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Mikey B

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About Me



Let's see:

I'm 25 years young, from the mean streets of Pointe Claire, Quebec... I've got a degree in Communications, meaning, our conversations may very well be glorious !

I enjoy music, as it makes up several different facets of my life. I've co-hosted a radio show called "THE LONESOME STRANGERS" for Concordia's radio station (www.cjlo.com) for 3 years now (from 3-5pm). I've worked at the local HMV for... christ, it's nearing 5 years... good times. Along the way, there's been stints at local alt-rock radio stations, as well as all sports ones... and heck, even a record label or two... actually, just one...

I used to work with most of these lunatics... most of them have left for bigger and better things...

I enjoy life. br /
I do also enjoy music, pizza, hockey & Women (not in that particular order...)
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH:
-The "Flock of seagulls Punk doo"... also known as the "hardcore doo"...

My Interests

Being in love with love, and lousy poetry

I'd like to meet:

People I haven't seen in awhile that happen to be on my space... mostly people i know, or that already know me... or might've met me at one point or another... no more bands please, thank you ! .........

Music:

Favorite Album of 2005
The EELS - BLINKING LIGHTS AND OTHER REVELATIONS -

Favorite album of 2006 (so far)

Belle and Sebastian - THE LIFE PURSUIT

CD's that I've been listening to religiously in 2007:

1. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Murder Ballads
2. JENS LEKMAN - Night falls over Kortedala
3. THE ZOMBIES - Oracle & Odyssey
4. M.WARD - Transfiguration of St. Vincent
5. SOLOMON BURKE - If you need me / Rock n'Soul
6. THE TEMPTATIONS - Gold Collection
7. RADIO DEPT - Lesser Matters
8. BIG STAR - Third / Sister's lovers
9. REGINA SPEKTOR - Soviet Kitsch
10. LAVENDER DIAMOND - Imagine our love

My Top 10 of ALL TIME:

1. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - Mellon Collie & the infinite sadness
2. THE CURE - Disintegration
3. THE CLASH - London Calling
4. TOM WAITS - Closing time
5. THE EELS - Electro shock blues
6. THE REPLACEMENTS - Tim/Let it be
7. SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE - diary
8. NEW ORDER - Power, Corruption and Lies
9. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - 69 Love songs
10. BOB DYLAN - Blood on the tracks

Extremely Honorable Mention:

Beck - Odelay
The Smiths - the queen is dead
Travis - Man who
Rancid - ... and out come the wolves...
Weezer - The Blue album
Cake - Fashion nugget
Minor Threat - complete discography
Pulp - Different Class
The Weakerthans - Left and leaving
Ben Folds Five - whatever and ever amen
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Foo Fighters - Color & the shape

Movies:

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High Fidelity
Eternal Sunshine
the Wedding singer
Almost Famous
Philadelphia
Shawshank redemption
Walk the Line
Grosse Pointe Blank
Garden State
Blow
Little Miss Sunshine
The Sandlot
My cousin Vinny
Man on the moon
Old School
Anchorman
Empire Records
Uncle Buck
The Goonies
Home Alone
Sideways
Wet hot American Summer
Forrest Gump
Goodfellas
Road Trip
Glory
Breakfast club
City of God
Traffic
The Godfather
Killer Clowns from outer space
Pretty much all oldschool Disney Movies
The Hunger (chris' movie I worked on...)
A Date with the Dead (Chris' newest movie I worked on)
I got to work with these 2 geniuses

Television:

The Simpsons, Family guy, The sopranos... Mid nineties SNL... lets not forget Degrassi... Golden girls... Perfect Strangers and other television gems...

Books:

-All quiet on the western front
-Fast food nation
-Propaganda & the ethics of persuasion
-Occidentalism - the west in the eyes of it's enemies
-Huntington's "clash of civilizations"
-Nothing feels good: Punk rock, teenagers and emo
-Foucault's history of sexuality
-Dick Hebdidge's "Subcultures"
-The Island of Dr. Moreau
-Bruce Hornby's "Songbook"
-Our Band could be your life - scenes from the American Indie Underground (1981-1991)

I read way too many music mags and course packs... do those count as books ?

Heroes:

Billy Corgan
Robert Smith
Joe Strummer
Rivers Cuomo
Bob Dylan
Morrissey
Mark Everett
Daniel Johnston

other "heroes" include:

Uncle Jessie and the Rippers
Oh, and let's not forget this beautiful man right here:
Basque in his Snarl of Grizzled Love...

My Blog

Best of 2006

What a wonderful year 2006 has been ! Ahhh well, who are we kidding anyways ? It's been a little wacky, neither good nor bad. Nonetheless, there were a few noteworthy cd's that came out this year, and...
Posted by Mikey B on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:23:00 PST

Peas and Carrots

You know how sometimes, your favorite movies will be playing on TV... and you'll just say "ohh well, I have it on DVD" or "I've seen it a million times"... Well, everytime I see "Forrest Gump" on tele...
Posted by Mikey B on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:47:00 PST

Look at me in the eyes !

Today I was just made aware that I posess a terrrrrrible trait...Apparently, sometimes when I talk to people, I don't look at them in the eye, and I look awkward, or I look like I'm looking around for...
Posted by Mikey B on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:15:00 PST

C.R.A.Z.Y

Holy shit, has anyone seen this movie ?We used to always play it at work, so of course I saw bits and pieces of it on mute, I was so intrigued... it looked awesome...but I never ended up renting it.My...
Posted by Mikey B on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:32:00 PST

Best of 2005

Hey, I posted my favorites of 2005...Almost all of the staff @ CJLO posted theirs as well,check it out !http://www.cjlo.com/magazine/features.php?ID=111...
Posted by Mikey B on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:54:00 PST

I need some good winter Music reccomendations

Really, this time of year is crucial for musical selection. I'm listening to a lot more softer, sweeter acoustic & piano driven stuff like Dylan, Belle and Sebastian, Tom Waits and Jets to Br...
Posted by Mikey B on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:22:00 PST