grinding of gears

1984, a clockwork orange, aeryn sun, akira, alt.vampyres, anime, beer, blackadder, body piercing, books, books of magic, boots, booze, brave new world, brazil, brian lumley, bride with white hair, brigitte lin, bruce campbell, caitlin r. kiernan, cats, chaos, chinese hopping vampires, choo-choo bear, city of lost children, clive barker, comic books, comics, computer games, cooking, corsets, cowboy bebop, dangermedia, danny elfman, dario argento, dave mckean, david bowie, dead alive, dead can dance, depeche mode, ebenezer and snooch, edgar allan poe, edward gorey, everquest, exit 57, fetish modeling, fillerbunny, firefly, flem, garth ennis, gooshyfood, goth, goth clubs, graphic novels, guinness, h.p. lovecraft, h.r. giger, hellblazer, homebrewing, horror, horror movies, hothead paisan, hunter s. thompson, iron chef, jackie chan, jasper fforde, jhonen vasquez, john carpenter, john constantine, john shirley, johnny the homicidal maniac, jthm, kevin smith, kids in the hall, kung fu, league of gentlemen, leather, lovecraft, neil gaiman, nick cave, nosferatu, piercings, plif, preacher, ray bradbury, reading, red elvises, role-playing games, rpgs, sandman, something positive, spamusement, splatterpunk, squee!, strangers in paradise, sushi, tae kwon do, tattoos, terry gilliam, terry pratchett, the onion, the prisoner, the state, the young ones, thursday next, tim burton, transmetropolitan, two lumps, vampire hunter d, vampires, video games, warren ellis, writhe and shine, writing