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Mike Brody

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About Me

For comedy promo (bio, printable headshots, etc.) go to http://www.mikebrody.com------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------I get to perform at this event below, how freakin' cool is that?!

STAND-UP COMEDY -- Ghost Hunters
..Here's a sketch I wrote. It is dark and weird, which is why I like it:

My Interests

For more video clips of my comedy, click on this button here:------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------ANDY ERIKSON MADE THIS AWESOMENESS FOR ME:

I'd like to meet:

Eugene Hutz from Gogol Bordello and the janitor from Scrubs.

Music:

My main favorites are Tom Waits, Jonathan Richman, Johnny Cash and The Beach Boys. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- PUNK: Social Distortion, The Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers, New York Dolls, The Clash, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, The Modern Lovers, Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Bad Brains, Against Me!, The Pogues, The Velvet Underground, The Lawrence Arms, Snuff, Soviettes, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, At The Drive-In, Operation Ivy, These Arms Are Snakes, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Team Dresch, Descendents, Jawbreaker, Samiam, MC5, Husker Du, Gorilla Biscuits, The Specials, The Pietasters, Dillinger Four, Cap'n Jazz, Screeching Weasel, Refused, Lifetime, Bad Religion, The Sonics ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- ROCK/ALTERNATIVE: Tom Waits, Jonathan Richman, Beach Boys, Billy Bragg, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft, Jeremy Enigk, Dinosaur Jr, Low, The Replacements, Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters, Sebadoh, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Superchunk, Radiohead, Pinback, The Hold Steady, Tin Hat (Trio), Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Wilco, Sujfan Stevens, Iron & Wine, The Pixies, Sigur Ros, Hockey Night, The Mars Volta, Sparta, Cursive, A Whisper In The Noise, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, God Speed You Black Emperor, Crooked Fingers, The Postal Service, Seam, The Cure, The Afghan Whigs, Jets To Brazil, Elliott Smith, Built To Spill, Morphine, The Smiths, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- REGGAE: Toots & The Maytals, Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker, Matisyahu ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- CLASSICAL (Loosely speaking): Arvo Part, Philip Glass, Antonin Dvorak, Dmitiri Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, John Philip Sousa, Leos Janacek. I also love movie soundtracks: Danny Elfman, John Williams, Philip Glass (again), Howard Shore, Hanz Zimmer, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- OLDIES: Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Little Richard ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- METAL: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Kyuss, The Sword ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- JAZZ: The Bad Plus, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Tin Hat (Trio) ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- BLUES: Howlin' Wolf, Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- R&B: James Brown, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- COUNTRY: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Horton, Hank Williams III, Woody Guthrie, The Carter Family, Patsy Cline

Movies:

Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Donnie Darko, Pan's Labyrinth, Knocked Up, Superbad, Little Miss Sunshine, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, Goonies, American Movie, Grizzly Man, Bukowski - Born Into This, Stranger Than Fiction, Cloverfield, The Never-Ending Story, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, Airplane!, Everything Is Illuminated, Garden State, This is Spinal Tap, LOTR, Star Wars, Waiting For Guffman, Crash, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Fight Club, The Quest For The Holy Grail, I Heart Huckabees, Caddyshack, Adaptation, Jaws, The Jerk, The Lost Boys, Stand By Me, Dumb And Dumber, Batman, Best In Show, Office Space, Life Is Beautiful, Requiem For A Dream, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

Television:

I don't watch much TV, but I love Ghost Hunters, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office (both versions), My Name Is Earl. I pretty much just get them on Netflix because I hate commercials with a passion.

Books:

I love mythology and folktales of all kinds and am fascinated by books on any and all religions. My favorite authors at the moment are Charles Bukowski, Mark Leynor, Neil Gaiman, Chuck Klosterman and many more. Biographies: Brian Wilson, Johnny Cash, Harry Houdini. Music: Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life. Books on ghosts and strange phenomenon that may or may not be real are another favorite. Band biographies.

Heroes:

Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Bill Hicks, Charles Bukowski, Tom Waits, Tom Waits and Tom Waits.

My Blog

My cousin is the best dancer in the Twin Cities

I just found out that my cousin, Anna Marie Shogren, was voted Best Dancer of 2008 by the City Pages for the Twin Cities.  No, not that kind of dancer.   So I would like to take t...
Posted by Mike Brody on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:28:00 PST

Random thoughts

I am an optimist.  I am also a little bit irrational.  Everytime I go to a gas pump I think I can alter the outcome with my mind.  It's like a race that I can cheer on. "Go Gallons!!!!"...
Posted by Mike Brody on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:11:00 PST

Dunn Bros. can't handle my coolness

I've been reading a lot of fantasy novels lately.  I don't really like that term...fantasy.  Sounds like porn, doesn't it?  Well, it's not porn at all, okay?  It's dragons and trol...
Posted by Mike Brody on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:38:00 PST

Tonight on Ghost Divas Live - Mike Brody!

I am going to be on the radio tonight at 10pm Central! Click on this to listen and get more info:  http://www.para-x.com/ghostdivas/ The Ghost Divas myspace page:  http://www.mysp...
Posted by Mike Brody on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:07:00 PST

The Ouija Boards days are numbered

Ouija boards are pretty scary.  I personally don't mess around with them and wouldn't suggest you do either.  But if you do I would do it soon, because pretty soon they are going to be ruin...
Posted by Mike Brody on Sun, 18 May 2008 12:16:00 PST

Small Dogs Burn A Little Slower

I am a fan of science.  I enjoy progress, but I think sometimes mankind takes it too far and tampers with nature in ways it shouldn't.  Like these little tiny dogs that people breed.  ...
Posted by Mike Brody on Sun, 11 May 2008 03:08:00 PST

Whitley Strieber has more problems than just aliens

I love to read books about aliens. They make me both scared and happy, just like the KFC buffet.  It's a mix of emotions.  My personal favorite author of that sort is Whitley Strieber,...
Posted by Mike Brody on Thu, 08 May 2008 11:46:00 PST

My Cheapo commercials begin airing Friday

*** UPDATE ***  The commercials are in fact airing every Friday (12 seperate ones) on the CW in Minneapolis.  Check your guide on your TV.  Some places it was at 10pm and some Midnight...
Posted by Mike Brody on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:24:00 PST

Pictures from Tombstone, AZ

I was in Tucson, AZ, this week for Laffs Comedy Club with Jessi Campbell...and while I was there I talked Jeff Koester into taking me to Tombstone, AZ.  Along the way I bought a ne...
Posted by Mike Brody on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:13:00 PST

Ghost Hunters episode (YouTube)- This is the haunted hotel I’ll be staying/performing at in AUG

They just aired the episode of Ghost Hunters where they investigate the New Hampshire hotel I'll be staying/performing at in August with the TAPS people.  I got this from YouTube so it's broken u...
Posted by Mike Brody on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:46:00 PST