Biography
Rob Theakston entered the world at a tender age to parents whose DNA provided a solid foundation, inking a deal with Team All Music Guide as an unrestricted free agent in 2000. Serving primarily as a technical editor, he occasionally steps into critical territory when released from the binary confines of his data enclosure. His contributions appear regularly across global outlets, and he devoted multiple years to Detroit’s electronic scene through close ties with Carl Craig’s Planet E Communications as well as Ann Arbor’s Ghostly International. Leisure hours find him savoring pesto, cilantro, lime, and bread, though never in any fixed sequence.
Beyond those flavors he also treasures The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Soap, The West Wing, pugs, strolls along the shoreline, Kenneth Koch, minimalist art, stationery shops, and tacos. His earliest purchased album was Dynasty by Kiss, while his first live show was Billy Joel; Xanadu ranks as his preferred music film and Banned in DC his favorite music book. Songwriting heroes remain Goffin & King, with Brian Wilson topping his list of producers and Planet E his ideal record label. Wire sits at the pinnacle of magazines, whereas Highlights for Children occupies the opposite end. Frank Zappa leads his guitarist preferences, Dave Matthews trails, Revolver claims the finest sleeve, and the session aces are James Jamerson together with Carol Kaye. En Records earns his least-favored label distinction, Bobby Sherman his top teen idol, and Olivia Newton-John the artist who first broke his heart. Journey remains the act he will never cease to trust, Johnny Hartman the vocalist who sets his skin crawling, and Nick Drake the one who induces swooning. The sound “werp” delights him most, Get Up With It the album he will always champion, while Too many to mention describes the discs he alone possesses. Damn the Torpedoes is the classic he owns yet dislikes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs the group he is expected to admire but does not, Interpol the band he feels ought to disband, and The Smiths the act that should reunite. Stryper supplies his guilty pleasure; Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, and Tony Williams form his fantasy supergroup. The Birth of Detroit Soul represents the musical epoch he would most like to witness, and The Smiths the concert he wishes he had attended.
Beyond those flavors he also treasures The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Soap, The West Wing, pugs, strolls along the shoreline, Kenneth Koch, minimalist art, stationery shops, and tacos. His earliest purchased album was Dynasty by Kiss, while his first live show was Billy Joel; Xanadu ranks as his preferred music film and Banned in DC his favorite music book. Songwriting heroes remain Goffin & King, with Brian Wilson topping his list of producers and Planet E his ideal record label. Wire sits at the pinnacle of magazines, whereas Highlights for Children occupies the opposite end. Frank Zappa leads his guitarist preferences, Dave Matthews trails, Revolver claims the finest sleeve, and the session aces are James Jamerson together with Carol Kaye. En Records earns his least-favored label distinction, Bobby Sherman his top teen idol, and Olivia Newton-John the artist who first broke his heart. Journey remains the act he will never cease to trust, Johnny Hartman the vocalist who sets his skin crawling, and Nick Drake the one who induces swooning. The sound “werp” delights him most, Get Up With It the album he will always champion, while Too many to mention describes the discs he alone possesses. Damn the Torpedoes is the classic he owns yet dislikes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs the group he is expected to admire but does not, Interpol the band he feels ought to disband, and The Smiths the act that should reunite. Stryper supplies his guilty pleasure; Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, and Tony Williams form his fantasy supergroup. The Birth of Detroit Soul represents the musical epoch he would most like to witness, and The Smiths the concert he wishes he had attended.
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