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Mike Expo

Flattery is dead...romance is next.

About Me


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I am a 2006 graduate of UC Santa Barbara with degrees in English and Film Studies. I grew up in Orange County (Yorba Linda/Anaheim Hills area). Reading, writing, photography, music, film, comic books/graphic novels, BMX, DJing, running, playing guitar, tattoos, soccer, hockey, and drinking excessive quantities of pirate liquor are all of interest to me.

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Are you a model or musical artist in need of promotional photos? Do you work for a company in need of a photographer? Just a friend curious about my work? Then check out my photography portfolio by clicking the link below.

Currently, my work is featured on the Myspace profiles of:

    Strung Out Jake from Strung Out A Wilhelm Scream (look for the Tina Turner shot...seriously) A Kiss Could Be Deadly Chris, Lauren, and Danny from A Kiss Could Be Deadly No Use For A Name JoeBot of The Phenomenauts Steve from I Am Ghost I Am Ghost (official website) Electric Valentine Pour Habit Skyline Collapse

You can find some of these profiles in my Top Friends list if you would like to check out their pages.

Other places you may have seen my photography:

    November 2007 edition of Alternative Press magazine No Use For A Name 2008 European tour poster Jackson Guitars 2008 NAMM promo for Jake Kiley 2005 and 2006 UCSB yearbooks 2005 and 2006 UCSB newspapers Forthcoming textbooks

*MDM Photography*
View my portfolio!
coroflot.com/MDM

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I also do videography for bands. If you'd like to check out some live performances from Alexisonfire, A Kiss Could Be Deadly, Strung Out, A Wilhelm Scream, Anti-Flag, Dragonforce, I Am Ghost, Protest The Hero, Flee The Seen, All That Remains, Street Dogs, and many more, click the link below to be taken to my YouTube page. You can subscribe to my channel to be updated every time I upload a new video.

My videos are currently in use by:

    Strung Out TruePunk.com (interview page with Jason from Strung Out) I Am Ghost

More videos on the way!

*MDM Videography*

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I support the following groups, musicians, and causes:

My Interests

Lighter fluid, alcohol, guitar badassery, backflip-tailwhips, old cemeteries, inverted pentagrams.

I'd like to meet:

Alexi Laiho, Jeff Hardy, Tom Petty, Eliza Dushku, Amy Lee, Lisa Pin-Up, Anne Savage, Doc Holliday, Kate Beckinsale, Zoe Bell, Christian Bale, Tom Cruise, Sarah Silverman, Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford...and people who like booze, pirates, epic space battles, all types of music, driving too fast in rainy weather, thunderstorms, autumn, and purposely breaking your own vehicle on the freeway so Tom Cruise comes to help you.

Music:

Alphabetized for your convenience, and for my OCD. I own many hundreds of albums (on CD and vinyl) across almost every musical genre. Want to look through my entire music collection? Then click here .

Misc.: +44, 3 Inches of Blood, 311.

A: A Fine Frenzy, A Kiss Could Be Deadly, A Wilhelm Scream, Above & Beyond, The Absence, AC/DC, Acoustic Alchemy, Aerosmith, Against Me!, Air, Alexisonfire, All That Remains, The All-American Rejects, The Allman Brothers Band, Amber D, Amon Amarth, Angel City Outcasts, Anberlin, Anne Savage, Anti-Flag, April March, Aqua, The Aquabats, Arch Enemy, As Night Falls, Astral Projection, Atreyu.

B: Bad Astronaut, Bang!, Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Benny Goodman, Billy Idol, Bitter:Sweet, BK, Black Dahlia Murder, Black Sabbath, Bloodhound Gang, The Blues Brothers, Bluetech, Bob Seger, Boston, The Briggs, Brisk & Ham, Broken Social Scene, BT, Bullet For My Valentine.

C: Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew, The Cardigans, Cauterize, Cellador, Chemical Brothers, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Chicago, Children of Bodom, Chuck Berry, CKY, Collective Soul, Collide, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cry Havoc, Crystal Method.

D: Daft Punk, Danny Dean & The Homewreckers, Dark Tranquility, Darkest Hour, The Darkness, DeadMau5, Dead To Me, Death By Stereo, Death Cab For Cutie, Deep Purple, Delerium, Diablo Dimes, Dimmu Borgir, The Distillers, DragonForce, The Doors, Dropkick Murphys.

E: Eagles, Emily Haines, Epoxies, Eric Clapton, Esthero, Evanescence, Evergrey, Everything But The Girl.

F: Faithless, The Falcon, Feist, Flee The Seen, Fleetwood Mac, Flogging Molly, Force & Styles, Frank Sinatra, Frente, From First To Last, The Fully Down.

G: Gabriel & Dresden, Garbage, The Gathering, Glenn Miller, Gnarkill, Go Betty Go, Goldfinger, Goo Goo Dolls, Gorillaz, Greeley Estates, Green Carnation, Green Day, Guitar Heroes Finland, Guns n' Roses (original lineup).

H: He Is Legend, Heart, Heartbreak Engines, H.I.M., HorrorPops.

I: I Am Ghost, In Flames, In This Moment, Indigo Swing, Into Eternity, Iron Maiden.

J: Jack's Mannequin, Jakalope, Jamiroquai, Janis Joplin, Jenny Lewis, Jerra, Journey, Juliette & The Licks.

K: Kaki King, Kalmah, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Kosheen.

L: Lagwagon, Lange, Lavay Smith, The Lawrence Arms, Leahy, Led Zeppelin, Lennon, Linkin Park, Linus Loves, Lisa Lashes, Lisa Pin-Up, Lost Witness, Love Equals Death, Lovespirals, Lucero.

M: Mad Caddies, Marilyn Manson, Markus Schulz, Mastodon, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Meshuggah, Metallica, Metric, Michael Jackson, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Miles Davis, Millencolin, Mint Royale, Motion City Soundtrack, Mudcrutch, Murder By Death.

N: Nadia Ali, Natalie Walker, Nekromantix, Nightwish, No Doubt (Tragic Kingdom era), NOFX.

O: Olly Perris & Ashley Sinclair, Opeth, Otis Day & The Knights.

P: Pantera, Paramore, Paul Glazby, The Phenomenauts, Pistol Grip, Poison, Pour Habit, Powerman 5000, Pristina, Propagandhi, Protest the Hero.

Q: Queen.

R: Rammstein, Rancid, The Raveonettes, Real McKenzies, Red Gun Radar, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reel Big Fish, Reverend Horton Heat, Rise Against, The Robert Simon Project, Royal Crown Revue.

S: Samantha James, Save Ferris, Scissor Sisters, Scooter, Screeching Weasel, Seether, Shapeshifters, Shark Soup, Signum, The Silence (Steve Juliano era), Sinergy, Skyline Collapse, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sons & Daughters, The Sounds, The Soviettes, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stimulant DJs, Straylight Run, Street Dogs, Strung Out, Sublime, Sundowner, Sylver.

T: Teen Idols, Tenacious D, Tiesto, Tilt, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Thrice (pre-Vheissu), Traveling Wilburys, Tsunami Bomb, TwoPointEight.

U: Unearth.

V: Van Halen, Vendetta Red, The Vincent Black Shadow, Virgin Black.

W: Weekend Players, Weird Al Yankovic, The Who, Wonderwall, The Wreckers.

X:

Y: Yellowcard.

Z: Zero 7, ZZ Top.

Movies:

I like film in general. Go film majors. You can check out my entire DVD collection by clicking here .

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel. Bones. Firefly. The X-Files. South Park. The Daily Show. The Colbert Report. Invader ZIM. Scrubs. Dukes of Hazzard. The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Books:

Assorted novels and stories by Julie E. Czerneda, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Michel Houellebecq, Emily Bronte, Joseph Conrad, James Ellroy, Carl Hiaasen, Edgar Allen Poe, Chuck Palahniuk, William Shakespeare, and roughly 100 others.

I support the following comic books: Gen 13, Danger Girl, Wildsiderz, Purgatori, Chastity, Lady Death, Spiderman, Batman, Fathom, Witchblade, Grimm Fairy Tales, The Magdalena, The Darkness, Soulfire, Tomb Raider, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and anything drawn by J. Scott Campbell, Al Rio, Eric Basaldua, Michael Turner, Andy Park, and many more.

I support the following comic publishers: Image, Wildstorm, Cliffhanger!, DC, Marvel, Slave Labor, Zenescope, Chaos! and Dark Horse.

Heroes:

My parents, Zoe Bell, and:

Jeff Hardy
Tom Petty
Alexi Laiho
Christian Bale
Doc Holliday
Lisa Pin-Up
Anne Savage
Stephen Colbert
Satan