34,463

230,387

Educational

Jul 27, 2006

1,975

Jonesboro, AR

United States

raconteur, character inhabitant, & visual assassin

are for commerce.

Hendrix College (Bachelor of Arts With Honors 'Distinction' in English), University of San Francisco (Master of Arts in Writing)

haute couture, spoken word, the notion of 'degeneracy,' exploring the dichotomy between art/artifice, performance art, full-blown theatrical runway shows, contemporary artists (especially Liz McGrath, Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Jason Maloney, Scott Treleaven, Keren Richter)--as well as the 'Tried-&-True' (Goya, Hieronymous Bosch, Dali, Picasso, Fornasetti) designers: Jared Gold, Alexander McQueen, Viktor ampersand Rolf, Vivienne Westwood, Rei and Junya of Comme des Garcons, Stephen Jones

Movies: Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains, 1984, Control, Dark Habits, The Hunger, Talk To Me, Jawbreaker, Heathers, Daughters of Darkness, Irreversible, Donnie Darko, Lars and the Real Girl, Salo, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Requiem for a Dream Television: Breaking Bad, True Blood, Nurse Jackie, LOST, Dexter, Project Runway // All-time T.V. faves: Carnivale, Six Feet Under, Strangers With Candy, Twin Peaks, Veronica Mars (Season One)

SALEM, Mater Suspiria Vision, Holy Other, †een wi†ch, oOoOO, Coil, Dead Can Dance, These New Puritans, Fever Ray, The Big Pink, Metric, Crystal Castles, We Were Promised Jetpacks, A Place To Bury Strangers, Radical Face, The Presets, Vampire Weekend, The Honorary Title, Current 93, The Smiths, Muse, Siouxsie/The Creatures, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, PlanningToRock, The Clash, LCD Soundsystem, X, Strawberry Switchblade, Miss Derringer, Dead Can Dance, Boards of Canada, Diamanda Galas, The Fever, My Bloody Valentine, The Joy Formidable, Lily Allen, Sow, Antony & The Johnsons, Miss Derringer, Bat For Lashes, Twisted Wires, hunz, Phoenix, Demdike Stare, Health, As Tall As Lions, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Lykke Li (& Kleerup featuring Lykke Li), Simian Mobile Disco, Starfucker, Massive Attack, Princess Tinymeat, Amorphous Androgynous, cLOUDDEAD, Christian Death, Future Sound of London // DJs: Miss Kittin, DJ DRC, DJ Filthy Rich, & Job Leatherette

Invisible Monsters -- Chuck Palahniuk, The Letters of Mina Harker -- Dodie Bellamy, Inferno — Eileen Myles, White Oleander and Paint it Black -- Janet Fitch, Cruddy -- Lynda Barry, Wonders of the West -- Kate Braverman, Valencia -- Michelle Tea, Chelsea Girls -- Eileen Myles, Story of My Life -- Jay McInerney, Frisk -- Dennis Cooper, Glamorama -- Bret Easton Ellis, Hell Soup -- Sparrow 13 Laughingwand, countless others... I'm down with some 'good word,' maing -- sling it at me!