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SPIKE

LIVIN' IN THE EIGHTIES........

About Me

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"AS YOU ARE I WAS..AS I AM YOU WILL BE"............... MUSIC always HAS..and always WILL BE..my one TRUE PASSION. It has shaped WHO I am today and I couldn't imagine life ANY OTHER WAY.........................................Born and raised in Florida, I grew up in Melbourne for 21 years(Remember the Record Bar, Chess King and Merry-Go-Round??).... then moved to Orlando where I resided for roughly 16 years until moving to SLC to work for SLOC at the 2002 Winter Olympic games. This is where I met my wife, Photographer and Esthetics Make-Up Artist...Marie Anthony...DJ'd on radio in Orlando for nearly 10 years(1986-1995) hosting a show called "Living in the 80's w/ Spike" on WUCF. Also DJ'd various events in Orlando as well as Friday nites at Barbarella(aka The Beach Club/Independent) in downtown O'Town. My passion is for music, specifically 70's and 80's New Wave, Punk and HardCore. I have a plethora of useless knowledge when it comes to this genre of music........ While living in Orlando, I also worked for Hard Rock Cafe for almost 10 yrs, Traveling the globe while working in the Memorabilia Dept as the Design Coordinator/Inventory Controller/Curator-Of-Sorts for part of that time...... Favorite Bands/Musicians are X, Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, Midge Ure/Ultravox, The Damned, Chameleons UK, Lords of the New Church And Iggy Pop......And ya can't exclude the Ramones..................................................... ......................
BRYAN FERRY - Slave To Love
ULTRAVOX - Visions In Blue
MONACO - What Do You Want From Me?
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - Dance With Me
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE - Wot!
CHRIS DeBURGH - Don't Pay The Ferryman
ROBERT HAZARD - Escalator Of Life
WIRE - Ahead
ICEHOUSE - We Can Get Together
NEON JUDGEMENT - Miss Brown

My Interests

Music(Still own a few thousand albums), DJing, Salvador Dali, Reading,Dining Out and Travelling.....Bein' Marie's Photography Cabana Boy!!! Vinyl is still the BEST!!!! Oh yea, did I mention MUSIC?....If ya look at my JUKEBOX-O-FRIENDS list you'll see numerous bands that have shaped and influenced my musical tastes thru the years in one way or another...How Many Do You Recognize???

DIVINYLS - Boys In Town

CONCRETE BLONDE - Dance Along The Edge
JAPAN - Adolescent Sex

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a passion for music, specifically New Wave and Punk music from the 70's & 80's, DJ's, Musicians and such included. So if yer out there, feel free to speak yer PEACE.....

Music:

New Wave and Punk from the 70's and 80's, Goth, Rockabilly, Ska, HardCore, Electronic, New Romantic and select Industrial. Favorite artist's include : X, Ramones, Chameleons UK, Roxy Music(Bryan Ferry), Ultravox(John Foxx & Midge Ure) and Iggy Pop.....Followed by : 999; ABC; Adam and The Ants; Agent Orange; Alan Parsons Project; The Alarm; Aldo Nova; Alphaville; Altered Images; Laurie Anderson; Angry Samoans; Anti-Nowhere League; APB; April Wine; Art of Noise; A Split Second; Aztec Camera; B-52's; B.A.D.; Bad Brains; Russ Ballard; Bauhaus; Beach Boys; Adrian Belew; Belouise Some; Berlin: Big Country; Black Flag; Black Sabbath; Blancmange; Blondie; Blotto; B-Movie; The Bolshoi; The Bongos; Book of Love; Boomtown Rats; David Bowie; Bow Wow Wow; BTO; Kate Bush; Butthole Surfers; Buzzcocks(Pete Shelley); Cabaret Voltaire; Cactus World News; The Call; Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker; The Cars; Cater USM; Nick Cave(Bad Seeds); Chameleons UK/Sun & The Moon; Cheap Trick; China Crisis; Christian Death; The Church; Circle Jerks; The Clash; Cocteau Twins; Colour Field, Concrete Blonde; Alice Cooper; Julian Cope(Teardrop Explodes); Elvis Costello; Josie Cotton; The Cramps; The Cult; The Cure; The Damned & Captain Sensible; Danse Society; Dayglo Abortions; Dead Boys; Dead Kennedys; Depeche Mode; Karla DeVito; Devo; D.I.; The Dickies; Dire Straits; Divine; Divinyls; D.O.A.; Duran Duran; EBN-OZN; Echo & The Bunnymen(Ian McCulloch); E.L.O.; English Beat; Brian Eno(Fripp and Eno); Eurogliders; Eurythmics; Exploited; Fad Gadget; Faith No More; Marianne Faithfull; Falco; The Fall; Fear; Felony; Fischer-Z; The Fixx; Flash & The Pan; Flesh For Lulu; A Flock of Seagulls; Front 242; Fugazi; Fun Boy Three; Peter Gabriel; Gang of Four; G.B.H.; Gene Loves Jezebel; General Public; Generation X(Billy Idol); Germs; The Godfathers; Go-Go's; Golden Earring; GuadalCanal Diary; Gun Club; Nina Hagen; Hawaiian Pups; Robert Hazard; Heaven 17; Hipsway; Hoodoo Gurus; House of Love; Human League; Hunters & Collectors; Husker Du; Ian Dury & The Blockheads; Icehouse; Icicle Works; Inxs; Donnie Iris; Joe Jackson; The Jam; Jane's Addiction; Jason & The Scorchers; Jesus & The Marychain; Jim Carroll Band; Howard Jones; Joy Division; Killing Joke; King; King Crimson; The Kinks; Kraftwerk; Lady Pank; Shona Laing; Level 42; Lords Of The New Church; Love & Rockets; Lene Lovich; Kirsty Maccoll; Madness; Martha + The Muffins; MC5; MDC; Meatmen; Meat Puppets; Men at Work; Men w/o Hats; Midnight Oil; Mighty Lemon Drops; Ministry; Minor Threat; Misfits; Missing Persons; Mission UK; Rita Mitsouko; Modern English; Moody Blues; Moev; Monaco; The Monroes; The Motels; MotorHead; Peter Murphy; The Nails; Neon Judgement; New Model Army; New Order; Nitzer Ebb; The Normal; Gary Numan & Tubeway Army; ODW; Oingo Boingo(& Danny Elfman); OMD; Robert Palmer; Payolas; PIL; Pixies; Planet P; Plasmatics; Plimsouls; Pogues; The Polecats; Pretenders; Propaganda; Pseudo Echo; Psychedelic Furs; Queen; Real Life; Lou Reed/Velvet Underground; R.E.M.; Replacements; Rheingold; Roman Holliday; Romeo Void; Rough Trade, Saga; 7 Seconds; Screaming Blue Messiahs; Secession; Sex Pistols; Charlie Sexton; Sham 69; Shriekback; Simple Minds; Siousxie; Sisters Of Mercy; Slade; Patti Smith; The Smiths; Social D; Soft Cell and Marc Almond; Spandau Ballet; Sparks; Special AKA; Specimen; Split Enz; Squeeze; Stiff Little Fingers; Stranglers; Stray Cats; Style Council; Sugarcubes; Suicidal Tendencies; Surf Punks; Sweet; Talk Talk; Talking Heads; Tangerine Dream; Tears for Fears; 10,000 Maniacs; That Petrol Emotion; The The; They Might Be Giants; Thin Lizzy; Thompson Twins; Tom Tom Club; Tones On Tail; Time Zone; Translator; Trio; T.S.O.L.; The Tubes; U2; Undertones; The Vapors; Velvet Underground; Vicious Pink; Violent Femmes; Visage; Vitamin Z; Wall of Voodoo(Stan Ridgway); Waterboys; Wedding Present; Kim Wilde; Wire; Wire Train; Wolfgang Press; World Party; XTC; Xymox; Yaz; Yello; Paul Young ......WOW, Have I listed enough, The list could still go on........

Movies:

B-Grade Horror flicks, i.e. Evil Dead, Basket Case, BloodSucking Freaks and Re-Animator to mention a few along w/ the classics like Creature From The Black Lagoon, Dracula, Werewolf and Frankenstein.... 9 1/2 Weeks, Blue Velvet, Dudes, Decline of Western Civilization, Repo Man, Return of The Living Dead, The River's Edge, Valley Girl, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, SLC Punk, Velvet Goldmine......

BOLLOCK BROTHERS - Horror Movies

Television:

I'm not very big on watching TV but when I do I watch the boring stuff, i.e. News, Weather, TLC, APL and Discovery. Anything DEAN STOCKWELL. I also frequently(almost always) have on VH1 Classic......And still love the classics of my childhood like Lost in Space, Land of the Lost, Benny Hill/Monty Python/Fawlty Towers/The Young Ones.., Creature Feature, et al.....
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SAM KINISON - World Hunger

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Books:

Music Literature.......Please Kill Me(Legs McNeil & McCain), England's Dreaming(Jon Savage), Last Gang in Town(The Story of the Clash), Gimme Danger(Iggy Pop), I Need More(Iggy Pop), Labotomy : Survivng the Ramones, 12 Days on The Road : The Sex Pistols and America, Rotten: No Blacks-No Dogs-No Irish(John Lydon), The Mansion on the Hill, The Dark Stuff, From the Velvets to the Voidoids, Ranters and Crowd Pleasers : Punk in Pop Music 1977-92, Pet Sematary and numerous Musical Artist Books(Trouser Press Record Guides by IRA A. ROBBINS....The Adventures of SWEET GWENDOLINE by John Willie......

Heroes:

Bryan Ferry, Midge Ure, Iggy Pop, Joe Strummer, Danny Elfman, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Vincent Price and The Ramones...And most of all, My Wife..MARIE......

......And finally, Our beloved Newfoundland - SIR AVALON, who passed away 10/11/2007..............
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PinUps For Pups 2009 Calendar Promo Video....

Watch on U-Tube and click "watch high quality" for better viewing.... ...
Posted by SPIKE on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:36:00 PST

Sir Avalon Tribute Video(RIP).....

Well, it's hard to believe it been a year already but Saturday, Oct. 11 was the 1yr anniversary of our beloved Newfoundland Sir Avalon's passing. We still miss him very, very dearly....Marie spent the...
Posted by SPIKE on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:06:00 PST

SPIKES MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC VIDEOS

Welcome to "SPIKE'S MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC VIDEOS". Starting on Monday nights I will be introducing you to some of my favorite music videos from the past. These are videos that in someway inspired my musi...
Posted by SPIKE on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:37:00 PST

SPIKES MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC VIDEOS

Welcome to "SPIKE'S MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC VIDEOS". Starting on Monday nights I will be introducing you to some of my favorite music videos from the past. These are videos that in someway inspired my musi...
Posted by SPIKE on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:55:00 PST

..............My Vinyl Album Collection(PART 1)...

  ABC :   Lexicon Of Love; Beauty Stab AC/DC :   Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap; Highway To Hell ADAM & THE ANTS :   Dirk Wears White Sox; Strip; Vive Le Rock ...
Posted by SPIKE on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:23:00 PST

.............My Vinyl Album Collection(PART 2)...

  SEXTON, CHARLIE :   Pictures For Pleasure SHAM 69 :   Tell Us The Truth SHANNON :   Let The Music Play SHEILA E. :   Sheila E. In The Glamorous Life SHEL...
Posted by SPIKE on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:55:00 PST

Weve Landed.....

We've FINALLY!!! landed in HollywoodLand....More details to come once we dig our way out of boxes............
Posted by SPIKE on Sat, 24 May 2008 11:30:00 PST

ViaMarieStudios Articles..................

Here's 2 articles we found on ViaMarieStudios...I couldn't have summed it up better myself.......   Article I Article II...
Posted by SPIKE on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:46:00 PST

California Here We Come......

On that ever-changing path of LIFE...We're movin' to L.A. and they wanted us there last week(HA!)....Marie n' I will be packin' up soon to go back to her stompin' ground so we'll keep ya posted.....
Posted by SPIKE on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:03:00 PST