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Ryan McKee

I Will Believe Anything, So Long As I Don't Have to Think For Myself

About Me



My Interests

Comedy. Writing. Videos. My Computer. Traveling. Eating. Drinking. Totally Fucking Shit Up.

Photo taken from my MacBook Pro

Photo taken with my MacBook Pro

I'd like to meet:

THE NEW RON BABCOCK! CHECK OUT THE RON OFF

Music:

The Kinks (64 - 71)
The Pixies
The Stooges
Elliott Smith
The Hold Steady
Ted Leo
Public Enemy (Fear of a Black Planet)
Joy Division (and any band that rips them off, I'm looking at you Interpol)
Mishka Shubaly
Beat the Devil
Hank Williams
Guided By Voices
Johnny Cash
Devo
The Black Keys

Movies:

Favorites last year:
No Country For Old Men
King of Kong

All Time Favorites:
Rushmore
Welcome to the Dollhouse
The Graduate
Annie Hall
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Television:

The Office
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
30 Rock
Six Feet Under
Entourage
The Sopranos
Frisky Dingo

Books:

Just Read:
The Dirt
Red Queen
Stumbling On Happiness
Conversations with Kafka
Born Standing Up
What is the What

My Blog

My Junior High Yearbook Is (Hilariously) Racist

The yearbook staff at Payson Junior High would give each homeroom a nickname for their class picture. The names changed each year depending on the staff. My eighth grade year, the staff loved allitera...
Posted by Ryan McKee on Sat, 03 May 2008 01:48:00 PST

My Geraldo Joke

by Ryan McKeeGeraldo Rivera, your friend and mine, just published His Panic. It's a landmark in not only race relations but clever wordplay. I'm happy for him, because his last three books really mis...
Posted by Ryan McKee on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:44:00 PST

Once Conspiracy

by Ryan McKeeI really enjoyed the music in Once, so I got the soundtrack. I listened to that on repeat for awhile and decided to get Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova's other album, as well as Hansar...
Posted by Ryan McKee on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:51:00 PST

I Keep Making Lists

by Ryan McKeeMy friend Emily Stone used to date the writer John Sellers, so I read his book on her recommendation. It's called Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life and now I can't stop ma...
Posted by Ryan McKee on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:01:00 PST

Douchebag in front row of the Ryan Adams concert proves his douchebagginess

by Ryan McKeeBackstoryWith my BA in English Literature and Summa Cum Laude honors, I landed a cush job at record store right out of college. There I listened to old punk rock on vinyl and snorted coca...
Posted by Ryan McKee on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:16:00 PST

A Myspace Fan

by Ryan McKee Compliment?I had a girl write me recently on Myspace and say, "I'm not sure why, but I like your videos." You're not sure why? They're two minute comedy videos. You're not going to appr...
Posted by Ryan McKee on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:41:00 PST