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Ryan's Smashing Life!

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    I am truly an individual - but not in an overbearing, loathsome, try-too-hard weirdo kind of way. I laugh hard but am sometimes dead serious. I enjoy writing about music and sharing my ideas. People write back to me and we both learn things; it's pretty cool.You have got to love checking out new artists. Who doesn't like being on the cutting edge of something exciting and new? Music (especially live music), Movies, Sports, Comedy, The Great Outdoors, Animals, and my three favorite adult beverages: Newcastle ale, Bass ale and Guinness stout. Visuals: I enjoy works of fine art and scribbles by children (have some of the best work of my friends' children on my fridge - their little faces light up when they see it there!). Digital media: I enjoy special effects and things that are made from well-written scripts.

    I'd like to meet:

    Gary Oldman, Frank Black, Nietzche, Graham Greene, Christopher Walken, Otto Von Bismark, Cary Grant and Alec Guinness.

    Music:

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    I love rock and roll, punk and indie music. If it's live and I am there, then things are going well.

    I think my favorites may always be Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, the Pixies, and the Clash - but then there's all those awesome bands that I have been listening to as of late: Teo Leo & the Pharmacists, Sound Team, Wolf Parade, Swan Lake, Franz Ferdinand, the White Stripes, Belle & Sebastian, Modest Mouse, the 1990s, Cold War Kids, Tapes 'N Tapes, Arctic Monkeys,Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Raconteurs, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Architecture in Helsinki, Wintersleep, the Greenhornes, Voxtrot, Kings of Leon, Letters and Colours, Band of Horses, Bishop Allen, Another Cynthia, Frank Black, Theo and the Skyscrapers, Ryan Adams, Jesse Malin, The Decemberists and the Archie Bronson Outfit.

    Movies:

    This list could probably fill the hard drive over at My Space. Here are my favorites:1. Bogart's Treasure of the Sierra Madre (in glorious black and white) 2. Pulp Fiction / Reservoir Dogs 3. The Usual Suspects 4. Heat 5. High Fidelity 6. This is cheating, but I like all their work: Anything by the Coen brothers. Anything by Wes Anderson. 7. Office Space 8. The Natural 9. Fight Club 10. Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal (Screw the Red Dragon!) 11. Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead. 12. Apocolypse Now 13. Dead Man *(scarcely seen black and white movie directed by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp with a special guitar soundtrack performed by Neil Young) 14. The Assignment 15. Bukaroo Bonzai and the Adventures from the Forbidden Zone - Yes, yes, yes (so insanely bad that it's decadent!)

    Television:

    24 is the greatest greatest television show EVER. I have been watching a lot of DIRTY JOBS - The Discovery Series about jobs worse than yours... (no matter what you do for work.) It stars Mike Rowe, who is funny and has an excellent vocabulary. It's obvious that his education has gone to good use! (Favorite episodes: Charcoal factory, sewer treatment plant and tire recovery company)

    I also like the Phantom Gourmet (It's a Boston-area food and gourmet restaurant show. I watch it every Sunday morning.

    Channels: National Geographic, History Discovery and ESPN.That is all.

    Books:

    "Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame, Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain. Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks, Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain, False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin, Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in." Bob Dylan - Jokerman

    Heroes:

    Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Bob Dylan, Alec Guinness, Thomas Edison, Gary Oldman, Winston Churchill and Prussian Otto Von Bismark and Bostonians everywhere. In realizing our lives: "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." - CARY GRANT.

    My Blog

    Big Doings - The RSL gets new writers, A slew of Blog Live Shows and More!

    First of all, sorry for not doing a great job keeping up with you Myspacers. I haven't missed a day on the website, but it's tough sometimes keeping up there and here and in the RSL facebook. But ther...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:14:00 PST

    Exploring Music and Memory this weekend! Bob Dylan’s Birthday, New Reviews and My Vegas Trip!

    Bob Dylan 1963 Interview and Live Performance - First Ever "Boots of Spanish Leather"Information is temporarily unavailable.Happy Birthday Bob Dylan!Elvis Costello - MomofukuFOUR of FIVE STARS!Informa...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Sun, 25 May 2008 04:08:00 PST

    RSL Boston Music Blog - PRESENTS.... LIVE ROCK SHOWCASE - MAY 16th at TT the Bears

    The tradition continues in 2008......
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Mon, 05 May 2008 08:57:00 PST

    The April Primer - indie rock spring!

    Two Weeks of Silence - Far too Much!!!Jesse Malin - On Your Sleeve (2008) Alienation Mix Information is temporarily unavailable. Hot Indie Rock Ticket: THE FORMS & CLOUD CULTCLOUD CULTInformati...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:16:00 PST

    This is the RSL: The End of March - Weekend Update!!

    The Boston Runners (Funny Cult Video!)Pela’s Healing Touch - the Huge 2008 Tour Resumes!Information is temporarily unavailable.A Mad & Faithful Telling - New Magic & a World Tour from De...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:18:00 PST

    Unannounced New Release: The Raconteurs "Consolers of the Lonely" will emerge on 3/25

    Unannounced New Release:  The unstoppable Jack White has proven his mettle once again by doing something completely unexpected. Rumors swirling about yesterday that Jack White appeared in a Warne...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:37:00 PST

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day - INCREDIBLE NEW RELEASES!

    Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Dropkick Murphys!Information is temporarily unavailable.Tom Thumb’s Superb Album: "The Taxidermist" (2008)Tom Thumb - FOUR of FIVE STARSInformation is tempo...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:39:00 PST

    RSL in Stereo - March is the Month (Here’s What’s Happening)

     Scottish Disco Genius Calvin Harris - AIR AMERICAInformation is temporarily unavailable.Sigur Ros - the "Heima" Original MovieInformation is temporarily unavailable.The Lemonheads: It's A Shame ...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:22:00 PST

    Fighting the Flu with Indie Rock!

    I am sick sick sick - and I'm not talking about my state of mind. I've got  the flu and pretty bad. It's been hitting everybody in the office and it just keeps moving on. Here's what else is new:...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:20:00 PST

    Ryan’s Smashing Life - Mid February Rock Report

    Here's the latest and greatest - There's a couple of giveaways here!HOT CHIP teams with Microsoft - FINALLY releases the "So Deep" track exclusively on ZuneInformation is temporarily unavailable.The F...
    Posted by Ryan's Smashing Life! on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:34:00 PST