Michelle profile picture

Michelle

Sufficiently irreverent while still being mildly informative

About Me

Michelle is a member of the newly formed "Flynn's Folly", playing bodhran, guitar and fiddle with Andrew McKee. She also plays bodhran part time for the Tea Merchants whenever she's in Austin and Chris isn't playing with the Blaggards.

My Interests

Drumming (Bodhran, Dumbek, Conga, Ashiko, ext),Fiddle, Guitar, Writing, Painting, Photography

Music:

Tom Waits, Otsuka Ai, The Beatles, Billy Holiday, Lunasa, The Who, Jonathan Coulton, Amos Lee, Jean Jacques Goldman; Rodrigo y Gabriela; Janis Joplin; Interference; Yoko Kano; Shooglenifty; Soundgarden; U2

Movies:

The Secretary; Bandits; 300; Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang; Kill Bill 1&2; Stranger Than Fiction; V for Vendetta; Grind house; Hot Fuzz; Shawn of the Dead; any good zombie films (which now includes Fido); Moulin Rouge; Star Wars; Once; Shortbus

Television:

Firefly; The Riches; The Shield; Ninja Warrior (Sasuke); Rescue Me; Futurama; Family Guy; American Dad; Cowboy Beebop; Shin-chan; Invader Zim; Samurai Champloo; Pushing Daiseys

Books:

A Song of Fire and Ice, Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Anything by Steven Brust or Neil Gaiman, The God Delusion, The Princes Bride... there's just way too many to name.

Heroes:

Steven Colbert

My Blog

Update: Tea Merchant Gigs

Alright, so we're on at the Cactus at 8:30. Then on Sunday, we're playing at Threadgills north on Lamar at 8:40.You can get tickets for the Threadgills concert at www.celticcenter.org We'll be playing...
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:29:00 PST

Tea Merchant Gigs this Weekend

As a few of you know, I've been playing bodhran with the Tea Merchants (myspace) for a few months now, and I thought I'd actualy give you a heads up this time for the gigs we have this weekend:Saturda...
Posted by Michelle on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:33:00 PST

So many spiders...

Got home from a movie just a bit ago. Went into the bathroom to do bathroomy things, and saw a gianormus spider (actually, it was about the size of a quarter). So I crept to the door, careful not to s...
Posted by Michelle on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:22:00 PST

Blogging rights

There's a really good artical on internet blogging and creative rights by Zoe Margolis (AKA: Abby Lee) over here. I highly recomend checking it out. (and if you don't regularly read "girl with a one-t...
Posted by Michelle on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:01:00 PST

Powerpuff girl Anime from Japan

Over at crunchyroll, they have the Japanese Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z. It’s a Japanese version of the (for some) beloved Powerpuff Girls cartoon put out by cartoon network. The girls are a bi...
Posted by Michelle on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:23:00 PST

I’d just like to warn people...

This is an artical about the FBI’s fake hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects. The only reason I mention this is because I had a thought that scared the living hell out of me. So, follow me, i...
Posted by Michelle on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:38:00 PST

hooray for dumbasses

If you guys haven’t heard about PZ Myers being expleled from "EXPELED", go check out http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php and then go check out what Kristine has to say over a...
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:04:00 PST

Dream Car

Okay, maybe not my all-time dream car, but it's on the list, right below MGB.http://www.moonbuggy.org/archive/2008/01/27/top-gear-plp 50-review/
Posted by Michelle on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:47:00 PST

Free stuff

You can, for a few days, at least, pick up Harliquin Valentine, Nicolas Was..., and The Price by Neil Gaiman for free over at http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+Gaiman
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:50:00 PST

Something positive

If you need some cheering up and know who Alan Moore is, head over to http://www.somethingpositive.net/ and check out febuary 14th strip.
Posted by Michelle on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:16:00 PST