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Ollie Stench

The good times never last. The bad times never end.

About Me

the rumours you've heard are probably true

My Interests

vintage synthesizers
WWI aviation
New Wave
Punk Rock
Reggae
Triumph Motorcycles

I'd like to meet:

More importantly, who wants to meet me?

Music:


The first 10 songs on random play on my portable mp3 playing device - 17 Dec. 2007:

1. Generation X - Andy Warhol
2. Dead Boys - High Tension Wire
3. The Germans - Superfreaks
4. The Angels (aka Angel City) - Coming Down
5. Ultravox - Reap The Wild Wind (live)
6. Frank Tovey - Bridge Street Shuffle
7. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Again
8. Chelsea - Forty People
9. Rocket From The Tombs - Never Gonna Kill Myself Again
10. Venom - Black Metal (Radio One session)

Movies:

Star Wars is over-rated.
I like The Blues Brothers and Blade Runner and film noire and some other stuff. I like documentaries.
I like a few 80's teen angst movies like Valley Girl and Star Struck and First Blood.
I like classic horror films from the 30's and 40's.
I like Bogart, Lorre, Edward G. Robinson,

Television:

Since Television is my 9-5 job I really don't watch it much.
But I watch re-runs of Scrubs while I fall asleep.

Books:

Books are good.
I like to read.
Last Books I have finished:
Legs McNeil - The Other Hollywood
Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential
Eric Williams - The Wooden Horse
Paul Brickhill - The Great Escape
David Rimmer - Like Punk Never Happened
Simon Reynolds - Rip It Up And Start Again

Heroes:


See the chick in the red dress in the background? That's my mom. No, I'm not kidding.

My Blog

Ollie Stench and the Burgers From Heaven

Jesus Burger   About 1999 my band, The Hostages, played our first out-of-town show. Thanks to Pete from The Chickenhawks, a true Hostages fan if there ever was one (he once called up the review...
Posted by Ollie Stench on Mon, 15 May 2006 09:59:00 PST