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j.k. robbins

They'll teach you who you are, and then they'll sell you to yourself.

About Me

I'm one of those "Pisces" people. I've been cursed with a mind that keeps telling itself it's an "artist" - to create something out of nothing. I also have a god complex, but you won't be aware that you just read that. I write songs and perform in various musical projects (see Clist, OmenMachine, Red Theatre, etc). I write sketch comedy, observational comedy and anything I might be able to sink my sense of humor into. I cook and consume and continue. Cheers.

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My Interests

Music. Humor. Food.

I write, record, perform, criticize, listen to, and buy: music. Aside from that, I take a stab at scripts, ideas for shows, specs, sketches & comedy bits, voice-over spots and comics. History, film, art, war propaganda, dames, hair dryers, spicy cooking, and the Nashville Predators.

I'd like to meet:

A select few: those who are honest, the truly beautiful people, the British - the people that I can learn from and teach to. Let's find out who is who, shall we?

Music:

"let me tell you who my favorite band is; let me tell you so that you know who i am" - treepeople

my huge list of bands will now be compressed into subgenres: noise punk, electro-industrial / ebm, instrumental surf, spaghetti western, trip-hop, indie rock, movie scores.

OK, fine...here's a taste: mclusky (future of the left, shooting at unarmed men), the birthday party, joy division, the cure, skinny puppy, calla, clockhammer, duster, helvetia, eiafuawn, swans, dead can dance, cocteau twins, pj harvey, haujobb, neon cage experiment, nick cave & the bad seeds, black lips, the lost patrol, bauhaus, killing joke, blur, mazzy star, hocico, amduscia, run level zero, radar bros., cass mccombs, the papercuts, mirah, brainiac, murder city devils, botch, polvo, mission of burma, shellac, jesus lizard, calexico, come, portishead, steel pole bath tub, man or astro-man?, a poet named revolver, ho-ag, roh delikat, vera lena, bee and flower, halou, jg thirwell, amor belhom duo, married monk, the sadies, yann tiersen, dominque a, oslo telescopic, etc.

Movies:

Top movies for now: dark city, city of lost children, mirrormask, monty python and the..., the fountain, the jerk, big lebowski, amelie, four rooms, v for vendetta, serenity, any one of the eastwood/leone westerns, the mr. moto films, shaun of the dead, hot fuzz.

Television:

current: heroes, the daily show, the colbert report, south park, 24, the amazing screw-on head. past: arrested development, twin peaks, newsradio, the office (bbc), coupling (bbc), black books, kitchen confidential, andy richter controls the universe, family guy, duckman, little britain, hellsing, oddities (the head; the maxx), the tick (cartoon), angel, buffy, firefly, cowboy bebop, dark shadows, kids in the hall, the state, big train, mst3k, SPACED, the mighty boosh, rock profile, etc.
You are Captain Malcolm Reynolds, aka. Mal or
Captain Tightpants. You saw most of your men
die in a war you lost and now you seek solitude
with a small crew that you are fiercely devoted
to. You have no problems being naked.

Which Firefly character are you?
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Books:

Good Omens, King Ink, The End Of Faith, Kitchen Confidential, The Consumer, A People's History of The United States

Comic Books: The Goon, JTHM, SCUD:the Disposable Assassin, any of the Cal MacDonald mysteries, PIXY, Death & Candy, etc.

Heroes:

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My Blog

The J.K. Opinion - Sunday Edition v.1 no.1

I feel as a consumer to share my opinion with the world. That's right - this blog is open to everyone, even people who aren't my "Friends". Woo-ha! I got you all in check. Lord knows how many items we...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Mon, 22 May 2006 04:13:00 PST

Clist, Pissed and Won't Be Missed.

It's come to my attention that the subject titles of my blogs often rhyme. Weird. Clist has 2 shows this week - Wed. the 5th at Dino's Diner in E.Nashville. and Wed. the 12th at Springwater with the ...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:55:00 PST

A Week in a Few Paragraphs.

Wow - it's almost been ten days and no new blog? I'm slagging. Let's see...drinking a little less and feeling actually "awake" in the mornings. Hmmm - wonder how that works. Psh. I gotta take better ...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:30:00 PST

gri me, tie me and lullaby me

after work i met up with my friend jennifer for a dinner date. call it a date if you will, call it an excuse for missing my birthday, whatever. we went to a mexican restaurant and she paid. happy bela...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:27:00 PST

"Remember, remember the 5th of November..."

Just got back from a sneak preview of  "V" For Vendetta, the story brought to you by Alan Moore in a comic series YEARS ago ('82 - '85), and I must say...it's the best sneak preview I've seen, th...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:25:00 PST

Birthday Survey

"Answers are in Questions." (a.k.a.: How to make another useless survey seem noteworthy)...   1) How old do you wish you were?Early - mid 20s forever. Where's a damn vampire when you need one (...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:10:00 PST

Bands, Plans, and Automobiles.

Clist and OmenMachine. These are the two objects of my time, desire and focus. I have written songs since I was 14 and in a few days, that will mean I've been writing songs for a decade. I have had Cl...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:24:00 PST

Nightwatch. Pisceswatch.

Are you a creature of Light or of Dark? Do you serve the Nightwatch or the Daywatch? Is Good actually "good" and is Evil actually "evil"? Such are the questions in the Russian blockbuster Nightwatch -...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:59:00 PST

We Are the Romans

I sit here after a day of work, some laundry, quite awake. I listen to the laughter and drunken banter of the girls outside, down the block somewhere, wondering if they, as people, are worth my time...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:44:00 PST

OmenMachine & You.

So, a few hours ago my industrial/electro project, OmenMachine, played its live debut to a rather nice crowd that continuously got bigger as time went on. The show was amazing to say the least. To say...
Posted by j.k. robbins on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:29:00 PST