A question that I get asked a lot from coworkers, friends, and con-attendees is "What are your inspirations?". Well, I guess now would be a good time to come up with a rather comprehensive list of what gives me some of my ideas.

First category is music. One thing I cannot do is create something in silence. I have to have music. And if it's tied into what I'm working on, it makes it all the better. So, here's a little sampling of some of the things I listen to:

Faithless, Nine Inch Nails, VAST, Dead Can Dance, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM/MDFMK, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Die Warzau, Leæther Strip, Velvet Acid Christ, Geomatic, Shpongle, Dieselboy, Concord Dawn, Black Sun Empire, Pendulum, Johnny Cash, Meshuggah, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Doctor Steel, Abney Park, Oingo Boingo, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds, Lamb of God, The Slants, Combichrist, Godhead, VNV Nation, Laika, Front Line Assembly, The Prodigy, Prince, P.M Dawn, Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Apocalyptica....yeah, that should be good enough for now.

Next category is movies. I like a wide variety of movies depending on my mood. Most of the time, though, I prefer a good thought provoker. A few movies that have inspired me are as follows:

The City of Lost Children, The Crow, Dark City, Cube, Twelve Monkeys, Fight Club, Alien/Aliens/etc., Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Mirrormask, Immortal, Nightwatch/Daywatch, Frontier(s), Uzumaki, The Ring, The Audition, Time Bandits, Event Horizon, 9, Tron, most Zombie flicks.

Well folks, I'm gonna have to cut this short. I'll write part 2 later this week. For now, I have to head to bed.