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Rob

Play something fast.....like some fuckin' Van Halen

About Me

I enjoy rocking. In fact, rocking rocks. Sometimes I'll rock hard and sometimes I'll rock soft, but rock just the same. Rocking can make the world a better place: rocking creates no pollution, wars, or famine. Rocking can only be construed as positive. Lifestyles associated with rocking can often be destructive, but if one rocks life like a stage (ie. one foot on the monitor), there's no doubt that rocking can be a healthy and satisfying lifestyle choice for many years. I'm gonna keep on rocking forever...forever....forever....(burn out/fade away).

I rock with Soulstream at Bar None every Monday and Tuesday as well as regular rocking with Soul Decision, Moka Only, Kia Kadiri, the Front, and Lee Aaron....the original queen of rocking. And about a dozen other bands that I whore myself out to. So please, come rock with me.

My Interests

Long-distance/marathon running. Snowboarding. Golfing. Road trips. Special features. Rice crispy squares. Linear notes. Napping. Soup. Talking or not talking for hours.

I'd like to meet:

Chewbacca

Music:

Kurt Rosenwinkel, Beastie Boys, Keith Jarrett, Otis Redding, Cake, Interpol, Led Zeppelin, NERD, Clipse, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Dexter Gordon, Steve Reich, Rush, Bob Marley, Jeff Buckley, Mos Def, Leonard Cohen, The Band, Jaco Pastorius, The Tragically Hip, The Funk Brothers, Parliament, Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, The Meters, Genesis, Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Rage against the Machine, THE CLASH, David Bowie, Nile Rogers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Franz Ferdinand, Ahmed Jamal, Charlie Mingus, Steve Cropper, Dwight Yoakum, Moka Only, Tribe Called Quest, Hank Williams III, Chet Baker, Kenny Wheeler, Johnny Cash, Lenny Breau, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins, Earl Scruggs, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman, Paul Chambers Wynton Kelly and Jimmy Cobb/Philly Joe Jones, AC/DC, The Roots, Kinnie Starr, Chris Gestrin, Jon Bentley, Brad Turner, Metalwood, Seamus Blake, Chad Makela, Jodi Proz Tilden "World Wide" Webb and Jesse "Jesseca Hill" Cahill, Oliver Gannon (Yoda), Bill Coon, Coco Love Alcorn, Ben Monder, The Front, Sweatshop Union, TyC and JC Subliminal, Sloan, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, NWA, Snoop, Glenn Gould, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Messugah, Megadeth, Art Blakey, Van Halen, Yes, Kia Kadiri, K-os, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, John Mclaughlin, The Police, Shakti, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Bach, Aaron Copeland, Bartok, Thelonius Monk, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker, Pat Martino, Django Reinhardt, Tragically Hip, U2, Mark Turner, The Bad Plus, Radiohead, Elliot Smith, Aimee Mann, Joni Mitchell, Elvin Jones, Steve Grossman, Prince, and any other music that comes from both sides of people's brains, okay enough for now....

Movies:

Directors: Wes Anderson, PT Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Guest, Darren Aronofsky, Todd Solondz, Kevin Smith, David Fincher, Richard Linklater, the Cohen bros. AND of course Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, Orson Welles, Elia Kazan, David Lynch, John Hughes, Sergio Leone, Tim Burton, David Lean, Milos Forman, Terry Gilliam, etc.Donnie Darko, Buffalo 66, The Corporation, The Graduate, Apocolypse Now, Caddyshack, The Naked Lunch, Good Will Hunting, Trekkies, High Fidelity, LOTR, 32 short films about Glenn Gould, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Star Wars, Fubar, Office Space, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut, Manufacturing Consent, Godfather I II, but I have to say, and I love the independent, quirky, thought provoking shit but.....my favorite movie of all time is still Jaws.

Television:

I have a very unhealthy addiction to the Sopranos, South Park, and Six Feet Under.

Books:

Too many to name but favorites include Chomsky, Rand, Dostoevsky, and a lot of math books lately.

Heroes:

Howard Roark, Steve Prefontaine, Jerome Iginla, Chewbacca

My Blog

Soulstream Video!! From our 9th anniversary at Bar None...

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Posted by Rob on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:47:00 PST

Rockslide and roll

What a crazy couple of weeks. I "officially" opened my own teaching studio two weeks ago. It looks GREAT and it's kind of a dream come true. Another thing to cross of the list. I've started adver...
Posted by Rob on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:06:00 PST

Marathon

I'm here. 20 hours from now, if all goes well I should be crossing the finish line of my first marathon at the Royal Victoria Marathon. That's right, I'm projecting 3:30, but I'll be happy just to f...
Posted by Rob on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:40:00 PST

My Old Flame(s)

Flames 1 Canucks 2...1st period...Flames Power Play....Let's call this the hodge-podge blog, like the potpourri category on Jeopardy (one day, one day....see below). First off, it's hockey season agai...
Posted by Rob on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:31:00 PST

Things that sound good...

Don't drink Diet Pepsi. Smokers should pay more for health care. Don't buy SUV's. Eat organic. Knowing the name of the farmer who grew your vegetables will make them taste better. I don't listen ...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:34:00 PST

Life update

Figured I haven't done one of these in a while soooooo......Things are good. Still smoke free, drink free, and jail free. I'm still running and working out like crazy (possibly has something to do w...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:57:00 PST

New Site!!!

Well, it's possible this could be my last MySpace blog in a while as I've started to blog on my own site.... http://www.robhamilton.caSo if you're checking this, please check that!!!
Posted by Rob on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:54:00 PST

Movie BS

I think it's funny how we've learn to accept certain things in movies that wouldn't happen in real life. A couple cases in point: The Let Him/Her Go This needs 3 people to work effectively. Ba...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:40:00 PST

My commitment to Sparkle Motion

I'm finding myself becoming seriously obsessed with the film Donnie Darko since purchasing the Director's Cut last week. Being that I've chosen to be a jazz guitarist as my profession, this kind of o...
Posted by Rob on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:45:00 PST

Going nuts aka I'm an idiot

Well, I've suffered my first running related injury. All started last week when I decided to "push" things with my speed a bit and then ran a really long one the next day. On day 3 for my "regular" ...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:29:00 PST