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Rob Instigator

One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin', Whadda ya want from m

About Me

I am a human male

My Interests

Art, Art History, Painting, Drawing, reading, listening to music, watching football, visiting museums, physics, science in general, science fiction, buying records, playing records, going to indie rock concerts and punk dives. col' chillin' in full effect. hanging with great people. making women laugh till they piss themselves.

SONIC YOUTH!

I'd like to meet:

All my heroes are dead (to quote The X-Man Instigator)I'd like to meet Sonic Youth. I have already met Steve Shelley. That leaves 3 to go.I edited my profile, but fuck what with.

Music:

Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Public Enemy, Pavement, Sebadoh, Phish, Big Black, Rapeman, Unsane, Butthole Surfers, Archers of Loaf, Afghan Whigs, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Muddy Waters, Thelonious Monk, Koko Taylor, The Beatles, The Misfits, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, FEAR, They Might Be Giants, Mudhoney, Tristeza, Electrelane, My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, Jane's Addiction, Satisfact, Unwound, Polvo, Pixies, Baby Dayliner, Pele, Neil Young, Outkast, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Digable Planets, Janitor, The Smiths, The Cure, Sleater Kinney, Automaton Adventure Series, Pilot to Gunner, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra, Ornette Coleman, Urge Overkill, Slint, The Red Scare, Fugazi, Eniac, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Modest Mouse, !!! (chik chik chik), Bob Marley and the Wailers, Built to Spill, Codeine, Morphine, Seam, The Sea & Cake, The New Year, Bedhead, Depeche Mode, OutHud, Drive Like Jehu, Interpol, Le Tigre, Tortoise, AtomBombPocketKnife, Bela Bartok, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Schoenberg, John Cage, Gustav Mahler, Pele, Tristeza, A Minor Forest, P.E.E., PJ Harvey, Beautiful Skin, Black Sabbath, Turing Machine, TV on the Radio, Eric's trip, The Skatalites, The Suspects, The Spells, They Might Be Giants, The Dead Milkmen, All, Beastie Boys, Psychedelic Furs, Parts & Labor, Awesome Color, The P.M.R.C., etc.
THE UNHOLY FIVE
SONIC YOUTH

THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS

THE BEATLES

DINOSAUR JR

PHISH

THE NEXT FIVE (EQUALLY UNHOLY)
THE MISFITS (pre-1985 of course)

PAVEMENT

SEBADOH

UNWOUND

POLVO

And then there is PUBLIC ENEMY, in a category all their own.
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Movies:

Fuck movies,

Television:

WKRP IN CINCINNATTI ..

Books:

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut Anything by Charles Bukowski Anything by Robert Anton Wilson Anything by Hunter S. Thompson Anything by Greg Bear Anything by Isaac Asimov Anything by Haruki Murakami Anything about Pablo Picasso
I like to read mainly non-fiction section books. I will scour the comic book section of the library and read old classic comic stuff. I will read anything about or dealing with physics, astronomy, art, art history, art criticism, music, musicians, composers, classical music, religions, atheism, cults, psychology, psychiatry, neurology, cognitive science, cosmology, the occult, things debunking the occult, war, murder, death and all it's natural aspects, any supposed supernatural aspects, atheism, anti-theism, world religions, comparative studies, rock and roll, photography, painting, books about books, science history, biology, natural phenomena, torture, drugs, shamanism, destruction, insanity, forensic pathology, minerals and gems, culture, etc.

The Pope loves SONIC YOUTH!!!!!
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Heroes:

Pablo Picasso, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Armstrong, Charles Bukowski, Robert Rauschenberg, Ralph Steadman, Robert Motherwell, Jasper Johns, Isaac Newton, Richard P. Feynman, Sonic Youth, Harry Houdini, Camille Paglia, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Miles Davis.
The Unholy Triumverate
Kurt Vonnegut
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Charles Bukowski
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My Blog

BASS GUITAR

Elizabeth gave me a bass guitar for christmas!  Look out everyone!  I will be holding down the bottom end!
Posted by Rob Instigator on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:39:00 PST

Duo 46

Elizabeth and I were notified by my man Anthony Joseph Lanman, that the esteemed performers, DUO 46, would be playing a small concert with the Katy Guitar Guild in a private residence in Katy TX on Sa...
Posted by Rob Instigator on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:01:00 PST

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE!

Hello everyone.  After an extended hiatus I am now back on the My Space and ready to kick it's fucking ass once again. Life rolls on and on and on    
Posted by Rob Instigator on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:02:00 PST

Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies

This weekend is Hall of fame Weekend. Last year I made the pilgrimage to Canton Ohio, on a solo road trip, to witness the induction of Warren Moon, John madden, Troy Aikman and others. It was one of t...
Posted by Rob Instigator on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:16:00 PST

art and football

Hey everybodylast night was the last of Simon Schama's Power opf Art shows. This one was about Mark Rothko. It was great. Simon Schama visited the Menil Museum to look at rothkos and he also visited t...
Posted by Rob Instigator on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:22:00 PST

Instigator Video Jukebox

New music video blog by yours truly. http://instigatorvideojukebox.blogspot.com each entry is focused on one band/artist at a time.  check it out!    "How's that for rock video, music ...
Posted by Rob Instigator on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:39:00 PST

Slick Rick The Ruler!


Posted by Rob Instigator on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:56:00 PST

YAY! Two Instigators back in town!

Last week Claudio DePujadas came into town from Philadelphia where he is studying music at temple University.  It was great to see my oldest friend again.  I miss him.  This week, ...
Posted by Rob Instigator on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:14:00 PST

Origami festival in Houston this weekend.

Info at www.tansustyle.comArticle from the Houston Chronicle about the event hereLast year I missed this event and I saw some of the amazing Origami creations in the paper and kicked myself for missin...
Posted by Rob Instigator on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:16:00 PST

How small we really are

               I CERTAINLY THOUGHT THIS WAS ENLIGHTENING. BEYOND OUR SUN ... IT'S A BIG UNIVERSE.         &nb...
Posted by Rob Instigator on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:20:00 PST