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JYM

junkyardmessiah

About Me

I'm a tv writer. Huge groupie...er, devotee of a couple bands, namely Depeche Mode and INXS. Love to travel. Best cities I've lived in: Paris and San Francisco...but I love my boulevard of broken dreams, though...Los Angeles.
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My Interests

Sci-fi in all its forms - movie, tv, books. Hiking, concert-going, languages, travel. C'est tout. Oh yeah, and a little website I ran for INXS fanatics... http://junkyardmessiah.livejournal.com




Seen in concert over the years...If it's asterixed*, I've reviewed the show in my blog Check it out!

Adam and the Ants
Arcade Fire (2)*
Arctic Monkeys
Depeche Mode (5)*
U2 (3)
INXS (9)*
Morrissey (2)*
The Faint*
The Fratellis
She Wants Revenge (2)*
Iggy & the Stooges*
Tool
James Brown
Erasure*
Pet Shop Boys*
Rolling Stones (2)
Gang of Four
The White Stripes (2)*
The Pogues*
Prince
Queens of the Stone Age
The Killers (2)*
Raveonettes*
The Police
Von Bondies
Paul Stanley*
Luna Halo
Immigrant*
Ladytron*
Erykah Badu
John Corbett
Pete Yorn
Crowded House
Big Bang*
Caleb Kane (3)
Daughtry*
Zack Hexum (4)*
Supernova (2)
Juke Kartel (3)*
Storm & the Balls (2)*
Dilana & Magni
Deanna Johnson*
Lovehammers*
Ryan Star*
Jim McGorman*
Magnetico (2)*
Rockstar: Supernova tapings*
Rockstar: INXS tapings*

I'd like to meet:


These boys: update - met 'em! Read my blog for details...

The Soundtrack to my life? Goes something like this...

Music:

Depeche Mode, Smiths, Cure, White Stripes, Pogues, U2 (old), INXS (old and new, baby!), The Faint, She Wants Revenge, Queen, Squeeze, Tool, Clash, Talking Heads, Nina Simone, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen, Arthur Lee and Love, Stray Cats, those Sing-Along with Mitch Miller records, Love and Rockets, Peter Murphy, Johnny Cash, Killers, Bowie, bjork, New Order, Erasure, A Perfect Circle, Adam Ant, Joy Division, Malcolm McLaren, Bobby Darin, Tears for Fears, Kings of Leon, Royksopp, Panic! at the Disco, Eurythmics, Radiohead, A-Ha (shut up!), Clann an Drumma, Ennio Morricone, KODO and all other taiko drumming...

Movies:

Miller's Crossing, The Exorcist, Buckaroo Banzai, Oldboy, Spirited Away, Godfather, Godfather II, Big Lebowski, Until the End of the World, Brazil, Hard Core Logo, Angel Heart, Network, Bladerunner, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Leon: The Professional, Spinal Tap, Murder on the Orient Express, JFK, Alien, Aliens, Lost Boys, Lost Highway, Queen Margot, Glengarry Glen Ross, Naked, Snatch, Baraka, Mulholland Drive, L.A. Confidential, any and all Steve McQueen.

Television:

The Wire, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, Oz, Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, Rescue Me, The Shield, Carnivale, The Kingdom (Von Trier version), Prison Break, Homicide: Life on the Street, Twin Peaks, Buffy, Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett), Family Guy, Arrested Development, Larry Sanders Show, Rockstar: Supernova, Rockstar: INXS

Books:

How about writers instead? Neil Gaiman, Cormac McCarthy, Alan Moore, Tom Stoppard, James Ellroy, Mary Renault, Maria McCann, Jonathan Carroll, Phillip Pullman, Anne Rice, Anne Bishop, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Philip K. Dick, Douglas Adams, Katherine Neville, William Gibson, Thackery, Dostoyevsky, Eco, Rand, Dickens, Lovecraft, Hardy, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. R.I.P. Madeleine L'Engle, author of "A Wrinkle In Time", my favorite book growing up.

Heroes:



The Two Daves...

Bono and Hutch

The One Dave...

Artist Kris Lewis:

These dudes...

this fellow:

the guy who wrote this:

this ratpacker:

this fictional character:

this dude:

this dude's sense of color:

and this guy's writing style:

and did I mention this photogenic fellow already?

..

My Blog

Writers Strike - some answers/info

Hiya gang!A lot of folks have been asking me about the Writer's Guild of America strike currently going on -- what its about, why I'm striking, who is striking, does this matter when there's a war in ...
Posted by JYM on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:56:00 PST

Concert Review: Morrissey

Hiya cuties, long time no review!Just came back from the first night of Morrissey's series of ten nights live at the Hollywood Palladium. I got tix to Night One and Night Ten -- just to see if Moz is...
Posted by JYM on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:07:00 PST

Concert Review: Arcade Fire - Los Angeles

Oh wow. Good show. Lots of head boppin' and dancing about. I decided to go at the last minute and bought a cheapo ticket in the nosebleeds off Craigslist. Best 30 bucks I've spent in this town!Got ...
Posted by JYM on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:19:00 PST

Concert Review: Iggy Pop/The Stooges

Well last night in Los Angeles was a night to remember, kids! I saw the infamous Iggy and the Stooges at the Wiltern Theatre. Going in, I was warning myself that dear Iggy was pushing 60 years old, ...
Posted by JYM on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:46:00 PST

My boy Lukas covers my favorite DM song!

I love it when worlds collide. Here's some bootleg video of the Supernova tour, Portland Oregon, Feb 16, 2007. Lukas singing classic Depeche Mode. LOVE him! Shot by my girl, concert diva WATT. ...
Posted by JYM on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:46:00 PST

Concert Year In Review...What a great year!

It's a little late for a Year in Review, isn't it, cuties? But I couldn't resist....Especially since I've been benched for the last couple of days with a cold to end all colds. All I can do is sit h...
Posted by JYM on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:26:00 PST

Concert Review: The Faint and Ladytron (holy shit!!!!)

The FaintHoly sisters of mercy. The Faint concert last night. I can't even describe my love for this group.I am beaten, I am bruised, I am deaf in both ears, my boots are ruined, I have an unknown, ...
Posted by JYM on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:48:00 PST

Concert Review: INXS @ House of Blues, Anaheim

Hiya friends!So last night I saw my five hundred and fifty thousandth INXS show (only a slight exaggeration...I may be off by one or two). The boys played in the heart of Downtown Disneyland...literal...
Posted by JYM on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:07:00 PST

Concert Review: Juke Kartel @ Troubadour 11/20/06

Hi gang!Saw Juke again a few days ago and again they were fabulous (see my other reviews of their shows at the Viper Room in September here (night 2) and here (night 1)). This time around - the ven...
Posted by JYM on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:47:00 PST

Concert Review: Paul Stanley w/ OB:House!!

A friend of mine called last night, telling me she had an extra ticket for the Paul Stanley show at the House of Blues, with Paul being backed up by the fabulous Rockstar House Band. Did I want to co...
Posted by JYM on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:57:00 PST