Vinta

General

In 2007 I would have said something snarky and edgy but today I'm totally not those things. I'm delighted. Not just delighted to be here, but delighted to be

Music

Chopin, Marilyn Manson, Lizzo, John Coltrane, Bjork, Fleetwood Mac, Dead or Alive, Bronski Beat, Simply Red, This Mortal Coil, Erasure, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Billie Holiday, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Girl Talk, Cosmo Sheldrake, Hozier, Florence & the Machine, Rasputina, Kate Bush, Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Clan of Xymox, She Wants Revenge, Fields of Nephilim, Bill Evans Trio, Tally Hall, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, The Tuna Helpers, Babes in Toyland, Type O Negative, Ministry, NIN, Joy Division, Dead Can Dance, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Macintosh Plus, Saint Pepsi, Talking Heads, Jack Stauber, Ginger Root, Lemon Demon, Molina, Janis Joplin...

Movies

Horror movies from the 1920's to the 80's, I love tons of old B&W films, the Harry Potter movies, Star Wars (Especially the Holiday Special), LOTR, Jay & Silent Bob, Heavy Metal, Akira, House of 1000 Corpses, Spirited Away, Fateful Findings, Plan 9 for Outer Space, Godzilla, Eraserhead, Pink Flamingos, Tim Burton films, John Hughes movies, Hammer House of Horror, Shawn of the Dead and some of the MCU.

Television

Nature and History documentaries, The Moomins, Lots of YouTube essayists, Dark Shadows, Batman: The Animates Series, Gargoyles, Cowboy Bebop, 30 Rock.

Books

Everything Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling, Circe by Madeline Miller, The Name of the Wind & The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss, Looking for Alaska by John Green, The Girl in His Shadow by Amelia Blake, Dr. Johnsons' London by Liza Picard, Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton, The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris, Wicca by Scott Cunningham, I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy, The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean.

Heroes