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The Island: North

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice - Lewis Black

About Me

My Life in general:One fortunate individual… I’ve been lucky enough to make my own paths to journey down on this road of life. I’m an award winning photographer who has been blessed with a talent that has admired by everyone who has seen my work. Since the tender age of 17 I’ve held a camera in my hands managing to capture life through emotional still images… Many might say I’m a constant perfectionist always trying to out due myself in my craft but I am no where near perfect… However I’m happy in the shoes I’m in taking the highs with the lows and managing everything that life throws at me.The Internet success story:I have been very privileged to be involved in the creation and evolution of one of the most popular and successful music websites on the internet today: www.shipwreckislandstudios.com - Started back in the summer of 2002 between two friends as just a project to mesh our love of music and knowledge of computers and website design into one... shipwreckislandstudios.com (or The Island as we call it for short) has gone on to become a popular and much talked about website throughout the music world.

My Interests

Photography (its a way of life), music, computers, being a moderator over at haremscarem.net. Women, sports (mainly football, baseball, basketball, and hockey)... One day down the line hope to own a surf shop in Hawaii its my fallback plan if all else fails.

I'd like to meet:

Seen a million faces and rocked them all.... Ok, maybe not but in my lifetime I have met a lot of great people and would love to meet a lot more. If I had specifics it would be Peter Sellers, John F. Kennedy, Richie Sambora, Tom Keifer, George Lucas, and anyone that is basically on my heroes list.View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

So many musical influences - Cinderella, Harem Scarem, Skid Row, Richie Sambora, Beautiful Creatures, FireHouse, L.A. Guns, Joe Satriani, Audioslave, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, Bad Company, Paul Rodgers, John Mellencamp, Queen, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Queensryche, Ra, Velvet Revolver, Shinedown, Silvertide, Alter Bridge, Fair Ground, One Short, SR-71, Mitch Allan, Rubber, Goo Goo Dolls, Janeen Leah, Sarah Mclachlan, Joss Stone, Holly Brook, Jewel. - Classical - Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky. - Modern day composers: John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Michael Kamen, Jerry Goldsmith. So many influences like I said too many to name but you get the idea here...

Movies:

Total movie buff basically, some favorites include - The Star Wars Saga, Back To The Future Trilogy, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Leon: The Professional, Heat, Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Gojira (1954), King Kong, Beverly Hills Cop Trilogy, Rocky I, II, III, and IV, Fletch and Fletch Lives, The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns, Batman Begins, The Return Of The Pink Panther, Dr. Strangelove, Caddyshack, and last but not least This Is Spinal Tap.

Television:

Rescue Me, Mystery Science Theater 3000 aka MST3K, Late Night With Conan O Brien (the king of late night), Jimmy Kimmel Live, American Chopper, Mythbusters, The History Channel (nothing like a little history lesson every now and then), The Adam Carolla Project, Family Guy, Simpsons, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and The Venture Bros. This of course is when I get time away to watch a box that either sucks the life out of you or leaves you wondering what the hell is wrong with the world now of days...

Books:

Wish I had time to sit down and read one. Does magazines count if so Maxim and Stuff... Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (always look forward to that one).. I tend to skim through magazines than crack a book now of days but when your busy with life that happens.

Heroes:

Peter Sellers, The Marx Brothers, Bill Cosby, Denis Leary, Lewis Black, Rich Vos, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard. Many more but these are just a few key heroes.

My Blog

It’s time for reviews and the Island has them! - 5, count them 5, reviews!

I told everyone in my previous blog that there would be a lot of reviews this week and to close things out even though things have remained relatively quiet on the site I sat down and finished five re...
Posted by The Island: North on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:26:00 PST

Loads more reviews coming next week...

Hey gang,Quick little update... I've got a couple reviews done and ready to go but at the last minute last night I decided to hold off considering there is more coming out next week... Don't worry tun...
Posted by The Island: North on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:17:00 PST

New reviews up!

Well its been an extremely busy day on my end but there are several new reviews up as of today's update of the following releases:Bret Michaels - Rock My World Rev Theory - Light It Up Alanis Morisset...
Posted by The Island: North on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:20:00 PST

Another Island Cast uploaded for you listening pleasure...

Island Cast - Episode 6June.12th.2008 - Thursday ..Subscribe FreeAdd to my Page06.12.08 - Thursday - More Releases! Episode 6 allows us to talk about another Artist You May Not Know "32 Le...
Posted by The Island: North on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:18:00 PST

The interviews keep coming... Check out this one!

The Island keeps on it's busy streak this week as another interview is up and running....Check it out: New Interview - Vincent WalkerJune.11th.2008 - WednesdaySuburban Legends, a seven piece pop/funk/...
Posted by The Island: North on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:44:00 PST

Journey Revelation Feature Review + New Island Cast...

Well first things first... Our Feature review on Journey's Revelation is now up and you can read T.N.'s thoughts on the whole package New album, Re-recorded Greatest Hits, and Live DVD at the followin...
Posted by The Island: North on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:25:00 PST

Check out the latest Island Interview w/Kevin Martin of Candlebox + reviews....

Well we've been holding off for a bit too long now and its time to premiere the newest Island interview... Some bands start out in a time period where music had something to say and then it simply was...
Posted by The Island: North on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:26:00 PST

Once more Incliment weather puts a halt to the final update of the week...

Hey everyone,Due to the weather in Tony's neck of the woods (guess there were some Tornado watches in effect earlier in the day... Yikes!) we have been forced to hold off updating the site today... We...
Posted by The Island: North on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:57:00 PST

The newest Island Interactive episode...

We're up to Episode 5 hope everyone enjoys!The fifth episode of the Island Interactive podcast series, features reviews on three new albums from - Brother Firetribe - Heart Full of Fire, John Williams...
Posted by The Island: North on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:08:00 PST

Island Interactive: Episode 4 - Finished and up and running...

Seems like it took forever to take form but here it is banged out last night in a couple hours... Enjoy! Island Interactive - Episode 4May.6th.2008 - TuesdayThe fourth episode of the Island Interactiv...
Posted by The Island: North on Tue, 06 May 2008 12:27:00 PST