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About Me

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UPDATE!!! I've returned to the craziness and crazy people in CA! I already miss all my FL friends! My two month work break to FL was way too short. To all my traveling friends: Come out and visit me!
I recently moved from Tampa Bay, FL out to L.A. When I'm not scrounging around, looking for a writing gig, I'm surfing around myspace, trying not to spend entire days at a time looking for friends. "Try" is the imperative word there. I've been writing articles for a few local newspapers, entertainment magazine and webpages in my down time when I'm not planning the next lindy hop dance exchange to attend. My webpage, which has basically become my online writing resume can be found here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/matthewkelsey
Following trends in pop culture is one of my favorite hobbies and used to be one my job as well, when I worked as a Movie Critic for Turner Network Television in Atlanta, GA. Since then, I have continued writing, looking to improve a couple of incomplete screenplays I've been kicking around for WAY too long, eventually looking to break into the biz, one way or another.
If you happen to be in the L.A. entertainment loop, shoot me a message.

My Interests

Swing dancing, screenwriting, playing drums, xbox live .. games.
Writing Blogs and articles for AC:

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I'd like to meet:

There's a TON of people I'd like to meet, in no specific preference:Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Curtiz, Frank Sinatra, Alfred Hitchcock, Tim Burton, Danny Elfman, John Huston, John Wesley, Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, Frankie Manning, John Knox, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Terry Gilliam, Shaun Cassidy, Tom Jones, Joss Whedon, Stan Lee, Bob Kane, Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King Jr. Muddy Waters, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, William Gibson and more.

Music:

Blues, jazz, '80s pop, '90s modern rock, old-school rap, classical pops. The Police is my all-time favorite band, although from time to time I'll listen to others.
Some Recent Videos from Dance Exchanges / Workshops:
In My FL House for Poor Man's Blues: Blues Beach Bash. Dancing with Tamar is...Just Like Music!
In Tampa Bay for Poor Man's Blues: Dancing while sitting in traffic, waiting for the bridge to open/close w/ Niko and Kat

CUBE Steal Jam: Featuring The Tampa Crew & Niko

In Chicago for CUBE and Chi-town's Blues Fest: Try to Find Matt & Wendy Dancin

Goofing Off, Following Krishna. Thanks for the videos, Shemmie:

Big Ups to Kim for filming a few KLX dance breaks of the FL kids for us to remember! Dancing in The Cracker Barrel parking lot at 11 am pre exchange.

Team Happy Feet Steal Jam, late Sunday night.

You can rate my tastes over at YouTube.

Movies:

CASABLANCA, The Maltese Falcon, all Film Noir, many black and white "classics," science fiction / fantasy, goofy comedies, many by Bill Murray, a few by Jim Carrey, fantasy flicks like The Lord of the Rings, many Pixar animated films, especially Toy Story... pretty much anything by Hitchcock, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, James Cameron, many more.

Television:

CSI (only Vegas, Baby!), Sopranos, Arrested Development, Boston Legal, 24, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lost, Scrubs, Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama, Family Guy, Survivor.

Books:

Funny Videos It's always Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!!

Currently reading "The Silmarillion." Maybe one day I'll finish it... hopefully soon.

Heroes:

My parents (for putting up with me through thick and thin).

My Blog

No Longer Blue Like Jazz

Somehow, I finally managed to find a little bit of time to finish up Blue Like Jazz, and I highly recommend it to everyone. It's described as "nonreligious thoughts on Christian spiritualit...
Posted by matt on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:35:00 PST

My First L.A. Acting Gig

This week I was in my very first L.A. acting role, but I almost totally missed the opportunity.I contacted the Producer via Craigslist, who had posted a message seeking a PA/extra to work on a short f...
Posted by matt on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:59:00 PST

I've Been Spanked

Saturday, I attended my first (of many) concert of The Asylum Street Spankers (http://www.myspace.com/asylumstreetspankers) and absolutely loved it. Pre-show I was worried, because word on the s...
Posted by matt on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:06:00 PST

SLX: The Seattle Lindy Exchange

I was extremely nervous about travelling to SLX because out of all the 20-odd number of folks I asked about the dance scene there, EVERY ONE OF THEM reported the scene has great dancers, although *TON...
Posted by matt on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:49:00 PST

West End Blues

I want to make it perfectly clear from the get-go: I am not a negative person. However, I am a realist and I am very opininated. Sometimes I'm cynical and irony is one of my favorite playthings...
Posted by matt on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:54:00 PST

Down Home Blues workshop

For some reason, it's taken me forever to post this blog and to finalize my road trip. Here's the highlights and lowlights of the San Francisco treat of a trip to the Down Home Blues workshop, held on...
Posted by matt on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:33:00 PST

Orlando Blues Dance Extravaganza

I still don't understand why myspace doesn't offer a "dance" blogging category, but that's neither here nor there.I realize everyone and their mother has already commented on the Orlando Blues Worksho...
Posted by matt on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:45:00 PST

West End Blues - Video Makes it a Done Deal

I'm really looking forward to attending Down Home Blues, in San Francisco, but was still a little hesitant about plopping down my advance $$$ for West End Blues, since the date has been changed more t...
Posted by matt on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:32:00 PST

Having (Yet Another) Hurricane Party

Tropical Storm Alberto blew into the 2006 hurricane season tonight, scheduled for landfall by 2 AM tomorrow, preceded by pelting showers of of rain, floods and tornado warnings. Somehow, it was ...
Posted by matt on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:24:00 PST

Hatin' on Movies of 2006

Last year, with the exception of a couple of blockbusters (like Star Wars: Episode III), box office revenue declined for the first time in a long time, prompting many pundits to claim theater-goe...
Posted by matt on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:42:00 PST