User:GabrielAPetrie
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[edit] Gabriel Arthur Petrie
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Favorite and pet articles:
Favorite People, by chronological order of introduction:
- 8-9:
- Jeanne D'Arc
- Albert Einstein
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie
- The Earl of Sandwich
- Elisabeth_Kübler-Ross
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- David Rappaport
- 11-13:
- Laozi
- Stephen Hawking
- Musashi Miyamoto
- Dr. Jack Kevorkian
- 16:
- Buckminster Fuller
- 19-20:
- Adam Parfrey
- John Zerzan
- Graham Hancock
- 22:
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- Werner Heisenberg
- Frestonia
- Edward Leedskalnin
- 24:
- Jennifer Granholm && Daniel Mulhern
- 26:
- John Chrysostom
The following subjects in imparticular order:
- Anthropology
- Textiles
- Wearing plastic grocery bags instead of socks
- Agriculture
- Domestication
- Art
- Writing
- Science fiction
- Ted Chiang
- William Gibson - coined the term "Cyberspace"
- Stephen King
- Clive Barker
- Informative:
- Science fiction
- Movies:
- Motion pictures in order of my personally advised must-see value:
- ...about the present and future:
- "Koyaanisqatsi"
- "Soylent Green"
- "Mad Max" (and sequels)
- ...about the purposes of technology:
- "Brainstorm"
- "WarGames"
- "Wild Palms"
- "Sneakers"
- "12 Monkeys"
- ...about the human mind:
- "Lord of the Flies" - recommend 1990 remake
- "The Flight of the Phoenix" - recommend 1965 original
- "The Sixth Sense"
- "Altered States"
- "Apocalypse Now: Redux"
- "Conspiracy Theory"
- ...about escapism:
- "Time Bandits" - featuring David Rappaport
- "The Man Who Would Be King"
- "The Game"
- "The Quiet Earth"
- "The Truman Show"
- "Total Recall"
- ...about religion:
- "Ladyhawke"
- "The Exorcist"
- "Hellraiser"
- "Hellbound: Hellraiser II"
- "Hellraiser IV: Bloodline"
- "The Prophecy"
- "Dogma"
- "The First Power"
- ...about history:
- "Lawrence of Arabia" - about T.E. Lawrence
- "The Thin Blue Line" - about Texas injustice system
- "Salvador" - about revolution in El Salvador
- Motion picture performers of prominence and note:
- Michael Douglas - he's Kirk Douglas's son
- Ben Kingsley - a very good actor
- Christopher Walken - campaigning for the U.S. presidency
- Catherine Hepburn - never seen 1 movie she's in, don't even know who she is. just to let you know.
- Music:
- Gamelan
- Klezmer
- Reggae
- Raga
- Musical scales
- Musical talents in alphabetical order:
- Aphex Twin
- Beck
- Boredoms - All-time hits include "Acid Police", "52 Boredoms", and "A.B. Dick & Tina Turner Pussy Badsmell"
- Vision Creation Newsun - Great jam album
- Built to spill
- Cocteau Twins - every one of their songs is great
- Elizabeth Fraser - especially with her singing
- Corrosion of Conformity
- The Cranberries - every song on every album is great
- The Dead Milkmen
- "Beelzebubba"
- Depeche Mode
- Doors
- Bob Dylan
- "Infidels"
- Brian eno - every solo album is great
- Enya - favorite albums/tracks listed:
- "The Celts" - every song is good
- 02. "Aldebaran"
- "Watermark (album)" - every song is good
- 02. "Cursum Perficio"
- "Shepherd Moons" - every song is good
- 04. "Ebudæ"
- "The Celts" - every song is good
- Eurythmics - most of their albums are excellent
- Front 242
- Philip Glass
- Jimi Hendrix
- Korn
- Debut Album - *****
- "Untouchables" - ****
- Gordon Lightfoot
- "Salute"
- Manic Street Preachers
- Mike Patton
- Faith No More - Four-and-a-half Stars
- Mr. Bungle - Five Stars
- "California" - Six Stars
- The Pixies
- Frank Black ("Black Francis")
- Prince - great artist with a good legacy
- "Kiss"
- Psychic TV -- I had this one album with "Roman" on it
- Genesis P-Orridge - co-originator of Industrial music
- COiL - oh yeah.
- Every album will be enjoyable, so I'll list what I've heard:
- "Love's Secret Domain"
- "Scatology"
- "How to Destroy Angels"
- "The Unreleased Themes For Hellraiser"
- "Unnatural History"
- "Unnatural History II: Smiling in the Face of Perversity"
- R.E.M. (band)
- "Automatic for the People" - excellent. First/last tracks:
- 01. "Drive"
- 12. "Find the River"
- "Automatic for the People" - excellent. First/last tracks:
- Roxette
- "Joyride"
- Smashing Pumpkins
- The Most Excellent Rock Album of All Time:
- "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
- Telemann
- Yes
- Neil Young
- Writing
- Language
- Mathematics
- Religion
- Time
- Textiles
- Eugenics
- Logic
- Qi
- Activities (things I like to do):
- Sports:
- Boating
- Games:
- Puzzles/Theatre
- Card games
- Solitaire
- Rummy
- Invented game
- My Invented Card Games:
- Confidence - http://www.pagat.com/invented/confidence.html
- Kong-Pie - http://www.pagat.com/invented/kong-pie.html
- Ditch Rummy - http://www.pagat.com/invented/ditch_rummy.html
- Shop Solitaire - http://www.pagat.com/invented/shopsol.html
- Video games (in no particular order):
- Rogue
- RunEscape
- Nintendo games in order of preference:
- Solomon's Key
- Rygar
- Kid Icarus
- Zelda
- Final Fantasy
- Mario
- Dragon Warrior
- I've written very popular guides on the following NES titles:
- Bionic Commando
- Metroid
- Golgo 13
- (guides are available at gamefaqs.com)
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