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Bob

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My Interests

Genre-bending art that pushes the envelope and creates new possibilities

I'd like to meet:

Cool people into music, films, art and partying.

Music:

Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Queens of the Stone Age, Amon Tobin, The Herbaliser, John Digweed, Arling and Cameron, Dubtribe Sound System, James Brown, Fela Kuti, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Joy Division, The Fall, XTC, Shriekback, Linkin Park, New Order, 808 State, Buck 65, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper(the group), Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Beck, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, Wings, Beethoven, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, Massey Hall Jazz Band(Parker, Gillespie, Mingus, Powell and Roach, 1955, one of Toronto's finest musical hours), Tom Waits, King Cobb Steelie, The Orb, Sisters of Mercy, NIN, This Mortal Coil, Bernard Herrmann, Jane Siberry, The Roots, Common, Keith Jarrett, Cat Stevens, Megadeth, Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, Talking Heads, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Roxy Music, Massive Attack, Ministry, Husker Du, The Ramones, Teenage Head, The Bop Cats, The Diodes, Scott Merritt, Matthew Good Band, The Tragically Hip, 54/40, Weezer, The Who, Pat Metheny, The Stooges, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Cream, The Rolling Stones, J.S.Bach, Jethro Tull, Yes, King Crimson, Genesis(with Gabriel), ELP, Santana, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams Sr., Eddy Cochrane, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley (early stuff), Little Richard, Chuck Berry, John Cale, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Juliana Hatfield, Prince, SIANspheric, Sneaker Pimps, Air, The Smiths, The Killers, Bruce Cockburn, The Cult, Linda Ronstadt, Yaz(oo), Starr Parodi, Infected Mushroom, N.E.R.D., Carey West, Esthero...

Movies:

Being John Malkovitch, Adaptation, Memento, Taxi Driver, Eraserhead, Citizen Kane, Desperado, El Mariachi, Diary of the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Spirited Away, Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Silver Streak, Last Year at Marienbad, Alphaville, Alien, Aliens, The Terminator, Terminator 2:Judgement Day, Psycho(1960), King Kong(original version), House of Sand and Fog, Sin City, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, The Piano, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Basic Instinct, Robocop, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The Stunt Man, The Ice Storm, Rashomon, Plan 9 From Outer Space, The Third Man, American Pie 1 & 2, Evil Dead 1 & 2, Re-Animator, Bride of Re-Animator, Basket Case, Shivers(They Came from Within), Rabid, The Brood, 28 Days Later, Jesus of Nazareth(TV), Star Wars(1977), The Empire Strikes Back, Dark Star, Parenthood, The Iron Monkey, Hard Boiled, The Killer, Our Man Flint, In Like Flint, The Chinese Connection, Enter the Dragon, Fargo, Yojimbo, Frankenstein(James Whale version), Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula(Todd Browning version), The Wolfman, An American Werewolf in London, The Howling, Boyz N the Hood, Freaks, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Graduate, Rebel without a Cause, The Blob(Steve McQueen version), A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Rock'N'Roll High School, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974), Look Who's Talking, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Thing(from another World)(1951), Splash, Trading Places, Animal House, Clerks, Slacker, Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Storytelling, Palindromes, Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future 1 & 2, Sex Lies and Videotape, Kafka, Traffic, American Beauty, The Usual Suspects, Sleuth, Altered States, 2001:A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Casino Royale(David Niven version), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Trouble with Harry, The Apartment, Bus Stop, The Cell, Risky Business, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 & 3, War of the Roses, Amadeus, Deliverance, Shallow Grave, Very Bad Things, The Big Chill, The Return of the Secaucus Seven(or anything by John Sayles), Phantom of the Paradise, The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover, Roger and Me, Comic Book Confidential, Crumb, The Thin Blue Line, The Night of the Living Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956 & 1978), Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Bite the Bullet, My Dinner with Andre, Last Tango in Paris, Princess Bride, It's a Wonderful Life, Dog Day Afternoon, The Devil's Advocate, Dead or Alive, Hostel, Broadcast News, The Player, Short Cuts, American Beauty, Up!, Clueless, Don Juan Demarco, The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming!, The Twelve Chairs, The Seventh Seal, Waking Life, Election ....

Television:

Battlestar Galactica (Current series, NOT the old seventies show), Seinfeld, LOST, Curb Your Enthusiasm, NBA basketball

Books:

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, The Once and Future King, Election, Breakfast of Champions, A Philosophical Investigation, Fight Club, Interview with the Vampire, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, To Die For, Ripper, Union Dues, The Anarchists' Convention, Brave New World, Point/Counter-Point, Heart of Darkness, The Lord of the Rings, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Age 13 3/4, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Any comic books or graphic novels by Alan Moore or Frank Miller. Anything by James M. Cain, Franz Kafka, John Steinbeck, Fyodor Dostoyevski, Hermann Hesse, Soren Kierkegaard, H.P. Lovecraft, or Thomas Hardy. The short stories of Ring Lardner and Raymond Carver. Any science fiction by Orson Scott Card or Philip K. Dick. The books of Clive Barker (especially Imajica, Books of Blood, and Weaveworld).

Heroes:

Swamp Thing :P

My Blog

Sukiyaki: A dissenting voice among the raves

This is my comment to the Midnight Madness blog for Sukiyaki Western Django at www.tiff07.ca/blogs: The critics may agree, but the film didn't do it for me... Leone's Leone, Tarantino's Tarantino and ...
Posted by Bob on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:16:00 PST

I’m Dyin’ Here!

Stuart Gordon, the infamous director of Re-Animator, screened his new film Stuck for his first audience at Midnight Madness this morning.  Starring Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea, the film is based ...
Posted by Bob on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:18:00 PST

I have seen the future of animation... and its name is Vexille!

Just saw the Japanese animated feature film Vexille at Midnight Madness this morning.  It is a beautifully and realistically animated sci-fi film in Japanese with English subtitles.  The vis...
Posted by Bob on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:57:00 PST

Remember when Horror movies were flat out FUN?

..> Body: Late breaking bulletin!:George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead had it's world premiere this morning as part of the Midnight Madness programme at the Toronto International Film Festival. T...
Posted by Bob on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:54:00 PST

QOTSA Secret Show

Okay, after being demoralized after the first Queens of the Stone Age giveaway party at the Bovine, I kept the faith somewhat (or the desperation), and I attended another such event at Velvet Undergro...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:36:00 PST

Molson Canadian SUCKS!

Well Molson Canadian hijacked one of my favourite bands of all time and held them for ransom to promote their particular brand of alcoholism!  I dutifully turned up at 6:45 pm for the "8:00 pm sh...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:46:00 PST

"Cool New People"

Okay, so I just joined MySpace... So what's up with the "Cool New People" on MySpace Canada?  It seems like there are only about 50 of them in rotation.  Some of them have not logged on...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:59:00 PST