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Jeremy Michael

Just because I'm a faggot doesn't mean I'm an asshole."

About Me


I'm 6'1" / 245lbs / Shaved head (slowly disappearing black hair) / Hazel eyes / Goatee.***************************************************** ******************************Here are some words and phrases that irk me: "straight acting" (what're we in a play or something?), "husbear", "boi", "kewl", and anyone who thinks that they're "VGL". Ew. Gag. Isn't that for someone else to decide? Oh, and just because I'm big and hairy doesn't make me a "bear". When I hit puberty I didn't suddenly become a woodland creature. Don't get me wrong, I have no ill will towards others who want to call themselves bears, I just don't like to be catagorized. Stereotyping and pigeonholing kinda bug me. Masculine, feminine, fat, skinny, old, young, smooth, hairy...it's all so fucking relative, people! Maybe we should get our heads out of our asses for a minute and realize that everyone has different perceptions of the world around them, and that more likely than not, they don't/shouldn't/won't/will never match up with yours. Try to keep an open mind and you may be surprised at the things that we all truly have in common, once you get past all of the surface crap. Love the individual. Ew. That was all gross and preachy and shit. Sorry about that. ************************************************************ *********************** Anyhoo. I'm into all kinds of other crap too. Anything specific that you'd care to know? Feel free to ask. I'm mostly nice to people...mostly...

My Interests

Music / Fine art / Low-brow art / Film / Photography / Food / Cats / Reading / Facial hair / Scars / Naturally balding men / Big noses / Rain / Tall buildings / Jagermeister / Pot roast / Cold weather / Brita filtered water / Deep dish pizza

I'd like to meet:

Kate Bush. Boy George. Parker Posey. Geneviève Bujold. Stephin Merritt. Tony Ward. Grace Jones. Crispin Glover. Elias Koteas. ('specially if he was all scarred up like he was in Crash. YUM!) Karen Black. Ivo Watts-Russell. David Hockney. Tama Janowitz. Shawn Smith. Amy Sedaris. David too. Joel Peter Witkin. Katherine Dunn. (And those are just the living.)**************************************************** *******************************Odd, interesting and intelligent folk from all walks of life. Painters, poets, car mechanics, bakers, wig makers, photographers, friendly drunks (truth be told, I'm getting pretty fucking sick of any other kind), manicurists, sculptors, car hops on roller skates, bartenders, bathroom attendants, dry-wallers, tailors, sad clowns, and the like. Anyone who can explain why Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and the Olsen creatures even exist. (And why do I have to know about it every time they wipe feces from their scrawny little haunches?) I love artistic minds and/or souls. I go for the sensitive type, I must admit. I tend to think that fairly normal seeming men, who are a bit on the wild side, are interesting. I dig balding men with scars. No, seriously. For real. Large noses are heavenly too. Young men with beards are also quite stimulating. I am extremely wary of religion or anyone overly religious. Spirituality is fine, in fact it's great, but religion is a bit too "Stepford Wives" for me.********************************************************* **************************I honestly hope that I haven't offended anyone with any of my ranting and raving. Truly, I do. If I have, may I suggest that you take a deep breath, clear your mind of any vestige of me and move on? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Refreshing, isn't it?********************************************************* **************************

Music:

Kate Bush, Boy George, The Twin, Jesus Loves You, The Dead Nun Returns, The Smiths, Stevie Wonder, The Veils, Joan Armatrading, Verve, Stereolab, Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, Stephin Merritt, Suede (not the last two albums, as they are crap), Sigur Ros, Acetone, Ian Brown, Placebo, Spiritualized, Radiohead, Morrissey, The The, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Pulp, Stereophonics, Geneva, Stone Roses, JJ72, Mum, Gay Dad, Unrest, Air Miami, David Bowie, old Rolling Stones, Terry Callier, Lou Rawls, Little Jimmy Scott, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, Shirley Bassey, Aretha Franklin, Randy Crawford, Dusty Springfield, Sandy Denny, Judy Collins, Eva Cassidy, Nick Drake, McGarrigle Sisters, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Annie Lennox, Cat Power, Beth Orton, Satchel, Brad, Pigeonhed (I'm loving Shawn Smith!), Saint Etienne, Kirsty Maccoll, Sade, Howard Jones, Stephan Duffy, Jon Astley (NOT Rick Astley, just so we're clear), ABC, William Orbit, Baby Ford, KLF, Orb, FSOL, Bowery Electric, Goldfrapp, Broadcast, Massive Attack, Coldcut, Dimitri From Paris, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Tosca, Peace Orchestra, U.N.K.L.E., Faithless, Underworld, A Guy Called Gerald, Sheep On Drugs, Cabaret Voltaire, Coil, Psychic TV, Marc Almond, Agness, Harold Budd, David Sylvian, The Brothers Fripp, Downy Mildew, This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Germano, Scheer, Paula Frazer, Tarnation, Mojave 3, Slowdive, Moose, Echo and the Bunnymen, Pink Floyd, Badly Drawn Boy, Belle & Sebastian, Hope Sandoval, Mazzy Star, Opal, Red House Painters, M. Ward, Sufjan Stevens, Devendra Banhart, Michael Brook, Breathless, cindyTalk, Spacemen 3, Simian, Windy & Carl, Beta Band, Death Cab For Cutie, Crass, 45 Grave, X-Ray Spex, The Germs, Flying Lizards, Christian Death (the Rozz Williams years), The Cure, Romeo Void... and TONS MORE!...(I like just about every kind of music except for Top 40 swill, hardcore rap and most country)...

Movies:

Cronenberg, Buttgereit, Cassavetes, von Trier, Fassbinder, Anger, Bergman, Warhol, Pasolini, Jarman, Argento, Gilliam, Svankmajer, Waters, La Bruce, Weir, Barker, Araki, Russell, Carpenter, Solondz, Brothers Quay, Bakshi, Frears, Leigh, Aronofsky, Besson, Kurosawa, Campion, Robinson.**********************Dangerous Liaisons / Crash / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / Indochine / The Anniversary / Women in Love / The Reflecting Skin / Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original, I have no desire to see the remake) / Requiem for a Dream / Breaking the Waves / Trip to Bountiful / Woman Under the Influence / The Wall / Alice / Trouble With Harry / Bad Manners / Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? / Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean / Silkwood / 'Night Mother / Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer / Picnic at Hanging Rock / Time Bandits / The Plumber / Murder by Death / The Adventures of Baron Munchausen / The Devils / Hedwig and the Angry Inch************************I admit that I have a penchant for horror films. Splatter movies. Gore flicks. I like 'em for the same reason I like roller coasters, I just love being scared.

Television:

Rhoda, Are You Being Served?, The Kumars at No. 42, Keeping Up Appearances, Little Britain, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Strangers With Candy, Laverne and Shirley, Roseanne, Kids In The Hall, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, People's Court, Mad TV (I wanna hang out with Mo Collins and Stephanie Weir. Does that make me too sad for words?), Judging Amy, Chappelle's Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Duckman*********************Geez Louise...I watch way too much television, huh? Though most of these shows aren't even on the air anymore. So maybe I'm not so pathetique, no?

Books:

William S. Burroughs, Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, Truman Capote, Hubert Selby Jr., James Baldwin, John Irving, Virginia Woolf, Jose Saramago, Gore Vidal, Allen Ginsberg, David Wojnarowicz, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, J. G. Ballard, Charles Bukowski, Clive Barker, Charles Beaumont, Edward Gorey, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Katherine Dunn, Joyce Carol Oates, David Sedaris, Patrick Suskind, Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, Lee Alan Morrow, Nick Bantok, Gregory Maquire

Heroes:

William S. Burroughs, Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, Eleanor Roosevelt, Saint Sebastian, Dorothy Parker, George O'Dowd, Keith Haring, Divine, James Baldwin, Jimmy Carter, Sara Moulton, Tama Janowitz, Danny Sugarman, Lee Alan Morrow

My Blog

50 for 2007

You know the drill by now...P.P. Arnold ~ The First Cut [Castle Records Version] (1998)Devendra Banhart ~ Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (2007)Big Star ~ Third / Sister Lovers (1978)The Bird and the...
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:10:00 PST

Another Year. Another Fifty Albums. Another Ass-Kicking.

Once again, in no particular order, the albums that ruled my life this past year. Akron/Family ~ Meek Warrior (2006)Baby Ford ~ Fordtrax (1988)Band Of Horses ~ Everything All The Time (2006)The Bather...
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:13:00 PST

Cluster Fucking Headaches

This is what I go through every night. I couldn't have said it better myself.   "It started about 2am... I was awakened from my sleep with this burning senstation in my ear and back of my neck, I...
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:16:00 PST

My Hidden Talent

Your Hidden Talent You have the natural talent of rocking the boat, thwarting the system. And while this may not seem big, it can be. It's people like you who serve as the catalysts to major cultur...
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:57:00 PST

Fifty Albums That Kicked My Ass This Year

Here are (in no particular order other than alphabetical) fifty albums that really moved me this past year. Some of them are tasty new morsels and others are old loves from years gone by. Antony ...
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:28:00 PST

Like a Fish

Although I don't drink anymore, I think that I will go out tonight and get utterly shit-faced. Have about ten vodka martinis, maybe. And a few double shots of Jager. It sounds like a good idea now, bu...
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Bright Smile

Saw Bright Eyes and Jim James from My Morning Jacket tonight. They were so fucking special. The other dude that played with them was great too. (Can't remember his name. Too sleepy.) It was truly a be...
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

No Scary BMs

I send everyone love and all of my wishes for peaceful, non-explosive bowel movements. All the love.
Posted by Jeremy Michael on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST