Movies by Jim Jarmusch and "Beat" Takeshi. Never heard of "Beat" Takeshi? Check out Sonatine or Kikujiro, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Wes Anderson flicks. I was able to see The Darjeeling Limited at a pre-screening at school here with Anderson and Jason Schwartzman. Decent chaps, them guys.

The movie Boondock Saints, the German film Schultze Get The Blues, and every film by Quentin Tarantino, though I still do need to see Grindhouse at some point...

Tom Waits. Been a huge fan of Mr. Waits pretty much all through college. I've seen him once in concert, in Detroit about a year back. Fantastic, I mean fantastic show.

Also, a little Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Heavy Trash
Ratatat
Black Keys

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Name's Ryan and I'm a 4th year film and German student at the University of Michigan, originally from the Grand Rapids area on the other side of the state.

I used to play Magic around 10 years back but got out of it around the time that Urza's Legacy came out. Fast forward 8 years later to college and the release of the World of Warcraft TCG. When the game first came out, my girlfriend and I each went out and pulled open a pack to check the game out (we're both playing the online game at the time), and have been hooked on it ever since.

I now keep a couple pre-constructed M:tG decks around the house and a lot of the players down at the local game store like to unload their excess commons and uncommons on me, so in spite of my self I've actually reacquired a fairly sizable M:tG collection again.

My user name comes from the name of my longest running character in World of Warcraft. Troll warrior, all the way. You can still check him out on the Armory if the inclination strikes you...

So anyway that's me. Drop me a line on the user page, I like to know who stops by.