Mike Apichella's Portfolio - ProfilesArchive

About Me

this is the major online portfolio for the Maryland USA based artist named MIKE APICHELLA....that's me! All of the visual works displayed in my pics section here are done with either or both pen & ink and digital image manipulation. So please check all this stuff i put up. There's lots of old and new stuff, as well as all my stuff that is currently on display in galleries and that has been on album covers and concert posters and such. I hope you have fun with this, please keep in touch cuz i also use this as a personal profile for blogs and stuff like that

My Interests

Human Host, the 'Won't Mom Be Proud' e.p. by The Spontaneous Gyrations, Le Tigre, Sun Ra, music in all forms, dental floss, getting lost, belching, 70's comic books, Ernie Kovacs

I'd like to meet:

Sun Ra

Music:

www.humanhostmusic.com , Wham City bands/acts!!!!, Sun Ra, Real Life Time Machines, We Are The Seahorses, MT6 Records, Human Conduct, Fall Records, ANY pre-World War II pop/folk/jazz, almost ANY music made anytime between 1960 and 1976, Eric's Trip, Sebadoh, Chris Myers, Mike Gittings, Marc O'Donnell, Baltimore bands that played at The Small Intestine, too much other stuff

Heroes:

Sun Ra

My Blog

Ive prepared a dayglo "FEAST OF ENERGY" in Towson

My piece "Feast Of Energy" will be displayed as part of an exhibit up in Towson, Md. It is only the 2nd full color piece of visual art I've done non collaboratively in 14 years and it is&nbs...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:10:00 PST

FINALLY ink for Real Life Time Machines

as most of my gloood friends know, my favorite band is THE REAL LIFE TIME MACHINES, and now, thanks to the illustrious Barry Thompson at Boston's Weekly Dig newspaper, the rest of the world can get a ...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:04:00 PST

MY FIRST FULL COLOR PIECE IN 14 YEARS

The completion of my piece 'Aug to Oct 2007' marks the first time in 14 years that i have done a full color piece of artwork non collaboratively The HCON2007 Fest will be presenting this work's debut ...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:39:00 PST

ALPHABET SHOW IN NYC (featuring ME!)

....fresh from the desk of the illustrious Gary Kachadourian, one of my pieces has finally made it to the Big Apple, Noo Yoork Sitee:The alphabet exhibition will be coming to Cooper Union with an open...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:15:00 PST

NEBULON by Mike Apichella on display in Reenactments show in Baltimore @ The Current Gallery

more of my art is on display, this time as part of the Reenactments show which will open tommorow at Current Gallery in Baltimore, Md. Reenactments is a show in whcih all the contributors had to redra...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST

2006 - BEST YEAR FOR MUSIC SINCE 1976

here are all my favorite album's that came out this year, as well as records i bought/accquired this year that might not have been 2006 releases, enjoy! Real Life Time Machines - 'You Call This R...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:27:00 PST

egg flowers

Best song lyrics ever(?)...www.lyricsbox.com/13th-floor-elevators-lyrics-slip -inside-this-house-k3vxxp9.html
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

a better understanding of Chris Myers

Chris Myers of Water School will be playing a rare solo accoustic set this sat night(3/25/06) at a place called Bullseye Bar & Grill(?!)in Parkville, Md. He'll be doing all manner of material...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:36:00 PST

new 90's

I changed my list of favorite 90's albums slightly (artist:) (album title:) Beck - One Ft. In The Grave Freedom Riders - 55 Ways To Save Eggs (old Baltimore County band, tape o...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:03:00 PST

the best of MT6!

Here are my top 5 picks for best MT6 label releases EVER. Granted, MT6 hasn't been around that long, and I haven't heard absolutely everything they've done, but I have heard A'LOT of their releas...
Posted by Mike Apichella's Portfolio on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 06:21:00 PST