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Richie

About Me

A work-in-progress.
--- Music is my prozac.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People with similar interests who don't want to sell me a macy $500 gift card or wang growing pills.
Send messages through here!

Music:


Smashing Pumpkins Tokyo Jihen Shiina Ringo Hirama Mikio Radiohead The Beatles Nirvana Bonnie Pink Amy Winehouse Judy and Mary RATM Go!Go!7188 The Brilliant Green Weezer Loveholic Salyu Clazziquai Project PE'Z Elastica Kool and the Gang Donny Hathaway Bill Withers Mean Machine Lou Rawls The Carpenters

Movies:

Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, The Shining, Jacobs Ladder, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Dark Water, All About Lily Chou Chou, Silent Hill, Edward Scissorhands, K-J-HK cinema

Television:


Dirty Jobs w/Mike Rowe, kdrama, The Twilight Zone, TAPS Ghost Hunters, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Mythbusters!, (the original) Iron Chef

Books:

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

My Blog

sea change

Baaarf!The worst time to have a career re-evaluation is after graduation. Doubt is creeping in. and I don't mean Ms. Doubtfire.
Posted by Richie on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:07:00 PST

Minna no Uta

This show is infinitely more entertaining than mtv. Computer Grandma MoonWaltz Koitsubomi Smiling Face (Egao) NobiroNobiro Daisukina Ki Oshiri Kajiri Mush...
Posted by Richie on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PST

Killer Tune (?)

Its almost hard to believe Shiina Ringo has had a 9 year career in music. Back in her solo days, 1998-2003, her intent was to shatter the typical image of women and men in Japanese music. She had a ha...
Posted by Richie on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:21:00 PST

working in an office

is BOAR RING.   Nobody even walks in to check on me for the 5 hours I'm in my tiny closet space. I'd bring my guitar in if I could, but its a serious place and those guys just won't tol...
Posted by Richie on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:32:00 PST

the end of the pumpkins?

The photos in the booklet say it all. The band that the fans knew is being put to rest. On its own merit, the new album by the new Smashing Pumpkins is very good. It really sucks that James Iha didn...
Posted by Richie on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:48:00 PST

Working at an old folks home.

and I learned one thing: Old people hate being old.another thing; their lives are more active than mine!They travel and party more in a month than I ever did in a 5 year time span.so I'm envious of th...
Posted by Richie on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:12:00 PST

the weird dream

I'm trying to get over mild insomnia and was able to get into r.e.m sleep Friday night. a welcome change from the usual futile-lying-down-with-eyes-closed state.Danny DeVito was ballroom dancing with ...
Posted by Richie on Sun, 27 May 2007 12:29:00 PST

rainy days and mondays, I hear ya

I never thought I'd find myself buying a Supremes cd or a Carpenters anthology. This music hardly gets played on the radio, so it sounds fresh to me. I like the raw Motown sound from the 60's and 70's...
Posted by Richie on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:07:00 PST

SP new album tracklist

There are only a few American rock bands that I like. I could count them all with my fingers and toes with some fingers and toes to spare. SP is one of those bands. they're my #1 favorite. http://www....
Posted by Richie on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:19:00 PST

some little thoughts on VT

Gun control would not have prevented that tragedy from happening. If not a gun, then some other kind of weapon would have been used. Focusing anger on the killer is to be expected, but I think the se...
Posted by Richie on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:56:00 PST