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Mike G

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About Me

guitarist/bassist/keyboardist/songwriter/sound (studio/live) engineer/producer. i've recorded (live&studio): Jarrod's Toy, Status Flow, Cyclone Mack, Withstand, Axon Gamut, Alan Smithee Band, Prey4Raine, Machine Seven, Unsheltered, Burn, Quoth the Raven (now A Vision Grotesque), Souls of Anguish, Tribe of More, Nvain, The New Myth, Burn My Eyes, Jack The Tripper, Spoken Through Shadows, Steel Standing, Tattermask, The Southern Voodoo Syndicate & Rock Shot. i am a member of ASCAP. had my writer membership since 1997 and my publisher membership since 1999. i play guitar in the carolina hard rock band WITHSTAND. i also twiddle knobs and tweek sliders. why? it's what i do...

My Interests

music, recording, filming, sword fighting (fencing/kendo), martial arts (kempo, aikido, ninjitsu), battle tactics, books, philosophy ..

I'd like to meet:

Withstand - Intro to Battle Angels Click on banner for videoWithstand - Book of Life6 Years of Withstand - Wicked ShiversTRIBE OF MORE - Step .. ..Tribe of MoreELO - Mr. Blue Sky .. ..ELO - Turn to Stone .. ..Weird Al .. .. ..ELO

ELO - Livin' ThingELO - Calling AmericaNvain - Te Kill YaBurn My Eyes live...Highlander - Princes of the Universe - Queen

Music:

all kinds... i'm a slut that way... ..ELO – Can’t Get It Out of My Head (Live)ELO – Shangri-LaELO – Four Little DiamondsELO – Ticket to the MoonELO – TwilightELO – Here is the News .. .. .. .. ..

Movies:

.. Ninja Scroll, Heavy Metal, Fists of the Northstar, LotR, Excalibur, King Arthur, Conan the Barbarian, Kingdom of Heaven, Braveheart, Underworld, Matrix Trilogy, Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket, The Wall, Star Wars series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jesus Christ Superstar, Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

Television:

.. sucks... but the History channel's stuff on ancient civilization through imperical times rule... totally dig ancient battles, the fall of rome and the rise of europe through the dark and middle ages... and on occasion i watch "scrubs", reruns of "m.a.s.h.", "jericho" and "desperate housewives" too ...

Books:

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, illuminatus trilogy, historical illuminati chronicles, wheel of time series, song of ice and fire series, cold fire trilogy, shannara series, bunch of other shit too many to mention. have a decent sized library... ..

Heroes:

My Dad, Jeff Lynne ..

My Blog

Obama is clueless about history

Obama Needs a History Lesson Jack Kelly Fri May 9, 9:30 AM ET In his victory speech after the North Carolina primary, Sen. Barack Obama said something that is all the more remarkable for how little i...
Posted by Mike G on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:19:00 PST

From an interview with Ron Paul

Ron Paul Sees Bailout Writing on the Wall With momentum building for some form of taxpayer-funded housing rescue, what better time to check in with one of the most ardent bailout opponents, Republica...
Posted by Mike G on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:21:00 PST

William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82

You know, I totally missed the passing of Robert Anton Wilson last year 1/11/07.  I discovered it a few months back when I went on one of my periodical visits to his site (http://www.rawilson.com...
Posted by Mike G on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:42:00 PST

More updates of the 3rd kind...

Yeah, I've been slack with project updates these days.  But that doesn't mean I've slacked off on the project work.  Just on telling anyone.  So here's the skinny: The Southern Voodoo S...
Posted by Mike G on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:05:00 PST

EOM Project Updates

Withstand - we ended up debuting 3 new songs at Circus Maximus II.  2 songs were received really well and the 3rd left jaws dropped.  It could be good, it could be bad, it could be we fucked...
Posted by Mike G on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:22:00 PST

Project Updates

So I got a few things going on and then I added some more... Withstand - yeah, we started writing for our 4th CD and have 2 songs complete.  They are bad ass!  Don't take my word for it, com...
Posted by Mike G on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:41:00 PST

Current Projects

I've got a few projects I'm into right now.  I was not looking to get into a bunch of stuff, it just sort of happened... crazy... Withstand - We just released our 3rd CD "The Righteous Path of De...
Posted by Mike G on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:56:00 PST

Author Robert Jordan passes away

This is truely a tragic event. He was ill but we all hoped he would somehow pull through. Definitely one of the best fiction/fantasy authors in the late 20th/early 21st century. True, I had selfish re...
Posted by Mike G on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:38:00 PST