My interests include writing, reading, music, going to concerts, great conversation, baseball (go Red Sox), movies, dancing, and having a pint of Guinness.
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Music
Favorite Bands and Singer/Songwriters:
Grateful Dead, The Peak Show, Josh Lederman Y Los Diablos, Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen (the best living songwriter), Ellis Paul, Aimee Mann, The Beatles, Greg Brown, Billy Bragg, The Buzzcocks, Julian Cope (especially the "Peggy Suicide" album), Kanary, Salon K, Velvet Underground, Culture Club (Boy George is one of the hottest chicks of the 1980s), Violent Femmes, Supertramp, Jon Svetkey, Jim's Big Ego, David Bowie, The Monkees, Steve Owen, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Kinks, Electric Light Orchestra, The Clash, The Pogues, Fur Dixon & Steve Werner, Son Volt, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Aine Duffy, Ann Magnuson, The Submarines, Dressy Bessy, Belle And Sebastian, The Happy Hollows, The Movies, The Joyful Process, The Watson Twins, The Brian Kinler Band, The Evangenitals, Strangely Attractive ------------------------------ Albums I recommend: Patty Griffin: "Living With Ghosts" -- Grateful Dead: "American Beauty" -- Ellis Paul: "Stories" -- Ellis Paul: "The Speed Of Trees" -- Billy Bragg: "Worker's Playtime" -- Fur Dixon & Steve Werner: "The Pearl And The Swine" -- Julian Cope: "Peggy Suicide" -- Ann Magnuson: "The Luv Show" -- The Kinks: "Lola Vs. Powerman & The Moneygoround Pt. 1" -- Dressy Bessy: "Dressy Bessy"
Movies
Some of my Favorite Movies:
- "Star Wars"
- "Harold And Maude"
- "The Empire Strikes Back"
- "Brazil"
- "Head"
- "Punch-Drunk Love"
- "Magnolia"
- "Manhattan"
- "The Big Chill"
- "Monty Python's Life Of Brian"
- "Wonder Boys"
- "The Godfather"
- "The Professional"
- "Naked Lunch"
- "Barton Fink"
- "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind"
- "I (heart) Huckabees"
- "The Fisher King"
- "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas"
- "Airplane!"
- "Rushmore"
- "The Royal Tenenbaums"
- "Pulp Fiction"
- "Living In Oblivion"
- "Ghost World"
- "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
- "Husbands And Wives"
- "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover"
- "Apocalypse Now"
- "Halloween"
- "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
- "Being John Malcovich"
- "Casablanca"
- "Sunset Boulevard"
- "Doctor Zhivago"
- "Henry And June"
- "Annie Hall"
- "Happy Accidents"
- "The Dreamers"
- "Band Of Outsiders"
- "Serial Mom"
- "Female Trouble"
- "A Dirty Shame"
- "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
- "The Blues Brothers"
- "The Unbearable Lightness Of Being"
- "Salo" --------------------------------------------------------- Here is a link to my list of movies on IMDB. A ten means it's a great movie and you should make sure you see it; a one means it's one of the worst movies ever made and you should avoid it all costs. Remember: these aren't just my opinions, but accurate assessments of the state of film: http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=17261931
Television
I've basically stopped watching television, except for baseball (Red Sox). Here are some shows that i've enjoyed: "The Newsroom," "Alias," "Arrested Development," "Family Guy," "Monty Python's Flying Circus," "Blackadder" (especially the second series), "Fawlty Towers," "The Monkees," "Absolutely Fabulous," "Police Squad," "The Muppet Show" and "thirtysomething." Also, "Sports Night," "Action," and "It's Like You Know" (none of which lasted very long). Another underrated show is "She Spies." If you can, pick up the first season on DVD.
Books
Favorite authors include Kurt Vonnegut (especially "Cat's Cradle" and "Slapstick"), Tom Robbins (especially "Jitterbug Perfume"), Henry Miller, the Marquis de Sade, Anais Nin, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Irving (especially "The Hotel New Hampshire" and "The World According To Garp"), Richard Brautigan, John Cheever, Raymond Carver, Vladimir Nabokov (especially "Lolita"), Brett Easton Ellis, Lawrence Durrell (The Alexandria Quartet), Philip Roth, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, and Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch (though the only book of his that i've read is "Venus In Furs")...................
Heroes
I have no heroes. Sorry, folks.
Michael's Details
Status:
Single
Religion:
Agnostic
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Education:
College graduate
Michael's Schools
University Of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Graduated: 1997
Student status: Alumni
Major: Spanish
Minor: Theatre
1992 to 1997
Wachusett Regional High
Holden,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1990
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Clubs: What, are you kidding me? I think i might have started a Monty Python club. Apart from that, who the hell knows? Hey, is that Monty Python club still going?
About me: Right now I'm working on a documentary film about one of my favorite bands. We started shooting on May 20th. This is a long-term project. I'm also trying to get another film produced - a dark comedy I wrote a few years ago. If you can help, please contact me. I also have a romantic comedy that I'm trying to sell. That has been my focus as of late.
Other than that, i teach theatre at a camp for children with special needs. Also, i photograph a lot of bands.
Who I'd like to meet: On saturday, june 24th, 2006, i met Leonard Cohen. He was number one on my short list of people i'd really like to meet. And now i've met him. He was at a special screening of the new documentary, "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man." Martha Wainwright performed before the movie, and Leonard Cohen spoke. After the movie i managed to get backstage, and met the man himself. He signed the liner notes to my copy of "Dear Heather." He was so kind, so gentlemanly, so warm, so bright. And guess what, folks: he told me that he's really thinking of going on tour again. Hurrah!
There aren't many other famous people i'd like to meet. I really wanted to meet Kurt Vonnegut, and his death has hit me harder than i would have imagined. I feel like this world has taken one more step in the wrong direction. Sure, there are still voices of dissent out there, but where is the optimism? Where is the humor? Whenever i'm in a bad mood, or feeling sad, i can take basically any Vonnegut book off the shelf, open it to any page, start reading and feel better. What other author has that effect?
Well, i would like to meet Boy George, Bud Cort, Cyndi Lauper and some hot older woman in a fur coat with a whip. Okay?
Awwww man... I'm so glad you dug it. Such a terrifying moment to bring something so fresh and still in formation out into the world. But MAN was that a loving atmosphere last night! Couldn't have picked a safer place to debut it! :-)
Hi Michael Hope all is well we have had a lazy weekend how was your weekend? do
anything nice? hope you had a good one and hope all is well, hope to
hear from you soon, have a good day look forward to your reply:)
Hey there! Phone broke in half? Such drama! I will call you, then you will have my #. Still waiting for you to provide the fur, its been how many years? ;) xoxo
The wait is over!! Out new project is up! Bullied by Strings...have a listen! Oh yeah and rehearsing the live shows.....dance shoes required! Hope you are well!!! mama kk
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