Todd
Todd McFliker RAG Magazine
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All You Need Is Love to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Male
34 years old
POMPANO BEACH, Florida
United States
Last Login: 12/10/2009
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Todd's Interests
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| General | Muisc, Movies and Photography. | | Music | Let's see, there's the Beatles and there's Zeppelin. Then in very distant positions, there's Van Morrison, Jimi, Floyd and U2. | | Movies | Scorsese, Scorsese and Scorsese. | | Television | Larry David rules, while Reno 911 and South Park are worth watching. | | Books | I read magazines more than books. The UK's Uncut and Mojo are far superior to the States' music publications. | | Heroes | Scorsese for successfully making the mean streets into beautiful pieces of art. |
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Todd's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Zodiac Sign: | Sagittarius | | Occupation: | Writer/Photographer |
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About me:
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
In Todd McFliker's All You Need is Love to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2 is directly compared to the Beatles as the cultural band of its generation. The Fab Four were the sociological and cultural phenomenon of the twentieth-century. In the 1960s, the musical messiahs from Liverpool pioneered a new fulfilling era of music based on the simple concepts of love, peace and enlightenment. The book is for sale at amazon.com/gp/product/0826427766/103-8126354-7671024
The most popular, repeatedly covered, influential and enduring rock group of all time made rock and roll an artistic medium with recognizable images and idols. Reported as the biggest band on the planet since the 1980s, U2 has dominated the industry for a quarter-century by marketing the Beatles’ simple themes throughout the media.
Arguably the best albums of their time periods, there is a direct comparison of the Beatles’ 1967 record, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, to U2’s Achtung Baby from 1991. While the recording of Sgt. Pepper’s was too highly technical to hit the road with, Achtung Baby and its Zoo TV tour thirty years later was the largest, loudest, most costly and technically ambitious rock show to ever tour the globe. Printed reports of both the Beatles and U2 legendary concerts have been examined, showing differences and comparisons in different media outlets. The two bands’ amount of time onstage, quality of sound and audience participation is each compared. Both the Beatles and U2 have undoubtedly expanded society’s expectations of live performances, with their unforgettable rock concerts.
Lennon helped make rock and roll an acceptable business in a handful of cultures around the world. Utilizing his poetic talent in the 1960s, John wrote, performed and recorded material based on love, justice, equality, integrity and risk in order to better mankind. While John’s legacy continues to shine on, Bono is the media’s most successful activist of all time. U2’s pop star has continually admitted he would not have a role to play if it were not for previous icons, such as the Beatles. In a direct response to John Lennon’s highly personal views in 1970, “God,” Bono wrote “God Part II,” a more poetic pop song, using symbolism, quoting modern-day journalists and mocking himself. Without the Beatles and U2’s revolutionary music, godly poetry, timeless performances, cultural influences and political involvement, the entertainment industry would not have evolved on such a profound magnitude across the universe.
I am proud to say that I earned a Masters Degree in Mass Communication from Lynn University in Boca Raton, while my undergrad degree from the University of Central Florida is in the English Department’s Creative Writing track. I have spent more than six years employed as a writer and photographer specializing in South Florida’s entertainment, entailing films concert, venue and CD revues, ranging from local talent found anywhere from Miami Beach’s oldest live venue, Tobacco Road to the exquisite DADA in Delray Beach.
As far as what’s in store for the future of my career, I’ve always been certain that one day I will write a book on Led Zeppelin. “If the Song Remained the Same” will be a fictional piece reliving the gods of rock’s history from 1980 to the present if their incredible drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham hadn’t died too soon. Imagine the concert reviews of the mighty Zeppelin at Live Aid, at Lollapalooza, on MTV Unplugged, etc. I would also like to put together a piece on my personal favorite director, Martin Scorsese and his timeless classics spanning four decades. Hopefully, my penmanship will capture the attention of one of my favorite publications in the U.K., either Uncut or Mojo. I would love to move to London and earn a living writing about classic rock’s icons for the rest of my working life. Perhaps one day I’ll retire from the magazine industry and start my autobiography, reliving all of the essential lessons of the reporting game that I had to learn the hard way.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Mr. Jimmy Page
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