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Matt McKenna

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I'd like to meet:

YOU, of course!

SPECIAL US TOUR WARM-UP CONCERT IN CT!
Sunday, July 6th

Note: HOUSE OF LORDS will be performing Thursday, July 10th at 12:45 PM on the main stage.

Note: HOUSE OF LORDS will be performing Friday, July 11th at 3:45 PM.

Music:

Blue Murder, Del Amitri, Muse, Richard Marx, Whitesnake, A.R. Rahman, Queen, Martin Page, Giant, Yanni, Queensryche, Olivia Newton-John, Thin Lizzy, Loreena McKennitt, Journey, Edwin McCain, The Corrs, Yngwie Malmsteen
Del Amitri - "Don't Come Home Too Soon" After spending a few days back in my beloved Scotland, and learning about another football "longshot" I was reminded of this classic from the Dels. Enjoy :)

Movies:

The Dancer Upstairs, Intersection, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Veer-Zaara, Passing Stones, Still Crazy, Swades, Age of Innocence, Black, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, The Big Tease
"The Light of Darkness" by Michael Cargile Before there was M. Night Shyamalan, there was Michael Cargile ;) I was fortune enough to see it at the first Dances With Films festival in Los Angeles ten years ago, where this film won the Audience Best Short Film award, and deservedly so. Enjoy.
Sports Major League Baseball, IndyCar Series, European Football, Bowling...

Television:

Lovejoy, Ballykissangel, Mystery!, Masterpiece Theatre, Highlander The Series, Monarch of the Glen, Reno 911, Nova, Father Ted
Radio

Books:

"Awaken The Giant Within" by Tony Robbins, "Target Iran" by Scott Ritter, "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, "Night Chills" by Dean Koontz

currently reading:

Politics Well, I'll give you a hint. I'm not a Republican, nor am I a Democrat. I believe in truth, peace, and justice for all.

Heroes:



My Parents, Rudy Sarzo, Justin Currie, Phil Lynott, John Deacon, 2000-2005 Boston Red Sox, Martin Luther King, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Dennis Kucinich, Robert Fisk, John Pilger, and the world's greatest superhero...

from the television series "Sesame Street"

My Blog

Kevin DuBrow 1955 - 2007

I learned today of the passing of Kevin DuBrow, lead vocalist for Quiet Riot. I met Kevin over 10 years ago, when Quiet Riot was touring in support of their album "Terrified" in New York. Their then...
Posted by Matt McKenna on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:52:00 PST

A fellow Scot wins the 2007 IndyCar Series Championship!

CONGRATULATIONS TO DARIO FRANCHITTI OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND!THE 2007 INDYCAR SERIES RACING CHAMPION!I only started following IndyCar Series racing this year, completely by accident, as NASCAR has never...
Posted by Matt McKenna on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:28:00 PST

Missing You Already...

After a 2,900 mile cross-country drive, Iona, my White Boxer, now calls the Berkshires, in Western Massachusetts her home, where she's already having fun running around grassy hills chasing squirrels ...
Posted by Matt McKenna on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:54:00 PST

I have a new girlfriend...

... and ever since I took her home she's offered me nothing but kisses. My kind of girl :) PS. Visit a nearby animal shelter or rescue, and give a feeling greater than winning the lottery to a scare...
Posted by Matt McKenna on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:38:00 PST

I can't believe it's over...

Ditto.
Posted by Matt McKenna on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:52:00 PST

Bringing Truth to Power!

www.kpfk.orgI am a firm believer in having your own voice, own beliefs, own passions, own convictions, and doing what you believe is right for yourself, and although I would never wish to force my pol...
Posted by Matt McKenna on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:33:00 PST

Not to be negative or anything...

... but some things I hate (in no particular order... well maybe a few): 1. Smoking2. Racism3. War4. Religions that consider any war "holy"5. People who burn Dixie Chick albums and think that's good f...
Posted by Matt McKenna on Wed, 24 May 2006 01:11:00 PST

First Blog, and all I can think about is food...

Most of you get a kick out of the fact that I don't really eat vegetables, yet I've been a vegetarian for over 7 years. I prefer to call myself a "pastatarian" and to make you laugh even more I've de...
Posted by Matt McKenna on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:51:00 PST