NuclearBlues

General

leatherworking (my pseudo-job), fishing + camping + hunting + hiking, aliens & UFOs, analog tech stuff (esp. audio cassettes, vhs, and vhs-c/hi-8), movies, videography, my daily walks, skateboarding (poorly), drawing

Music

punk rawk, hardcore, new wave, industrial, ska, soul, some hip-hop, some old country, some blues + bluesy rock, some metal (thrash especially). this is cliche'd as hell but I really do enjoy a bit of everything so toss me some recommendations! // fav punk bands (no particular order): bad religion, NOFX, pennywise, circle jerks, minor threat, fugazi, new bomb turks, suicidal tendencies, crass, the vandals, lagwagon, minutemen, ALL, gorilla biscuits, adolescents, early blink (up to and including EOTS), dag nasty, bikini kill, bratmobile, reagan youth, mouthpiece, the cramps, the germs, x-ray spex, dead kennedys, agnostic front, fear, dayglo abortions, propagandhi, DRI, DOA, SNFU, JFA, TSOL, MDC, SOD, GBH (I think that's all of the abbreviation bands) // other: talking heads + david byrne's solo stuff, rush, blur, pulp, skinny puppy, depeche mode, kate bush, grace jones, fishbone, the specials, madness, DEVO, pet shop boys, johnny cash, willie nelson, primus, faith no more, mr bungle, nine inch nails, deltron 3030, del tha funkee homo sapien, jurassic 5, a tribe called quest, public enemy, ministry, kraftwerk, bloodhound gang (when I am at my most obnoxious), new order, R.E.M, de la soul, leonard cohen, carole king, nina simone, billie holiday, stone temple pilots, butthole surfers, CKY, 311, anthrax, echo & the bunnymen

Movies

COOL WEIRD SHIT! the more surreal or gross or absurd or visually striking the better. my favorite filmmakers are david lynch, david cronenberg, and george romero, but I have all sorts of favorite movies across genre. lately I have been very into giallo and other italian horror. ask me about lucio fulci for a series of incoherent ramblings. // Click HERE for a very loose list of my favorite movies

Television

Twin Peaks, the x-files, star trek, jackass, the twilight zone, and tales from the crypt. not a television show in the traditional sense but I am very fond of internet sensation RedLetterMedia's Best of the Worst series.

Books

historical nonfiction, literary classics, pulpy horror and pulp detective/crime novels // currently reading It Came From the Video Aisle! - Inside Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment Studio by dave jay, william s. wilson, and torsten dewi. I got this as a birthday gift and am very excited about it. one of the most prolific and fascinating b-movie studios, driven by the central pitch of "design a cool poster with a unique concept, and people will rent it". this led to lots of great artwork and creative effects, granted usually with a very flawed execution, and extremely low quality films outside of that creativity. definitely worth a wikipedia deep dive, though I've been very happy with the level of detail and amount of interviews with former employees present in this book.

Heroes

I don't believe idolatry is very beneficial. but rodney mullen is the man

Website

nuclearblues.neocities.org