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Mikal kHill

it is what it is.

About Me

Mikal kHill is a Father, Husband, MC, vocalist, producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and former truck driver from Concord, NC. He began writing lyrics at the age of 5, began playing guitar, drums and bass at age 12 and began releasing cassettes when he was in high school. He has been featured on two tracks on Sage Francis's "Road Tested" cd playing bass.

Mikal kHill is also a member of the ThoughtCriminals, a live band featuring Cum Laude and other forward thinking musicians. Please check them out at http://www.myspace.com/thoughtcriminals

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2004
Band Website: mikalkhill.com/
Band Members: Mikal kHill (vocals, production, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Turntables)
Influences: Automator, Nine Inch Nails, Nas, Beck, The Beatles, Cypress Hill, Twiztid, Elliott Smith, Hayden, NWA, Geto Boys, Against Me!, RZA, GZA, Scarface, Jay Z, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, House Of Pain, Johnny Cash, Organized Konfusion, Them, Cake, Sage Francis, Sean Lennon, Radiohead, Sleater Kenny, Funkdoobiest, pre-2001 Dr. Dre, Subtle, etc.
Sounds Like: the anti-nickelback.
Record Label: Rx Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

BLOGGOTRON: Videogame nerdery!

Alright, I don't have much to comment on right now, other than:PS3 isn't getting the same DLC content that 360 is getting for GTA4.  Apparently MS paid out the ass to get exclusive DLC.  May...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:31:00 PST

BLOGGOTRON: Thoughts on faith & religion...

My ideas about faith, death & religion are kind of in a transitional period.  My core belief is that there is a God, that he did create existence (albeit not exactly as depicted in the bible)...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:56:00 PST

Back to having a solo myspace.... Add the band!!!

I decided to create a myspace for the band again so that I could have my own space to voice my opinions and shit.  I didn't do it to shelter myself, but more to make myself more of a target, beca...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:44:00 PST

BLOGGOTRON: Bioshock 2, Black Eyed Bullshit, new Roots LP, and Atmospheres new record.

So, I’m going to start throwing in some videogame news and stuff on here.  Generally, I’m only going to talk about shit that I care about.  It’s my blog.  There are li...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:27:00 PST

PROGRESS!!!

The other day a person I don’t really know that well that is an ex of a member of the band contacted me about trying to put them back in touch with that person. I told them I’d try. We wen...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:08:00 PST

medication, music, work and other stuff.

I made emily laugh for the first time yesterday.  That was awesome.She's upset laura a lot today, which is not.I'm on predisone for another day.  It makes me way angrier all the time.  ...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:03:00 PST

Magazine article from a few months ago about our Poetry Nights...

Due to some shit I don't feel like rehashing, this event no longer takes place.  There is a chance it might be restarted soon at a more reputable venue.  But we'll just have to see what happ...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:29:00 PST

Bloggotron: Reveiw of the Jay Clifford show.

NOTE: It's just after 4am. My cat has finally stopped screaming for something to fuck it, and I'm beginning to realize that I'm not going to be very well rested for tomorrow's workday. I've decided...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:38:00 PST

Bloggotron! an article I wrote about localmusic.

NOTE: This article was written for a music magazine being started by a few acquantences. I might take it down from here if they decide to use it, and I hope to keep writing stuff in the future. Th...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:21:00 PST

Emily Violet Hill is HERE!

So, it all began on September 4th. The doctors had been growing more and more concerned with the baby's size and my wife Laura's bloodpressure, so they wanted to induce labor. Laura's primary concern ...
Posted by Mikal kHill on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:01:00 PST