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About Me

I played bass in Mezzanine~C14 for many years. I play bass in Birthing of Millions as of now. (In my top friends)

I am the proud owner of an Electrical Guitar Co. Custom HT Bass #123. Thank you, Kevin!

I work out with Kettlebells. You should too. Check out http://www.firefightersworkout.com
If you sign up with Mike, tell him I sent you! He's a great dude.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Honey, I'm more bad boy than you can handle so do yourself a favor and blow a drummer.

David Wm. Sims
Darin
Jamaaladeen
Geezer
John Paul
Sonny R.I.P.
The Mighty Boosh

Music:

the wipers, aereogramme, sonic youth, dinosaur jr, broken social scene, ahleuchatistas, ruins, velvet underground, stooges, mudhoney, pond, silkworm, nirvana, pak, grand ulena, dazzling killmen, gwar, fugazi, comsat angels, this heat, the fall, clash, miles davis, mahivishnu orchestra, constantines, mission of burma, ramones, chairmen of the board, meshuggah, mastodon, keelhaul, cheer accident, the ankles, black flag, swervedriver, minutemen, david bowie, frank black/pixies, breeders, tribe called quest, gang star, seaweed, john coltrane, james blood ulmer, cream, nolan gate, rem, sebadoh, big black, shellac, jesus lizard, devo, epmd, public enemy, ron anderson, masada, naked city, king crimson, kraftwerk, can, neu, johnny cash, dead milkmen, elvis costello, afghan whigs, wintersleep, shipping news, rodan, rex, leonard cohen, joel rl phelps and the downer trio, scratch acid, killdozer, uzeda, quatre tet, neptune, gooloo, fiasco, arcwelder, bear claw, blind faith, black sabbath, american heritage, dysrhythmia, rocket from the crypt, rye coalition, craw, colossamite, de la soul.

Movies:

Anything Coen Bros., Star Wars, Withnail and I, Performance, Gangster No. 1, Jaws, anything Sam Raimi, anything Tarantino, anything with zombies, Friday the 13th saga, Robocop, The Year Punk Broke, Get Carter, Lock Stock, anything Kubrick, Platoon, Death Wish series, Ninja Scroll, Factotum, Three Amigos, Spies Like Us, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Brain Candy, Japanese horror, porn.Ladies and Gentleman, SPIDERS ON DRUGS!

Television:

Lost, 24, WSOP, Desperate Housewives, Rescue Me, Over There, Henry Rollins Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Brak Show, Venture Bros., ATHF, Family Guy, Survivor, Amazing Race, Shield, Twin Peaks, Hell's Kitchen, Flavor of Love, the Kids in the Hall.

Books:

Heroes:

Greg:Charles:Nails:Ash:

My Blog

Not lost but gone before

So I saw The Breeders twice in the last two weeks. First in New Haven, CT at Toad's Place and then at Webster's Hall. Both show were great. Toad's was probably a better gig solely because it's a way s...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:49:00 PST

Animal Cruelty vs. Art

Apparently Guillermo Habacuc Vargas -- an artist from Honduras -- tied a living and very sick dog to a leash inside an art gallery in Honduras and starved the dog to death as part of an exhibit called...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:59:00 PST

Happy New Year!

Last night I got mashed up and went to see Les Savy Fav at 2 am. They were awesome. My head feels like someone is trying to chisel my skull apart. Here's to 2008, mother fuckers!xoxo.
Posted by Mark Cyst on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:20:00 PST

Bass player available!

So it's been a while since I've had a band to play in regularly and I'd love to get back to it. Please get in touch, or if you know a band looking for a bass player let them know.Thanks!...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:09:00 PST

Simpson's Kwik-E-Mart meets 7-11

So I went to go check out the fully decked out Kwik-E-Mart on 42nd Street last night. It's nothing short of advertising genius. It's fucking rad. They had everything from pink frosted donuts to Frosti...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:05:00 PST

The Combover.

I've shaved the top of my head to achieve the combover look. I think it looks rad and super creepy. I've taken the pics to preserve the effort. You can see them in my pictures section. My whole head i...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:24:00 PST

Colossamite

I've started a fan page for the defunct Skin Graft Records band Colossamite. For those who are interested check it out.www.myspace.com/colossamite or, check my top friends....xoxo....
Posted by Mark Cyst on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:16:00 PST

Check me out in a new St. Delicious Production...

I acted in a short for my dear friend St. Delicious called "Pinto & The Duke". It's a pseudo Miami Vice comedy short that takes place in Long Island and the Bronx....I play some dead guy under a sheet...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:20:00 PST

Melvins at Warsaw with Big Buisness, Joe Lally, Porn, Ghostigital

So after all these years of geeking out and listening to all kinds of music, I've never once seen the Melvins play. The second I saw they were doing a big show at the Warsaw I figured now was the time...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:27:00 PST

Let's face it, DINOSAUR JR kicks ass.

God I've spent hours of my teenage years listening to this band and really, I've never stopped. Dinosaur Jr. is going on a brief tour throughout the US and Canada in August and September. Be sure to c...
Posted by Mark Cyst on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:24:00 PST