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About Me

I'm a 25-year old college student/journalist from Michigan. I love movies and I don't watch too much on TV, but I am hooked on The Office and Flight of the Conchords. I'm a huge fan of anything Ben Gibbard does. I love reading (but often can't find time) and writing. Right now I run Static PR, an indie publicity firm, where I work for sweet bands. I kinda dig major cities, particularly Chicago, NYC, L.A., Denver, Detroit and, uh, Flint not so much. I really want to move to Chicago and be a full-time journalist. Let's take a road trip. I'll bring the tunes.AOL IM: j0hnnysceneI'm not a big fan of war, Republicans/conservatives (but I don't discriminate -- I am a Democrat, after all), large corporations, I absolutely HATE the band Hinder, cell phone bills, my car, gas prices, retail work, racism, hate speech, the poses most people use on MySpace and boys with girl haircuts/pants. I also hate driving when it's windy. I dislike boring public speakers, unimaginative film and music, people who take themselves too seriously, people who flaunt money and people who are needlessly pretentious or snobby...
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My Interests

Hanging out with friends Concerts Camping Boating Ice hockey Playing & collecting vinyl records Retro video games '80s movies Writing Journalism Publicity Road trips Fishing Music Films Reading Nintendo Wii

I'd like to meet:

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Oh, and I need an awesome girl. Inquire within.View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

My BFFAEAEAE Kristy CHA0S and I document our adventure to Chi-Town. Chaos and panic ensues:

Kristy CHAOS and Johnny SCENE Chicago Trip 2k7 from John McKay on Vimeo .

One of my bestest friends, Cristina from Florida/Australia, made this wonderful film about her trip to visit us in Michigan... during winter. Most fun winter ever:

And finally, I'm in this music video (but my shirt isn't):

"Bottles" The Swellers from Mike Berlucchi on Vimeo .

Music:

Nada Surf Empty Orchestra Anathallo The Swellers Death Cab For Cutie Brand New Ben Gibbard Chris Walla Thrice Green Day The Postal Service At the Drive-In Iron & Wine Far The Frames Hum Jimmy Eat World The Format Limbeck Lucero The Police The Beatles Radiohead Coldplay Thunderbirds Are Now! The Get Up Kids Hot Rod Circuit Thom Yorke Oasis Thursday The Swell Season Javelins Coheed & Cambria Rilo Kiley Blink-182 Glen Hansard Weezer Lingua Franca Tegan & Sara So Many Dynamos Monument Monument The Smiths Copeland The Appleseed Cast The Promise Ring Maritime Old Canes Johnny Cash The Long Winters Silverbird The National The Arcade Fire Modest Mouse Kid Brother Collective Built to Spill Hopesfall Mae Superchunk Dead By Sunday Modern Dance Foo Fighters The Pixies Favez Chiodos Nirvana Muse Further Seems Forever A Wilhelm Scream Hey Mercedes Cinematic Sunrise Braid Mineral The Sophomore Year Bensin Fifteen Minutes Fast Greyfield Hit the Lights Sonic Youth The Weakend Sparta Cursive The Good Life The Velvet Underground Hot Chip Sufjan Stevens Anberlin Bright Eyes Reuben's Accomplice The Shins

Movies:

The Dark Knight Space Camp Mac & Me E.T. Garbage Pail Kids Movie The Neverending Story 1/2 Labyrinth Once Juno No Country For Old Men The Darjeeling Limited Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum Goodfellas Batman Begins The Departed Casino Borat Superman Superman Returns American Psycho Taxi Driver Semi-Pro Little Miss Sunshine Mean Streets Fargo Raging Bull A Christmas Story Drive Well, Sleep Carefully (Death Cab For Cutie) Barton Fink Empire of the Sun Memento Miller's Crossing The Prestige Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic Superbad Knocked Up The 40-Year Old Virgin Wedding Crashers O Brother, Where Art Thou? Sweeney Todd Edward Scissorhands Gremlins Ghostbusters The Godfather I & II Batman Batman Returns Blood Simple Raising Arizona Better Off Dead

Television:

The Office Freaks & Geeks Flight of the Conchords Arrested Development Perfect Strangers It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Rescue Me Later with Jools Holland 30 Rock The Simpsons Extras Family Guy The Job American Dad Entourage Rob & Big 30 Days The Sopranos Later With Jools Holland Scrubs Undeclared Alf Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

Books:

The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger) A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Eggers) Here, There and Everywhere (Emerick/Massey) One Train Later (Summers) Stupid White Men (Moore) Why Not Me? (Franken) The Silence of the Lambs (Harris) Downsize This! (Moore) Nine Stories (Salinger) Franny and Zooey (Salinger) Dude Where's My Country? (Moore) Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (Franken) Songbook (Hornby) American Psycho (Ellis) High Fidelity (Hornby) Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock Teenagers and Emo (Greenwald) Miss Misery (Greenwald) How Soon Is Never? (Spitz) The Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut) Chuck Klosterman I-IV (Klosterman) Fight Club (Palahniuk) Lullaby (Palahniuk) Choke (Palahniuk) Survivor (Palahniuk) Diary: A Novel (Palahniuk) Haunted (Palahniuk) Nobody Likes You (Spitz) The Onion: Ad Nauseum The Onion: Dispatches From The Tenth Circle America: The Book (Stewart) I Am American (And So Can You!) (Colbert) Borat: Touristic Guidings To Glorious Nation of Kazahkstan / Touristic Guidings To Minor Nation of U.S. and A. (Cohen) No Country For Old Men (McCarthy)

Heroes:

Batman.But seriously, my mom and dad, Grandpa McKay (r.i.p.) and my Uncle Dennis. Without those people in my life, I'd be less of a good person. But mostly, I couldn't function without my friends constantly in my life.

My Blog

Faults (updated)

(Some) names have been withheld to protect people's privacy.I was born with two crooked pinky fingers that to this day hamper my Guitar Hero skills (or lack thereof).My grandma had the same thing.Befo...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:57:00 PST

Across the Universe, etc.

yeah... I really liked that movie.I definitely need to buy it Tuesday. And Once. Yes, I still need to buy that.I also need to buy a new car, though...This winter has been kinda boring for me. I had th...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:55:00 PST

Once

Every day I work, when I'm straightening the DVD aisles I pass the DVD of Once. Every day I work, when I'm straightening the CD aisles I pass the CD soundtrack to Once. Why I haven't bought either yet...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:31:00 PST

2007

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?Went to Chicago. Twice. 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?What New Year's resolutions?3. Did any...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:49:00 PST

Top Ten Films of 2007

This only includes films I have seen. Regrettably, I never got around to seeing I'm Not There or Across the Universe. I also wish to see Walk Hard and The Darjeeling Limited. I still need to see Juno,...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:30:00 PST

I avoided music this year... but heres my Top Ten.

1. Empty Orchestra: Here Lies Empty OrchestraUnconventional top album, but I ran into Empty Orchestra player John Duffy at work today and I was like, "You know, that album, for me, sums up Flint more ...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:16:00 PST

You’re not a whore, you just don’t know who you are.

PS: I like bands with funny song names.
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:23:00 PST

Someone’s gettin’ pregnant!

I am so fucking sick of this college thing. When will it end?On a positive note, winter is here. This is one of my favorite times of the year, and we already have a nice layer of snow to usher it into...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:21:00 PST

I miss people

I don't get to hang out much these days.I kinda miss being able to do so.
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:00 PST

Survey

Friendsby Jessica1. What is Your Name? Johnny2. How old are you? 243. What is the link to your website, blog, or myspace? http://www.myspace.com/standupjackFavorites4. Your favorite color Red or Blue5...
Posted by J0hnnySCENE on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:03:00 PST