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robal

love em all. trust a few. and fear none

About Me



My Interests



rock n roll. rowdy rock shows. dark sunglasses. synthesizers. dr martens. crowd surfers. american apparel ads. mccarren pool. ringing ears. blinding lights. camo. red apples. pinot. brooklyn. hoodies. issey miyake. tweed blazers. vibrant paintings. museums on cloudy days. the jmz keeps it real. road trips. underground hip hop. thai food. camo. biker boots. activism. beat up jeans. reading bukowski. writing my thoughts. my brothers. sitting in the park. working with artists. talkin politics. coffee and cigarettes. hangin in the studio. the creative process. watching my friends onstage.

I'd like to meet:


creative people creating beautiful things.

Banksy. Arundhati Roy. Paolo Coelho. Rick Rubin. Michael Winterbottom. James Frey. Sean Penn. David Geffen. Spencer Tunick. Richard Linklater. Michel Gondry. Cornel West. Jay-Z. Michael Moore.

Barack Obama.

Music:



Movies:


Once. The Hottest State. 9 Songs. 24 Hour Party People. Shortbus. High Fidelity. Run Lola Run. Empire Records. Usual Suspects. Bullit. Rad. Breakfast Club. Last of the Mohicans. Goonies. Waking Life. Amelie. Eternal Sunshine. Cool Hand Luke. Life is Beautiful. Almost Famous. Garden State. Squid and the Whale. Princess Bride. Sideways. Talk to Her. Big Labowski. Before Sunrise. Seven Samurai. Elling. V for Vendetta. City of God. Falling Down. The Road Home. Bond, James Bond. love films by Pedro Almadovar. Marty Scorsese is a genius. all things Mel Brooks. anything Michel Gondry. everything Oliver Stone. Paul Thomas Anderson. The Cohen Bros. Michael Winterbottom is a rockstar. a true patriot, Michael Moore.

Television:


Music Choice. Duchovny rocks Californication. Tell Me You Love Me is brilliant. Dexter is savage. The Simpsons, of course. Entourage is gangster. Jon Stewart for President. try and avoid the idiot-box, but sometimes it's nice to zone out for a bit, especially sunday nights. I'm a sucker for that home makeover show where they give hard-up families a new house. best show ever

Books:


Hit Men. anything by... Charles Bukowski. Ed Abbey. Paulo Coelho. Jon Krakauer. Chuck Palahniuk. Jonathan Safran Foer. Augusten Burroughs. Howard Zinn. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Ralph Emerson. Jack Kerouac. Michael Moore. Shel Silverstein. JR Tolkien. Caleb Carr. Tucker Max. Ken Follett. Roald Dahl. Hunter Thompson. Steven King... and countless others. send me your recommendations. But don't tell me to read Harry Potter. www.goodreads.com

Heroes:



and this organization:
http://www.charityis.org/

My Blog

grammy rant

the heat of the nightwas surely STRONGERhoweverI am not sure why it is so difficultfor everyone to see that this song is a collaboration Kanye AND Daft fucking Punk performing"Stronger" Daft Punk's fi...
Posted by robal on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:22:00 PST

on dating

The dating game has changed so much in recent years. Unfortunately for us, it has become more of a game than ever before. Technology has all but forgotton old-fashioned romance and courtship. Rather t...
Posted by robal on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:03:00 PST

judge

I will be a judge at this year's M.E.A.N.Y. Fest at the Knitting Factory on 12/29. It's gonna be a blast! Come down, say hello, and watch some rock n roll. Check out the site. I am so stoked. And I'm ...
Posted by robal on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:39:00 PST

Top Shows of 2007

There were far too many ridiculous shows this year to possibly list here and far too many beautiful memories to include along with them... but here is the best I can do. The greatest, rowdiest, liveli...
Posted by robal on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:12:00 PST

Top Songs of 2007

What is up people! Its been another incredible year for music, and another awful year for the music industry. But we're still truckin along doin all we can to get by - all for the love of the gam...
Posted by robal on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:56:00 PST

Top Albums of 2007

Ahhhh reflection... like we do every year at this time... bring out the Top of '07 Lists. Let us begin with my favorite records of the year. Yes, of course I missed a few, and NO, of course we can't i...
Posted by robal on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:50:00 PST

crabby

Cancer Horoscope for week of December 13, 2007 Are your cohorts looking at you quizzically, wondering why you seem so energized from exploring the shadowy, off-limits places? I'll offer some suggesti...
Posted by robal on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:26:00 PST

charity: water

Saw a presentation by Scott this evening. It touched me, to say the very least. Touched me to the point that I can not seem to think about anything else right now. And I'm sure this feeling is not goi...
Posted by robal on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:35:00 PST

synthesize me

this is in honor of it being Friday...and not a moment too soon.have an epic weekend everyone. xo...
Posted by robal on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:02:00 PST

sick

well. autumn is here. came in with a bang this weekend. went from sweating profusely on the subway platform to ffffreezing without a jacket sat night. and it has caught up with me. sitting at work fee...
Posted by robal on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:53:00 PST