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Submitted by kaos-king (antius777) (View user info) at 2006-05-29 00:17:30 EDT
Yeah, I dig a lot of stuff...
Not that you care, but here are some cool fucking things, in no particular order.
CLIVE BARKER has been hugely influential in my writing. I can remember picking up his "Books Of Blood" and being just blown away as a young teenager. This guy can write like no one else, capturing a certain sense of both reverence and visceral fluidity at the same time. From the "Hellraiser" and "Candyman" movie series, to his incredibly gruesome line of toys, to his world renown art work, Barker has transcended being just a writer and become a creative legend.
I drink way too much COFFEE. Like, about ten cups in the morning and another six after dinner in the evening. I make it really strong, then add ridiculous amounts of sugar and powdered creamer to it. (Must be Powdered Creamer!!!) If it gets too hot outside to consume regular coffee, I start making Iced Cappuccino by the pitchers. I can go through a gallon of that stuff a day, easily.
No matter when you read this, understand that I am currently smoking. KOOLS are my preferred brand, their rich flavor and strong menthol blend making me smile. Chances are, however, I am unfortunately smoking something way cheaper. When you have a two pack a day habit to contain, you go for inexpensive.
MAYNARD KEENAN fucking rules. I got to see A Perfect Circle perform their first time live together on the Nine Inch Nails tour for "The Fragile" on the opening date in Cleveland. People were going totally bat shit when they realized who was on stage. I can remember being in high school when "Undertow" came out, and it was like a secret cult of listeners had gathered around. No matter what this guy does, it sounds incredible...
I switched over to Apple years ago for Art & Design purposes, and I'll never go back. My Precious E-MAC is running on OSX3.9 and does everything I need it to. Fuck viruses and pop-ups... I don't even know what those are. A lot of people have a hate on for Macs, but I've never had a single problem in the last five years with these machines. The same can not be said for people running on Windows.
If you have never tried the liquid evil known as EVERCLEAR, you are missing out. At 180 proof and not that expensive, this shit doesn't even taste that bad! But, oh christ, will it destroy your feeble sense of reality quickly. I recommend mixing it with whatever's available in the way of both soda and juice. Shots tend to turn bloody, and I mean that literally.
I honestly believe that FIGHT CLUB is the greatest movie of my generation. Hell, even the guy who wrote the book, Chuck Palahniuk, thinks the movie is better than his own work! People thought it was just a movie about fighting, about some kind of underground street gang. They don't get it, they don't understand the subtle pop culture barbs and biting commentary on American society. Christ, this is Palahniuk's most tame book, too! Go read "Haunted!" *shudder* And remember, "you are not a beautiful and unique snowflake."
VNV NATION is my new favorite band of the moment. Two dudes from somewhere in eastern Europe making some interesting shit. Is it Dark Wave or Heavy Techno? Ultra-produced Industrial or Brutal Dance Music? It's this whole weird sub-genre of music that I think is called EBM, with bands like God Module, Wumpscut and Apoptygma Berzerk. Wha, who??? If you like NIN, KMFDM, Ministry or Rammstein, I suggest you look into these guys.
Speaking of all this music, I don't know how I survived before I-TUNES. I had some other mp3 players in the past, and I've always had a nice collection of CD's, but with I-Tunes, I can organize and listen to everything as I see fit. Everytime I fill it to 15 gigs, I drop out 5 of that onto data disks. I have about sixteen data disks of music. Right now I'm at 14.73gb, which equals 3027 songs that will play for just slightly over nine days....
All those illustrations that I randomly toss up here to be mocked? I use MICRON pens with permanent archival ink. They usually come in a pack, although you can buy them individually for about three bucks a pen. They range in size from 0.08 to 0.005. Your average mechanical pencil is a 0.05, just for reference. The hard nylon tips will last forever and they take a lot of abuse before losing all their ink.
Summer Glau isn't the only reason why "SERENITY" is a great fucking movie, although I do love to look at her. I was a big fan of Joss Whedon's fast paced, quick witted dialogue on Angel, (not so much Buffy) and he brought that along with a nice sized budget to the "Firefly" spin off. Love it or hate it, "Serenity" was still better than that crap George Lucas put out the last few years. And it was good enough that Whedon got tapped to write the script for DC's new Wonder Woman movie.
I listen to just about everything, as long as it's not country. Basic rock, metal, punk, rap, ambient, techno, new age, folk, rap, blues and jazz. I've been to more concerts than I care to remember, but there is one performer, one artist, that I saw that put every other show to shame. His whole band was dressed in black leather outfits, like from the Matrix movies, and the stage itself transformed between every song. His daughter sang backup vocals and The Blind Boys Of Alabama opened up. No one could really cheer - they were too busy being in awe. PETER GABRIEL is that god damn amazing.
Now, I've never seen half of the movies SHANNYN SOSSAMON has been in. Half of the ones that I did see, I didn't care for. "Rules Of Attraction" based on the book by Brett Easton Ellis, (The dude who wrote "American Psycho" and "Less Than Zero.") was really fucking good. No, it's not even that she's super hot... I just think this is one of the most beautiful pictures of the female form I've ever seen.
Do you wanna know why I shaved my head. Because Dr. Jack (Matthew Fox) looks like a total badass on that damn island. But I actually had to give up on LOST this season, I missed a few episodes and I was, eh... well, lost. I'll just do what I did last summer. Wait for a boring weekend, rent the whole second season... and watch the entire thing straight through, beginning to end.
Okay, some of you know that ol' Johnny boy is suppose to be a forty year old, blond English man. In fact, CONSTANTINE was based off of Sting, according to Alan Moore. Keanu Reeves may not be much of a fair-haired Brit, but I think the movie was excellent. Peter Stormare was a wonderful Satan! Yes, the books were better, but anything Alan Moore creates gets turned into a Hollywood mess. (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, and V for Vendetta.)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-05-30 10:16:41 EDT (#)
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Clive Barker has some good stuff, he used to be one of those writers where I could grab any book and be happy, but he has let me down on the past couple books I have read, I might give him another chance.
Chuck fucking rocks. But I think the "fight club" book was better than the movie. For me Haunted was actually his worst book, but that is like saying my least favorite sexual position. Choke kicked all sorts of ass.
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2006-05-30 00:00:44 EDT (#)
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Peter Gabriel now is so old and hilarious looking compared to Security-era Gabriel. If I were him and could choose a look for 2006, and it were between melty Gabriel and old grey-haired bald Gabriel, I'd go with melty Gabriel any day.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-05-29 18:04:22 EDT (#)
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No, I believe YOU suck at life.
See, you are an Alter... therefore you do not really exist as a real person.
Submitted by dr_weazel (user info) at 2006-05-29 16:28:40 EDT (#)
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-2DIE for... well... pretty much EVERYTHING on that list.
You suck at life.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2006-05-29 15:36:17 EDT (#)
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Maynard James Keenan is an awesome musician, but he's a complete asshole. One of my friends was on show crew for an A Perfect Circle concert, and apparently dear old Maynard got pissed off at his lighting designer for some reason (he apparently wanted to change the lights for a song or something, and the designer basically said "Uhm, no, the show is already designed and programmed in the board. We don't have time.").
Instead of reacting to this like a, you know, adult, Maynard proceeded to go onstage in a huff. In the middle of a song, he poured several bottles of water on two motion lights that were set up underneath him. The lights were Martin MAC 2000s, which can cost anywhere from $9,000 to $13,000. So he pretty much ruined at least $18,000 worth of equipment because he felt a need to throw a temper tantrum.
Plus, monetary concerns aside, what kind of an idiot throws WATER on ELECTRICAL EQUPIMENT? Durrrrrrrr...
'Serenity' was an awesome movie (and some of the deleted scenes on the DVD were fucking hysterical), but Firefly was better.
Chuck Palahniuk is a God.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-05-29 12:51:41 EDT (#)
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+2 clive barker
he is a fucking superhero
Submitted by hot_pocket (user info) at 2006-05-29 12:31:17 EDT (#)
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auto plus two from me for House and micron pens
Submitted by Steve1989 (user info) at 2006-05-29 12:30:39 EDT (#)
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LOAD OF CRAP
Submitted by I_love_Kracka (user info) at 2006-05-29 10:51:04 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-05-29 07:51:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2006-05-29 02:22:39 (#)
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And a general +2 for being another fan of strange/bizare/weird/twisted/and occassionally sick things. I may be a little, deceptively unassuming and sweet blonde, but there is a vast vortex of darkness and evil in my heart.
I knew you'd understand.
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And a general +2 for being another fan of strange/bizare/weird/twisted/and occassionally sick things. http://moid.org/ed I love pimping this sit out, (NSFW) and it's also really not safe for your average every-day people, but since this is Uber, and we love skull fucking babies, y'all will love it.
P.S. Instead of JUST having Japanese eel porn, Skeletor, they also have Japanese octopus porn pictures.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-05-29 07:44:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MandaPanda (user info) at 2006-05-29 01:18:29 (#)
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What the hell happened to Ubermadness?
I had a dream the other night that everyone from Uber got together to compete in the Ubermadness, only.. it was held at an old underground concentration camp and there were fried bodies stuck to the walls. But, there were also rows and rows of laptop computers, so everyone got to compete and we all sat down there, typing our stories.
Then we all had to write them at the same time. I think I originally wrote mine about sky diving, but then I changed it into a story about my first lesbian affair because I was being outskanked by some other girl, who I think was Peon. We ended up joining together and flirting with each other in front of all the gawking Ubermen who were so distracted that they couldn't finish their stories, so we both won by default.
Soooo.. does anyone know what's happening with Ubermadness or if it was cancelled completely?
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Had you thrown in a rabbit, peener or two, some surprise sex, and a y halo thar buttsecks, that would have been one kick ass Uber dream.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-05-29 06:48:57 EDT (#)
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Interesting. Lots of cool stuff on your list.
However, you will be dead in 6 years or so.
Submitted by Bundaberg (user info) at 2006-05-29 04:24:57 EDT (#)
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+2 for Fight Club and House.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-05-29 03:13:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Benny (user info) at 2006-05-29 02:51:16 (#)
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You mentioned Rammstein. Have you seen them in concert? Those guys put on one hell of a show. I saw them at the Gold Coast in Australia and in Amsterdam.
- - No, I've never got a chance to see them live. I've heard they're incredible performers...
What is your favourite book from Clive Barker? What would you recommend to a person who hasn't really read anything by him? I do love the first two Hellraiser movies. I infrequently creep people out by imitating the father turned evil uncle by saying "Come to Daddy".
- - Hmmm.... I think he excells at the short story, so "The Books of Blood" along with "In The Flesh" , "Inhuman Condition" and "Cabal and Other Tales." (Thoses last three were published as TBoB 4-6 in Great Britian.) As Far as novels go, "Everville" is incredible, but you have to read "The Great AnD Secret Show" first, and it's kinda Meh. "Coldheart Canyon" is very accessible to new readers, but doesn't have that Barker feel to it...
Submitted by wasabi (user info) at 2006-05-29 02:54:07 EDT (#)
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Jeeze... Fight Club, Serenity, Tool, BBoA, Gabriel, Macs, coffee... yeah, plus 2
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-05-29 02:53:12 EDT (#)
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I agree with most of that. House is the shit.
Submitted by Benny (user info) at 2006-05-29 02:51:16 EDT (#)
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You mentioned Rammstein. Have you seen them in concert? Those guys put on one hell of a show. I saw them at the Gold Coast in Australia and in Amsterdam.
What is your favourite book from Clive Barker? What would you recommend to a person who hasn't really read anything by him? I do love the first two Hellraiser movies. I infrequently creep people out by imitating the father turned evil uncle by saying "Come to Daddy".
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2006-05-29 02:22:39 EDT (#)
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Oh my, lemme see:
+2 from one caffene addict to another. I've caught a fair share of flack on here for my ephedra and caffene use, but I honestly don't know how I could do a full time job + graduate school + working out without them. Well I could, but I'm not a fan of feeling like a member of the walking dead.
+2 for Clive Barker. I looooove that queer ol' poofter queen (you DID know he is gay, right?). In fact, Clivey boy even has a computer game called "Undying" which kicks total ass. If you get a chance, check it out. I think it has a Mac version.
+2 for Peter Stormare. I get a kick out of that guy. He plays evil and insane so well.
And a general +2 for being another fan of strange/bizare/weird/twisted/and occassionally sick things. I may be a little, deceptively unassuming and sweet blonde, but there is a vast vortex of darkness and evil in my heart.
I knew you'd understand.
Submitted by MandaPanda (user info) at 2006-05-29 01:18:29 EDT (#)
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What the hell happened to Ubermadness?
I had a dream the other night that everyone from Uber got together to compete in the Ubermadness, only.. it was held at an old underground concentration camp and there were fried bodies stuck to the walls. But, there were also rows and rows of laptop computers, so everyone got to compete and we all sat down there, typing our stories.
Then we all had to write them at the same time. I think I originally wrote mine about sky diving, but then I changed it into a story about my first lesbian affair because I was being outskanked by some other girl, who I think was Peon. We ended up joining together and flirting with each other in front of all the gawking Ubermen who were so distracted that they couldn't finish their stories, so we both won by default.
Soooo.. does anyone know what's happening with Ubermadness or if it was cancelled completely?
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-05-29 00:29:19 EDT (#)
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You're such a geek.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-05-29 00:20:04 EDT (#)
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New lame bandwagon???