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Bob Ignizio

It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

About Me

Musician, writer,and storehouse of useless information Bob Ignizio resides with his lovely wife Stephanie aka Camevil in Lakewood, Ohio. In the past Bob has written for several small music zines inlcuding Rox and Tab. From 2002 to 2006 Bob ran his own webzine, Utter Trash .
Current projects:
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Cleveland, OH based horror rock band I sing for.

Cleveland Arts & Entertainment weekly I do freelance writing for.

Online and print rockabilly and punk zine I write movie related articles for.

And if you like spooky stuff be sure to visit my wife's website...

My Interests

Movies, listening to music, comic books, philosophy, conspiracy theories, good writing of any kind, the skeptical investigation of the paranormal, agnosticism, cooking, good Mexican food (i.e. not Taco Bell), hell good food in general, good beer (goes hand in hand with good food), going to concerts, going to horror film conventions, writing playing and singing music, playing video games, and of course spending time with my wife and two cats.

I'd like to meet:

Headbangers, Hawkfans, punk rockers, movie buffs, 1980s porn stars, hucksters, carnies, grifters, and sideshow freaks.

Music:

Way too many to list. Just listen to the tunes in my frequently updated playlist to get some idea.

Movies:

I like all kinds of movies both good and bad. It's the mediocre ones I hate. Some favorites include 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!', 'A Touch of Evil', 'Seven Samurai', 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', 'Boogie Nights', '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeois', 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974 version) and 'Pink Flamingos'.

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Heroes, The Simpsons, Xena: Warrior Princess, Absolutely Fabulous, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Dr. Who, Arrested Development, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Dexter, The League of Gentlemen, and 24.

Books:

Joe R. Lansdale, Jim Thompson, Michael Moorcock, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Robert E. Howard, Willaim Gibson, Max Brooks, Mark Frost, H.P. Lovecraft, Pete Tombs, Roald Dahl, J.R. Tolkien, Douglas Adams, Dan Simmons, Robert R. McCammon, Dashiell Hammet, James Ellroy, Robert Anton Wilson, James Randi, and Carl Sagan to name just a few favorite authors.

Heroes:

Frank Zappa, Jello Biafra, James Randi, Robert Anton Wilson, Timothy Leary, John Waters, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, Tony Iommi, "Geezer" Butler, Lemmy, Bill Hicks, George Carlin, and Penn & Teller.

My Blog

Bob reviews The Happening

M. Night Syamalan's The Happening is sort of a modern version of those seventies "nature gone amok" movies like Kingdom of the Spiders and Day of the Animals.  The difference is those movies knew...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:31:00 PST

Bob reviews The Incredible Hulk

Personally I didn't hate Ang Lee's 2003 version of The Hulk, but I wasn't thrilled with it, either.  Forget the cheesy CGI Hulk; that I can deal with.  My problem was that Lee just didn't de...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:52:00 PST

Random Ramblings: Vacation Edition

Back From Vacation   It's been awhile since I wrote anything here, so I suppose some catching up is in order.  Last Monday, June 9th, was the 14th wedding anniversary for Camevil and I.&nb...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:42:00 PST

Bob reviews Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a "great" movie?  No, it isn't.  But it is a great Indiana Jones movie, and that's really all it has to be.  As with all the film...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Mon, 26 May 2008 10:25:00 PST

Random Ramblings: Spook Show Edition

Welcome to the Spook Show! This weekend and last Joe Ostrica and his Old School Sinema shot the majority of their latest film, tentatively titled 'The Spook Show'.  Why am I telling you t...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Sat, 24 May 2008 09:43:00 PST

Cleveland Rocks (and so does Akron) Part 3  New Wave, Metal, and Pop in the eighties

The eighties was the decade when I really started getting into music.  By 1986 I was even going to local clubs to see bands whenever I could.  There were a lot more "all ages" shows back the...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Tue, 13 May 2008 12:56:00 PST

’Redbelt’ review in the Free Times

Okay, I promise this is the last movie review blog I'll post this week. If you want to check out my review of the new David Mamet film 'Redbelt', you can read it in the Cleveland Free Times. It's al...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:53:00 PST

Bob reviews Speed Racer

Speed Racer is a monumental waste of time, talent, and money that epitomizes everything that is wrong about modern Hollywood.  To steal a concept from Crispin Glover, Speed Racer seems designed s...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Wed, 07 May 2008 05:39:00 PST

Bob reviews Iron Man

This is one of those rare movies that just about everyone seems to like, and I'm no exception.  In a way, it almost shouldn't work.  Iron Man is a superhero movie where action and special ef...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Wed, 07 May 2008 04:50:00 PST

Cleveland Rocks (and so does Akron) Part 2  Punk rock pioneers

My favorite bands from Akron and Cleveland all came out of the early to mid seventies proto punk and punk rock scenes.  There's a distinctive NE Ohio weirdness that runs through most of these ban...
Posted by Bob Ignizio on Thu, 01 May 2008 07:49:00 PST