Matt Raub: He Giveth and He Taketh Away

About Me

When I was a kid, my parents owned the largest chain of comic book stores in the country, so I kinda growing up with alot of Superman and Spider-Man stuff aroud me, and it's kinda in my blood now. Later, I got more into movies and TV, and the concept of being behind the camera, as well as in front of it.
When I was 13, I joined a radio talk show on WELI AM in New Haven as a kid co-host for the Jill Nesi Kid's hour. It was alot of fun, but mostly my first taste in the limelight, and I have been hooked since. In high school, I craved to entertain and wanted to include my interest in sports, so I trained to become a professional wrestler. After a year of training, and a llaundry list of medical injuries, I donned the name "BS Eddy Valentine" and was a pro-wrestler for a good 2 years up in the West Haven area. Later, a friend of mine who I had trained with died in the ring in a show up in Mass. I decided it was best to get out and not look back since.
Since then, I've been juggling a educational career in the film production field, and working for a few local radio stations. I currently work for promotions at 95.9 The Fox/96.7 The Coast here in Norwalk, and I'm on the air 5 nights a week from midnight to 5 on 95.9 The Fox. Also, I'm on STAR 99.9 from 3am to 6am Saturday nights.
Also, as more of an experience type of deal, I write movie and tv reviews for ComicMix.com. I also come in to do the occasional audio reviews for the podcast. Seems to be picking up steam, and I get to go to free movies, so I dig it.
Finally, I'm a karaoke junkie, kinda sad, i know. But I used to go alot, now I go every now and then with Starry Eyes and E-Mac. It's a good time, just expect a whole bunch of 80's songs from your's truly...
Seems like I'm hooked on being in the limelight, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. All-in-all, I just live by one rule: No Regrets. And that's gotten me pretty damn far.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I have no expectations in joining this site. I have my own site at MattRaub.com and I guess I'm just poking around here on MySpace to see who I can suck into my web of networking. Not really looking for a date here, which includes any "long term relationships". But I am up for anybody who is willing to just say hi.
Which Superhero Are You?:
You are Mattman Mattman 100% Superman 95% Hulk 90% Green Lantern 75% The Flash 75% Iron Man 75% Wolverine 60% Spider-Man 60% Animal Man 50% Batman 35% The Spectre 30% You are ill-mannered, a badass,
strong and you love to help women...to the bedroom...giggidy.
Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

My Blog

Rob Zombie’s Halloween

It feels like just yesterday that the summer blockbuster season was here, but I suppose we've already moved on from there and straight into that time of year when thriller/horror movies come out of th...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:39:00 GMT

Harry Potter 5 Review

I just came out of a screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth installment of the series, and before I go spouting off my likes and dislikes, I wanted to forewarn anybody readi...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:42:00 GMT

Live Free or Die Hard Review

Well, after 12 years John McClain is back in full force with Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth sequel in the series, and the sixth sequel to come out this summer. I have to say going into the flick I ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:20:00 GMT

Transformers Review

When this summer hit, only one image popped into my head, and it wasn't a black spider, a drunk pirate, or a dorky kid with glasses. All I saw since day one was a semi truck that turned into a 50-foot...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:17:00 GMT

Fantastic Four 2 Review

OK, so here we go: it's the official midway point between the first and latter half of the Summer of Blockbusters. With last week's box office flop consisting of Ocean's 13 and Hostel Part 2, a sequel...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:37:00 GMT

Pirates 3 Review

So here we are, smack-dab in the middle of the unforgiving Summer Blockbuster Land of 2007, we've already got 300 Spartans, a few talking turtles, a spider, an ogre, and a whiney Kurt Russell under ou...
Posted by on Sat, 26 May 2007 11:27:00 GMT

Spidey 3 Review

So here we are, one day before the highest anticipated film of 2007, Spider-Man 3, gets released into a record 4,252 theaters. I, just like about a billion other fans, couldn't wait to see this flick,...
Posted by on Sat, 26 May 2007 11:24:00 GMT

Grindhouse Review

So Her I am, back again with more faux knowledge about moving pictures and the land that makes them. I wish this visit could be more joyful, seeing as how I my summer was based around seeing Grindhous...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:30:00 GMT

Contractual Agreements and an Illiterate

So, even though Sunday's blog had gotten me the most hits I've gotten in a good year, I was stupid and in my blind fury about losing the pop culture test, forgot that "little confidentiality clau...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:37:00 GMT

Borat = BOO! Lewis Black = YAY!!

So I just got a chance to see the light and dark sides of comedy today in finally viewing the "critically acclaimed" film Borat, and getting to sit about 30 feet from Lewis Black live from Stamford. ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:55:00 GMT