Dead, The Hunger; The Professional, Run Lola Run; Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins; The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride; The Matrix; Boondock Saints, The Suicide Kings, The Usual Suspects, Dark City; The Last Samurai, The Punisher; Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch; Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Volume 1&2, Reservoir Dogs; Big Fish, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, Beetle Juice, Mars Attacks; Hackers; To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Tank Girl, Ghost In The Shell, The Crow; Alien & Aliens; Casablanca; Gladiator, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico; Signs, The Lost Boys; American History X, The Shawshank Redemption; Rocky Horror; Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Return of the King; Sideways, Under the Tuscan Sun, Love Actually, Henry & June; The Polar Express, Peter Pan, The Incredibles, Toy Story 1&2, Shrek 1&2
Television
FIREFLY, Dexter, The Daily Show with John Stewart, The Colbert Report, Frasier, Coupling, X-Files, Family Guy, South Park, Futurama, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, Taken, Whose Line is it Anyway?
Books
Chad Michael ward is an old friend who now lives and works out of L.A. He is also a very darkly talented artist, photographer, and director. If you're not squeamish, I highly recommend you check out his work:
My favorite books include Memory and Dream, Trader, Someplace to be Flying - Charles De Lint; Neverwhere, American Gods, Coraline, The Sandman Series (Graphic Novels), Anansi Boys, Stardust, Smoke & Mirrors - Neil Gaiman; Neuromancer, Burning Chrome, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties, Pattern Recognition, Virtual Light - William Gibson; The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy - Tim Burton; Snow Crash - Neil Stephenson; The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice; Lost Souls, Exquisite Corpse - Poppy Z. Brite; The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff; The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
FINALLY! The first FULL Coraline movie trailer is here!
I built sets for this film. Go see it when it opens, Feb.6, 2009:
I am never very comfortable talking about myself; I find other people far more interesting. For whatever reason, though, people still ask me about me, so it is my sincere hope that if I post some things here, we can move on to other things.
At my core, I am an artist. I create things. As a writer, I have had the privilege of working creatively with other artists and authors, including my friend and fantasy art legend, the late Tim Hildebrandt:
as well as post-apocalyptic art fiend Chad Michael Ward (Black Rust, NBM Publishing), Boris Vallejo, Alan Dean Foster, and more. By profession, I am a producer and director of interactive multimedia and websites, and proprietor of my own graphics design company.
For a number of years I was involved in producing live music and events, which culminated in the Convergence 13 festival in Portland in May of '07. Here's one video from that event:
And here's another, one of my favorite unscripted moments:
I'm a very private person when it comes to my personal life. My friends know me. For everyone else, here's something: I have kids and am very family oriented, which is enough general information for MySpace. I love the outdoors, and moved my family across the US to the Pacific Northwest to improve our quality of life. Camping, mountain-biking (hills/mountains/city), kayaking, hiking, all that. If you're local and love the outdoors, drop me a line, let's compare maps.
Anything else you want to know, drop me a line.
Who I'd like to meet: Interesting, creative, and talented people.
What follows is for everyone else.
I am here for one reason: Networking with the sole agenda of meeting people and making friends. I'm not a random friend collector. If you send me a random friend request it will be deleted. Before you try to friend me, send me a message to remind me who you are, where we met, where we're likely to meet offline, or some compelling reason to add you. If you're for real, and we have something in common, and we could actually be friends in real life, I'll most likely add you. If you don't message first, live a thousand miles away and never travel, or have a bazillion friends already, I'm sure you'll understand when I deny you.
If you're a diva or drama queen, don't waste your time here.
About your band: I'm not here to promote you. If you think I might like what you're doing musically and want to introduce me to your music, send me a polite message and I'll go listen. If I like what I hear I might add you. Random band spam will automatically be deleted.
If I could pick my own celebrity drinking buddies, I'd choose Christopher Walken, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Eddie Izzard, Sean Patrick Flanery, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass, or Adam Baldwyn. I have a list of female celebrities too, that I keep in my wallet just in case...
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Hey Happy New Years Jack!! Hope you're doing well, and good to hear from you - even by text! We should catch up sometime soon (like the next month or two)
Hi! So I went to see Bolt earlier (I highly recommend it...) and I saw one of those big cardboard ads for Coraline at the theater! Whoo hoo!
I'll try to call you tomorrow- I was going to call you the other day when I saw the weather was bad up there but realized I haven't put many numbers in my new phone- and the old dead one is at my apartment anyway. But I'll get it from Chris if I don't hear from you first.
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