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Mike

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

All ya gotta do is ask me, but otherwise...I often use this space to discuss, share and find new music and the world's coolest inhabitants. So far its worked a treat.
Music is by far my biggest passion. Inspired by a step-dad that used to own his own independant record store, I was brought up with a very healthy dose of the finest tunes around.
Please throw any new music you find my way and I'll be forever grateful. I'm sure you'll find something you've not heard before attached on my 'friends' below. Usually I have my most recent/favourite bands attached at the very top. Only the bestest stuff gets added, (and I mean that, so don't waste my time 'add requesting' me if you're just another copy-cat-piece-of-shite, blah, blah, blah...). If you're on my friends list, congratulations! People need to know that when they trawl through my list they are skimming a world that has something to offer rather than a bland, endless list of unknowns. Have a look. Nobody on there will waste your investigative time...except perhaps...no, actually they've all made it...it's all good.
Check out my regular blog - it lists musical topics I have buzzing around my head for the week/month. You will also find 'The Recommender' - I try and highlight a new band or two that are currently shining, or that the world really should get on with finding! That's me essentially just doing what I'm on Myspace to do - trawl through the bottomless ether so you don't have to...welcome to the real 'cool list'.
Anyways - open your ears, open your minds and add me if you fancy...

My Interests

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC - Thats pretty much my biggest interest. You can add photography, art, film and all sorts to that, so come and say hi if you wanna learn more about me...JUST MAKE SURE YOU GOT GREAT TASTE - lol!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone really. So long as they are down to earth, generally have something to contribute and are perhaps into music...
Plus all the peeps who visit my site - (check out the map below to see the last 50 people that have visited me).

OH...AND I'D PAY ANYTHING TO HAVE A SKATE WITH RODNEY MULLEN

...OR SIMPLY GAZE AT MIX MASTER MIKE SCRATCHING...

Music:

Its impossible to make these lists definitively, but its fair to say that I totally adore all sweeps of music.
Here's a small example of artists that I would happily say I'd enjoy anything by, but please know that this is a list of bands that I use as my grounding, whilst on this page I'm very much staring upwards at a massive sky full of all the great NEW bands raining down on us - Too many to keep updating on this list, so look across the page to my 'friends list' to see my latest ear-food...
...OK, firstly, The Stone Roses, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Clash, Beck, The Arcade Fire, David Bowie, U2, Nirvana, Radiohead, The Killers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aretha Franklin, Beastie Boys, DJ Shaddow, De La Soul, Franz Ferdinand, Green Day, Ian Brown, Led Zeppelin, Lemon Jelly, Massive Attack, Robert Johnson, Sam Cooke, The Smiths, Stevie Wonder, The Streets, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, DJ Danger Mouse and The Arctic Monkeys...

Television:

THE SOPRANOS
Basically THE best thing on television EVER!
Hilarious-(www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Umgcr6lnT4)
Class-(www.youtube.com/watch?v=piPQoXC_1M0&mode=related&s earch=)
and Brutal-(www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvp45eE5dSM)

Heroes:

Off the top of my head -
BILL HICKS

RODNEY MULLEN


MIX MASTER MIKE


JOHN LENNON


KURT COBAIN

SEBASTIAO SALGADO

DAVID CHASE
.
...To go into why these people are heroes would take way too long, but suffice to say they've all changed and challenged the world. They're the best at what they do or have done. Inspired and inspirational.

My Blog

THE RECOMMENDER - June 11th 2007

Here we go once again then. Well done for finding this blog. Your ears will be thankful and your mind slightly expanded by the following... Every now and again I'm posting this thing called 'The Recom...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:00:00 PST

THE RECOMMENDER - May 1st 2007

Here we go once again then. Well done for finding this blog. Your ears will be thankful and your mind slightly expanded by the following... Every now and again I'm posting this thing called 'The Recom...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:12:00 PST

THE RECOMMENDER - March 27th 2007

Another 'heads up' from little old me then...Every now and again I'm posting this thing called 'The Recommender'. It's my list of super-white-hot new bands I've located and want to recommend to all my...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:06:00 PST

THE RECOMMENDER - Jan 30th 2007

Every now and again I'm posting this thang called 'The Recommender'. It's my list of super-white-hot new bands I've located and want to recommend to all my friendly Myspacers. Only THE bestest stuff I...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:38:00 PST

What is THE best venue in the UK?

My favourite venue (thus far...) for seeing live music has to be....BRIXTON ACADEMYA close second that's always stuck in my mind was when I saw the French band Air at The Eden Project. With the lights...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:56:00 PST