mikey;
tom stukel - drums;
ronnie kuller - accordion, violin, voice;
alex rodriguez - bass
Influences
Cohen, Bowie, Dylan, Cash, Nick Cave, Cat Power, Patti Smith, John Lennon, Nick Drake, Low, PJ Harvey, Roy Orbison, Van Morrison, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Gram Parsons, George Harrison, Tindersticks, Jeff Buckley, Velvet Underground, Red House Painters, Simon And Garfunkel, Scott Walker, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, Iggy Pop, Grant Lee Buffalo, Roxy Music, Eno, The Smiths, The Cure, Belle and Sebastian, James, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Jarvis Cocker, The Clash, PiL, R.E.M., Hank Williams, Neil Diamond, Serge Gainsbourg, Air, RZA, GZA, The Bomb Squad, Dan the Automator, The Roots, Beck, The Pixies, John Lee Hooker, Jonathan Richman, Echo and the Bunnymen, Mercury Rev, Muddy Waters, The Kinks, U2, Mark Lanegan, Mazzy Star, Nigel Godrich, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, Steve Martin, Bill Hicks, Bill Murray, Andy Kauffman, Albert Camus, Jeffrey Euginides, Milan Kundera, Gerhard Richter, Tony Oursler, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Anton Corbjin, Michel Gondry, Harry Dean Stanton, Juliette Binoche, Isabella Rosellini, Bjork, Mike Patton, Benjamin Franklin, Os Mutantes, DJ Shadow, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Sigur Ros, Can, Neu!, Radiohead, Damon Albarn, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Bauhaus, Sam Cooke, Sleater-Kinney, Dusty Springfield, Elliott Smith, Mookie Wilson, Matador Beach, the Field Museum, Leavitt St. that secret St., Highway 1, I-55, the South Suburbs, the guy outside of Walgreens who gave me a Bruce Lee postcard, the Mojave Desert, Kirsten Byers, Mom, and Dad.
thanks for coming out, i seriously appreciate it. a run down of what you missed: the killerlites lead singer swung the mic around and jumped around ala bono in the sunday bloody sunday video. i threw up in my mouth.
though you weren't named the bluesbunny did appreciate your backing vocals. www.bluesbunny.com and he gave my record 3 carrots. also you are the biggest dick in the world. why? because you told me to get that M.I.A. record. and now i can't stop listening to it. thanks mikey, thanks alot.
Ha!! You're right! But as an employee of the Defense Department, technically he is not only my Commander in Chief, but also my boss. Errrr...that sounded a lot funnier in my head. Reading it in writing just makes me feel sad and a little bit afraid. (silent sigh)
"A moment I've been dreading. George (Bush Sr.) brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida . The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work."
-- Ronald Reagan in his recently published diaries, written May 17, 1986 .
