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Bob Colby

About Me

Longtime fan of various Boston-area bands, lover of great music, film, art (especially graphic design and typography) and literature, none of which I'm any good at. I do think I snap a decent pic now and then (you can judge that for yourself at bobcolby.com).Past ventures include FRENZY! rock fanzine, Readercon (literary SF conference, see www.readercon.org) and TypeCon (conference for typographic aficianados, see www.typesociety.org). The first of these is long-dead, the last two are up and running under new management.

My Interests

Music:

Rock/Pop/etc. (this is extremely incomplete, and roughly chronological): Beatles, Brian Wilson, Kinks, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Byrds, Left Banke, Love, Who, Doors, Pearls Before Swine, Velvets, Procol Harum, Nico, Captain Beefheart, MC5, Stooges, Syd Barrett, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman, New York Dolls, Roxy Music, Sparks (pre-disco), Todd Rundgren, Big Star, Eno (pre-ambient), John Cale, Patti Smith, Real Kids, Dictators, Flamin' Groovies, Pere Ubu, Ramones, Atlantics, Sex Pistols, Clash, Buzzcocks, Stranglers, Dead Boys, Ultravox (John Foxx version), X Ray Spex, Wire, La Peste, Neighborhoods, Magazine, Thrills, Willie Alexander, Elvis Costello, Unnatural Axe, Soft Boys/Robyn Hitchcock, Cramps, Lyres, Classic Ruins, Christmas, Thalia Zedek (Dangerous Birds/Uzi/Come), Mission of Burma, Tommy Keene, X, Proletariat, Kenne Highland, Minutemen, Sorry, Salem 66, Throwing Muses, Sonic Youth, Volcano Suns, Prime Movers, Big Black, Big Dipper, Richard Barone, Linda Viens (many incarnations), Pixies, Nirvana, Pavement, Beck, Public Enemy, SF Seals/Barbara Manning, Kudgel, Helium/Mary Timony, Trona, Cherry 2000, Morphine, Fuzzy, Muffs, Kostars, Twig, Malachite, Bevis Frond, Elliott Smith, Mary Lou Lord, Jawbox, Cheater Slicks, Red Aunts, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Liz Phair, Aimee Mann, Geraldine Fibbers, Babyfat, Guided By Voices, Leah Callahan (Turkish Delight/Betwixt/solo/Glass Set), Sleater-Kinney, The Naysayer, Versus, Richard Buckner, Shannonwright, Consonant, Dresden Dolls, My Own Worst Enemy, Paula Kelley, Blacklisted, Downbeat 5, The Dents, The Konks, The Rudds, The Crybabies, Andrea Gillis, The Black Clouds, The Silver LiningJazz: I'll tell you later.

Television:

Too much of it... House, 24, Frontline, Smallville, Nova, Family Guy, L Word, My Name Is Earl, The Office, How I Met Your Mother

My Blog

Changes at bobcolby.com

For the last couple of years anyone typing in "bobcolby.com" got my old "HomePage" site from 2002, which lacked a link to anything I've done since. I now have learned just enough in "iWeb" (part of Ap...
Posted by Bob Colby on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:28:00 PST

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Here's a little bit of nothing to pass the time while I''m trying to figure out how this all works.
Posted by Bob Colby on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:34:00 PST