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Robu

Wit Beyond Measure is Man's Greatest Treasure

About Me

Some say I look like Chris Martin, others say Chris Elliot... I prefer to think I look like Cary Grant circa The Philadelphia Story. I tread a thin line between art snobbery and geekdom... for reals. Oh yeah, if you ain't down with this, you ain't down with me: ..

My Interests

Literature, film, comics, anime, Saturday morning cartoons, Sunday morning coffee, unabashed snobbery, happy hour, unsolicited recommendations, half-assed attempts at learning languages, blurring the distinction between high and low culture.

I'd like to meet:

Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo... The well-read. The perpetually bored. Those who think the gin and tonic is just about the best drink EVER. Those who feel equally at home discussing Billy Wilder as they do Billy Zabka. Oh yeah:

Music:

Tom Waits, The Smiths, Neko Case, Belle & Sebastian, Ladytron, Depeche Mode, New Order, Joy Division, Pixies, Goldfrapp, Scissor Sisters, Underworld, The Knife, Saint Etienne, Junior Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Portishead, Laura Cantrell, Magnetic Fields, El Perro Del Mar, Massive Attack, !!!/Out Hud, Pizzicato Five, The Pipettes, The The, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Spankrock, Patrick Wolf, Bowie...

Movies:

Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Sam Peckinpah, Terry Gilliam, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Howard Hawks, Akira Kurasawa, MIYAZAKI!, Kieslowski, Michael Mann, Anthony Mann, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Wong Kar Wai, Tarkovsky, Preston Sturges, John Sturges, Takeshi Kitano, Tsai Ming-liang, Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Martin Scorcese, John Huston, Coen Bros, Ernst Lubitsch, Werner Herzog, Atom Egoyan, Lars Von Trier, Wes and PT Anderson, Errol Morris, Coppola, Leos Carax, Jean-Pierre Melville, Satoshi Kon. The Sting, The Thin Man series, Cool Hand Luke, Infernal Affairs I, II and III, Wet Hot American Summer, BLADE RUNNER, Jin-roh, Akira, Lost in Translation, Back to School, The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby and more!

Television:

Homicide, The Wire, Mr. Show, Simpsons, Gilmore Girls, Chappelle Show, Twin Peaks, Carnivale (RIP), Adult Swim, Kids in the Hall, Tenacious D, OZ, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, AbFab, Deadwood, Entourage, Naruto, South Park, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Monster, Gankutsuou.

Books:

Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Haruki Murakami, Oscar motherfuckin' Wilde, Paul Auster, John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, Aphra Behn, Herman Melville, Michel Foucault, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, JG Ballard, Martin Amis, Will Self, Kazuo Ishiguro, Neal Stephenson, Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Chris Ware, Dan Clowes. Myra Breckinridge, Nightwood, Cane, Kavalier and Clay, Middlesex, Gulliver's Travels, Waterland, Neuromancer, Mumbo Jumbo, Harry Potter

My Blog

The Guiltiest of Guilty Pleasures...

Sigh... hate to admit it but I'm hooked on America's Next Top Model. Don't shake your head at me, I know you watch it too (looking at you Katie). Season 9 starts up Wednesday 9/19... Expect loads o...
Posted by Robu on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:22:00 PST

My new baby mama... pop the glock.

Miami born, Paris raised... Uffie is the SHIT! Check her out on Ed Banger Records' "Ed Rec" vols. 1 and 2, Simian Mobile Disco's Fabriclive 33 and on Justice's new release. She's a hot chick that yo...
Posted by Robu on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:57:00 PST

Its almost 4AM... Time for a Touch of Evil

Seriously. It's 4AM and one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES, Touch of Evil, is about to start on HBO Signature. Most claim Citizen Kane is Orson Welles' masterpiece, some consider it The Magnificent ...
Posted by Robu on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:04:00 PST

Feist on Letterman

"and now you tell me that you're having my baby..." yup she is. ...
Posted by Robu on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:41:00 PST

Life Lessons from Malibu

My brother directed me to this classic clip featuring our favorite American Gladiator, Malibu (sorry Nitro). Learn from it... cosmic rays, brewskis and babes heal ALL wounds. Sweet. ...
Posted by Robu on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:14:00 PST

Winnie Cooper, Small Wonder and Ashley Banks... Oh My!

How pleased was I when I found out Details Magazine ran a spread of former child stars featuring not one but three of my childhood crushes. I wonder if Vickie got that panel removed:...
Posted by Robu on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:00:00 PST

A Pimp...

... is what Jack is, was and always shall be. World with out end. Amen.
Posted by Robu on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right...CONTRA ON THE DS!!!!

The Spread Gun is mine motherfucker....
Posted by Robu on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:46:00 PST

Sonic Youth/Starbucks Comp Update: NOT coming to Cincinnati

(From Pitchfork)Vedder, Eggers Sign on for Sonic Youth Starbucks CDPlus: David Cross, Chloe SevignyChances are you're still reeling from last month's announcement that underground overlords Sonic Yout...
Posted by Robu on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:37:00 PST

Director Edward Yang dies at 59

------------(from IMDB) Director Yang DiesChinese director Edward Yang died on Friday following a battle with colon cancer. He was 59. The Yi Yi (A One And A Two) filmmaker died at his home in Beverly...
Posted by Robu on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:58:00 PST