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the collector of stuff

Joashova, the Jewish Casanova

About Me

.. Absolut Zach on FunnyOrDie.com ..Freaking great.

My Interests

listening/playing music. going to shows. watching movies and television. driving. eating in restaurants. talking. making movies. drawing. fixing guitars/electronics. consuming.

I'd like to meet:

You haven't lived till you've immersed your soul with this:

Music:

the appleseed cast. explosions in the sky. mogwai. godspeed you! black emperor. sigur ros. cursive. mineral. norma jean. the chariot. aesop rock. the gloria record. a silver mt zion. jeff parker. maserati. saves the day. tortoise. pedro the lion. broken social scene. RJD2. mewithoutYou. beirut. mono. dillinger. saxon shore. blockhead. belle and sebastian. the number twelve looks like you. do make say think. set fire to flames.

Movies:

office space. old school. dumb & dumber. L.A. story. rushmore. fight club. band of brothers. punch-drunk love. airplane!

Television:

SEINFELD. 30 ROCK.

Books:

C.S. Lewis 'Mere Christianity'. Steve Martin 'Pure Drivel'. Henry Chancellor 'Colditz'. Jon Stewart 'Naked Pictures of Famous People'. David Sedaris 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'. Viktor Frankel 'Man's Search for Meaning'.

Heroes:

So says The Professor.

My Blog

INTERMISSION

To take a short break from my reviews, I'd like to post the following for the audience:My band, Moscow Telephone is playing a pretty nice show at the Metro Gallery. I believe it's BYOB and this is a n...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:35:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Fifteen!

Review Fifteen: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (waa-waa-wa, wooie wooie woooooo, waa-waa-WAAA) - Sergio Leone     So all the hype you've ever heard while growing up about how ...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:03:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Fourteen!

Review Fourteen: PSYCHO! (DOUBLE ooooohhh!!!) - Alfred Hitchcock     We ll, to put it all right out there, I never finished this movie. When I put the DVD o...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:22:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Thirteen!

Review Thirteen: CAPE FEAR! (ooooohhh!!!) - J. Lee Thompson     So, unlike Raging Bull, this movie is in black & white because they didn't have an option at the ...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:18:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Twelve!

Review Twleve: SERPICO - Sidney Lumet     I just now realized that the other great Al Pachino classic I reviewed was Dog Day Afternoon, also directed by Sidney Lumet...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:21:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Eleven!

Review Eleven: RAGING BULL- Martin Scorsese     Ehh.      Rating out of 5 ampersands: &&     "Nothing Quoteable....
Posted by the collector of stuff on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:10:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Ten!

Review Ten: THE GODFATHER - Francis Ford Coppola     To me, this movie is the epitome of a classic film. There are plenty of older movies that when watched you feel,...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Mon, 05 May 2008 05:38:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Nine!

Review Nine: SPARTACUS - Stanley Kubrick     I've been lazy and have fallen behind on my reviews, so I will be concise and as the kids are saying, Get 'R Done!&...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:13:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Eight

Review Eight: APOCALYPSE NOW - Francis Ford Coppola      There’s a reason that people consider this movie a classic. That reason being: it’s fucking awes...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:18:00 PST

Josh Reviews the Classics! Part Seven

Review Seven: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Milos Forman     I don’t really have much to say about this one other than it was just fine. Nothing about it stood o...
Posted by the collector of stuff on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:12:00 PST