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Bobby Bobson

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About Me

I am Bob. I play in a band, Ready Steady Go!. http://www.myspace.com/readysteadygo
I also write stuff for dcska.com, and put on shows in baltimore/dc area. I taught math and english for one year and just decided it was not for me. Right now I'm searching for to find something I like to do in a world where a lot of people settle for doing things they do not like to do. I dig alot of different things.
I have been called a music snob by a couple people but I really do like alot of different types of music. My music collection varies from the Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Max Romeo, I-Roy, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Dr. Ring Ding, King Django, Morrisey, Ducky Boys, Rancid, Ted Leo, The Clash, Pogues, Young Pioneers, Specials, Jam, Tom Waits, Elvis Presly, Rolling Stones, Link Wray, Lee Perry, Al Green, Wilson Pickett, etc. I like live music and go to alot of shows. I am known to frequent fine drinking establishments from time to time.I just began hosting an ska/reggae podcast dedicated to Jamaican music. Mobtown Ska Sounds.http://www.rudeindc.com/mobtownI also constantly mis-spell common words like "wierd", "wensday", and some other words I cannot remember right now.

My Interests

Writing, Reading, Music, Language, Rocking, all that great stuff. Recently my main addicitions have been playing poker, buying massive amounts of reggae music, and reading weird/bizzare nonfiction books about aliens or occult.

I'd like to meet:

Trailer Park Boys, Smart people, people who love Baltimore, reggae heads, fellow djs, good bands that play good music, writers, people that live life without any regrets or hesitations.

Music:

All types and flavors of Jamaican music like ska, reggae, rocksteady, dub, roots, early dancehall. Traditional ska and reggae. I also enjoy a number of different types of music like punk rock, rock n roll garage, northern soul, power pop, rockabilly, some hardcore.Too many bands to list but I will try to name a couple : The Clash, Specials, Delroy Wilson, Max Romeo, Lone Ranger, Prince Jazzbo, Niney, Aggrovators, Derrick Morgan, Alton Ellis, Elvis Costello, Rolling Stones, Jam, Aggrolites, EST, Pietasters, King Django, Ted Leo and the P/X, Ducky Boys, Jackie Mittoo, John Holt, Lee Perry, Cornel Campbell, Madness, Pogues, the Mohawks, Judge Dread, Slackers, Rancid, the Smiths, Minor Threat, Black Flag, Mike Park, TSPO, Dr. Ring Ding, Pama International, Go Jimmy Go, Deals Gone Bad, too many more to list...

Movies:

300, Garden State, Kill Bill, Coffee and Cigarettes, Fast Time at Ridgemont High, Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Swingers, Lost in Translation, Trainspotting, V for Vendetta, Lock Stock and two smoking barrels, Snatch, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Caddy Shack, High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, Pulp Fiction, Royal Tennebaums, Clerks, Kingpin, Big Lebowski, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Quadrophenia, Better Off Dead, Say Anything, Goodfellas, Office Space, Breakfast Club, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Godfather Trilogy, Kill Bill 1&2, True Romance, Rudeboy, Spinal Tap, Resevoir Dogs, the Harder They Come, Rockers, Old Elvis Movies, Ocean 11 (original), good indie films, cheesy horror movies, and some more which i can not remember.

Television:

TPB, Rome, Poker, Scrubs, The Simpsons, Family Guy, 30 Rock, Daily Show, the Office, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Adult Swim, Conan O Brian, Deadwood, Arrested Development, Reno 911, Nip Tuck, The Shield, etc.

Books:

As of late anything nonfiction and Charles Bukowski.Kerouac's: On the Road, Dharma Bums, Maggie Cassidey, Mexico City Blues,
Poetry by Frank O'Hara, Sonnets by Ted Berrigan, Beat Poetry, George Oppen, New York School, LANGUAGE Poets
Rum Diary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Metamorphosis, Fear of Dreaming (Jim Carroll), Wasteland, Anything by Hemingway, HST, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, Chuck Palahniuk, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Poe.
Anything about ska, reggae, punk, hardcore, etc.
Anything that may alter your perception.

Heroes:

Jerry Damners, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer.

My Blog

I Almost Died

Well I wasn't that drunk...For some reason I woke up at 5am. I woke up having to go to the bathroom. I felt pretty dis oriented because I was still half asleep. Each footstep just seemed to come wi...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:26:00 PST

deejay for hire

So I have decided I need some sort of steady gig in Baltimore for djing.  I have numerous people doing nights throughout the city and well I really need to put some effort in building up some gig...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:28:00 PST

the text swallows you

The words on the page don't do justice to what I have to say but I read on continuing to be lost in some deluge of worldliness that I can only have in front of me. Peering in my eyes the reflection o...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:40:00 PST

Bobby Babylon vs the World

This past week/weekend I've found myself distracted exploring the wonderful world of garage band. Crafting classic Jamaican riddims with modern programs. Manipulating them, reducing them, expanding ...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:20:00 PST

The Writing Process

Lately as some of you may know I have had a surge of writing.  I have a blog where I post some of my rough copy poems.  But the process is always changing, growing, and being adjusted. ...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:11:00 PST

things that suck...

1.  getting into car accidents. 2. getting into car accidents that wreck your car. 3. getting into car accidents that force you to wait 8 hours at the hospital. 4.  getting into a car acc...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:16:00 PST

I'm Waiting For the Day

Oh gosh Pet Sounds never seems to leave my stereo at home.  But some other new records I just got... v/a From G.G.'s reggae Hit Stable Muzik City Presents Solid Gold from the Vaults volume 2 Prin...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:24:00 PST

Reggae Got More Soul 9/15

Another night another show   w/ Eastern Standard Time, Ruder Than You, and the John Hardy Boys.  The first one was fun and peope turned out but lets pack the place tomorrow and nice up the d...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:10:00 PST

Reggae Got Soul!

I am not quite sure what guided me into thinking about promoting, organizing, and booking shows again.  I think the last show I set up in Baltimore was probably a year ago or so.   This...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:39:00 PST

Job Hunt and Searching for a Purpose

Searching for jobs can really get you down.  If you (over)think the way you write a resume.  You sum up your life onto one page.  Summarize years and years of things in a couple words.&...
Posted by Bobby Bobson on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:37:00 PST