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Robert Shaw

I am here for Friends

About Me

"A witty saying proves nothing" --Voltaire

Right now I am listening to:

My Interests

Keeping it rock-based.

I'd like to meet:

Barney Stinson, Joss Whedon, Billy Petersen, Ian McEwan

Music:

The Darkness, Kenickie, J Xaverre, Kevin Rowland, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Divine Comedy, Astrid, Idlewild, Ash, Silver Sun, The Samurai Seven, British Whale, Spinal Tap, the soundtrack to 'A Mighty Wind', Van Halen (but not Van Hagar), David Holmes, Buzzcocks, Grand Drive, Danny George Wilson, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, David Devant And His Spirit Wife, Carfax, Mr Solo, Arab Strap, Lucky Pierre, Malcolm Middleton, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, Do Make Say Think, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mt Zion, Sigur Ros, Tortoise, Boards Of Canada, The Chemical Brothers, Outkast, Jurassic 5, Al Green, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, The Faces, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Paul McCartney & Wings, Manic Street Preachers, Mansun, Lightning Seeds, AC/DC, Journey, Aerosmith, Drive By Truckers, The Dirtbombs, Primal Scream, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Clash, Ben Folds, Aztec Camera, Roddy Frame, Cousteau, Super Furry Animals, Weezer, Fountains of Wayne.

Movies:

Serenity, This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, Reservoir Dogs, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl (fuck the haters), Annie Hall, Everyone Says I Love You, Smoke, Fight Club, 28 Days Later, The Wicker Man, The Italian Job, Alfie, The Ipcress File, Get Carter, The Limey, Out Of Sight, Ocean's Eleven, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Sting, Shaun Of The Dead, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Grosse Point Blank, Swingers, Withnail & I, Anchorman.

Television:

CSI Crime Scene Investigation, CSI Miami, CSI New York, House, How I Met Your Mother, Bones, The Shield, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Veronica Mars, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, QI, Grand Designs, Match of the Day.

Books:

Viz's Profanisaurus Rex, David Lee Roth's autobiography 'Crazy From The Heat', and anything and everything by Ian McEwen, Douglas Coupland, Paul Auster, Stephen Fry, Bill Bryson, Colin Bateman, Frederick Forsyth and, last but by no means least, Douglas Adams. Also the CSI novelisations by Max Allan Collins and the Temperance Brennan novels by Kathy Reichs.

Heroes:

Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Ed Graham, Francis Poullain-Patterson and Richie Edwards

My Blog

Up C Down C

Three years after I heard them on Xfm and thought they were Mogwai and a year after I bought their record, I finally went to see them live tonight. My ears are ringing, and they are as good as their r...
Posted by Robert Shaw on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:32:00 PST

New homepage at TheDarknessRock.com

The god-like design genius that is Vetdesigner aka Silvia and I put the finishing touches on a new homepage at www.thedarknessrock.com late last night. It's just the one page for now, but who knows wh...
Posted by Robert Shaw on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:16:00 PST

The new Idlewild album 'Make Another World'

...is sen-fucking-sational! I'm a bit reluctant to describe it - as others have - as a return to form, as I ADORED Warnings/Promises, but this is a seriously  good record.Part of the pleasure is almost...
Posted by Robert Shaw on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:50:00 PST

My iTunes Analysis

Saw this on someone else Adam's last.fm page and stole it.Yes.13213 songs, 37.7 days total play time, 68.63GBSorted by Song Title:first = Lemon Jelly - '64 aka Golast = Throbbing Gristle  Zyclon B Zo...
Posted by Robert Shaw on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:58:00 PST

It is a perfect... blog!

The return of Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners is the best thing to have happened all year. Thank you, The Guardian Review on Friday. Rarely have I typed a website URL so quickly. The demo ...
Posted by Robert Shaw on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:28:00 PST