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mike

I am here for Friends

About Me

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My Interests

Reading, writing, filmmaking, music listening, art observing. Mail checking, walk taking, car fixing, A/C installing.

I'd like to meet:

Other people who are into doing stuff.

Music:

Les Savy Fav, Hold Steady, Arcade Fire, Constantines, Blood Brothers, Convocation Of, Billy Bragg, Death From Above 1979, Bruce Springsteen, Mates of State, godheadsilo, Murder City Devils, Goblin, Bloc Party, Prince, Shellac, Federation X, The Apes, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, 764-Hero, Iron Maiden, Dead Low Tide, Smoke and Smoke, Enemy Mine, Outcast, Jay-Z, Pac, Jeezy, Dead Prez, Wu-Tang, Two Gallants, Screaching Weasel, Jawbreaker, SLEEPY EYES OF DEATH.

Movies:

Alien, All the Real Girls, American Werewolf in London, Annie Hall, The Beyond, The Conformist, Deep Red, Do The Right Thing, Fright Night, Goonies, He Got Game, I Heart Huckabees, Little Miss Sunshine, Me And You And Everyone We Know, Royal Tenenbaums, Shortbus, Squid and the Whale, Suspiria, Sweet Smell of Success, Taste of Cherry, The Thing (Carpenter), Third Man, Thumbsucker, 2001, Videodrome, Virgin Suicides, Zombie.

Television:

Currently obsessed with Friday Night Lights. You should be too! Also love Arrested Development, Chapelle's Show, Dexter, Freaks and Geeks.

Books:

Burns, Duras, Eiseley, Fitzgerald, Hart, Hemingway, Howard, Kerouac, Lovecraft, Poe, Porcelino, Steinbeck, Tomine, Twain.

My Blog

Clip from "The Mountain, The River and The Road!"

It's up on my profile. It's just a taste, but I hope you like it!-MikeKeep up with our adventures @ http://welcometokernville.blogspot.com/
Posted by mike on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:12:00 PST

The New Film.

This spot may be quiet, but I've been keeping the torch alive at my new blog, Welcome To Kernville, which you can read here:http://welcometokernville.blogspot.com/You can get the scoop on the progress...
Posted by mike on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:46:00 PST

Dances With Films Wrap Up!

As I think I mentioned before, I wasn't able to make Dances With Films this year ("Small Little Thing," my last short, was accepted), but fortunately I know a few people who did!Rachel and Colin, the ...
Posted by mike on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:21:00 PST

Willis Konick Retires!

One of the biggest influences on me as a filmmaker/filmlover was Willis Konick, who taught Film, Literature and Russian at the UW.Before Willis, I'd never hear of Mise-en-Scene, Diegetic Sound, or Ber...
Posted by mike on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:29:00 PST

Playhouse West Film Fest - Report-ish

Here's what Rachel (lead actor) had to say about PWFF:"So the screening was fun. Colin was there but didn'tsee Kathlyn...Colin and I did the Q and A. It wasfunny...he was articulate at least...We t...
Posted by mike on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:03:00 PST

Small Little Thing in West Hollywood!

Hey everyone!I owe thanks to you all for keeping those fingers crossed, because it worked! We got into Dances With Films!So anyone in Los Angeles who'd like to see "Small Little Thing" on the big scr...
Posted by mike on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:14:00 PST

Playhouse West Film Fest!

Hey Everyone!Just when you least expect it, "Small Little Thing" busts out and plays another fest!So if you're in LA come on out and attend the Playhouse West Film Festival on Saturday, June 16 at 9am...
Posted by mike on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:56:00 PST

Feature Update!

Finally a new post!  I want to get into the habit of blogging throughout the process of making the film and it seemed as good a time as any to start.The biggest news I have since moving back to W...
Posted by mike on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:23:00 PST

FRIDAY NIGHT GALLERY!!!

Because I have nothing better to do...I made these!"Modified Chocolate Cherries" and "Exploding Person." Neglected and Abandoned, Caleb's Almond Roca Takes to the Streets and Gets Mean......
Posted by mike on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:13:00 PST

Positive is where I live.

So after slicing my wrist, having the car broken into and getting sick as a dog twice (once during my sister's wedding), this is what's positive:My sister got married:Meet Scott and Theresa PickettThe...
Posted by mike on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:38:00 PST