In lieu of a graded blog post, here's what I'd like you to do: post a brief profile of what kind of media you like. You know, what kind of films you're into, what kind of music you listen to, any media artists you're obsessed with--I'll leave it up to you. Think of this as a virtual introduction. Like every blog comment you do in this class, don't forget to sign your first and last name.
I'll start: I love makeover shows, Degrassi Junior High (old and new), Japanese and Czech animation, video art, Strangers with Candy, and the old post-punk band The Fall. Here's one of their videos starring artist/fashion designer Leigh Bowery as the man with polka dots:
56 comments:
I love a lot of the shows on FX like Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me. I also love Dexter on Showtime. My favorite all time film is Fight Club. I love the narrative and the darkness of it. (and the twist) I listen to alternative rock, oldies, acoustic pop rock. My favorite bands are the Doors, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Carly Rieder
I'm a huge drama/horror/psychological thriller addict. My favorite directors are Hitchcock, Val Lewton, John Carpenter, George Romero, and Kubrick. I'm also big into character studies and Over-the-top actors like Cagney and Nicholson. Obsessed with zombies and zombie/gore special effects.
I listen to mostly death/black metal, lots of hip-hop, folk, heavy metal/power metal, Tom Waits, and Bob Dylan. I've been preforming in a heavy metal punk band called STORMSTRIKE for a year.
My favorite movies are all kinds of movies. A few directors are Kevin Smith and Charlie Chaplain. I love horror movies, especially the ones that came out in the 70s-90s. My favorite movies include the Halloween series, Chasing Amy, American History X, Fight Club, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. I listen to all types of music but mostly punk rock. My favorite band is Blink 182. But I also like classic rock and metal like Black Sabbath, and Kiss. I also like Irish Rock music.
Matthew Curley
I am an obsessed fan of the NBC (now ABC) television show Scrubs, I own all available seasons on DVD and am patiently waiting the next. I am a fan of off-beat comedies like I Heart Huckabees and The Dajeeling Limited but enjoy drama narratives like Garden State and In America as well.
I listen to mostly indie folk/rock my favorite bands are Dispatch, The Frames, and Guster.
Mitchell Keller
I'm a big Ed Norton fan so I like a lot of his movies such as 25th Hour, Fight Club, American History X, Primal Fear etc. If its a good movie I'll watch it. I also appreciate the work of Michael Mann a lot, he is one of my favorite directors because of the way he uses color and music to get a point across in his films. Lastly, I'm probably one of the only film majors who likes Hip-Hop. Any rap that you hear on the radio I most likely do not listen to. I listen to real hip-hop such as The Roots, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Outkast etc.
Connor Murray
Hmmm...I like animated TV shows like South Park and Family Guy. I absolutely love foreign films- especially Japanese and French ones. (My favorite is Amélie). I also like any movie of social significance, like Crash or The Last Dog in Rwanda and documentaries. I listen to mostly rock, like Mor ve Ötesi, Rammstein, Oomph, etc. and some pop, like Tokio Hotel, Gackt, and Dima Bilan.
Katrina Schwarz
As far as music goes, I have so many favorites. I love Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Cloud Cult (they are from my city- Minneapolis!), Sigur Rós, Animal Collective, and other experimental type of music. I’m going to see Sigur Rós this month which will be epic!
As for films, I love foreign films mostly. I think my current favorite is The Motorcycle Diaries. I also love Tsotsi, Yesterday, Amélie, Paris, Je T’aime, and The Edukators. The type of film I want to create is documentary, like Born into Brothels, which is based in the red light district in Calcutta, India. I love people and traveling and learning about culture, so I think a film like that would be something I’d really enjoy.
I also love to read, write, paint, and speak Spanish. I think those count as media… sort of.
Bryn Unger
I like movies by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep) and my favorite movies are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Across the Universe, and The Shawshank Redemption. I don't watch a lot of tv but when I do it's The Office, Scrubs, Entourage, and Pushing Daisies. I listen to Coldplay and Dave Matthews Band. I also read a lot so if you name a book, I've probably read it. I want to be a photographer and my favorite photographer would be Andre Kertesz.
Kaitlyn Murray
I am a movie man comedy, action, drama, suspense, love, but I'm not really into obscure films. Favorites include The lord of the Rings, Big Lebowski, 300, Mel Gibson movies. Rolling Stone mag and Student Filmmaker mag are my only subscriptions. Musically its classic rock Led Zeppelin in particular. I'm looking forward to a fun semester.
Kirk McCamish
I love several shows on bravo, the n,MTV, and whatever channel 24 is. My quiet time would have to be when I'm watching Degrassi, Project Runway, The Simpsons, or anything interesting on MTV. Some of my favorite movies include The Breakfast Club, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and of course some musicals, Rent, The Phantom of the Opera, Across the Universe, and Les Miserables. The music that interests me the most would have to be Paramore, Flobots, and Motion City Soundtrack. I am a very diverse person when it comes to music. I enjoy almost anything.
Elizabeth Miller
With movies and music I like all kinds of genres and types. Kurosawa and David Lynch are probably my two favorite filmmakers, also the Coen bros, Jim Jarmusch, Sergio Leone. My favorite music would be Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, The Hold Steady, Animal Collective, Wilco, Andrew Bird... and a lot more.
William (Gus) Ingebretsen
I like shows on tv like scrubs, house m.d., family guy. Lots of movies almost any thing a few favorites are dazed and confused, into the wild, step brothers, superbad, shawshank redemption. for music like pop/rock alternative stuff like all time low, every avenue, blink 182, billy talent, and a day to remember.
Brad Schiefelbein
I'm a big fan of movies. My favorite directer is probably Quentin Tarantino. Some of my favorite movies are Pulp Fiction, Edward Scissor Hands, Dark Knight, Reservoir Dogs, and American Beauty. I've also got a thing for vampires. so, pretty much anything with vampires in it is right up my alley.
As far as music goes i listen to almost anything (except country). I'm really into The Doors, The White Stripes, Ween,and Jimi Hendrix.
Zach Cosby
My favorite films is Tim Burton's Ed Wood and Wes Anderson's Rushmore. My favorite televsision shows are The Office and Dexter. My favorite bands are Phantom Planet and The Scarring Party. My favorite graphic novels are Jeffrey Brown's Unlikely and Craig Thompson's Carnet De Voyage. And I die every time I hear or see Tenacious D do anything.
I like wierd things.
I listen to pretty much any kind of music. Right now I'm really into Bright Eyes, The Swell Season, Rebelution, and stuff from the 60's/70's.
If I'm not watching msnbc, it's probably The Office or Lost. Also a big fan of Ghost Hunters.
I love older movies...Harold and Maude, Easy Rider, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest are some favorites. More currently though I really loved Atonement. I think everything about it was done beautifully.
Cassie (Katherine) Hutzler
I like good movies. I'm also obsessed with cartoons, especially the ones that have almost no dialogue. I like all types of music but my favorite band right now would have to be the Avett bros.
I'm a fan of a lot of comedic writer/directors. Anything by Mel Brooks, Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow or Christopher Guest is great to me.
In terms of literature, I am a BIG Hunter S. Thompson fan. I also like John Steinbeck.
In terms of music, I like a lot of classic rock. KISS, The Who, ACDC, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix.
I really like all of the early Tarantino movies: reservoir dogs, pulp fiction. I'm also into Kubrick's movies. My favorite is a clockwork orange. That is an amazing movie. My favorite band of all time is Primus. I am a die hard primus fan and love seeing them live. I also like metallica and other thrash metal bands. One movie that I saw more recently that I thought was really good was into the wild. The cinematography combined with the soundtrack is amazing.
Charlie Ripple
My absolute favorite shows are Lost, Bones, Monk, and Grey's Anatomy. On occasion I will watch the Maury show just for laughs. I also like the Food Network, HGTV home design shows, Dirty Jobs, and Deadliest Catch. As for movies, let's just say whenever my mood is down, I will put in Birdcage or Mrs. Doubtfire.
As for music, I listen to all sorts. I really like Jack's Mannequin, Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, and other alternative bands. I must confess though that if you look at my iTunes, you will find music ranging from Tom Jones to the Partridge Family.
Dan Gorchynsky
I love many different types of film. Some of my favorite directors are Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Michel Gondry, and Alfred Hitchcock. On television, I enjoy watching Weeds, This American Life, and the Office. I like to listen to a lot of different types of music. I'm a huge Tegan and Sara fan.
Marisela Rodriguez Gutierrez
My favorite show on television right now is The Office. My favorite movies are probably Big Fish, Little Miss Sunshine and Anchorman. For music I really enjoy Jimmy Eat World, Jack's Mannequin (really excited that they were at panther fest!), Mat Kearney and the Goo Goo Dolls.
Alison Korth
Garrett Katerzynske [FILM 115]
My favorite movies are American Beauty, Fight Club, Boondock Saints, and Goodfellas. Any movie that really brings me in or gets me thinking.
My favorite Bands are Dispatch, State Radio, Counting Crows, Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, or pretty much anything from the nineties. The bands I generally enjoy are not absorbed with mainstream commercialism, they are more real in a sense that they create their own music and truly feel and believe in the music they produce.
As far as random media I'm interested in, i like the You tube videos Old Gregg, Smosh, Jon Lajoie, and I'm sure there are more.
Well, I am seriously a fan of thrillers, but I guess my favorite movies are the ones where you seriously have to think after watching them. Lately, I have been getting into Film Noir a bit more as well, due to my favorite film, Memento. Christopher Nolan is without a doubt my favorite writer/director, but I am also a huge fan of David Fincher's work.
Some of my favorite television shows include Lost, Dexter, The Office, Heroes and Whose Line.
I am a fan of comics, including Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Year One, Watchmen, The Walking Dead, and a few others.
My favorite music includes Breaking Benjamin, Audioslave, and Thousand Foot Krutch. I really like any music though.
Mark Scholbrock
I personal collect Criterion Collection out-of-print DVDs, and in print criterion's because I believe they are the best quality prints, and definitley have the best supplementary materiel of any dvd. I'm very excited because in october Criterion will be releasing Blu-Ray Disc titles. I have The Silence of the Lambs, RoboCop, W.C. Fields The Bank Dick, Straw Dogs oop criterion. And I had the oop criterion of Salo or the 120 days of sodom. Which at one point went for $1,100 dollars on ebay brand new sealed. But its finally back in print after 7 years so I sold my old one. I also really enjoy Kubrick, Sergio Leone, p.t. Anderson, Wes Anderson, Scorsese, De Palma, Coppola, Fincher, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Fellini, Pietro Girmini, and tinto brass films.
I don't watch much TV but when I do its always HBO unless its weeds, dexter, Monk, or Madmen. But I really love HBO because it truly isn't like tv...its HBO I love the Sopranos, Oz, Six Feet Under, Da Ali G Show, Entourage, and Angel's In America.
For music I like mostly stuff on soundtracks, but for bands or musicians I really love Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, The clash, the gypsy kings, the eagles, A3, some opera and some classical, Run-DMC, grandmaster flash and the furious five, and I really like funk and like 70s disco stuff. Most of the music I like i've heard in a movie or on a tv show, especially scorsese, and wes anderson films they really pick good stuff. I also have every single George Carlin album ever released cause I think he is one of the greatest writers/satirists, and comedians of the 20th century.
And for print material I love reading Hunter S. Thompson because he was truly brilliant in his description of people and situations. I also really like the books Go Ask Alice, House of Leaves, The Doors of Preception, A Brave New World, and The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
I'm don't watch too much T.V. but when I do I like to watch Family Guy, The Simpsons, Mythbusters, or anything on the Fuel channel. Some of my favorite films are Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, V for Vendetta, and Fight Club. Most of the time though, I watch skateboard or snowboard videos. Some of my favorites include Lakai-Fully Flared, Girl-Yeah Right, Almost-Round 2 and Round 3, and Elementality. When it comes to music, I listen to most types of music... except country. Most of the time I like to listen to more upbeat stuff with lots of energy. Examples of this would be Rise Against, Against Me, The Casualties. I also listen to tons of Pop-Punk. My favorites from this category are Teenage Bottlerocket, The Lillingtons, The Ergs!, the Methadones, Screeching Weasel, and The Tattle Tales. I also listen to some ska bands and I like Reggae as well.
Forrest Falconer
I like a lot of drama movies. My favorite directors are Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Hitchcock, and the Coen Brothers. My favorite movies are American History X, Reservoir Dogs, and Fargo. The only television I watch is South Park and SportsCenter. I listen to all types of music from classic to Indie rock. My favorite artists are Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, The Who, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, The Black Keys, Iron and Wine, The Decemberists, etc.
I really enjoy making handmade films without the camera, enjoyed many foregins films such as I am Curious by Vilgot Sjoman. I am into politics documentary, horror, fanasty, and comedy like Quentin Tarantino. 25th hour is another good movie by Spike Lee. I like Martin Scorsese too.
I dont really listen to music at all but I do know some bands that is popular.
Catherine Eller
I love movies! Favorites include: Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Bella, The Departed, The Island, and The Dark Knight. Michael Bay is the most kick ass action director ever and people are just harsh on him because he knows how to make money on movies and they don't. Alex Aja is brilliant and his horror movies are great.
Anyhow, rock is my medication. Can't wait for Metallica's new album. I love watching Sportscenter and Glenn Beck. I have also created a full length feature film/video for my senior year at the arts school I attended. I wrote, produced, directed, acted, edited, and marketed the movie. After the very draining process I found that I could not live without making movies and writing scripts.
The main love in my life is cinema. Some of my favorite films are: Kings of the Road, The Sacrifice, The Brown Bunny, Pierrot Le Fou, Days of Heaven, The Green Ray, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Ordet, California Split, Husbands, Eraserhead, Le Bonheur, and Stroszek
As far as music I listen to a lot of different things. Some of my favorite artist's are: Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Will Oldham, Bob Dylan, Silver Mt. Zion, Animal Collective, and Low.
The only TV I really watch is Arrested Development, even though it is no longer on.
Some of my favorite authors are Kurt Vonnegut, Joan Didion, and Albert Camus
-Johnathon Olsen
I am more a fan of television series (mainly of what use to be the WB) than I am of movies because I like getting to truly see a character and through the series develop and grow. Don't get me wrong I love movies some of my favorite directors are Alford Hitchcock and Frank Darabont. I am a huge fan of up and coming artist and I have done a ton of band promotional stuff. The type of music I mainly like is alternative or acoustic bands like Secondhand Serenade, We the Living, and I have a thing of songs with piano so Jack's Mannequin is up there. I would like to one day make music videos because one of my favorite things to do is interrupt a song and think of ways to put it on film. Another type of media I enjoy more so creating is promotional videos for different causes such as Above the Influence.
Zachery Holder
I don't really watch tv, except for for America's Next Top model, which I love. I love fashion photography and fashion in general. My favorite filmmaker are....Sofia Coppola, Werner Herzog, Jean Luc Godard, Jim Jarmusch, Stanley Kubrick. Alfred Hitchcock, Darren Aronofsky, etc.... I listen to a lot of indie folky/rocky/electronic music such as M.I.A., MGMT, Imogen Heap, The Kooks, Beth Orton, CSNY, Radiohead, Bjork, Queens of the Stoneage, Modest Mouse, Mars Volta, The Shins, Bright Eyes, etc... I LOVE going to film festivals and concerts!
Dawn Borchardt
Some of my favorite films are American Beauty, Fight Club, Almost Famous, Juno, just to name a few. Favorite TV shows would include Invader Zim, Scrubs, Arrested Development, and The Office. Music is enjoy is basically anything on the rock side, from death metal to acoustic folk.
Nelson Schneider
I like a lot of different movies; comedies, action, horror. I'm not really into the chick flicks as much. My favorite movies include The Bone Collector, The Departed, Juno. I'm a big fan of The Office and just recently Flight of the Conchords. I like many different kinds of music except country. I like a lot of the older bands, The Beatles, John Lennon, Journey, Led Zeppelin. I also like mixed music by D.Js like A-Trak and Girl Talk. I enjoy playing music as well, piano and guitar, and writing original music.
Sara Nesbitt
I really love any film that keeps me well entertained and makes me think. A huge yet believable twist is plus. I know the movie Fight Club has been mentioned a few times, but I think it deserves another honorable mention as one of my favorite movies. Sometimes I really enjoy watching old movies with tacky special effects like The Time Machine and Death Race 2000. As far as music goes, I like to listen to bands like Umphrey's Mcgee, Moe., Slightly Stoopid, and the Dave Matthews Band.
Nick LaVake
My main interest in media is film/television, but I am a fan of most kinds of music. Favorite TV shows are usually comedy like Simpsons and Family Guy, however I do like to watch movies that require more of a thought process and have more than just slapstick humor. My favorite movies involve several characters in a plot line that are all connected and have a contributing roll in the story. Films like Snatch, The Ocean Series, and Identity are near the top on my list of many.
Matt Prekop
I hate television today, but I still watch the simpsons almost everyday. I enjoy anime (Cowboy Bebop, and Miyazaki films), huge fan of Jim Henson, and comedies. I was a music major many years ago at UW-Whitewater, so I enjoy a lot of different music. My favorites are Tom Waits, Nick Cave and the Bad seeds, Muse, THe Mars Volta, Radiohead, and Primus. Oh, and I love Monty Python!
Nathan Irish
I am a big fan of classic movies from all different decades. I really like Lawrence of Arabia, His Girl Friday, and Billy Elliot to name a few. I am into British Invasion Bands though Ill admit I'm not very knowledgeable on all their music. My favorite bands are the Kinks and Queen. I'm kinda behind on new age media but I do enjoy finding ridiculous but funny videos on youtube. Other than that I am a dork who likes reading Newsweek and Time (and can never choose which one to subscribe to) and watching a lot of movies.
I love the Office. I'm obsessed actually. I also love It's always Sunny In Philadelphia and any cheesy reality show. favorite movies are all very the place. Harold and Maude, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Little Miss Sunshine, The Graduate, Dr. Stragelove, i could go one forever. I think i mostly like movies that are about normal people who are very stange. My favorite bands are The Black Keys, the dresden dolls The Cold War Kids and the Rapture.
My favorite director is Michel Gondry. I really like anything that questions reality and provokes unconventional thought.
I'm into a lot of different music. I couldn't just listen to one type- I think i'd go crazy. I like indie, electronica, garage punk, hip hop, folk, jazz, piano-based, instrumental, experimental, hardcore, 'new' metal, acoustic, reggae, and the list goes on. It's always hard for me to classify music because it seems like everyone has a different idea of what each category consists of.
I also think Si Scott is brilliant.
Heidi Sherwood
I watch a variety of different shows on TV. I like Heroes, Gossip Girl, That 70's Show, and Project Runway. I have a lot of favorite movies. Some of them are Jaws, The Dark Knight, On the Waterfront, The Departed, Romeo+Juliet, The Goonies, and more. I'll listen to everthing but country and I prefer alternative and punk rock. Some of my favorite bands are Rancid, The Ramones, The Stray Cats, The Fratellis, Little Man Tate, Rooney, Sublime, and The Kooks. I also love black and white photography.
Megan Linner
As far as film goes, anything from the American New Wave is my favorite. Scorsese, Coppola, Allen, Kubrick, Lumet... anything from the late 60's to late 70's. The Graduate is probably my favorite, excluding anything else from Kubrick or Scorsese. Oh, and Bonnie and Clyde. As for more modern filmmakers, the Coens are obviously amazing, but Soderberg's sex, lies, and videotape is probably my favorite film since the 90's.
I don't watch much TV, if I do, HBO or Showtime have the only decent shows anymore - I can't stand "reality" TV.
As for music, I'll listen to anything. Lately it's been a lot of The Shins, The New Pornographers, and The Rolling Stones.
Val Danculovich
I like a diversity of films, such as horror, drama, thrillers, etc. The kind of film I like depends on my mood or the season. For example, I love to watch horror films around this time of year (Halloween). My favorite films include “Silence of the Lambs”, “The Burbs”, “Gone With the Wind”, “Midnight Cowboy”, “The Graduate” and “Stepford Wives”. My favorite filmmakers include Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Stephen Spielberg, Tim Burton, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese and, especially, M. Night Shyamalan. My music tastes are random. I really like classic rock and country but there are a lot of pop artists that I also listen to.
As an artist overall I am an extremely open person. Though I pretty much can sit through and enjoy and type of movie besides a chick flick I have to say my favorite genre would have to be psychological thriller. My favorite director is M. Night Shyamalan...I'm a fan of every single one of his films. Other directors I specifically enjoy are David Fincher, Scorsese, Tarantino, definitely Guillermo Del Toro...I love what Peter Jackson did with the Lord of the Rings...
When it comes to music, I am essentially a die hard hip-hop fan (and artist) myself. It is truly the only music I care enough about to buy, but I delve into other genres from time to to time. Weezer is an amazing band (especially the Blue Album), John Mayer is a living legend on the guitar, John Legend does his thing as well when it comes to telling a good love story...but back to hip-hop for a second. I just want to say that right now my favorite artist doing it is easily Kanye West. I know that it is an obvious and common answer, but this man is a genius and stand out on all fronts of the media scene right now, including fashion, musical innovation/production...just plain old creativity overall.
One last note. My love for hip-hop oozes into my taste for movies quite often so don't be surprised to find me watching movies like Juice, Belly, Menace to Society, Hustle and Flow, Tupac: Ressurrection...
Garrett Hopkins
Lately I've been living by the music of Tom Waits, Radiohead, the Mars Volta, Foals, and Gogol Bordello. Today I saw a car decked out with Gogol Bordello catch phrases... it made me laugh. Anyway, I've also been into trance and ambient recently. And noise music. As far as film goes, I love the work of David Lynch, Charlie Kaufman, Terry Gilliam, and Wes Anderson. There are so many great films it's not even worth starting a list.
I'm into all sorts of films. Lately I've been getting into Surrealist film and things of that nature, though I'm not well versed in it. Some of my favorite films include but are not exclusive to (and in no particular order): Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Fargo, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining (basically any Kubrick film), Ordinary People, Lindsay Anderson's if..., The Dying Gaul, L.I.E., Mean Creek, Meshes of the Afternoon, Chasing Amy, Fight Club, Se7en, Alien, The Fall, Jackie Brown, and many more.
Music-wise I'm heavy into classic rock ca. 1967, with a heavy emphasis on Psychedelic Rock and the British invasion, especially The Beatles, The Doors, The Zombies, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, The Grass Roots, Cream, The Moody Blues, Simon & Garfunkel, The Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, King Crimson, Pink Floyd etc. More contemporary likes include Radiohead, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Slightly Stoopid, Elliott Smith, R.E.M., The Shins, Sublime, System of a Down, Slowdive, Sigur Rós, Ride, The Jesus and Mary Chain and many more.
Hope That Suffices, I know it's late and I'll acceot the consequences but I figured I'd get it done anyway.
Kyle. E. Smith
My favorite shows are mostly old episodes of Simpsons and Seinfeld. My favorite movies are: 2001: A Space Odyssey (I'm a die-hard Stanley Kubrick fan), Back To The Future & Ghostbusters, because They are timeless and I can watch them whenever without getting tired of it. My favorite band is Pink Floyd, then Led Zeppelin, Rush, Yes, The Cure, & Depeche Mode.I'm pretty much all over the place with music, just no screaming and no country.....or rap. My favorite artists are Salvador Dali and Andy Worhal for their ingenius looks at the world of art.
Both my favorite movies and shows involve mysterious plots with twists, along with having to figure out clues. For example, some of my favorite movies are The Sixth Sense and The Number 23. Some of my favorite T.V. shows are Lost and Numbers. In addition, I also like comedies such as Friends and That 70's Show. I will listen to almost anything on the radio, depending on the situation.
Erik Wagner
i think Quentin, the Cohen brothers, and Zach Schneider are genius's, my favorite movie is pulpfiction, but im a sucker for Rush Hour I, II and III. i dont watch TV i think its a waste of time with the exception of the Fresh Prince, i'd rather be on facebook. I listen to hip hop, Wu-Tang, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Kanye and Wayne. . . but currently right now i have Knights in White Satin by Moody Blues going through my headphones.
I love horror film (90's era), action, and Sci-Fi. I enjoy video and film as a particular medium and I have experience using both. My favorite show on T.V is HBO's The Wire which is a cop drama based in Baltimore. I listen to hip-hop,world music, R&B, and anything with substance. I have too many artists to name which inspires me as an artist.
-Dominitric Griffin
I like good movies when I am in the mood for good movies, and bad movies when I am in the mood for bad movies. Finding truth stranger than fiction, I adore documentary film of all kinds, especially those in spirit of direct cinema and cinema verité. I think Error Morris and his Interrortron interviewing technique. I like action and horror films from the late '70s through the early to mid '90's before computer effects dominated truly special effects. I'm not going to list any specific directors or films out of fear of leaving anyone or any film off the list.
I like music. I guess one could call me a fan of metal, hardcore, and punk first. It's all rock'n'roll, including pre- and post- rock music (ex: classical, jazz, blues, etc). I especially like local music, and I have a hard-on Riverwest basement scene.
Oh, I almost forgot tv. I just moved, and left my tv behind. I used to love Fox's Sunday Night lineup when it consisted of Futurama, King of the Hill (most underrated on tv), Simpsons, and Malcomn in the Middle. Family Guy is the most overrated piece of shit on television; it should have stayed canceled, and I would have much better memories of than I do after suffering from ridiculously long bad jokes. I like PBS too. I was a tv student at MATC for two years and practically live in the Milwaukee Public Television for the period of time. I've worked Interchange, Adelente, Black Neuvo, Letters to Santa (producer one episode), pledge drives, the MPTV auction, and a live taping of the American Irish band, Gaelic Storm. I also co-produced and produced student productions that aired MPTV 36. I grew to hate television in my second year, in large part due to the god awful student productions known as StormWatch and Panther Vision (produced by UWM students/grunt work by MATC students). I scored an interview Scott Walker for Panther Vision, and they wouldn't let me extend my time. Idiots don't understand importance of topics, but that will get them ahead in the dreadful world that is television news.
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