John Korn

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Gender Male
Industry Human Resources
Occupation Social Worker
Location Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Introduction *I live in Pittsburgh PA and have lived here all my life.
*I'm currently a social worker.
*I began writing poetry in 2002. I've been published in a few places.
*I have a book of poetry out titled "Television Farm" which is available at Amazon.com
*Once when I was running in the woods a moth flew into my open mouth and I swallowed it.
*I used to experience Sleep Paralysis often while a teenager and into my early twenties.
Interests Social Behavior, psychology, religions, practices, urban legends, folklore, Paranormal, reading and writing, literature, 70s porn, compassion, robots, urban landscapes, animals, fossils, old junk, silence, driving at night, insects, space, the end of earth, dreams, plants, trees, fish, roadside attractions, creativity/ experimentation, sounds
Favorite Movies Dawn of The Dead (1978), David Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, John Carpenter, Akira Kurosawa, Charlie Kaufman, Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Eric Rohmer, George Romero, Tobe Hooper, Seka, John Landis, The Coen Brothers, Roman Polanski, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen Spielberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jim Jarmush, Dario Argento, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Gremlins, Friday The 13th up until 9, Spies Like Us, Tron, Logan's Run, Evil Dead (the first one), The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Alice Sweet Alice, Indiana Jones, Alien, The Third Man, Troll 2, Zatoichi The Blind Samurai (Original films, not the remake), Emmanuelle (1974), The Dirty Dozen, Lee Marvin, Jospeh Cotton, Ghostbusters, Quick Change, Buffalo '66, Jeffry Combs, Re-Animator, Motel Hell, Michael Ironside, Total Recall, Terminator 2, Spirited Away
Favorite Music Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Philip Glass, Johnny Cash, Iron Maiden, Nick Drake, Nick Cave, Lou Reed, Neil young, Devo, Daniel Johnston, Roky Erikson, The Beatles, The Talking Heads, Television, Big Star, The Rolling Stones, Harry Nilsson, The Beach Boys, Blondie, Stan Getz, Jon Coltrane, John Lurie, Duke Ellington, Lounge Lizards, Dead Milkmen, Yo La Tango, Love, The Zombies, Lene Lovich, Orange Juice, Pixies, Marvin Pontiac, R. L. Burnside, Memphis Minnie, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Early Metalica, John Cougar, The Band, Ween, Beck, Halo Benders, Air, Stereolab (Emperor Tomato Ketchup), David Bowie, Aphex Twin, Adam Green, Joni Mitchell, Queen, Yes, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Goblin, The Cramps, The Beatles, The Ramones, Beastie Boys, Bonn Scott, Misfits, Danzig, Leonard Cohen, Beethoven, Struass, Mozart, Super Tramp, 50s-60s-70s-80s pop music, Elvis, Eric Satie, Kraftwerk, Italian Disco, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Favorite Books Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, To Kill A Mockingbird, Ray Bradbury, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar, John D. MacDonald, Peter Straub, Kafka, Stephen Dobyns, Ron Androla, Albert Huffstickler, Mark Twain, The Night Stalker, H.P. Lovecraft