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About Me

I AM THE CONTRADICTION IN TITLE--- A PEACEFUL MAN WITH A VIOLENT VISUAL...I HAVE LED AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE: FROM REPO MAN (YOU TRY PAYING BACK COLLEGE LOANS) TO CLUB BOUNCER (YES, I DID IN FACT THROW JARULE HEADFIRST INTO HIS SUV DURING AN AFTERPARTY) TOURED WITH LOS TIGRES AND LOS TUCANES--- BRAWLING AND GETTING DAMN NEAR MAULED---WENT TO FILM SCHOOL ( storyboard artist). MISTAKEN FOR A CONTRACT KILLER ( With a nickname like RodBuddah, you too would've thought something. )...ALL THIS DURING THE WRITING, DESIGNING, STYIN' & PROFILIN' OF MY LONG-AWAITED COMIC SERIES KNOWN AS FIERCE CREATURES! ( I hope to give it a new home soon.)FOR ALL OF MY RAVINGS, I AM A SPIRITUAL PERSON--- I DO HOLD GOD HIGH--- THE PARTYMONSTER IN ME KINDA KILLED MY CHANCES AT SAINTHOOD, SO I DON'T WANNA SOUND LIKE A HYPOCRITE. I TEND TO JOKE ALOT AND HAVE FUN WHEN AND WHERE I CAN ( I catch enough hell with everything else) I LIVE IT TO THE ABSOLUTE FULLEST! C'MON Y'ALL, I'VE GOT AN OPEN MIND, SO YOU CAN ALL FIT INSIDE! I POSSESS THE MIND THAT MAKES THE MOVIES YOU CAN READ!FUTURE CULTURA, Y'ALL!! THIS IS NEW COMIC CINEMA FOR REAL!

My Interests

ART IN CONSUMATE! BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL SUPERCRIMINAL MASTERMIND MOVIES LIKE TARANTINO LOVES MOVIES... ACTING... PHOTOGRAPHY... DRIVING FAST LIVING FREE AND LEAVING A DAMN GOOD-LOOKING CORPSE!!!
SXSW Grindhouse-Hobo With A Shotgun
Uploaded by jirony Speaking of Grindhouse, you should check out the winner of the SXSW grindhouse trailer competiton-- HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN! Bad ass exploitation at its best!!

I'd like to meet:

Mock Pulp..
FierceCreaturesPreview FIERCE CREATURES This is the other half. Soon to model an as-yet-untitled pulp project. Shameless Advertising... THE INFAMOUS RODBUDDAH!

Music:

" My 'Sound Revolver' includes: Definite Supreme, Donny Hathaway, Nina Simone, Ry Cooder, Little Brother, MF Doom, Tom Waits, Mos Def, RJD2, Black Milk,The Bee's, Johnny Cash (oh yes), Iggy Pop, Amy Winehouse and currently expanding... And that's just Side one! My B-sides include.... "

Movies:

As far as my home collection, whether DVD, VHS, VCD, or E-I-E-I-O is concerned: Old school kung-fu flix, French action flix, blaxploitation flix, any & all Ridley and Tony Scott flix, Ryuhei Kitamura flix ( VERSUS, etc.), Zalman King flix ( Red Shoe Diaries, Two Moon Junction)--- That's right, I said it!...Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Bollywood, German, Italian--- MY DVD PLAYER HAS FULL PASSPORT ACCESS!!! Too many to name, so little time and space to type.... Damn... Broke another VCR/DVD combo set...

Television:

LOST. Period.

Books:

Matthew Reilly--- MY GOD! THE ACTION! THE ACTION! For those of you who love non-stop action thrills in a novel, For God's sake, read this guy's stuff!! For only those who truly know, fully understands the following: SCARECROW & Jack West, Jr. WILL return!Barry Eisler--- I never thought assassins' and espionage could mix so damn well! ( the JOHN RAIN series iz BADAZZ)

Heroes:

Orson Welles, John Woo, Myron Macklin, Andy Lee... The Visionary and the lyrical exceptional.

My Blog

That Damn Gordon Gartrell Radio!

Mmmaaaannn... For anyone in MySpace land who hasn't heard it yet, may I strongly suggest you click over to GordonGartrellRadio.com to experience the lunacy of Little Brothers' Phonte and DJ Brai...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:24:00 PST

Life comes at you fast....

'Life comes at you fast'...Now, anybody who has heard this phrase on television knows that never has a truer comment been spoken. Life DOES come at you fast. Like a gunshot... Take ...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:58:00 PST

The Repetiton of Pop Culture and the warning my Father gave me.

Maaaaannn.... It's amazing how recyclable popculture really is! For example: My kids are watching SpongeBob Squarepants ( Those of you who are parents KNOW the theme song--- can I ge...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Sat, 10 May 2008 12:31:00 PST

The adventurous daze of a legal car thief

Kicked back, watching Gone in 60 seconds ( the 70's Halicki classic, not the Nic Cage remake), and drifting off into the haze of nostalgia---- As a kid, struggling thru art school, I took some c...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:41:00 PST

Sometimes, I get in my own creative way AKA My Ode to Orson Welles

It never fails.When I sit at my art table, trying to concentrate on my current project, my brain races at a breakneck pace. Ideas possess my head so much, I've started thinking of a design for a...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Sat, 10 May 2008 12:58:00 PST

Ah yes... Saturday mornings... Don’tcha miss’em?

Another Saturday morning... After my 2nd cup of coffee, I suddenly took a trip in the wayback machine and thought about what Saturday mornings use to REALLY mean... Remember waking up earl...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:38:00 PST

Ego... and the foolishness that comes with it.

"... I’m of a mind that makes movies... And I’m afraid that I’ll never live long enough to make them all... But I’ll damn sure die trying..." I’ve been out-of -sigh...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:14:00 PST

The World as we know it

It's been a minute since I've had anything to say on this thing--- probably because I've been so busy with the book! But after being away from this thing I can truly say that Myspace has CHANGED...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:35:00 PST

What is The Weight Of The World?

Ah, yes... What is the weight of the world? I was in Philly a couple of years back... I was across from the Galleria when a homeless man approached me and said ( reeking of alcohol ): " Do you kn...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:51:00 PST

The Downside of the Creative Monster

Sigh... The creative monster is a true beast. I may sound crazy, but I sometimes sit here and think to myself that I'll never live to see out all of my creative endeavors... That'sthe biggest heada...
Posted by RODBUDDAH on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:55:00 PST