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Rich

On the verge of greatness

About Me

I'm a radio journalist, laid-back, witty, sarcastic, educated, quirky, and all too often, too tired to function. A jack of all trades, a master of...well, some.a

My Interests

Indie movies, concerts, live theatre, funky cafes, martinis, Guinness, dimly-lit lounges, politics, serene autumn days and nights in the city of Montreal, politically incorrect humour, days off, irony, The Habs, Thai food, Irish bars, English soccer, French kissing, Danish danishes, Corinthian leather...

I'd like to meet:

Cool people. Intelligent people. Funky people. Attractive people. People who can challenge and engage me. People who use words like 'circuitous' in everyday conversation. People who invent brand new words. And last but not least, the Absinthe Fairy.

Music:

I started out listening to '80s New Wave, moved on to classic rock, then dance, then came a six-month hardcore rap phase, then to grunge, then to trip-hop, and now...well, I listen to a little a bit of everything. Mainly...the Pixies, the Cure, Beck, Depeche Mode, Imperial Teen, Portishead, the B-52s, Miles Davis, the Smiths, Goldfrapp, Arcade Fire, Violent Femmes, G. Love and Special Sauce, Lamb, Jack Johnson, Sex Pistols, and Billie Holiday...just to name a few.

Movies:

Heathers, Fahrenheit 9/11, Super Size Me, Clerks, Bowling for Columbine, Full Metal Jacket, Pulp Fiction, anything by David Lynch

Television:

The Simpsons, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Absolutely Fabulous

Books:

Non-fiction, mostly

Heroes:

Pierre Trudeau, Malcolm X, Johnny Rotten

My Blog

Another year over...

Wow. I can't believe this Year of Our Lord 2007...perhaps the most fun, most satisfying year of my life...is almost over. And unlike last year at this time, I could spend all manner of time trying to ...
Posted by Rich on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:28:00 PST

The last apartment update

I move back into apartment 5 on Monday. Tuesday at the latest.And after that, the major decoration begins. Any and all input is welcome......
Posted by Rich on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:02:00 PST

The apartment update

This is all getting a little frustrating.It's been three months now since I moved into this little shoebox apartment while waiting for my cozy little one-bedroom apartment to get fixed up for the 21st...
Posted by Rich on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:31:00 PST

The legacy of 1967

The 1960's weren't all about hippies, opposition to the Vietnam war and Country Joe and the Fish. It was also about the conservative political backlash against all of those things that produced the li...
Posted by Rich on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:02:00 PST

Olbermann calls on Bush to resign

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann...about as good as it gets in the American punditocracy. And Bill O'Reilly hates him, to boot. ...
Posted by Rich on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:19:00 PST

Random thoughts, Pt. III: Alfie, meditation, the Sopranos, and the Sens

One of my favourite songs these days is 'Alfie', by English songstress Lily Allen. Aside from the fact it's a ridiculously catchy song with a brilliant video, I can relate to it. She wrote if ab...
Posted by Rich on Tue, 15 May 2007 11:16:00 PST

Il fait beau dans l'métro

Hey, folks...if you weren't living in Quebec in the 1970s (and that would be most of you), then check this out. The following is a TV commercial made in 1976 to promote Montreal's metro system. And tr...
Posted by Rich on Sat, 05 May 2007 01:14:00 PST

Timetables: what Bush said in '99

Yesterday, George W. Bush vetoed an Iraq war spending bill that would have forced him to start withdrawing troops from Iraq by October 1st.In his suppertime address to the nation yesterday, Bush expla...
Posted by Rich on Wed, 02 May 2007 11:16:00 PST

How much time do you have?

Okay, folks...it's quiz time...1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT? When I was nine, I tried to climb over a picket fence and&well, now I have a scar on my left thigh because of it. 2. WHAT DOES ...
Posted by Rich on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:32:00 PST

Richard's new digs...addendum

As a followup to my last note...if anyone is looking for a 3½, I have a lead. My landlord is looking to rent the apartment I'll be squatting in...for July 1st.It'd be a ground-floor apartment, probabl...
Posted by Rich on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:38:00 PST