I'm pretty much interested in anything and everything. Guitar, glassblowing, Art, theatre, experiencing, thinking, imbibing, philosophy, country drives, Tablero (drinking game), reading, etymology, other cultures, drawing, camping, jamming, watching movies, learning, living, listening, talking, enjoying the moment, sleeping, eating, creating, and dreaming. I also have a love affair with coffee, beer, wine, liquor, gyros(pronounced: yee-row(s)), and live music.
TOOL - PARABOLA
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Music
TOOL, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Fat Boy Slim, NIN, Bjork, Tom Petty, A Perfect Circle, Black Sabbath, Jane's Addiction, Ben Harper, They Might Be Giants, Cake, Violent Femmes, Rasputina, Medeski Martin and Wood, Critters Buggin', The Who, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Chemical Bros., DJ Shadow, The Beastie Boys, Mozart, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Scott Joplin, Django Rheinhardt, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, just to name a few.
Movies
I'll list a few . . .
Fight Club, The Boondock Saints, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Usual Suspects, Evil Dead 1,2,3(Army of Darkness), Amalee, The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Shawn of the Dead, Office Space, Super Troopers, Napolean Dynomite, Buffalo 66, Waking Life, Aliens, Dune, Blade, Tetsuo: the Iron Man, Akira, Batman Begins, Dark City, SLC Punk, M.A.S.H., Clerks, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Cannibal the Musical, Orgazmo, Team America, American Beauty, The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun, After Hours, Joe vs. The Volcano, Being There, The Elephant Man, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Basquiat, I shot Andy Warhol, Existenze, . . .
Okay, okay. Let me go in another direction. I love the works of David Lynch, Monty Python, Paul Verhoven, Adrien Lyne, Tim Burton, Martin Scorcese, Jeunet Cairo, David Cronenberg, Mel Brooks, Kevin Smith, Cheech and Chong, Hayao Miyazaki, Michel Gondry . . . I'll come back to this when I can remember more . . .
I love stories in all mediums and genras. I love Independant, strange, weird, unusual, art films as well as a good foreign flick. Movies are one of my main vices in life.
"Always stock up on your vices, because every time you go to the doctor he tells you to lose a few." --Mark Twain
Television
Twin Peaks (I have the pilot, all the episodes, and the movie), The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and MXC are the main things that I would seek out. There are various things I'll watch that catches my attention, usually something unusual, strange, or just plain weird. I'll watch Comedy Central from time to time. Other than that I pretty much avoid television. More specifically, I hate the advertisements. I find I have a hell of a lot more time if I'm not wasting away in front of the tele.
Books
Recently finished reading: Mutant Message Down Under
Dante's Inferno-Dante Allegheri, Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk, Choke-Chuck Palahniuk, Stranger in a Strange Land-Robert Heinlein, Wheels of Life, On a Pale Horse-Pierce Anthony, Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Hurston, A Breif History of Time-Stephen Hawking, Naked Lunch-William S. Burroughs, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-Hunter S. Thompson, Hamlet,The DaVinci Code, Illusions (The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah), The Stranger-Albert Camus, Fools Crow-James Welch, Sophie's World-Jolstein Gaarder, A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess, Being There-Jersy Kosinski. . . These titles are the one's that come to mind at this moment. I'll be updating this periodically.
I also like books on Philosophy, Art, Science, Kabbalah, Astrology, Glassblowing, Guitar and Music, Textbooks, Languages, Chess, Spirituality, History, and just about everything else
Heroes
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Siddartha, Rumi, Alex Grey, M.c.Escher, H.R.Giger, David Lynch, Jeunet Cairo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, J.S.Bach, Django Rheinhardt, Socrates, Plato, Archemedies, Thomas Jefferson, Nikolas Tesla . . . and so many more to think of . . . I have a special place in my heart for all those minds that realize that the box is only an illusion; that most of us are asleep and the few who are awake are totally amazed by everything.
I am currently enjoying my life.
I am a glass artist and a classical guitarist (see my networking). Playing and writing music is one of my favorite things to do, next to drinking. I am very social and love meeting new people and making friends. I have been described as easy going and relaxed. I love a good laugh and stimulating conversations. I really like hearing the stories of people's lives. Life is all about the connections we make, either with people, family, and friends or with ourselves.
"Live like your gonna die tomorrow, plan like your gonna live forever."
Who I'd like to meet: Everyone. Drinkers, musicians, and artists are some of my favorite people.
Hey Mikey, I was looking at Luke's friend list, and after seeing you in the bar the other night, it finally dawned on me - "that's who that is..." So judging by your MySpace page, you should check out the video I've got on my page. I took a Brother's Quay video and replace the soundtrack with some Tool. I think you'll appreciate it.
Chowdah, goddammit! It's calling my name in that phlegmy voice, spraying clam chunks in all directions. I just can't resist it. It's taking over my liiiiifffeee!!
Come to the dark side, Mikey. We have chowder. And maybe a little beer.
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