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Rich

I am here for Friends

About Me

I'm just this guy, ya know?

My Interests

Music, Sports...guy stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Someone from San Marino; Paul McCartney; anyone who is interested in sharing their prized $500 bottle of wine with me.

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Music:

Lots of different types. I love power pop though. But I am not against putting on the occasional Brave Combo CD either.Here are some vids I've been making for work.

Movies:

My Top 10:

#10 A Bridge Too Far

"God bless Field Marshall Montgomery!"

#9 Jaws

"They're all gonna die."

#8 Blazing Saddles

"I killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille"

#7 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

"No. I don't want to report one of those."

#6 Monty Python & The Holy Grail

"I thought we were an autonomous collective."

#5 Raiders Of The Lost Ark

"Asps. Very dangerous. You go first."

#4 Singing In The Rain

"I make more money than Calvin Coolidge...PUT TOGETHER!"

#3 The Great Escape

"Are all Americans so ill mannered?"

#2 Father Goose

"You'd sell out your own father if you knew who he was!"

#1 Local Hero

"I'd make a good Gordon, Gordon."

Television:

I watch Numbers, Antiques Road Show, Ghost Hunters, Most Haunted, Mythbusters...that about covers it.

Books:

History, philosophy mostly.

Top 10 favorite novels:

#10 Triple by Ken Follett

#9 Straight Man by Richard Russo

#8 Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

#7 Flashman At The Charge by George MacDonald Fraser

#6 Greenmantle by John Buchan

#5 The Three Musketeers by Dumas

#4 Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

#3 Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

#2 Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

#1 Watership Down by Richard Adams

Heroes:

Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general killed during the Civil War. Quote: "Rather than allow you to dictate to my government on any matter, however insignificant, I would see every man, women and child in this state dead and buried. This means war."

And for much the same reason, Bugs Bunny. Quote: "Of course you realize this means war."

My Blog

The Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky" Part One

1982's album Eye In The Sky marked the height of commercial success for The Alan Parsons Project in the United States. The album, with its Top 3 title track single, was everywhere during that summer,...
Posted by Rich on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:13:00 PST

The Alan Parsons Project: Vulture Culture, Side Two

The second side of Vulture Culture kicks off with the title track. The song is sonically constructed in a favored Project style. It begins with just a couple of instruments and adds parts as the song ...
Posted by Rich on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:28:00 PST

The Alan Parsons Project: Vulture Culture

I guess we all have our own inner geeks. There is some or other passion we all hold about which we can "geek" out. I've a few, but none as strong as my love of the music of The Alan Parsons Project. ...
Posted by Rich on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:45:00 PST

Not Another Blog!

Folks are actually checking here to see if I have blogged anything.  Well, I blog plenty but not here.   Since 2004 I've been blogging at The Iconic Midwest The IMW is a politics, current ev...
Posted by Rich on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:12:00 PST