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Johnny Mac

www.superdeluxe.com

About Me

I rock, literally. I'm a singer/guitar player/songwriter/writer/photographer/website developer/consultant/home reviver/dreamer/friend/traveler.
http://www.jmcnicholas.com

My Interests

Music, art, guitar, food, travel, tennis, pubs, books, design, architecture, and cycling.

I'd like to meet:


Hula Hooping at the Chomp and Stomp from John McNicholas on Vimeo .
Cool people that do cool things including... artists, musicians, writers, designers, other creative people in general.

Music:

My weekly work favories from Last fm

Aimee Mann, Antenna, Apples in Stereo, Beck, Ben Folds (Five), Biiride, Blake Babies, Bright Eyes, Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham, Buffalo Tom, Cat Power, Centro-Matic, Clem Snide, Cowboy Junkies, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Echo & the Bunnymen, Eisley, Elvis Costello, Eric's Trip, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, Fountains of Wayne, Grandaddy, Hot Hot Heat, Ida, Ivy, James Iha, JAMC, Juliana Hatfield, Liz Phair, Low, Luna, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Mates of State, Neko Case, Patrick Park, Pavement, Pete Yorn, Phantom Planet, PJ Harvey, The Postal Service, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Rentals, Rhett Miller, Rufus Wainwright, Sarah Harmer, The Shins, Sloan, Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk, Television, The Thrills, Tom Petty, U2, The Weakerthans, Weezer, Wilco, Sonic Youth, Rhett Miller, Fountains of Wayne, Luna, Pete Yorn, Ida, The Weakerthans, Wilco, and a million others.

Movies:

Lost in Translation, Barecelona, Spinal Tap, Room With a View, Key Largo, Tommy Boy, Office Space, To Sir With Love, Swingers, Snatch, Three Amigos, O Brother Where Art Thou?, North By Northwest, Rushmore, I am Trying To Break Your Heart, Waking Life, Rear Wondow, Run Lola Run, Repo Man, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, High Fidelity, Baraka, Buffalo 66, Being John Malkovich, Ghost World, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Pecker, Drugstore Cowboy, Slacker, The Life Aquatic, The Constant Gardner

Television:

Verlaine, Lloyd, Ficca, Smith

Books:

Yes please. Tom Robbins, Hemmingway, James Joyce, Davis Sedaris, Chuck Klosterman...

Heroes:

My Parents.

My Blog

Thanks

02/29/2008 - Three years ago last night one of my favorite bands of all time played their final show. I wasn't there.I first discovered the band Luna while I was working at Spec's Music in Gateway Mal...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:47:00 PST

IPO - Local 506 - Chapel Hill - photos

02/27/2008 - I'll be honest, it's been hard keeping up with the journal/blog/thingy lately. I've been so busy and the words are not spilling out. Maybe it's the huge amount of facial hair on my face ...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:07:00 PST

Weekend photos and a recap of the shows

02/19/2008 - Hey there, hope everyone a nice long weekend. I needed the extra day off to recuperate from all the activities this weekend. OK, here's a quick recap. Friday night the Mary O. Harrison b...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:30:00 PST

St. Pete bound in March

Hello Florida friends,I'll be in the from March 7th until March 9th. Would love to see your smiling faces.- John
Posted by Johnny Mac on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:50:00 PST

Free tunes

Hey there,LastFM is hosting some of my tunes, and you can download them for free.Check it out and enjoy.Last FMthanks!John...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:04:00 PST

The Yum Yum Tree at the EARL

02/11/2008 - Happy monday everyone. Last weekend kicked off with The Yum Yum Tree playing our first headlining show at The EARL on Friday night. All the bands sounded great and we really had a fun tim...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:23:00 PST

TYYT headlining @ the Earl || FRI Feb 8th

Greetings friends,The Yum Yum Tree is headlining at the Earl this Friday Feb8th. Joining us are Sonia Tetlow's new band called HermanPut Down the Gun and Paul Melancon's group the Arts andSciences. Bo...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:40:00 PST

Photos from the Good Graces show

 02/04/2008 - Hey everyone, just checking in after a fast weekend. The Good Graces played a private party on Friday night at Round Box. The food was yummy, the company fantastic, and the drinks ...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:37:00 PST

Crazy

I'm going to try doing this. I know, I'm crazy/http://www.rpmchallenge.com/
Posted by Johnny Mac on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:18:00 PST

Love is a Mix Tape

01/24/2008 - It's been a while since I checked in! I had a fun show last Friday at Smith's Old Bar, thanks to everyone that made it out!Last night a bunch of us attended a book reading at Wordsmiths B...
Posted by Johnny Mac on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:32:00 PST