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Iann Robinson (born c. 1971) is an American writer
Writer

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, musician
Musician

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 and television personality best known as a former MTV
MTV

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 VJ. He is currently a Disc Jockey for Boston Based Radio Station WBCN 104.1

Born in New York
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, Robinson co-hosted a show called Monkey Butt Sex on a Manhattan
Manhattan

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 cable access channel in the 1990s. Ocean MacAdams, an MTV
MTV

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 vice-president, was a fan of the show in his college years and pulled strings to get Robinson a job at MTV in 1999, helped on by an appearance on the MTV show 12 Angry Viewers
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12 Angry Viewers was a television show in the United States on MTV between 1997-1998. The title is a play of title of the movie 12 Angry Men....
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Iann Robinson (born c. 1971) is an American writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
, musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and television personality best known as a former MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 VJ. He is currently a Disc Jockey for Boston Based Radio Station WBCN 104.1

Born in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, Robinson co-hosted a show called Monkey Butt Sex on a Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 cable access channel in the 1990s. Ocean MacAdams, an MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 vice-president, was a fan of the show in his college years and pulled strings to get Robinson a job at MTV in 1999, helped on by an appearance on the MTV show 12 Angry Viewers
12 Angry Viewers

12 Angry Viewers was a television show in the United States on MTV between 1997-1998. The title is a play of title of the movie 12 Angry Men....
. Overweight and sporting a shaved head and numerous tattoos as well as being an outspoken fan of heavy metal
Heavy metal music

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, Robinson quickly distinguished himself with his blunt, no-nonsense approach to interviewing the pop stars of the day. He left MTV
MTV

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 in 2003, implying that he might have been fired although a press release in 2004 suggested it was his decision to leave.. In 2006 Robinson wrote in his blog
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 that he was indeed fired. Robinson was also the drummer for Puny Human, a band he formed with his friends Josh Diamond and Jason Diamond, who had hosted Monkey Butt Sex with him, but per his blog he was ousted from the band in 2004.

Since leaving MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 Robinson has written for various rock publications and websites, including the Boston Phoenix and Metal Sludge
Metal Sludge

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. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

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 in 2005 and still lives there as of 2008. A long time fan of comic books, he co-owns a comic publishing company called Isolation Disorder Press.

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