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Matt

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About Me

From Encyclopædia Britannica: One of the great thinkers of our time. Multi-faceted writer, novelist, musician, inventor. A true renaissance man. A modest, humble, yet shining example for the rest of mankind. His AIM screenname is DTJesus1.

30 second clips of me in action below! Takes a minute to load. I'm the guy singing and playing guitar....Just What I Needed intro
Just What I Needed chorus

My Interests

- Milwaukee Brewers, other milwaukee/wisconsin sports, and Valpo hoops.
- 3000GTs/Stealths.
- Good, deep, serious, emotional, complex, lyrically, vocally brilliant music.
Etymology gets me going. And maps. Penguins and otters, of course. Roman numerals, analog clocks, black and white photos, water .......... maybe those aren't pursuable interests, per se ... but they interest me.Oh, and I love to sing in the car.

I'd like to meet:

Some girl that knows the meaning of, uh, hey hit the highway.

Music:

Dream Theater, Marillion, Rush, Enchant, Pain of Salvation, Alan Parsons Project, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Queensryche, Skyclad, Spock's Beard, Shadow Gallery, Sonata Arctica, older Angra, Eternity X, Fates Warning, Ten, Helloweeen, King's X, Galactic Cowboys, older Royal Hunt, Iron Maiden, Kate Bush, and many other progressive rock, progressive metal, power metal, and AOR artists...Also: Tori Amos, Goo Goo Dolls, Tesla, 80s/90s hair metal, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Assassins, West Side Story, Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jurassic 5, De La Soul, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Mos Def, Common, Vivaldi, Paganini, Bach

Movies:

Swingers, Quiz Show, Groundhog Day, Made, Office Space, Say Anything, High Fidelity, Big Lebowski, American Graffiti, It's a Wonderful Life, A League of Their Own, Far From the Madding Crowd (1998), 12 Angry Men, City Slickers, Little Women, Marty, Sliding Doors, Sense and Sensibility, Running on Empty, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dead Poets Society, Goodfellas, Wuthering Heights, Leon: The Professional, Hoosiers, The Sandlot, Men of Honor, Big, Rain Man, Crossroads (1986), Stepmom, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Oscar, Circle of Friends, Napoleon Dynamite, Super Troopers, Lost in Translation, A Room with a View, A Beautiful Mind, Clue, Back to the Future, 13 Going on 30, The Graduate, Body Shots, Caddyshack, The Man without a Face, Falling Down, Radio Inside

Television:

Current: Gilmore Girls, The Office, Brewers games, Packers games, Bucks games, Badgers games, ESPN (SportsCenter), History channel, Jeopardy!, Inside the Actors Studio, Law & Order, stand-up comedy, Antiques Roadshow, Book TV, Fox News, Simpsons, Family Guy, Campus Ladies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Lifetime movies (I don't know why!!)Past: MST3K, Freaks & Geeks, Eek the Cat, Muppet Babies, Married ... With Children, Arthur, NewsRadio, Family Ties, Wishbone, Zoobilee Zoo

Books:

I love literature, but dislike reading. Brontë, Austen, Hardy, and Forster are the favorites.

Heroes:

Alex P. Keaton, Jim Halpert, and my grandparents

My Blog

I'm naming one of my kids Montgomery

I had a good reason, but I forgot it in the time it took for myspace to load.
Posted by Matt on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:32:00 PST

The Brewers can go to fucking hell....

...and Justin Verlander can suck my fucking dick.
Posted by Matt on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:09:00 PST

Matt Fact #342

Sometimes I just make things up and then when people look at me funny I say, "British expression".
Posted by Matt on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:21:00 PST

Album Review: King's X - Ogre Tones (2005)

King's Xhttp://www.kingsxonline.com/Origin: USA (Texas - Houston) King's X is another one of those straight-forward rock bands (like the Galactic Cowboys) which you'll often see mentioned a in various...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:29:00 PST

Album Review: Opeth - Damnation (2003)

Opethhttp://www.opeth.com/Origin: Sweden (Stokholm) Formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1990, this progressive death/doom metal band has risen to become one of the most popular groups in the entire prog ge...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:31:00 PST

Album Review: Marillion - Marbles (2004)

So it's been over a year since my last review.  This is either the start of a solid string of more to come or a complete one-off.  Either way, enjoy.  This review and 356 more are avail...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:00:00 PST

Original Lyrics: Miracle

Miracle No one said it would be like thisYour warning came with a flash of lightAn empty shell in your likenessA tempered heart, no will to fight Falling hardAnd fading fastWith two blind eyes turned ...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 04 May 2006 08:49:00 PST

Original Lyrics/Poem: Heart of Winter

Heart of Winter I. China White and WutheringAn avalanche of everything, a melodramatic cascadeOn a colorless horizonLike the loverless disguisesFolded neatly in the bed that you've made Under frozen s...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:20:00 PST

Original Lyrics: Treading Water Street

Treading Water Street The courageous and the bravelessA constellation nameless Makeshift VIPs and idols fashioned for the eve Perfumes intoxicate with alcoholDim light dalliances and romances callUnme...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:37:00 PST

Happy Sprink Day!

(to those who did not get the bulletin) Sprink Day is the first day of Spring on the Matt Rink calendar. It is the first day of the cold season in which the daily average high temperature begins to go...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:30:00 PST