Bobby/Paranoize - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a 35 year old ironworker/'zine editor/promoter from New Orleans, Louisiana. I've been spreading the word about underground metal, hardcore, sludge, grindcore, etc. bands for the past 16 years through various fanzines (Thrashcore from 1988-1991, Paranoize from 1993 to present plus contributions to other 'zines and e-'zines), my very small, limited cdr label, tape/cdr trading, my website , and occasional booking (did occasional shows at Dixie Taverne from '98 to '05 and recently a few shows at The Outer Banks... kinda laying low for now.) Why do I do it? Because of my passion for loud, noisy music and my desire to tell the world when I discover a band that brings out some sort of emotion in me. Yea, I suck at writing these things.

If you want to contact me via instant messenger for some reason:
paranoize on yahoo
paranoize504 on aol

My Interests

loud noisy music, shows, fanzines, road trips

I'd like to meet:

grind/sludge/noise addicts, 'zine editors, people who aren't creeped out by shy/quiet/introverted types, and if you're not an asshole, you.

Music:

Movies:

River's Edge, Gummo, Escape From New York, Clerks, Punchdrunk Love, Napoleon Dynamite, Attack of the Cockface Killer, Super Troopers, Beerfest.

Television:

I don't watch much television, but when I do it's usually something on Comedy Central (South Park, various stand-up comedians etc.), or the Simpsons or King of the Hill.

Books:

The last books I've read are 30-Day Diarreah Diet Plan by Kurt Brecht, One Dead In Attic by Chris Rose and Surfing Armageddon by George Tabb. Other than that, all i read are fanzines (Short Fast & Loud, Maximumrocknroll, etc.) and various message boards (Relapse.com, Nolaunderground.com, Bayouunderground.com).

My Blog

Paranoize #24 is now ONLINE

check it out at www.paranoizenola.com
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:48:00 PST

Attention BANDS:

If any of the members of your band wears girl pants and has no boobs or vagina, I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. If you describe yourself as a grindcore band but don't list Napalm Death, Repulsion, Ter...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:54:00 PST

I've been tagged.

O.K. so in April of 2006 I was "tagged" by Ms. Frumpy McCheesecurls or whatever she had as her display name back then. I've procrastinated enough. The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:33:00 PST

I'm on my waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy...

In case any of you were wondering where I've been for the past week, I took a road trip to visit the in-laws in Moundsville, West Virginia. While here I caught a show at Brewski's in Wheeling, WV. Wal...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:13:00 PST

My old band (S.I.K.)...late 80's/early 90's thrash nostalgia.

I had a little time on my hands yesterday and made a myspace page for my old thrash metal band, S.I.K.www.myspace.com/siknola It just made me take a mental trip back to my late teens, and the fun...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:35:00 PST

random stuff/update.

O.K., so I haven't updated my blog thingie since December.I don't really do much... I work (setting rebar for floodwall/floodgate projects... rough work in the fucking heat, but i'm pretty much used t...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:34:00 PST

nothing left inside.

Wow, it's been awhile since I've written anything in here.I drove by Dixie Taverne yesterday and took a little piece of the busted up sheetrock that Holly's mural was painted on. I poked my head in th...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 05:38:00 PST

Glenn Rambo R.I.P.

Glenn Rambo was found dead at his mother's house in Violet, LA. They never made it out before Hurricane Katrina.I have so many memories involving Glenn.You will be missed, brother.
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Sun, 02 Oct 2005 02:27:00 PST

homesick and bored.

i woke up this morning craving beignets.i want an oyster po-boy for lunch.i want to go to the dervish and make fun of people.i want to walk through the french quarter and bitch about all the goddamn t...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:43:00 PST

an article from The Times Picayune

From the Times Picayune. Dear America,I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana. We have arrived on your doorstep on short notice and we apologize for that, but we never were much...
Posted by Bobby/Paranoize on Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:23:00 PST