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robet is lost

Afflict the comfortable, and comfort the afflicted.

About Me


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My Interests



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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE MUTHAFUCKAS!

CIBO MATTO RULE!!!DEERHOOF ARE AWESOME LIVE (and Greg is the best drummer in the world)David Choe is an inspirational genius/rogue/plague on society
Listen--NIN, PIXIES, THE CURE,CIBO MATTO, DEPECHE, NEW ORDER, INterpol, Amon Tobin, Kasabian, The Bravery, Fischerspooner, Atmosphere, Cornershop, RATM, DMX, Atmosphere, Peter Murphy, The Smiths, Vast, M.I.A., White Stripes, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Beasties, The Streets, Dangermouse, Dead Can Dance, Portishead, Morcheeba, THE PILLOWS, Yoko Kanno, The Hungry Ghost, Echo & The Bunnymen, Sisters of Mercy, Billy Idol, Duran Duran, Joy Division, Mozz, Cranes, Green Day, Tricky

OTHER INTERESTS: writing, publishing,
ART: Klimt, Matisse, Dave Choe, James Jean, Ukiyo-E, Lucien Freud, Frank Quitely, Paul Pope, kozyndan, Hans Rickheit, Taiyo Matsumoto Los Brothers Hernandez

LIT: Paul Bowles, Albert Camus, Robert Silverberg, China Mieville, David Soren
ANIME: Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Rahxephon, Miyazaki, Ghost In The Shell,

I'd like to meet:

all flavors, artists, writers, musicians, creative sorts...fellow angry liberals...and anyone with something to say.
Why are you wearing that stupid man-suit?

PEOPLE I DON'T WANT TO MEET: Conservatives! Hopelessly self-involved assholes. Tireless self-promoters. Mindless attention whores.

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Music:


Music? ahh yes, music...most of it sucks but when it doesn't...it transcends. Anyway, I said it all above in "Interests"

Concerts I've seen: Nine Inch Nails (5 times), Depeche Mode, David Bowie (w/ NIN), New Order, Chemical Bros, M.I.A., The Bravery, Kasabian, Radio 4, Prick, The Prodigy, The Cure (twice),Tricky, Peter Murphy (twice), Bauhaus(twice), Love & Rockets,Weezer, Milla Jovovich, Pop Will Eat Itself, Jim Rose Circus,Rancid, Offspring, Guttermouth, Goops, Antiseen,Siouxsie & The Banshees, Janes Addiction (twice),Rollins, Butthole Surfers, Moby, Outkast, Crystal Method, Godhead, Reptile House, Interpol (w/ The Cure), The Rapture, Filter, Simple Minds, Ziggy Marley, Billy Idol,The Cult, Burning Spear, Dwarves, Third World, Cranes

Movies:



Lost In Translation, City of Lost Children, Amelie, Delicatessen (ie. basically anything by the genius Jean Pierre Jeunet) LOTR, Fight Club, Dark City, Secrets & Lies, American Splendor, Matrix, Iron Giant, Princess Mononoke, Hero, Raise The Red Lantern, Eat Drink Man Woman, Like Water For Chocolate, Samurai Fiction, Bowling For Columbine Rushmore, Welcome to The Dollhouse, Jaws, Raiders of The Lost Ark, Farewell My Concubine, The Last Emperor, Wong Kar Wai, Bernardo Bertolucci, Iron Monkey (better than Crouching Tiger), The Heroic Trio, Il Postino, The Freshman, Three Kings, River's Edge, Kids, Dazed and Confused, Scent of Green Papaya, Kung Fu Hustle

Television:


Lonely Planet, Anthony Bourdain, Lost, Travel Channel, Adult Swim

Books:

The collected short stories of Paul Bowles,Haruki Murakami, Albert Camus, Los Brothers Hernandez, Flaubert, Bourdain

Heroes:

Albert Camus, Paul Bowles, Hannibal, Trent Reznor,

My Blog

WOWing WOMen... to no avail

Looking at email a moment ago I noticed that one opened with "WOW, this is perfect!!!" And no, she wasn't commenting on a photo of my penis (although that would have elicited a similarly enthusiastic ...
Posted by robet is lost on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:32:00 PST

Nature Is Beautiful: Curious Loggerhead

A free diver encounters a large, inquisitive loggerhead. Something touching about this. ...
Posted by robet is lost on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:55:00 PST

THE TEST (mindblowing video enclosed)

Chemical Brothers w/ Richard Ashton from The Verve on vocals. Awesome song and video.Chemical Brothers - The Test Add to My Profile |   More Videos...
Posted by robet is lost on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:01:00 PST

Life just gets worse

Life just gets worse So I just got hired for a new job that pays quite well (at least compared to what I'm used to) and it's been too long since I had a steady paycheck (writing makes you a pauper...
Posted by robet is lost on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:15:00 PST

Happy Miserable Spring--is it the pollen or the sadness?

Yeah I hate bulletins without substance just as much as you...but I think I've posted enough substantive bulletins to have a little cache of self-serving one's stored up for when I need the attention...
Posted by robet is lost on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:13:00 PST

LOVE'S MANY PERMUTATIONS

Although I surprisingly find myself to be chronically monogamous, I also think that we (especially you women out there) should never let your concept of love and/or a healthy relationship be solely de...
Posted by robet is lost on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:27:00 PST

The loneliest fucking weekend ever

And it has nothing to do with St. Patrick. I have some Irish blood coursing through my veins (and no, I didn't just happen to get a transfusion on a weekend trip to Dublin!), but the holiday itself do...
Posted by robet is lost on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:43:00 PST

If you like Dogs and/or Amon Tobin (you know I only post cool shit)

Dog fight (really they're just playing) to Amon Tobin soundtrack. Fun! Cool 1-minute trailer for new Amon Tobin record 2007 ...
Posted by robet is lost on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:10:00 PST

Attack of the panhandlers: Three anecdotes, One Message

Lately I'm wondering if someone tagged me with a target somehow only visible to the homeless and panhandlers. Or maybe someone scrawled "sucker" across the expanse of my forehead and it just doesn't s...
Posted by robet is lost on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:15:00 PST

Origins of the F-Word

Or should it be an intercourse about fucking? Please be shocked, I hope you're shocked (ok just pretend you're shocked and I'll buy it. I'm naïve that way) So just in case you wanna know my thought p...
Posted by robet is lost on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:41:00 PST