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Rob Dahl

I am here for Friends

About Me

Not on here very often. But I try my best to be "with it."This is old: I made a ketchup commercial with my brother that is kind of funny. We haven't won the contest yet, but here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x51KWtD9uZE
Enjoy!

I am one of those of the christian persuasion. I do enjoy the independent spirit of rock as most exemplified in the underground rock scene of the 80's and 90's. The 60's are the best, though. I still believe in romance/love/love at first sight. I've discovered I'm a hopeless optimist that can't be converted no matter how many people try to bring me down!

My Interests

The Messiah. Musings of the rind. Driving corn, subletting caresses, failing really feasibly, searching for old constellation fries and everybody hates chris and loves Raymond, "word to your mom", Golf Clubs, premature scalding, keeping nice cream chives. Chain fixture burning (that is, you ignite the other fixtures with the burning ones). I feel groovy about such wings as smelly as "psych" conversions out of novels of $.50 records and the good mysteries of giant minerals. Ridiculous conversations for blocks of cheese blokes who make dew chaffs. Oh yeah! I write tingle songs and say when with my complements of obstruction. Dahl, Falderaal-- my pillow yells, talking sandmen, turrets defeating mustiness (lever approval), raising bran, Wicket (from the Ewok Adventure), riffles, how 'bout dem yankees? Buncha' crunch, funny bowels (rad berries rock), past fan anger, Dennis the menace, the hero of all kids.

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

J Roddy Walston and the Business, Chris Myers, the Way-Outs, the Scissor Sisters, Ill Mitch, Andrew Fenner, Mike Gittings, The Advantage, Miles Davis, 10cc, Juliana Hatfield, Bill Evans Trio, Franz Ferdinand, Ok Go, Ocean Colour Scene, Brian Eno, Funkadelic, de novo dahl, the Coral, Air, Eels, Super Furry Animals, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Josef K, Orange Juice, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Randy Newman, the Rutles, Spinal Tap, the Beatles, They might be Giants, Gorillaz, the Pixies, Frank Black, Beck, Sonic Youth, Blur, Velvet Underground, Buddy Holly, the Residents, Ween, the Kinks, XTC, Spoon, Nirvana, Beach Boys, Kraftwerk, Weezer, Prince, Jonathan Richman, Elvis Presley, Richie Valenz, Paul McCartney, Chuck Berry, Phil Spector;

most Britpop from the early 90's: Supergrass, Bis, Sleeper, Black Box Recorder, the Auteurs, Ash, Pulp, Boo Radleys, Suede, the Housemartins;
folk (rock): Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Donovan, the Byrds, Nick Drake;

Twee Pop: Beat Happening, Heavenly;

most garage rock and british invasion from the 60's: the Zombies, the Sonics, the Shaggs, ? and the Mysterians, Captain Beefheart, the Hollies, the Who, Tomorrow, anything off Nuggets collections, the Nice, the Action, the Tremeloes, the Yardbirds, the Turtles, the Troggs Jefferson Airplane, Nazz, the Young Rascals, Harry Nillsson, Love, the Monkees, Pink Floyd (Syd Barret era only), Tommy James and the Shondelles, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Dave Clark Five, the Small Faces, Syd Barret, MC5, the Stooges, Fallen Angels, 13th Floor Elevators;

most punk rock circa '77: the Only Ones, the Damned, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Screamers, Talking Heads, the Clash, the Jam, Madness, the Specials, Wire, Iggy Pop, X, Black Flag, Stiff Little Fingers, the Buzzcocks, Rezillos, Television, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the Modern Lovers, the Saints, Radio Birdman, Jim Carroll Band, Patti Smith;

most post-punk throughout the 80's: Minutemen, Josef K, Public Image Limited, Wire, Joy Division, the Chills, the Clean, Jesus and Mary Chain;

most new wave from the 80's: Talk Talk, the Teardrop Explodes, INXS, Devo, Oingo Boingo, Cars, 20/20, Human League, Madonna, Adam Ant, the Cure, New Order, Depeche Mode, the Police, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Duran Duran, B-52's, Blondie, the Buggles;

most indie rock from the 80's and 90's: the Soft Boys, Brainiac, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Built to Spill, the Breeders, the Amps, Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, Unrest, Tsunami, Nothing Painted Blue, Slant 6, Mark Robinson, Air Miami, Grenadine, the Hand, the Raincoats, Blake Babies, the Halo Benders, Helium, Dinosaur Jr., the Vaselines, Television Personalities, Young Fresh Fellows, Self, the Wipers, Violent Femmes, Chisel, Ted Leo, Echo and the Bunnymen, R.E.M., the Wedding Present, the Smiths, Husker Du, Pavement, Flaming Lips, Heavenly, Cinerama, My Bloody Valentine, Velocity Girl, Juliana Hatfield, Blake Babies;

Power Pop: Big Star, the Knack, the Shoes, the Raspberries, the Jags, the Sneakers, Let's Active, the dB's, Cheap Trick, Todd Rundgreen, Tommy Tutone, the Romantics, Squeeze, the Plimsouls, the Records;

Classic Rock: Boston, T. Rex, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pretenders, Thin Lizzy, Lou Reed, Queen, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Van Halen, AC/DC, Heart, the Doors;

Pub Rock: Graham Parker, Dave Edmunds, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Any Trouble;

Soul: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, James Brown, Joe Tex; Country (Rock): Graham Parsons, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell;

old blues: Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Bessie Smith;

hip-hop: Digable Planets, Arrested Development, Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Run-DMC, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Jurassic 5, Outkast, Rob Bass and DJ EZ Rock, JJ Fadd, the Fresh Prince;

Baltimore bands: the Pittsburgh Papers, Matthew A. Dahl, Motio, Gary B. and the Antiquated Notions, Water School, Your Imaginary Friend, J Roddy Walston and the Business, Chris Myers, Spontaneous Gyrations, the Slow Jets, the Oranges Band, the Oxes, Palomar, Fools and Horses, Cex (Rjyan Kidwell)

modern bands: the Rapture, Melt Banana, Interpol, the Strokes, the Hives, Division of Laura Lee, Sahara Hotnights, International Noise Conspiracy, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Guitar Wolf, Flashing Lights, the White Stripes, Superfriendz, Stephen malkmus, Mary Timony, Mooney Suzuki, Sloan, Matthew Sweet, the Shins, Monotruna; Elephant 6 Collective: the Apples in Stereo, Beulah, Of Montreal, the Minders; Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Beta Band, Nada Surf, Rilo Kiley, Joy Electric, Danielson Famile, Sufjan Stevens, Half-Handed Cloud, the Unicorns, Starflyer 59, Soul-Junk, Toof, Sugarplastic, Harvey Danger, the Raveonettes, Cornelius, Folk Implosion, Deerhoof, Melt Banana, the Rentals, the Polyphonic Spree, OKGo, Blonde Redhead, Junior Senior, Electric Six, Modest Mouse, Elliot Smith, Animal Collective, Built to Spill, Special Goodness, Ted Leo, the Walkmen, the Streets, Stephen Malkmus, Graham Coxon, the Dudley Corporation, Rapture, Hot Hot Heat, Imarobot, Jellyfish, Quixotic, Clinic, We Ragazzi, Dennis Driscoll, Badly Drawn Boy, Enon, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, the Advantage

Nintendo Music: Gradius 2 (some of the best music ever committed to this Earth), Ninja Gaiden 1,2,&3, Castlevania 1,2,&3, Super Mario Bros. 2,3,&1, Marble Madness, Contra, Life Force, Little Nemo, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, Mig 29, Duck Tales, Dragon Warrior, Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Bayou Billy

Movies:

Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, How I Got into College, Say Anything, the Sure Thing, Real Genius, Tapeheads, Freaked, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Little Monsters
Brazil, Fish Called Wanda, 12 Monkeys, anything Terry Gilliam, Holy Grail, Life Of Brian, anything Monty Python
Memento, Batman Begins, Napolean Dynamite, Clockwork Orange
Army of Darkness, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2
any movie about a band: Help!, Hard Day's Night, Head (the Monkees)
anything by Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa in particular), Ghost in the Shell 1 and 2, Akira, Cowboy Bebop: the Movie, Metropolis, Escaflowne, Steamboy, End of Evangelion, Patlabor, Patlabor 3, Appleseed (2004)
Spiderman 2, A Simple Plan
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Man Who Wasn't There, Ladykillers, Fargo, the Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink the Star Wars Trilogy (and I guess Episode 3 was pretty cool), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Science of Sleep, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Tron
Ghost World, Punch Drunk Love, Magnolia, Fight Club, Kill the Man, Mirror Mask
This is Spinal Tap, the Princess Bride, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind
Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Edward Scissorhands, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Lost Boys
Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tennenbaums, the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Fatty Drives the Bus
Delicatessen, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, City of Lost Children
Leon: the Professional, La Femme Nikita, the Fifth Element, Kiss of the Dragon, Unleashed
The Knack and How to Get it, Superman II, Superman III
Memento, the Prestige
Superman
Big Fish, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, the Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, Batman Returns
Scary movies: Evil Dead, the Blair Witch Project, the Ring, the Ring 2, the Grudge, the Grudge 2, the Descent, the Shining, the Watcher in the Woods, the Peanut Butter Solution, the 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Cabin Fever, Hostel
Ichi the Killer, Full Metal Yakuza, Audition, One Missed Call, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Gozu, Izo, the Bird People of China
Beat Takeshi movies: Fireworks, Violent Cop, Boiling Point, Brother
Riki-O: the Story of Ricky
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Lucky Number Slevin
Superman Returns
X-Men 3
MirrorMask
Alfred Hitchcock: Marnie, Vertigo, North by Northwest, the Birds
Primer (!)
The Departed
David Cronenberg: Existenz, the Fly, Videodrome
Borat, Ali G Indahouse
the Devil and Daniel Johnston

Television:

Anything that's been cancelled prematurely (R.I.P.):
Freaks and Geeks
Undeclared
Eerie, Indiana
My So Called Life
Arrested Development is the best show ever, too
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Lost is the best show ever
Adult Swim: Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Brak Show in that order of awesomeness
Samurai Champloo, FLCL, His and Her Circumstances, Trigun, Berserk, Neon Genesis: Evangelion, Jubei Chan: the Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch
Jackass
The Tom Green Show
The Andy Milonakis Show
The Ali G Show
Mr. Bean
Monty Python's Flying Circus
sketch comedy: Kids in the hall, Upright Citizens Brigade, the State, Mike Nesmith's Television Parts, Mr. Show
Seinfeld
Spongebob Squarepants
Ray Bradbury Theater
Dark Place
Salute Your Shorts, 21 Jump Street, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Doogie Howser, M.D., My So Called Life, Clarissa Explains it All, You Can't Do That On Television, The Young Ones
Are You Afraid of the Dark?, the Torkelsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (original series), Fraggle Rock, the Muppet Show, the Snorks, David the Gnome, Maya the Bee, Today's Special

Books:

anything by C.S. Lewis: the Great Divorce, the Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, the Space Trilogy; anything by Kurt Vonnegut: Sirens of Titan, Slaugherhouse Five; the Floating Opera, the Lord of the Rings, Wuthering heights, the Black Cauldron, Tripod Trilogy, Farenheit 451, the Prestige, 1000 Years of Solitude, Fight Club

Heroes:

the Messiah, Paul of the Bible, Timothy, Titus, Luke, Mark, Frank Black, John Flansburgh, John Cusack, Bruce Campbell, Daniel Smith from Danielson Famile, J Roddy Walston, C.S. Lewis, Dennis Miller, Britt Daniel, Ray Davies

My Blog

a bit dehydrated

It's not very often that I convince myself that I am going to throw up yet don't manage to convince my body of that.  We were apparently in disagreement last night, resulting in a dry heave or tw...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:40:00 PST

para bailar la bamba

In order to dance the bamba, In order to dance the bamba, a little grace is needed. a bit of grace for me and for you, higher and higher, higher and higher for you I'll be. For you I'll be, For you I...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:38:00 PST

spam can be so interesting

At the bottom of an email from Corrine Figueroa with "Re: 1784" in the subject line: dynamo in coliform it's the pickaxe the not shouldn't beand beethoven some not w's the it marvelous it thearose som...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:27:00 PST

guessing how many times I've listened to the cds sitting around me

imarobot-3 or 4 timesGod Ween Satan-40-50 times (I dunno, this could be in the hundreds really)Graham Coxon's the kiss of morning-4 or 5 timesGraham Coxon's the Golden D-4 or 5 timesGraham Coxon'...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I am archiving my listening habits now

AS far back as I can remember the albums I've listened to today and this week: today:the Plimsouls-Plimsouls Plus!20/20-Lookout!Throwing Muses- (first eponymous album)the Coral-the Coralyesterday...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

some lyrics

(think country song): Doors keep closin' on me,and happiness lies behind double-thick wallsIt's embarassin' tootryin' t' get through with arms full of falderaalchorus:Be careful with my heart,'cuz you...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

driving across two states of corn and unfinished bowls of Cinnamon Toast Crunch

So apparently they have a 75% less sugar cinnamon toast crunch.  And apparently talking online to develop relationships doesn't work.  I knew this, but I tried it anyway.  Which is a si...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Line 'em up

This was going to be a bragadocious post.  And that's not a word.  But I feel confident.  Confident enough to use the ñ.  That's right.  Alt 164 baby.  You try it.  ...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

secret superstar (I miss you)

This is going to be kind of a bloody valentine of sorts. I was just thinking how I wish I could send songs to people automatically when I think about them while I'm listening to something. Sometimes...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Pittsburgh Papers show!

So there is a show at the Talking Head. I am playing with my brother Matt Dahl. He writes the songs, I make them better. Yes, better. Butter! So come out if you want a new hole to hear with. We ...
Posted by Rob Dahl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST