I really enjoy the arts (high- or lowbrow; I'm not a snob), writing, playing drums, bass and guitar. (I'm currently looking for a project in the vein of AOR, Rock, Punk, Blues or Metal...but open to other styles, if you're interested.) I'm a freelance writer. You can read some of my work in Performer Magazine, where I'm a monthly featured contributor. More recently, I've been hijacked onto the staff of hot new blog site Ration Reality (http://rationreality.com), where I get to show a little of my dark side. In the last few months, I've been doing some technical work (Assistant Director/Production Assistant/Assistant Audio Tech) on some independent films here in the Carolinas. Hopefully, I will be doing some sketch-based comedy with some very talented individuals in the near future, but this remains very tentative as of now. I also get to do a few other ..media things.. here and there, which keep me busy and sometimes give me "behind the scenes" stories to tell my grandpets about!
I "Run With a Hatchet".
Spending precious time with family and friends is very important to me. I enjoy animals, particularly our 3 pets. Hiking around the woods and lake behind our home is great, especially when our dear dog is in tow. I enjoy watching hockey (Toronto Maple Leafs are my team.) and watching/playing tennis (although no one else in my neighborhood plays). I also have an unexplainable love of Volkswagen Vanagons/Caravelles/Type IIIs and Tristar/Transporter trucks, as well as some obscure European car brands. Only recently, I've gotten the courage to admit that I'm...an Anime fan and I'm all about Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist and WOLF'S RAIN(!), among others. Don't worry about me, though. I can quit whenever I want to.
Politics, society, cultural anthropology, music, cinema, philosophy, spirituality, physics, marketing, German stuff (...aber mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut) and history are fun and interesting conversation topics for me, although my knowledge varies from one to another. My New Band, Kadaver:
3 Inches of Blood, 16 Volt, A (Just how ace are buildings, anyway?), ABBA (Yes, you read it correctly.), Accept, Acrassicauda, Zach Action, All That Remains, Amon Amarth, Andrew WK, Armored Saint, Ashes of Serenity, As I Lay Dying, Atari Teenage Riot, At the Drive-In, Atreyu, The Audition, Autumn's Halo, Erykah Badu, Berlin, Better Than Ezra, Black Flag, BLACKSLIDER, Blaze (Ya Dead Homie), Blindside, Blindedize, Bloc Party, Boondox, boysetsfire, Breaking Benjamin, Junior Brown, Bullet for my Valentine, Cameo, CARCASS(!), Johnny Cash, Celt, Children of Bodom, Crash Test Dummies, Crossfire, The Cult, The Cure, Day of Fire, C.urse Y.our N.ame, Dead 50s, Deadwater, Del Amitri, Delusional/DWB, Device, Dillon Fence, Dio, The D.O.C., Eve 6, Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, Dag, Far Too Jones, Fishbone, Freddie Jones Band, Ghostland Observatory, Gojira, Golem, Goo Goo Dolls(early), Harem Scarem, Hate Eternal, Colin Hay/Men at Work, Helloween, HIM, Unknown Hinson, Ice-T/Body Count, Ill Bill/La Coka Nostra, In Flames, Iron Maiden, Jaded, Wyclef Jean, Junkrod Joe and the Cadillac Hearse, killwhitneydead, King Diamond, Kings X, Kreator, lostprophets, Lonnie Mack, Maladment,The Maple Room, Matthew Good Band, mc chris, MC Lars, Loreena McKennitt, Metal Church, Mindless Self Indulgence, Missing Persons, My Attention Span, N.W.A., Our Lady Peace, Over It, The Outfield, Pantera, Plastilina Mosh, , Platinum Blonde, A Plea for Purging, Prince (or whatever-the-hell-he's-calling-himself-these-days), Public Enemy, Public Image Ltd., Queensryche, Rammstein, Ratt, Reel Big Fish, Refused, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, Run-DMC, RUSH(!), Saliva, Sex Pistols, Shotgun Messiah, Silverstein, Slick Rick, Social Distortion, Steely Dan, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, Stromaufwärts, Suicidal Tendencies (For LIFE), Sullivan, Surprises, The Sword, Tengwar, Three Days Grace, TNT, Tre' Stylez, Unknown Hinson, Voivod, Warlock, Waterdown, Weezer, West Memphis Boogeyman, Wild Blue
Movies
I've been so burnt out on mainstream U. S. releases of which I can discern the ending within 15 minutes. I've taken a liking to foreign and indie films lately. (Not that I'm so naive that as to think they don't follow their own formulae; I just haven't learned to recognize them yet.
Some favorites:
Anatomy
Big Fish
Black Cadillac
Bon Cop/Bad Cop(Canuck film is the first "bilingual movie"--very Canadian, eh?)
Brick
Das Experiment
Dead Meat (nifty li'l Irish horror job)
Dog Soldiers
The Emperor's Club
The Filth and the Fury
Ginger Snaps(quite original and filled with familiar sights from my days in Toronto)
The Howling (Still scary 25 years later!) />Mad Max (Ud Mel Gibson, b'vakasha!)
Night Shift(Could there be anything funnier than running a prostitution ring out of the NYC morgue? Exactly!)
Paper Clips
Pootie Tang (I apologize for NOTHING!)
Run, Lola, Run/Lola Rennt Run, Ronnie, Run (Surprisingly, not the sequel to the above-mentioned film--not even auf Deutsch.)<
Seriously Hilarious: Kids With Beards(Insane sketch comedy done by cool homo sapienses)
Seriously Hilarious: The Great Library Heist (short film)
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Strangeland
Super Troopers
Versus
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Wet, Hot American Summer
Television
I don't watch much televisions anymore, I just turn it on a news channel and listen while I write/surf/clean the house. Sometimes, I luck into something good on the Discovery networks, VH-1 Classic, Fuse, MTV 2, Link TV, IFC or BBC America. I try to make a point to watch The Toronto Maple Leafs play (when televised), Wimbledon and The U. S. Open. I've recently become hooked on watching the side-splitting British sketch comedy show That Mitchell and Webb Look. Those two geezuhs are comic geniuses.
Back in the day (college), I used to dig The Angry Beavers and Eek! the Cat, 'cause I was gangsta' like that.
Books
"Beer For Dummies", "Shut Up and Get in the Van" by H. Rollins, "Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to Present" by Peter Nabokov, "IBM and The Holocaust" by Edwin Black (That one left me very troubled and, later, very angry.), and The Bible. I enjoy fiction, but I usually only have a few moments at a time to read and nonfiction is easier for me to read that way. From my youth, I remember Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", "Beowulf" and various King/Bachman works being very good reads. Lately, I've been reading the first few books in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter--highly recommended.
Heroes
In Memoriam:,
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (R.I.P.): Advocate for the Unwanted; Emissary to the Unloved
Freelance journalist (primarily investigative hard news and music-related), comedic/satirical blogger (http://rationreality.com) and general friend of the written word. To date, more than 250 of my submissions have been published.
I've played everything from Klezmer to death metal. Primary instruments are drums and bass guitar (in order of proficiency). Currently looking for AOR/Melodic Hard Rock (TNT, Harem Scarem) or Anthemic Punk (lostprophets, boysetsfire) project.
I have worked as an Assistant Director, Production Assistant, Grip/Lighting Tech. and Audio Technician on several independent productions. I am currently working on my second collaboration with Behind Enemy Lines Productions. Look for it soon!
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About me: Welcome to the official MySpace page of Matt M., successful musician, photographer, writer and journalist--but not so successful that he can quit his day job. From his home base, Casa de White Trash, in the mean suburbs of Winston-Salem, NC, Matt oversees his media empire ...and then goes to his soul-destroying 9-to-whenever job and punches clock for The Man. When he's not occupied with such things, he's enjoying time with family and friends, finding new experiences and wondering what kind of voyeur would be interested in reading about his life.
"We are not going to be able to do anything forever, but we can do everything right now!" -Andrew W.K.
Soylent Ape loves his B. C. Rich Guitars and Basses (but not in that kind of way, Sicko).
Soylent Ape has a fever and the only cure is more Crate Guitar and Bass Amplifiers!
Soylent Ape is getting back to his roots with Ludwig Drums!
Soylent Ape plays Sabian cymbals, because Canucks can spin brass better than anyone!
PLEASE SUPPORT ME AND MY BANDMATES IN KADAVER: Dark, Theatrical and Heavy Music!!!
Help fight Animal Cruelty and Neglect: Support the ASPCA (...or Sarah McLachlan will personally come to your home and assault you.)
Who I'd like to meet: Interesting people, fun people, fun and interesting people, musicians, writers, artists, filmmakers and other creative types, big people, small people, male people, female people, dumb people, smart people, good people ...and Tie Domi (Go 'Leafs!)
The Trailer for The Matisse Print, my first outing "above the line" as Assistant Director. Look for this off-beat romantic dramedy (written/directed by Seriously Hilarious alum. Kris Saintsing) soon at a film festival near you! (Copyright 2009 SHP Cinema. All Rights Reserved.)
Coffee Shop Created for the 2008 24 Hour Film Festival. I was a member of the production team behind this short. (Copyright 2008 Behind Enemy Lines Productions. All Rights Reserved.)
****That Mitchell and Webb Look Clip of the Week****
****Soylent Ape's Video Jukebox (Halloweenl Edition)**** Annabel Lamb shows us why we should never pick up strange British men on the side of the road in her cover of "Riders on the Storm" (Of course, the phrase "Strange British Men" is a bit redundant, right?).
Hey!! I just wanted to stop by your page and thank you so much for your comments, they are all very sweet and thank you for being you!! I have been down in the dumps and I am working hard to get my life straight and I know it will take time so I just do what I can do and hang in there!! Thank you for all of your support and your kind kind words!! :) YOU ARE AWESOME!! :) I hope you are doing well and I hope to chat with you soon!
Only recently, I've gotten the courage to admit that I'm...an Anime fan and I'm all about Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist and WOLF'S RAIN(!), among others. Don't worry about me, though. I can quit whenever I want to. 
