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Ryan O

Tomorrow is a king-sized drag.

About Me

My name is Ryan, and I am a rageaholic.
Webcam show is on hiatus. We'll be back at some point in the future.
Send band requests to my music page and I will add you back (assuming that we have some common influences, or there is another logical reason to do so).

My Interests

70's movies, laserdiscs, writing and recording music, chewing the kernels of grit from the rind, agitating fundamentalists, watching bad Italian horror movies with Cecy, architecture, nature, alcohol, space travel, rock 'n' roll...

Music:

I HATE ALL BANDS. Except for:

The Fall, Can, Sonic Youth, Electric Light Orchestra, The Bob Seger System, The Wedding Present, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Husker Du, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Fleetwood Mac, Misfits, Current 93, early Queen, XTC, Sloan, Teenage Fanclub, Rollerskate Skinny, The Verve, Pavement, British Sea Power, Mission of Burma, The Beatles, 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson, Outrageous Cherry, early Jethro Tull and Genesis, Sly and the Family Stone, Ween, Neil Young, The Stooges, P.I.L., Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Mary Chain, Telescopes, Ride, Elysian Fields, Guided By Beers, The Kinks, Old 97s, Firewater, Idaho, Roxy Music, Bowie, Big Star, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, Urge Overkill, Superchunk, Versus, Red House Painters, Spoon, Lilys, New Radiant Storm King, Sons & Daughters, Captain Beefheart, Pond, Cheap Trick, Buzzcocks, Spindrift, Serge Gainsbourg, Joy Division, X, Uncle Tupelo, Brian Eno, Joan Jett, Lush, Queens of the Stone Age, Miles Davis, SeBADoh, Dinosaur, Dylan, The Dils, The Dears, The Clash, The Darkness, The Steve Jackson Five, Craig and the Lipsticks, Rage Against Dabney Coleman, New Planet Trampoline, The It Men, 70s glam, prog and power pop, 80s and 90s indie rock, 60s soul and garage.

Movies:


Bring me the bore worms!

This Is Spinal Tap, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heavy Traffic, Harold & Maude, Office Space, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Filth and the Fury, Decline of the Western Civilization Pt. 1, Avenging Disco Godfather, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Thing, Re-Animator, From Beyond, An American Werewolf in London, Return of the Living Dead, Serenity, C.H.U.D., Shivers, Night of the Creeps, Monster Squad, Flash Gordon (1980), Wizards, Coonskin/Street Fight, Reform School Girls ('80s), Animal House, Weird Science, Jaws, Galaxy Quest, Possession (80s), Rocky Horror Picture Show, Alien

Television:

Deadwood, Arrested Development, Mr. Show, Kids in the Hall, The State, Sifl'n'Olly, Firefly

Books:

I just read reference books and rock bios. Sorry.

Heroes:

eh

My Blog

Add Swervedriver to your frenz (and help me get free stuff)

I'm trying to win some tickets to see Swervedriver in San Diego. If you like this band, send them a friend request and tell them I sent you. Please include my URL in the text of your message por favor...
Posted by Ryan O on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:15:00 PST

Swervedriver Returns!

I was pretty bummed out to learn that Madonna is being inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame. Just when I thought rock was dead for sure, and was preparing to snuff it for good, a carrier pigeon ...
Posted by Ryan O on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:39:00 PST

Watch this instead.

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Posted by Ryan O on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:19:00 PST

TV Nerd Alert: Best Celebrity Sighting Ever!

Saturday we went to the festival of scarey trailers at midnight at the New Beverly Cinema. The first person I saw when we got in line was the guy who played George Michael on Arrested Development. Aft...
Posted by Ryan O on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:25:00 PST

Grunge Pedal

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Posted by Ryan O on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 12:38:00 PST

Sex, Blood, and Exploding Slugs

This will be published in the next issue of Entertainment Today. I had to go back and add tons of punctuation that magically disappeared when I put this in the blog. So if there's something missing....
Posted by Ryan O on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:46:00 PST

Husker Fucking Du!

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Posted by Ryan O on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:24:00 PST

Live in L.A.

(Note: I'm too lazy to post links, but I think most of these bands are on my friends list if you're interested.) Winter Psych Meltdown by Ryan OrvisL.A. has always had a psychedelic music scene in on...
Posted by Ryan O on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:50:00 PST

It's official: music was better in the 90's.

Irrefutable proof . Compare this list to any "best of" list now. I dare you to prove how Devandra Banhart or Death Cab for Cutie are as good or relevant as anything on this list. How did indie music g...
Posted by Ryan O on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:23:00 PST

I have prepared a quiz for you

In googling my username, I was confronted by the dark spectre of my nerd-core past. Case in point, the quizzes. These are actually pretty cool, if I may say so...take them now! http://quizilla.com/...
Posted by Ryan O on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:04:00 PST