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jensen

Welcome, amigo.

About Me

Click the 'Rural Rock & Roll' link below to read about my 60-minute doc/pilot about the awesome and surprisingly-good music scene of Eureka! Humboldt County, CA...................Go Dallas Cowboys. Go Cubs. Go Texas Tech. To hell with Indiana Hoosier basketball.... JensenRufe.com has a ton more info, treats 'n stuff !!!

My Interests

music film tv friends family sports cheap beer

I'd like to meet:

My mom's dad, my dad's mom, Mark Twain, Syd Barrett, Ambrose Bierce, the Howard Stern Wack Pack and Inner Sanctum, Bob Knight, David Lynch, etc. ............................................................ ............................................................ .............. Here's Act One (first nine minutes) of "Rural Rock & Roll" (the Humboldt rock doc)... ................... Here's an excerpt from our "Orick" documentary... .. ................... Here's an "Ugliest Fountain in the World (Without a Doubt)" excerpt... .. ................... Here's the "Steve & Jensen's Universe" trailer... ..................... Here's a bit from "The Indiana Hoosier Deep-fried Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich" doc... ..

Music:

here's a few favorites... beatles, guided by voices, gg allin, roxy music/eno, t. rex, harry nilsson, hendrix, zeppelin, blind faith (but i hate eric clapton's guts), red aunts, buffy swayze, the sin men, cutters, foster kids, flaming lips, soft boys, heavy vegetable, KISS, Rush, Wire, Mellencamp, drive like jehu, captain beefheart (resident of humboldt county), zappa, hot snakes, the sultans, que la chinga, the stooges, wings (mccartney solo is in my top two or three...very, very underrated), ian fays, the hitch, sebadoh, polvo, monster women, and the fabulous velvet underground. that's all for now...here's a few of my least favorites... r.e.m, U2, radiohead, clapton (no, he ain't "god"), and all "rap metal" bands like KORN. nothing fun about those bands at all.i love rock music more than most things in life, but don't much care for 99.99 percent of all music that is out there. kinda weird, but i can't help it.that said...hot damn, how i love rock 'n roll music...

Movies:

blues brothers, glengary glenross, pyscho, simple plan, wild at heart, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, straight story, the great escape, blood in the face, gimme shelter, fearless freaks, star wars, raiders of the lost ark, reservoir dogs/pulp fiction

Television:

price is right/24 hour news/"peanuts" holiday specials/sports (basketball, football and a little bit of tennis and baseball)/documentaries (pbs, a&e, discovery, history channel, etc.)/some reality TV is very very good! i'll take reality TV over situation comedies any day. However, I will stand atop the mountain peak to declare, "TWIN PEAKS IS--BAR NONE--THE BEST GODDAMNED TV SHOW EVER!"

Books:

biographies and coffee table books

Heroes:

bob knight,beatles,robert pollard,tony dorsett,my family,my friends,steve alford,wayne coyne,david lynch,jesse pearson------------

My Blog

Potatoes are the best

It recently came up in conversation that potatoes are, by far, the most varied food, in terms of the many ways to enjoy them. There simply isn't a bad way to enjoy potatoes...Want proof? Here's a gr...
Posted by jensen on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:02:00 PST

Damn, Dallas looks good...

Hot damn, America's Team looks SO good...Ah, it feels good to be 11-1...
Posted by jensen on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:31:00 PST

Found this advice online when trying to find out why my cat has been sneezing...

"Sneezing becomes a problem when it causes the cat to become cranky. Additionally, a sneezing cat makes it almost impossible for the cat, or the owner, to get adequate sleep. This can lead to irritabi...
Posted by jensen on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:36:00 PST

"Rural Rock & Roll" coming to Sacramento and Tucson

"Rural Rock" (my Humboldt music doc) will screen two more times, by golly:Once in Sacramento on Aug. 19 and once in Tucson on Sept. 2nd (see posters below).Before the Sac-town screening, I will be a j...
Posted by jensen on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:41:00 PST

"Grand Finale" Rural Rock Weekend in SF!

Sat. July 14th, 7 p.m. Roxie Theater (SF): "Rural Rock & Roll" screening, as part of the SF Frozen Film Festival. 9 p.m. at Hotel Utah Saloon: FIVE Humboldt bands...Ian Fays, Lowlights (Dameon solo),...
Posted by jensen on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:27:00 PST

Pacific NW Tour Planned June 7-10

In conjunction with the "Rural Rock & Roll" movie being accepted into the Portland Underground Film Festival June 7-10 weekend, we'll be doing another mini Pacific NW tour whereby several of the bands...
Posted by jensen on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:59:00 PST

"Rural Rock & Roll" coming back to Humboldt (and Mendocino)!

"Rural Rock & Roll" (the Humboldt music documentary) was accepted into the Mendocino Film Festival, which will be screening the movie in the town of Mendocino on Saturday, May 19th at 7:30 p.m. at Cro...
Posted by jensen on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:34:00 PST

Gibrish on college basketball daydreems

Texas Tech won tonight, and Indiana BARELY won against a crappy team, which helps set up my ideal scenario:Tech will face Indiana in the first round of the forthcoming NCAA Basketball Tournament. Rig...
Posted by jensen on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:04:00 PST

Sports

Sports continues to wreck havoc on my psyche; the Cowboys break my heart, and Texas Tech is about to do the same; the last time my baseball team (the Cubs) won the world series, Roosevelt was Presiden...
Posted by jensen on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:26:00 PST

Latest stuff

There will be some more "Rural Rock & Roll" screenings and live shows with bands coming up in the next few months. Check in here or the "Rural Rock" page for updates. For sure, we'll be back up in P...
Posted by jensen on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:40:00 PST