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Matthew Michael

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My Interests

Music:


The High Strung, CSS, Guided by Voices, Mark Mulcahy, The Zombies, Miracle Legion, The La's, Richard Buckner, Pavement, T-Rex, Blur, Swearing at Motorists, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Badly Drawn Boy, Wilco, Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Colin Hay, Amy Miles, Sondre Lerche, Chris McCoy, 84 Nash, The Vitamen, Elliott Smith, Alex Chilton, Jeff Buckley, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, ELO

Movies:

Picnic at Hanging Rock, Short Cuts, My Own Private Idaho, Manhattan, The Straight Story, Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, City Lights, The Great Dictator, anything with Chaplin, Stardust Memories, The Elephant Man, Nashville, The Shining, Autumn Sonata, Through a Glass Darkly, Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid

Television:

The Riches, The State, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Scrubs, Stella, Arrested Development, Kids in the Hall, Mr. Show, The Vacant Lot, Flight of the Conchords, Varietyshac.com, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Northern Exposure, Quantum Leap, Twin Peaks, The Wonder Years, Big Love, Father Ted

Books:

Atonement, Franny and Zooey, Catch 22, Blue Beard, Farewell to Arms, Spoon River Anthology, Stiff, The Loved One, Being There, Jail Bird, The Time Traveler's Wife

My Blog

end of summer update

As Brit Spears would say... Hey Yall!   I just moved into my new place with Fern.  It is a really amazing place in Italian Village.  I will be out of town most of next w...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:33:00 PST

I got a new drum set

and this is what it looks like.  this is not a picture of my set.  this is actually a picture i found on the internet.  mine looks identical to this.  it is a 1970's ludwig vista...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:57:00 PST

Head cold fun time!

Yesterday I distinctly remember saying  "Ya know what I could use after working over 40 hours this week?  Right about now i could really go for a debilitating head cold that could ...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:30:00 PST

I got a new car

and this is what it looks like.
Posted by Matthew Michael on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:57:00 PST

So this guy walks into an air mattress....

Special thanks goes out to Jess and Kristi for taking care of me last night and putting me to bed on the blow up mattress.  Special Special thanks goes to Jess for getting me Mcdonald's breakfast...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:09:00 PST

Apparently I am a stripper...

This is the text message i recieved today from an unknown number..   Cherokee told me to contact you and see if you're available to dance tonight.  Tyron aka Oreo.    I should te...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:03:00 PST

Clobbering a deer with a car

It's no picnic in any way shape or form.  I was driving up north to visit my parents earlier today after having a relatively shitty week when a huge buck decided to pay my car a visit while i was...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:54:00 PST

A moment of silence......

My lighter which i have dubbed "The Freedom Lighter" cause it has an eagle on it and it looks pretty sweet finally sparked it's last spark this morning. I have had the lighter for well over a year now...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:28:00 PST

Photos from turkey day weekend shows...

howdy folks!  here are some photos from the two shows that i played saturday night. Lord Hall at Little Brothers opening for the Heartless Bastards 11/26  Chris McCoy and the Gospel at S...
Posted by Matthew Michael on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:44:00 PST

as promised... photos from the first lord hall recording session on tompkins

as i mentioned in my previous post i spent a great deal of this past weekend recording with my band.  the recordings came out fantastic.  here are a few photos from the sessions on tompkins....
Posted by Matthew Michael on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:01:00 PST