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Ryan Shakman

The shroud of the Dark Side has fallen

About Me

"I've been in this town so long that back in the city I've been taken for lost and gone and unknown for a long long time."

My Interests

-Record Shopping
-Getting Wacky
-Writing Music/Songs
-Playing Guitar/Piano
-Dinosaurs/Time Machines
-Riding my Bicycle
-Star Wars
-Flying Saucer hunting
-Prop making/Set design
-laying on my floor listining to records

I'd like to meet:

Well if my Time Machine worked then I would love to go back to 1966 and trip balls with Brian Wilson. Paul Ruebens would be a treat too. Other then that, I've met everyone that I've wanted to.

Music:



-WEEZER(R.I.P)
-The Beatles
-The Beach Boys (62-67)
-1920's Ragtime
-Puccini
-Roy Orbison
-Brian Wilson (solo)
-John Denver
-Richie Valens
-Buddy Holly
-Velvet Underground
-Lou Reed (solo)
-Han (Solo)
-Max Rebo
-Elton John
-The Rentals
-Keane
-Phil Spector
-John Lennon (solo)
-Some Disco. Not Panic at the!
-Tenacious D
-CCS
-Fleetwood Mac
-The Monkees
-Loving Spoonful
-Rufus Wainwright
-Tony Clifton
-Mitch and Mickey
-The Folksmen
-Joy Division
-ELO
-Orb
-Queen
-Cole Porter
-Abba
-Strawberry Alarm Clock
-Herman's Hermits
-Nirvana
-The Mamas and the Papas
-The Cranberries
-Calamine
-Paul Williams
-Portishead
-Elvis
-Spinal Tap
-REM
-Slim Whitman

Movies:

Films by:
-Christopher Guest
-Wes Anderson
-David Lynch
-Kevin Smith
-Woody Allen
-Martin Scorsesse

-STAR WARS

Television:

-Discovery Channel
-History Channel
-Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
-Futurama
-Human Giant
-Free Radio
-Family Guy
-Just Shoot Me
-Scrubs
-Meerkat Manor
-Lemur show
-T.G.I.F lineup (88-96)
-Pee Wee's Playhouse
-Weeds
-Bullshit with Penn and Teller
-Ren & Stimpy
-Denver the last Dinosaur
-Widget the World Watcher
-David the Gnome
-Maya the Bee
-Noozles
-The Little Bits
-Ed Sulliven
-Late Night with Conan O'Brian
-Ufo programs
-Documentaries
-Reno 911
-South Park
-Project Runway
-Salute your shorts
-Pinwheel
-Doug (orig)
-Pinky and the Brain
-Land of the Lost (orig)
-Cory in the House!
-Clone Wars vol. 1&2
-Camp Candy
-Inspector Gadet

Books:

-Jurassic Park
-The Lost World
-Catcher in the Rye
-The Time Machine

Those are the few I've really enjoyed as novels, other than that I enjoy reading a variety of books of different topics, Egypt, Stonehenge, Flying Saucers, Bigfoot!, The mysteries of life, Astronomy, Astrology, Native American culture, Books about Musicians, movies, Biogrophies, etc...you know, the kind of books Shaun doesnt read, right Shaun?

Heroes:


My Blog

Jawa Swapmeet

Haggleday, or the Great swap meet, was a festival observed by the Jawa species, and the most important event on the Jawa calendar. Half-celebration and half business exchange, Haggleday would bring sa...
Posted by Ryan Shakman on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:05:00 PST

The Complexities of Skittles

I sat on the couch next to my little brother and his "Juggalo" friend watching King of the Hill. After watching a few episodes I started noticing the Skittles commercial with the man on the cloud sell...
Posted by Ryan Shakman on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:24:00 PST

Time Travel

Today I have experienced the wonder of Time Travel, Today at 1:59 I looked at my cell phone to call for my lunch break and as I looked at the time it said 2:01 then a series of three flashes occurred ...
Posted by Ryan Shakman on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:44:00 PST

Weezers Pinkerton as a roadmap for life

There are two types of break ups- The kind that hurts for a while but you get over it, and the kind that completely changes your life, destroys your soul and breaks your heart leaving you changed fore...
Posted by Ryan Shakman on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST