MikeEE

www.myspace.com/eemikesmith

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  • 42 / Male
  • CHICAGO, Illinois, US
  • Last Login: 7/9/2009

Interests

  • General

    Director?! of Environmental Encroachment, EE Marching Band and Cavalcade, Magic Circus Band, unique entertainment inspirations.
  • Music

    My band: Environmental Encroachment - aka The EE Marching Band):
    A Raging Good time with horns, drums, costumes, antics.
    http://www.encroach.net

    Funk and Contemp
    Bootsy Collins (my all-time fav), Bernie Worrell, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and the George Clinton's parliament/funkadelic p-funk mob.Fishbone!, James Brown, the JB's, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Black Bear Combo, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, All-American Anti-War Marching Band, Astral Trapeze, Electric Medicine, Jungle Street Rockers (hon. member), Ferdinand Fox, Johnny Cash, Hungry March Band, Vince Herman and Great American Taxi, Extreme Elvis, Smiths, Cantina and Darth Vader songs from SW, Lexxus, dj Wil B I, dj L.A. Jesus, Hazy Loper, Zappa, Slave, FreakyStyly era red-hots, Tom Waits, early Pink Floyd, Public Enemy, Frankie Capri, March Fourth, Hungry March Band, Black Bear Combo, HONK fest bands!..

    Jazz
    Thelonious Monk (tied with Bootsy for favorite), Miles Davis, Louis Armstong, Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, Kahil El-Zabar, Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, Coltrane, Oscar de Leon, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Mingus, Roswell Rudd, Rebirth Brass Band, Treme Brass Band, Golden Eagles, Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Professor Longhair.

    Islands and World:
    Los Munequitos de Mantanzas, Afro-Cuba, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, the Congos, Abysinnians, Israel Vibrations, Black Uhuru, Rockers Soundtrack!, Jacob Miller, John Santos, Afri-Caribe, Olodum, world drum styles like Taiko, Haitian, Dominican GaGa and Merengue, Congas and Moroccan Tabl and Bendir, Trakia All-Stars, Hassan Hakmoun, Berber/Gnaowa music from Moroq, Master Musicians of Ains-Mehen, Master Musicians of Joujouka, Femi Kuti. Augustus Pablo, Sidi Goma.
    Trombone Trance.
    Nawlins Heroes, Q and Miss P, Brassessss
    EA, HMB, IRO, and the contemp march band scene...

  • Movies

    RIZE!,Kung Fu movies with the Shaolin Monks, Barfly, Crumb, Disclosure Project, Manufacturing Consent, The Meatrix, Nanook of the North, Buster Keaton, Starship Troopers, Nikola Tesla, Leon Therimin, Rockers, Blues Brothers, Kill Bill, Documentary "Ring of Fire" by Blair Brothers (changed my life),
  • Television

    blew up in steam explosion.
  • Books

    History of Virginia City, Nevada and the Comstock Lode. Books with cool pictures. Gordon Matta-Clark and my art books!
  • Heroes

    Peter Kadyk, Dave Christensen

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Elkhart, Indiana
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Height: 5' 8"
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Gemini
  • Children: Undecided
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Education: Some college

Blurbs

About me:

Survey Says:
Name Mikee
Birthday June, 1 - Gemini, Scorpio rising
Birthplace Elkhart , IN, same as my proudly carried Martin trombone
Current locale West Loopy, Chicago
Fears Lost Life, lost planet (lost cell phone)
Perfect Pizza? fresh garlic, spinach, artichoke hearts, or xTian's Raw Food 'pizza'
Goal this Year TOUR
Thoughts first waking up? Thats my Dad calling.!
Favorite arthropod? Praying Mantid
Missed Memory? My deceased friends David Christensen and Peter Kadyk
Coffee? with soy milk
Smoke? no cigs please
Beaten Up Recently? restrained maybe, never beaten up
When you Grow Up? maybe soon?, Rock Star/luminary/philanthropist
Country wanting to visit Iceland

Who I'd like to meet:

Bootsy Collins. Fred and Maceo. More gnomes!

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