Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST.
- Frank Zappa
Here is some of the music that works for me:
Aphex Twin Apocalyptica Arovane Autechre Boards Of Canada The Boredoms Buck 65 Choking Victim The Cinematic Orchestra Converge Cradle of Filth The Crucifucks Dead Can Dance The Dillinger Escape Plan Deftones Delerium DJ Shadow Dream Theater Do Make Say Think The Dust Brothers Einstürzende Neubauten Euphoria Fantômas Fly Pan Am Fontanelle godspeed you! black emperor Hangedup Hot Snakes Ryoji Ikeda Infected Mushroom Isis Jega Kid606 Kyuss Leftover Crack Liquid Tension Experiment Lovage Maldoror Manic Street Preachers Marilyn Manson Massive Attack Melt-Banana Melvins Merzbow Mindless Self Indulgence Mogwai Mr. Bungle Múm Neurosis The New Deal Nine Inch Nails ohGr A Perfect Circle Pink Floyd The Pixies Plaid Primal Scream Radiohead Joe Satriani Secret Chiefs 3 The Shalabi Effect Sigur Rós A Silver Mt. Zion Skinny Puppy Squarepusher Steely Dan Stereolab Stone Temple Pilots Supreme Beings of Leisure Tarwater Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Tool To Rococo Rot UNKLE Steve Vai VNV Nation Ween Susumu Yokota Frank Zappa Zero 7
Yikes... this list needs a MAJOR overhaul. 2002 was a good year.
You don't see me, but perhaps my favourite artists could help you sketch a picture or two in your mind.
Ansel Adams Aubrey Beardsley Karl Blossfeldt Hieronymous Bosch Paul Cézanne Salvador Dalí Leonardo da Vinci Eric Drooker Albrecht Dürer M.C. Escher H.R. Giger Edward Gorey Gustav Klimt Henri Matisse Georges Meis Joan Miró Piet Mondrian Henry Moore Takashi Murakami Pablo Picasso Mark Ryden Dr. Theophrastus Seuss Floria Sigismondi Ralph Steadman Shingai Tanaka J. M. W. Turner Andy Warhol