About Me

Hi. I'm Ryan. The Anti-Hero. And I'm Awesome.

Anti-Hero (n): In fiction, a protagonist who is lacking the traditional heroic attributes and qualities, and instead possesses character traits that are antithetical to heroism.
There. We have that out of the way.
I'm a native Staten Islander. You probably didn't notice. That's because I spent four years in a deprogramming camp located somewhere in the Hudson Valley area.
I spent about six years living outside the Island, and now I'm back. Unfortunately.
I'm pretty awesome. I'm not sure if I mentioned that previously. I have a cadre of character traits that make zero to negative sense, a train of thought that has been off the rails for years, and I can fit in to almost any group/situation....from hardcore geeks to the notorious "Staten Island Guys". Not that I particularly want to fit into either one....but it's a skill that comes in handy.
One important thing about me: I Am A Podcaster. I am one of the hosts of The Anti-Semantic Show at anti.libsyn.com. You might think I'm an asshole by listening to my show...and you'd probably be somewhat right. But I'm using this as the vehicle to take me to Internet Asshole Stardom and the eventual advent of my being able to make money by being a prick and telling everyone in the world why my opinion is more right than theirs.
Other than the aforementioned information, I don't care enough to have a friggin essay here. If you're really interested, hit me up on AIM at TheTwiliteKid0. Or, if you're one of the more technologically savvy kids out there, you can call me on Skype at theanti-hero, though most likely my computer isn't on because it sounds like a horde of crickets when it's active.You should also check out my podcast that I mentioned before at anti.libsyn.com and our MySpace, which can be found over in my Top Friends. It's pretty hilarious.

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January 29, 2008
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My Interests

Things. A great deal of them. Music, radio, reading, being totally awesome, eating sushi, drinking, partying, ridiculous cartoons, philosophizing (probably more like over-thinking the simple), arguing, "singing" (mostly screaming), and making money.....you know, stuff like that. I also have some more eclectic interests, but they can change from week to week. I'm always interested in new stuff.
Things I Am Not-Interested-In: I hate glossy paper.....don't ask my why, I just do. I am flagrantly anti-PETA. Not anti-veggie/vegan in particular...just anti PETA. If that's a problem, you can ask me why sometime, but I won't go into it here.
I REALLY REALLY HATE NEW JERSEY. Seriously, I despise the place above all others. There's no reason to argue. NJ Sucks. There truly is no two ways about it. If it were a person, it would be Krod (or, if you don't know Krod, then try...Harland Williams.). On PCP. Singing Burt Bacharach. With the Bay City Rollers as his backup band. For Eternity.
I also don't like the kinds of people that sit at the same goddamned bar every night drinking and being depressed. I feel I have special dispensation not to like them, because I was one of them, and it isn't as awesome as it sounds. Neither is self destruction....though it can be fun every once in awhile.
My friend once lamented the gift/curse of having a background in communications, because it gives you an uncomfortable amount of insight to social interactions i.e. you can tell where something is going when the people involved can't. This knowledge doesn't help me in my own life though, so while it can be interesting to spectate, it fucking useless to me otherwise.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet Ingrid Newkirk. This is because she needs to be beaten with a bag of hot nickels badly, and I would like to be the first person to do it. Then we can all roast her up and have Ingrid McNuggets. Hell, she wants us to anyway. Might as well speed up the process...
If we're talking meeting people through the MySpace...well, cool people. I guess. Probably people with a twisted sense of humor and a habit of getting inadvisably drunk in Manhattan on weekends.

Music:

There's a lot.
glassJAw,
Coheed & Cambria,
Bad Astronaut,
Lagwagon,
Head Automatica,
My Chemical Romance,
Deftones,
Modest Mouse,
Bright Eyes,
Taking Back Sunday,
Pixies,
Alkaline Trio,
Sneaker Pimps,
One Man Army,
The Mars Volta,
Postal Service,
Death Cab for Cutie,
Cursive,
Spoon,
Smashing Pumpkins,
Neva Dinova,
Azure Ray,
Tenacious D,
The Pillows,
Enon,
Elliot Smith,
Planet Smashers,
Vandals,
Reggie and the Full Effect,
No Use for a Name,
NOFX,
Jay-Z,
Deltron,
Mystikal,
Busta Rhymes,
Wu Tang Clan,
Method Man,
Redman,
Ghostface Killa,
Bloodhound Gang,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Team Sleep,
Brand New,
Bedlight for Blue Eyes,
Bad Religion,
Strung Out,
Jawbreaker,
Jets to Brazil,
Brazil,
Bouncing Souls,
Frank Black and The Catholics,
the pAper chAse,
Ted Leo/The Pharmacists,
Straylight Run,
The Reputation,
The Blood Brothers,
Interpol,
IQU,
Twilight Singers,
The Good Life,
Ugly Cassanova,
Desaparecidos,
Rasputina,
FingerEleven (Read: Tip and Greyest of Blue Skies),
Tiger Army,
Social Distortion,
Kelli Ali,
Louis XIV,
Gratitude,
Mission to Burma,
Icarus Line,
Flogging Molly,
The Electric Six,
The Afghan Whigs,
Broken Social Scene,
The Faint,
Dresden Dolls,
Rise Against,
Mclusky,
Les Savy Fav,
Gratitude,
Scissor Sisters,
Gogol Bordello (UNDERDOG WORLD STRIKE!!!! Yay for Gypsy Punk!!),
The Matthew Good Band,
At The Drive-In,
Sparta,
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins,
Clutch,
Atmosphere,
Aesop Rock,
Blue Scholars,
The Decemberists,
Neon Blonde,
Head Wound City,
And more than a metric shit-ton of others. I'm always adding more. I'm all over the place. Like your mom.

Movies:

I watch a lot of movies. It'd take me too long to post up all my shyte.

Television:

Right this moment, I like: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Heroes, Family Guy, Futurama, Simpsons....and probably some others. I really don't watch too much TV.
PODCASTING IS WHERE IT'S AT
Mediocre Show, Nobody Likes Onions, Distorted View Daily, Keith and the Girl, Uhh Yeah Dude, GeeksOn, Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, whatever The Walrus is getting up to next, AskANinja, and ZeFrank.

Books:

I read quite a bit. Probably a lot more than a bit. I like Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Douglas Adams, Chuck Closterman, Chuck Palahuniak (sp? oh wait, don't care), Bruce Campbell, Brian Lumley, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Heroes:

Presently, due to lack of anyone that even comes close to the awesomeness of this one man, my hero is Jack Terricloth, lead singer of the World/Inferno Friendship Society.

My Blog

Dear H2O: An Open Letter

So wow. After, what, 15 years of playing, you guys are still around.That's about at least....let's see....14 years after anyone actually cared about you.Honestly. H2O Go! Never went anywhere. I couldn...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:07:00 PST

Dear Pennywise: An Open Letter

Thank you for putting out your last album for free.I've been a fan of yours since I was a kid and first really getting involved in the whole punk rock thing.You guys have always had some solid music, ...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Fri, 30 May 2008 05:53:00 PST

Can’t Sleep. Must Write Blog.

So it's 4am again, and I can't sleep. Again. It's got me thinking about a lot that I guess I'll share, considering I have absolutely nothing else to do. First, I'd like to express my anger and disappo...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:23:00 PST

I NEED A JOB/Room for rent (in the near future)

So, finally, my house is gonna have some rooms for rent. After all this time of telling people that, plans are actually officially being made. Officially. I don't have an exact date per se, but it's d...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:08:00 PST

What are you doing this Saturday?

It's a Dog and Pony Show Event over at Kenny's Castaways! Of course, your favorite internet assholes, The Anti-Semantic Show, will be out in full effect. This is going to be a lot of fun for us, and i...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:35:00 PST

Are You Fucking High?: The "SexBox" Controversy

So I was reading Fark, as I often (read: daily) do for news stories and ideas for things to talk about on my podcast. I came across an article headline that had the word "SexBox" in it. When I opened ...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:06:00 PST

Hallowmas plans, anyone?

Yeah, so after numerous bulletins to the same effect, I'm posting this up because I heard there *may* be other people interested. I'm thinking of going to the World/Inferno Friendship Society Hallowma...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:08:00 PST

Minus the iPod: Too Much Time to Think, Plus Why Can’t I Own A Canadian

So my iPod has been shot for the past two weeks. If you know me, you know exactly how devastating that is to me. I listen to it almost constantly, especially on the commute to and from work. Without i...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:04:00 PST

Alumni Weekend + Minus the Bear Sunday = Awesome?

Yeah. It looks kind of like that for me this weekend. I'm unsure about hanging out in Poughkeepsie bars for Alumni Weekend (unless Backstreet's open...everyone knows how much I love dive bars), but th...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:01:00 PST

Jena 6. Come on people....

Okay, I saw pics of the victim, and he looks like redneck trash. If he's a real prick, that wouldn't surprise me at all. Let's ignore race totally for one minute (because WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT ANYWA...
Posted by The Anti-Hero [v. The Angry Mob] on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:59:00 PST