RetroFuturist
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Introduction | I like reading just one more chapter before I fall asleep. I like elephants and tigers because they don't give a damn. I like hats of all shapes and sizes and I think that all men should go back to wearing fedoras. I like acting suspicious at museums then watching the guards follow me from room to room. I like bittersweet stories about the end of an era. I like watching dirt sift through my fingers. I like breathing in the crisp air of a cold, clear morning because it makes me feel renewed. I like being a member of Mensa but I'm too frugal to pay the dues anymore. I like lazy summer weekends at the ballpark because it's one of the last bastions of true Americana. I like quiet songs about loneliness and loss. I like inserting French phrases into my vocabulary just for that je ne sais quoi touch. I like telling kids to "knock yourself out" then watching them run around in circles. I like the smell of fresh bread at the end of a long day. I like the word "hallelujah" and I think it might be the most wonderful word in the world. |
| Interests | writing, literature, film criticism, the Old West, retrofuturism, basketball, video games, dry media art, (voice) acting, World War II, theology, hip-hop culture, graphic novels, gadgets, steampunk, memento mori and vanitas, baseball, the Uncanny Valley, zombies, Nike sneakers, 1930s art deco, jacket collecting, ancient ruins, green tea, LAAF, jelly beans, home theater |
| Favorite movies | black & white, foreign, western, World War, so-bad-it's-good, deliberate sci-fi, The Godfather, Casablanca, Seven Samurai, Once Upon a Time in the West, Blade Runner, Wild Strawberries, Ikiru, Bicycle Thieves, Roman Holiday, All About Eve, Star Wars, City Lights, Terminator 2, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Das Boot, Sullivan's Travels, Die Hard, Sunset Blvd, Gentlemen's Agreement, Alien, Taxi Driver, The Road Warrior, Paths of Glory, Solaris, Ordinary People, High Fidelity, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Paper Moon, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Princess Bride, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| Favorite music | underground hip-hop, deep soul, 60s rock, indie rock, alt country, bop jazz, electric blues, film score, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Ennio Morricone, Led Zeppelin, Mos Def, Common, U2, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Leonard Cohen, Cream, Public Enemy, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Bob Dylan, Ice Cube, Wu-Tang Clan, The Black Keys, Shelby Lynne, Gang Starr, El-P, Aesop Rock, Jurassic 5, Explosions in the Sky, The White Stripes, Over the Rhine, Joan as Police Woman, A Girl Called Eddy, John Coltrane, Josh Ritter, Jesse Sykes, Marvin Gaye, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Tift Merritt, The Apples in Stereo, K.K. Slider |
| Favorite books | Sherlock Holmes, 1984, The Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings, Frankenstein, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, The Pilgrim's Progress, The Gift of the Magi, Astro City, World War Z, Kingdom Come, Fables, Sandman, George Orwell, Raymond Chandler, C.S. Lewis, Alan Moore, Bible commentaries, dictionaries, instruction manuals, WWI poetry, jazz poetry, Vertigo imprint |