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The Gift

People can look, but are they really seeing? They can hear, but are they really listening?

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4John Zorn directs Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn and Joey Baron for his "Moonchild" project.

My Interests

My name is Mark Fleischhaker. I'm a tad shy for my own good but extremely independent. I teach drums at Music Centre Canada and I love my job. I've played in several bands over the years: Mrs. Svenson, Essential Noise, Faster Disco, Dude Buggy, Scum Element, Xl Birdsuit and Ole! Classifications and labels only put limits on what you can do. Make your own rules. Think outside of the box. You can most likely catch me every Sunday at Broken City for karaoke, usually doing Mike Patton related music."I carry a log - yes. Is it funny to you? It is not to me. Behind all things are reasons. Reasons can even explain the absurd. Do we have the time to learn the reasons behind the human being's varied behavior? I think not. Some take the time. Are they called detectives? Watch - and see what life teaches." The Log Lady

Music:

I Love bits and pieces of everything, but my all time favorites are: Angelo Badalamenti, All, Bad Brains, Bjork, The Beatles, Crowded House, Counting Crows, Chris Isaak, Don Caballero, Dream Theater, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Descendents, Fantomas, Faith No More, The Finn Brothers, George Michael, Iron Maiden, Isis, John Zorn, King Diamond, Liquid Tension Experiment, The Locust, Meshuggah, Mr. Bungle, Melt-Banana, Montreux, Moonchild, Masada, Mike Patton, Naked City, Neil Finn, Sade, Stevie Wonder, Peeping Tom and Prince.

Movies:

A Clockwork Orange, Batman Begins, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Full Metal Jacket, Groundhog Day, Hurly Burly, INLAND EMPIRE, Lost Highway, Memento, Mulholland Drive, Rear Window, Star Wars, Scarface, The Alphabet, The Elephant Man, The Last Temptation Of Christ, The Straight Story, The Shining, Trading Places, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Vacation, Waking Life, Weird Science, What About Bob and Wild At Heart.

Heroes:

David Lynch, John Zorn, Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, Joey Baron, Neil Finn, Dale Cooper and Gil Grissom.

My Blog

INLAND EMPIRE

INLAND EMPIRE ~ by Drew McWeeny  / October 29th, 2006 It's funny. If I had to name my favorite working filmmaker, I'm not sure I could do it. But my co-writer Scott tells me that he knows wh...
Posted by The Gift on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:23:00 PST

The Origin of The Gift

My brother Troy played in a local band called Mico. All the members of Mico were also in a side project called DudeBuggy. DudeBuggy are Swedish Transvestites that play 80's Viking Metal. Priceless. Tr...
Posted by The Gift on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:25:00 PST

Mie Patton's thoughts on modern music

HOW WE EAT OUR YOUNG By Mike Patton If music is dying, musicians are killing it. Composers are the ones decomposing it. We are as responsible as anyone--although we'd love not to admit it. We lash out...
Posted by The Gift on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:16:00 PST

The Secret Language Of Birthdays

So here it is kids...almost everything you've ever wanted to know about me. If you have ever wondered why I do the things I do, THIS should explain everything nice and clear because every word is true...
Posted by The Gift on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:31:00 PST

I love my job!

So one of my students the other day said something that was so cool. Her name is Brittney Crowe, and she's 9 years old. About a month ago, I played her a Mr. Bungle track called "Nothing", which is ju...
Posted by The Gift on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:39:00 PST

Mulholland Drive Explained

Mulholland Drive: as explained by The Gift I don't know how he did it, but David Lynch has once again gone beyond expectations in my humble opinion, he's made the perfect film! The more I see and he...
Posted by The Gift on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:05:00 PST

Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan blew my mind last night. The fact that human beings can push themselves that far is absolutely unbelievable. This was the best show ever, besides the time I saw Fantomas in M...
Posted by The Gift on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:45:00 PST

Faster Disco

I play in a improvisational band called Faster Disco. We play 94 songs in 20 minutes. Here are some highlights from our last show:  - "Render me proficient, if not at least useful"  - Trevor...
Posted by The Gift on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST