(or a bunch of questions you may feel the need to ask)
questions from the Neuralgia Survey appearing in the fall issue of Neuralgia, which will be out next week.
4. Any favorite horror movies? Why that movie(s)
I like Suspiria. It is a wonderful Italian horror movie that takes place at a dance academy. It has excellent cinematography and a very creepy feel. Also, Goblin dis the soundtrack, which is amazingly well suited. I also like Dr. Caligari, Bergman's Hour of the Wolf, Night of the Living Dead, Hellraiser I & II, Texas chainsaw Massacre, The Hunger, The Shining, and anything with Vincent Price
5. What is the strangest thing you have ever done?
I plead the fifth on that one.
6. Why, if at all, do you feel drawn toward the more unusual side of life?
Interesting question and to believe I wrote it. I've always liked what I like and don't really like to be pressured to be like everyone else. I'm not saying I don't wish I were happier or more "normal," whatever that means. But I'm much more comfortable being who I am.
7. Any favorite serial killers? Why that one?
Jack the Ripper. Mostly since he has still managed to elude authorities. The Dusseldorf Vampire also interests me. He supposedly killed his victims to drink their blood for erotic purposes. And there is Ed Gein, mostly because he seems to be the most bizarrely elaborate of all the serial killers, what with his human skin suits and obsession with his dead mother.
8. What artists, musicians, or writers inspire you?
A quick list: Rembrandt, caravaggio, Van Gogh, Munch, Odilon Redon, Schiele, Kokoshka, Bosch, J.P. Witkin, John Clarence Laughlin, Rimbaud, Antonin Artaud, Baudelaire, Bradbury, Lovecraft, Poe, Dylan Thomas, Kafka, Burroughs, V.C. Andrews, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Cranes, The Cure, Einsturzende Neubauten, Joy Division, Christian Death, REM, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Jodorowsky, Brothers Quaye, and David Lynch.
9. Would you say that life is somewhat absurd?
Often.
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