Kenton Larsen

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation College Instructor
Location Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Introduction I like advertising, PR, communicatin' and comedy. Nobody cares!
Interests Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism, TV, Stand-up comedy, movies, books, music, science fiction, the news, current events, magazines, newspapers, Internet, media studies, Late-Night talk shows, entertainment critique and critics, David Letterman, Star Wars, the Beatles, Elvis Costello.
Favorite Movies Star Wars, Diner, Starstruck, Aliens, American Graffiti, Miller's Crossing, American Job, the Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Cinema Paradiso, City of God, Close Encounters, Donnie Darko, Fargo, Ghost World, Gregory's Girl, Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Manhattan, Hard Core Logo, Hearts of Darkness, Ikiru, Johnny Dangerously, Citizen Kane, Magnificent Ambersons, Memento, the Monty Python trilogy, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Rocky Horror, Singin' in the Rain, Superman II, To Be and To Have, Trainspotting, the Up series, Valley Girl, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Young Frankenstein, Amadeus, Barton Fink, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Bringing Up Baby, Broadway Danny Rose, Cabin Boy, Casablanca, Crumb, the Court Jester, Election, Happiness, Waiting For Guffman, Best in Show, My Bodyguard, This is Spinal Tap, Terminator 2, Tom Sawyer, District 9
Favorite Music Beatles, Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Belle and Sebastian, the Clash, David Bowie, Billy Bragg, the Clean, Leonard Cohen, Julian Cope, Elvis Costello, the Cribs, the Divine Comedy, Thomas Dolby, Doug and the Slugs, Bob Dylan, Eels, Magnetic Fields, Peter Gabriel, the Hidden Cameras, Daniel Johnston, New Order, Hot Chip, Kirsty MacColl, Graham Parker, Pere Ubu, OMD, Pixies, Polyphonic Spree, Prince, Pulp, Queen, Ramones, Raveonettes, Lou Reed, Shout Out Louds, Sigur Ros, the Smiths, the Sounds, Sparks, Regina Spektor, the Streets, the Strokes, They Might Be Giants, Richard Thompson, Pete Townshend, Velvet Underground, Roger Waters, White Stripes, the Who, X, XTC, Neil Young, Warren Zevon
Favorite Books Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, Winesburg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, Desperate Networks by Bill Carter, Hey Whipple: Squeeze This by Luke Sullivan, Rolling Stone Record Guide, Power Public Relations by Leonard Saffir, Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, On Writing by Stephen King, The Shroud of the Thwacker by Chris Elliott, Everything by Thomas Hardy, Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell, Fraud by David Rakoff, You are Going to Prison by Jim Hogshire, the Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer, Idea Writers by Teresa Iezzi