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Von Richter

Defending the nerds from the herds.

About Me

I work as a freelance composer for film, commercials, games, etc.
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I am fond of kind-hearted weirdos, the shunned, the degenerate, the eccentric, the ones who ignore convention without doing it on purpose. I maintain long-term friendships with a disturbed cadre of potentially bad influences. For better or for worse, I am absolutely useless at living according to contemporary behavioral norms. The trite dance of social respectability strikes me as an incredible waste of life energy. Before conscientiously altering yourself to better please others, consider that they will repay you in kind, and you will never end up knowing anyone on anything other than a glossy surface level. Of course, it's all subjective, and chances are a person will ultimately be happier prancing through life while kissing everyones filthy boots. So don't listen to the preemptive warnings of a bombastic fringe-dweller such as myself.
Having said all that, let's get trashed and howl at the moon.
Some of my videos:
AlM: VONRlCHTER (the "I" is actually a lower case "L", so it's really "vonrLchter")

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/21/2006
Band Members: Von Richter- vocals, guitar, synths, accordion, percussion, etc.
Mandi- vocals
Samantha Wright- vocals, cello
Compy 386- stuff
Influences: I've been told I should hate all of the following, but I just can't bring myself to do it:
XTC, Hirokazu Tanaka (Metroid, Kid Icarus, etc), Junko Tamiya, Beethoven, Cibo Matto, Kinks, Dead Milkmen, They Might Be Giants, Cure, King Missile, Weezer (Blue & Pinkerton only), Squeeze, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Big Audio Dynamite, Violent Femmes, Julian Cope, Joe Jackson, Blur, Oingo Boingo, Thomas Dolby, Frank Zappa, Mahler, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tchaikovsky, English Beat, Shostakovich, Talking Heads, Stravinsky, Mozart, Bach, Vaughn Williams, Holst, Camper Van Beethoven, Ives, Bartok, Schubert, Buggles, Hendrix, Jam, Clash, Shy Nobleman, Barenaked Ladies, Who, Ben Folds Five, Pixies, Wesely Willis, Jellyfish, Dukes Of Stratosphere, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Radiohead, Beatles, Tori Amos, Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order, Billy Idol, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Rentals, Blondie, Curve, Gorillaz, Gary Numan, Joy Division, Iggy Pop, Morrissey, Kraftwerk, Leonard Cohen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tears for Fears, The Pretenders, The The, Guided By Voices, Ennio Morricone, Yuka Honda, Miho Hatori, Devo, etc.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Flyers.


Posted by Von Richter on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:40:00 PST

The faintest, most inane, monumentally...

...insignificant, slight, tiny speck of a trifle. A vacuous, piss-poor excuse for a nothing. Void. Expansive emptiness, extended far beyond the reach of comprehension, until somewhere east of&nb...
Posted by Von Richter on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:12:00 PST

VR... LIVE?!?!?!?

That's right. I promise, once this big project is out of my hair, I will resume my live shows. Maybe I'll go on a mini-tour.
Posted by Von Richter on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:11:00 PST

IMPOSSIBLE ODDS

Despite this suffocating whirlygaggle of horrors, I do make progress.   I will never give up. I will not be defeated. I will not go down in the flames of unforseen circumstance.  ...
Posted by Von Richter on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:27:00 PST

Farewell to Portland

I will miss this nightmare. Best wishes to all the people I never met!  
Posted by Von Richter on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:08:00 PST

2001... A FRIEND ODYSSEY

Thus spoke the box of Zatrain's rice.Hello to all of my net friends!I've met a ton of great people all over the world since starting this profile.Someday, we can all have a party on your favorite moon...
Posted by Von Richter on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:25:00 PST

New to Portland

Here I am... a new city, new eyebrows, and a basket of Lucky Charms(&) A few changes are in order this time around... for one, I will be documenting the process with my trusty Hi8 camcorder. For t...
Posted by Von Richter on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:49:00 PST