The Abominable Dr. Gironimi

About Me

Well, I'm a taurus...aw, who the fuck cares?
As you can see from the pictures, I'm not what is generally considered "aesthetically pleasing." Sometimes, I like to pretend I care. Other times, I just listen to Mercyful Fate.
I'm big on talking about things no one cares about. Here's a useless fact: Iron Maiden's "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" is my favorite album ever. After reading that sentence, you now know everything you need to know about me. But will that stop me from typing? .
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No. No it won't
I drive a late 80's Mercury Topaz, which is not all that impressive until you factor in the Punisher Skull on the hood and the 13 exhaust pipes (12 of them are fake, but I'll never tell which 12). I used to roll on spinners, but most of them decided to jettison themselves from the badassedness of the Blasphemobile, so now I roll on spinner.
As you may or may not know, I'm also the guitarist/songwriter for All Hallow's Evil . If you are so inclined, we have a veritable assload of songs available for download from our website, www.allhallowsevil.org (check out a preview track from our next album here ). We also have a Myspace music account at www.myspace.com/allhallowsevil . Check us out if you get a chance. Then maybe I can validate all that time I spent making those albums.
People have told me that they think I have an anger problem, but those people are wrong. I have a problem with things pissing me off. If everything would just stop pissing me off, I'd be fine.
For those that are interested, the reason I put "other" in the religion section is because "Odinic Death Cult" is not an option.
Also, when I die I want to make sure my heart explodes out of my chest and takes out at least one other person. I don't want them to call a cardiologist...I want a ballistics expert on the scene
Well, that's all horribly charming now, isn't it?

My Interests

My main interests are music, the old Universal Monster films and hoping for people to get hit by the ghost train. That's a train that hits people I hate when they least expect it. They could be sitting on the toilet or at Sunday morning mass when BAM!!!...smoked by the ghost train. Ghost trains don't need tracks bitch!

I'd like to meet:

Girls who are easily impressed, preferably by long hair and mediocre musicianship. I know, I'm screwed.

Music:

I used to listen exclusively to metal, but ever since the day I heard Arcturus' "La Masquerade Infernale", my musical tastes have taken some bizarre turns. Anathema, My Dying Bride, The Haunted, Emperor, Cemetary, Porcupine Tree, Coil, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrman, In The Woods..., Borknagar, Agalloch, KISS, Antimatter, Wolverine, Queensryche, King Diamond, Ulver (both new and old), Manes...things of that ilk. I also imagine it's worth noting that I think the run of Alice Cooper group albums from "Love it to Death" through "Billion Dollar Babies" are the finest examples of true rock music and attitude ever caught on tape (thought that's not to say I don't enjoy the other ACG albums or Alice's solo work...just that I find the four albums I've singled out to be works of staggering brilliance).

Movies:

Halloween is my favorite film ever made, but I have an almost unhealthy obsession with the Univeral Monster films. Thought I generally prefer things to be dark, I'm am interested in all forms of brilliance captured on film. If you want to know more...well, you probably don't. But if you did, feel free to ask me what I think of something (one time I accidently watched the newer remake of "House of Wax"...my brain still hasn't forgiven me and has henceforth been making me dumber by the day. That'll teach me to watch crap). However, I do have a bizarre affinity for all filmed iterations of the Batman franchise (except of course, for those horrible Schumacher films...I'd rather watch the old serials).

Television:

The US version of "The Office" has become appointment television, as has "The Wire". I also love "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report". As for the ever popular Adult Swim, I find "The Venture Bros." to be fantastically scripted and "Squidbillies" has never once failed to make me laugh out loud (I still say that the episode where Early wears his donkey erection hat is my favorite 11 minutes of television ever).

Books:

Lately most of my reading seems to center on biographies of horror movie stars and directors, though I enjoy books of all forms. Some particular favorites include: "Cat's Cradle", "His Dark Materials", "Frankenstein", "Watchmen", "Batman: The Long Halloween", "Batman: Dark Victory", "The Hellbound Heart", "The World According to Garp" and pretty much anything withing reaching distance.

Heroes:

Galactus. He eats worlds.

My Blog

Top Ten Albums of 2006

While I may be a little early with my top ten this year, it's only because I totally phoned it in. Feel free to tear it apart. 1. Wolverine - Still After the excellent Cold Light of Monday album, I wa...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:46:00 PST

Laser Guided Kill Missle

One time Andy, Tom and I made a rap video about robots coming down to Earth and injecting everyone with botox (or in this case, robotox). We entered it into a contest, but apparently we're the only o...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:56:00 PST

Bitches Love Wicker...

They no longer make films like Robin Hardy's 1973 classic The Wicker Man. Ask 3 people who've seen it to tell you what they thought of it and it's very likely that you will get 3 different opinions. ...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:27:00 PST

At least they aren't protesting the Konami code

Those of you who made the trip to a local cineplex this weekend probably had to cross a picket line to get there. It turns out that a movie directed by Richie Cunningham and starring that guy from "B...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Mon, 22 May 2006 09:05:00 PST

On childhood and disappointment

While doing my bi-annual cleaning of my room, I stumbled across some childhood pictures of myself. Going through the stack, I couldn't help but feel saddened by the way I've let my parents down....
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:51:00 PST

In Praise of "Slither"

I make it a point to only review movies I hate, because I learned a long time ago that me talking about how great something is just doesn't entertain in the same way that me teeing off on somet...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 09:20:00 PST

V Rant: Continued

Someone somewhere decided I wasn't nearly pissed off enough at the movie version of "V for Vendetta", so they made "Unmasked: The V for Vendetta MTV movie special". I won't go into extreme detail, bu...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:56:00 PST

A Public Apology to Mr. Alan Moore...

I owe Alan Moore a public apology. He did his best to warn everyone that his work could not be translated to film. Hell, he even made a rather public display of his dislike for the "V for Vendetta" ...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:43:00 PST

California Screamin'...

The Scene: California Pizza Kitchen The Players: Andy Forbes, Tom Forbes, and others who probably don't want their names associated with these piece. They have been respectfully omitted. The Verdict...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:25:00 PST

Video Venom 2/21/2006 - Wicked Stych

Okay, this week's "Video Venom" is going to take a little work on your part, but Andy and I promise it will be worth your while. We should also probably note that if your viewing this at work, some p...
Posted by The Abominable Dr. Gironimi on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:16:00 PST