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my two boyos are my heart, but deep down in my blackened little soul it's rock and roll from start to finish; glam and trashy glitter, gutter rebel punk and hard street rock. Pirate, gypsy, roustabout, lover, gambler, cheat, husband, father, son and brother. I have been known to enjoy world travel, good food, unreasonable amounts of wine, all forms of art and taking in the odd book when the time allows. I prefer conversation based on leftist politics and steeped in anti fashion, but my ultimate passion is studying american pop culture as an anthropology course....

Music:

Dust My Broom, Route 66, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Rocket 88, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Velvet Underground, mid period "exile on main street" Stones, Rod w/ the Faces, Queen, Lou Reed, Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Stooges, Suzi Quatro, MC5, TRex, Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy, and the NY Dolls to Johnny Thunders, the Damned, The Saints, The Pistols, Dead Boys and The Ramones; I like it all if it comes wrapped in attitude and old black leather, smells like sex and cheap beer and kicks yer fuckin' ass before you even get it to the turntable. ( if yer comin' over to party, don't forget The Babysitters, The Fallen Angels, ACDC (up to "back in black"), Hanoi Rocks, Motorhead, Rose Tattoo, Smack, The Hives, The Cramps, The Lords of the New Church, The Gears, TSOL and The Joneses too!!)

Movies:

Stones "Cocksucker Blues" "Harold and Maude" "The Punk Rock Movie" "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" Monty Python & The Holy Grail Monty Python "Life of Brian" "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" "Animal House" "the Decline of Western Civilization pt 1" The Clash "Westway to the World" any by Almodovar

Television:

KILL YOUR TELEVISION

Books:

The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones - Stanley Booth; Revolt Into Style - The Pop Arts - George Melly; I Need More - Iggy Pop; Englands Dreaming - John Savage; Please Kill Me- Legs McNeil; From the Velvets to the Voidoids - Clinton Heylin; We Got The Neutron Bomb - Brendan Mullen; Make The Music Go Bang - Don Snowden; Fucked Up and Photo Copied - Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement - Ray Turcotte; A Cooks Tour - Anthony Bourdain;any and all by Peter Mayle

My Blog

Meet The Legendary Hillside Wranglers

Greetings and thank you kindly for taking the time to read up on my little corner of the internet. For the uninitiated, my mama calls me Kurt M. Ross, but most of my friends call me Rash. I am ...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:32:00 PST

Hands on the Wheel

At a time when the world seems to be spinnin' hopelessly out of control,There's deceivers an' believers an' old in-betweeners,That seem to have no place to go.Well, it's the same old song, it's right ...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:27:00 PST

The Phone Call

...hello? mom? yes...Kurt, is that you? it's after midnight! I know..I'm sorry about that but this can't wait. Look, this college thing - I hope you don't mind, and I am sure Pops will understand...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:33:00 PST

Jet Rash - The Interview....

I am honored to have been interviewed for www.punkrockreview.org's "legend's of punk" page. I'm in some seriously deep company, and very touched that they asked me to be part of it......
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:53:00 PST

Looks Like I'm Gonna Be Stuck Here The Whole Summer..

..Well, What a BUMMER!! The Inland Empire summer beats down on you less like a seasonal weather cycle and more like a WWF grudge match. Unrelenting, inescapable heat that jabs into your skull lik...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:54:00 PST

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! THE GREATEST BANDS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF, PT III!!

THE LIPSTICK KILLERS I don't know much about The Lipstick Killers, other than they were Australian and were produced by Radio Birdman's Dennis Tek. To be totally honest, had I not attended (begr...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:36:00 PST

You Lost Me at Zeppelin - confessions of the rank outsider

Maybe it's the spring / soul cleaning I have been doing since Monday - about 20 solid years worth of reflecting through files and files and piles and piles of the paper trail. All of you band members,...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:56:00 PST

Father & Son

Hey Pop, I didn't forget about you - you know how it goes, I know you do. I watched in awe as you struggled, juggled and micro managed a family of five with hardly breaking a sweat. Of al...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:06:00 PST

Waitin' on a Friend....

I first met Johny Huber sometime in the 7th - 8th grade, circa 1974 -75. We were both in Boy Scouts, if that isn't the funniest fucking thing you have ever heard of. Our initial meeting took place in ...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:02:00 PST

Before We Go Any Further, Let's Get a Couple of Things Straight

Ok, so you found me on myspace. Congratulations. Really... but before you hit that "add me" button, have you taken the time to snoop about my page? You know, read some blogs, look at the pics, et...
Posted by Kurt Matthew Ross on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:31:00 PST