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MiKe LiKes Pies

I Jam

About Me

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My Interests

Drumming,Rock,Jazz,Blues(see Music I guess),Collecting Debris,Science Fiction,Eating,Breathing

I'd like to meet:

creative thinkers.

Music:

prefer making it to listening but some of my favorite listening would be : Frank Zappa,Rush,Jimi Hendrix,Yes,Grateful Dead,Jethro Tull,Rheostatics,Chick Corea,Albert Collins,Buddy Guy,Led Zeppelin,The Who,Cream,Dave Brubeck Quartet,Buddy Rich,Gene Krupa,ELP,Dave Weckl,Gary Chester's studio work,Bill Bruford,Billy Cobham,Willie Dixon,Howlin'Wolf,Muddy Waters,Jerry Garcia Band,Neil Young,Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble,Black Sabbath,Norman Blake,Chick Webb. + recent additional listening: Joshua Redman,Oz Noy,John Scofield,Gov't Mule,MMW,Galactic,Derek Trucks Band

Movies:

Baby Snakes on dvd is a good "movie" .

Television:

mostly sucks . especially the channels . everything sucks except The Simpsons

Books:

"Hyperion","The Fall Of Hyperion","Endymion","The Rise Of Endymion","Ilium","Olympos",and "The Hollow Man" by Dan Simmons "Ringworld","The Mote In God's Eye","Saturn's Race","Destiny's Road","Inferno","Beowulf's Children","A Gift From Earth","The Legacy Of Heorot","Footfall" and many more books written or co-written by Larry Niven + "The Gods Themselves" , "Foundation" etc. by Isaac Asimov . also "The Masked Rider","Ghost Rider",and "Travelling Music" by Neil Peart . have to get his new one...

Heroes:

Gary Chester,Billy Parker,Joe Vasile - fantastic drummers and fantastic teachers .

My Blog

new camera!

In case my millions of page viewers haven't noticed I have finally got a digital camera thanks to a good friend . Most of the newly uploaded pics are taken by me , Mikey the amateur cymbal clicker . I...
Posted by MiKe Space on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:06:00 PST

new pies / jam! + rehearsing?

I am (supposed to be) preparing for an upcoming drumming request . We (the band) had our second "rehearsal" the other night . Fortunately we have a knack for spur-of-the-moment playing but very l...
Posted by MiKe Space on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:15:00 PST

new pies

new pies for me !!! So ... I decided to spend a little and get this Paiste 20 " prototype ride I've been tapping every visit to the local drumshop for a few months now . it's in the "Signature" alloy...
Posted by MiKe Space on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:36:00 PST

controlled folly!

-that's all it is to be alive . must be a carlos castaneda flashback... good enough thought to blog.
Posted by MiKe Space on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:47:00 PST

a big blast from the past ... Gary Chester speaks ...

Yesterday I traded in three cymbals but then I have so many that it doesn't matter in the big scheme of things. I got some cash and a new copy of my former drum teacher's book "The New Breed" by Gary ...
Posted by MiKe Space on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:33:00 PST