Richard Milton, the fellow I pumped up with the "alternative science" thread in the Lab.
David Byrne. Brian Eno. The thinking man's rock stars. (think big)
Stephin Merritt/ Claudia Gonson (mentioned in the music recently)
Mac McCaughan, Superchunk singer & Merge Records founder.
Michael Nesmith. MTV godfather, electronics corp CEO, movie producer & former Monkee.
Billy Bragg.
Ralph Nader.
Michael Moore.
Shephard Fairey, the "Andre the Giant has a Posse" creator.
Roy Walford, the Biosphere II leader and life extension scientist (CRON diet - Calorie Reduced Optimum Nutrition).
Kary Mullis, the biochemist who won a Nobel for inventing DNA sequencing, wrote a great book about his adventures with LSD, nitrous, surfing, and as a witness at the OJ Simpson trial. Oh, and he also helped identify HIV, but doesn't think it's the sole cause of AIDS.
Joe Sacco. I wrote him up in Comics, but he'd be just as at home in Switchboard or Creation. He has invented comics journalism, written about his travels in Palestine & Bosnia.
Daniel Clowes. Peter Bagge. Chester Brown.
Los Bros. Hernandez (love & rockets. any of the three would be cool.)
Jeff Smith (Bone). Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot, a really swell guy). Peter Milligan. Mike Allred. Ann Nocenti.
If you want to watch the fights, David Sim. Kevin "Chasing Amy" Smith.
I bet PATricky could recommend some great martial artists....
Phil Hine. Peter Carrol. Nigel Pennick.
Donald Michael Kraig.
Richard Bandler.
All of them have written some pretty good stuff about different strains of magick or reality reformation.
Cat Yronwode. Former editor of Eclipse Comix, writer, and expert in hoodoo/African-American folk magicks.
Dan Simmons. Writes excellent speculative fiction. And by writes, I mean, he's a really good writer.
Gene Wolfe. Ditto. Literary science fiction. Who'da thunk it?
Richard Kelly, the guy who directed Donnie Darko.
Richard Linklater, the guy who directed "Tape" and "Slacker" - meaning, he's trying to launch his *second* revolutionary film movement, with digital media. (sort of an extension of the first DIY stuff.) Also founded the now-immensely important SXSW art, film, music festival.
Robert Pinsky, America's poet laureate. |
