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About Me

Born in Managua, Nicaragua, but been living in Toronto, Canada since I was two.

I have recently completed the Business Administration program at Humber College; I am now majoring in Entrepreneurial Studies at Ryerson University.

I manage a wicked band called COLD DEAD HANDS ... CHECK THEM OUT!!!

You'll probably see me at a show, so say hello, I like meeting new people.

Take Care!

My Interests

Music, Photography, Promoting, Wii, and other stuff.

I'd like to meet:

The dudes in Propagandhi, John K. Samson & Thomas D'Arcy; they changed my life.

Music:

I MANAGE:
COLD DEAD HANDS

THE BEST FIVE BANDS IN TORONTO
Terror Lake
Pinko Kronkite
Action Makes
Mariposa
Debaser

THE BEST FIVE BANDS FROM HAMILTON (Because there are so many fuckin' great bands coming out there)
The Rest
The Ride Theory
Cities In Dust
Sailboats Are White
In Silent Code

BANDS THAT HAVE PERFORMED IN CONCERTS THAT I HAVE PROMOTED
68PornoMags
Action Makes
The Amber Room
Apples Apples
The Atomic Ravens
The Avenue
BlackJacket
The Brat Attack
Cinema
Cities in Dust
COLD DEAD HANDS
Comic Book Fever
Coyote on Peyote
Dead Letter Dept.
Debaser
The Early Morning
Evil Doers
Fire Hydrant
Fjord Rowboat
Forest City Lovers
Foxfire Forrest
Germans
Ghost Hands
The Good Ideas
Hillman
Hot Monogamy
HotKid
In Silent Code
Capin' Kops
Lacerda
Lipstick Machine
LunchMeat
Mariposa
Maximum R'N'R
The Monument Works
Obviously Five Believers
October Guard
Pinko Kronkite
The Postage Stamps
The Ramps
Romeo Liquor Store
The Secret Handsnakes
Silent Seymour
Summer of '92
Terror Lake
TreeStar
Tripping Hazard
The Two Koreas
Uncut
The Visit
YOU!FUCK!

Movies:

Adaptation, Annie Hall, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Carne trémula, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Garden State, Hable con ella, It's All Gone Pete Tong, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, La Mala educación, Il Mostro, Planet of the Apes, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, School's Out!, Taxi Driver, Todo sobre mi madre

Television:

Arrested Development, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Gilmore Girls, Kids in the Hall, My Name is Earl, Scrubs, Trailer Park Boys

Books:

Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead and anything by Mordecai Richler, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zin

My Blog

[051] Want to play some ball?

I play a lot of online games on addicting games dot com. I picked up this habbit from school, everytime I had to wait for a class to begin and didn't have any school work to do, I'd go to one of...
Posted by roberto on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:33:00 PST

[050] CHALLENGE 2007 - March (50 BANDS)

Action Makes - http://www.myspace.com/actionmakesmusic The Atomic Ravens* - http://www.myspace.com/theatomicravensCamouflage Nights The Carps - http://www.myspace.com/thecarpsCities In Dust* - http:/...
Posted by roberto on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:44:00 PST

[049] 13 hour day

wow... yesterday was a long fuckin' day.Pitter Patter Matinee w/ Mariposa, Spy Machine 16, Heroes and Villains (SOOOOO FUCKING GOOD!) & Hexes and OhsSchool Work at The Ryerson LibraryNeXT w/ Key W...
Posted by roberto on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:32:00 PST

[048] The Latino Drew Carry...

Yeah, I just cut my hair... If I put on my brother's glasses, I'd be the Latino Drew Carry, but not as funny.Pitter Patter Festival Pics are up on generik.VKNGS WERE FUCKIN' AWESOME!http://www.myspace...
Posted by roberto on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST

[047] Challenge 2007 - February...

This month is slim pickings, mostly due to suffering from a wide variety of different kinds of sicknesses that made me miss a whole lot of awesome shows during the first part of the month. I was...
Posted by roberto on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:44:00 PST

[046] My Celebrity Look-alikes

To honor the Oscar, which is happening tonight, I have decided to see what celebrities I look like.Now, lets try a photograph without a hat...Why the heck do i look like so many wonmen? there we...
Posted by roberto on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:08:00 PST

[045] it's back... (CMW & PITTER PATTER FEST 2007)

yeah, generik is back... in blog form.it's still in its infancy, but we're getting stuff ready... I have an article in the works that will go up in the next week.This blog is a call to people who want...
Posted by roberto on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:58:00 PST

[044] CHALLENGE 2007 - January...

Yeah, it ain't February yet, but I know that I will not attending any shows till Thursday (Feb. 1st), so here is my January recap of bands I saw this month... Action Makes* - http://www.myspace.com/ac...
Posted by roberto on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:39:00 PST

[043] Taking a Break :(

I have decided to take a break from throwing shows... how long of a break? Well, it really depends. I am helping out a couple of friends to attempt in bringing a huge act from the US to pl...
Posted by roberto on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:13:00 PST

[042] 2006 was a good year!

It was...I graduated from College and am taking my second shot at University.I have become a little more social, although I'm still a little bit of an anti-social prick.I have met a lot of cool people...
Posted by roberto on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:24:00 PST