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About Me

If I asked you to be my friend its because you offer someting interesting or you are already a real friend.If you are a Band..please ask before adding, I need to hear the music first and if it gets my attention I will add you. Warning if you suck live I will unlist you.I help people throw parties and generally get into trouble.Past:Punk nightclub owner in Edmonton, Alberta, until the police ran me out of town.Moved to Vancouver, British Columbia and ran a promotion agency with good friend Jay Scott. Booked bands nobody wanted: Faith No More, Sound Garden, Cowboy Junkies, Butthole Surfers etc. Road Managed/[Managed]... D.O.A., Bolero Lava, I BrainEater, Screamin Sirens.Moved to Toronto and worked for Enigma Records/EMI Music, partner in DMD Promotions. Worked with great Artists in a lousy industry. Garth Brooks, Mojo Nixon, Cramps, EMF, Jesus Jones, Tom Cochrane, Sass Jordan, David Cassidy, Stryper, Barenaked Ladies...Programed the Pride Toronto festival for 5 years...shaking up the Stereotypical gay event with performances by the Cuntessa, Peaches, Hidden Cameras, Hawksley Workman, Scott Free. Jinx Titantic...and .................

My Interests

Travel, Human Rights, Family

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can string a thought together and not get bogged down in misinformation or misplaced idealism.

Music:

DOA, NoMeansNo, ACDC, Canned Ham, The Dicks/Sister Double Happyness, Rollins Band, Mojo Nixon, The Real McKenzies, UK Subs, Subhumans [both], Pansy Division, Hawkwind, Agnostic Front, Psychic TV, 7 Year Bitch, Fugazi, Faith No More [early], Cockney Rejects, L7, Futon, Neko Case, Emm Gyner, Nico, Peaches, the Cramps, Mano Negro, Turbo Negro, X, Barenaked Ladies, Skydiggers, ...more to come

Movies:

Stalag 17,

Television:

Amazing Race, Family Guy, Daily Show, Colbert Report, My Name Is Earl

Books:

I like to keep it light: Jeffrey Archer, Vanity Fair, newspapers and magazines I find on the subway.

Heroes:

Mom and Dad,who even in their "getting older" still continue to amaze me. Brothers and sister we are all so different considering we all grew from the same roots. Darrin, who confounds with his stubborness and his ability to make me smile.Jil who helps me see the world at very realistic levelAnd Grant who has taught me to appreciate life, accept differnces and keeps me very grounded with his directness.

My Blog

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by Mark Smith on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:16:00 PST

explanations

Who are the players I am diverting from Blog to answer questions that have been emailed to me..definitions for the readers who do not have first hand knowledge. LGBT: Lesbian Gay Bisexu...
Posted by Mark Smith on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PST

Radio Interview

RADIO INTERVIEW I did an interview for an Israeli radio station this morning and the questions they asked were the same many I have been asking myself. Why did you decide to come to Isr...
Posted by Mark Smith on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:29:00 PST

Confounded by the hatred.

Religion Confounded by the hatred. Should I fear god or fear the people who deliver his message. If we are to believe that the word of god/Jesus/messiah is directly based on his...
Posted by Mark Smith on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:57:00 PST

Emotions?

Emotions? Now that I am sitting on the plane heading home I ponder what was achieved personally from World Pride in Jerusalem. At the March on Washington [1991?], I felt an overwhelming...
Posted by Mark Smith on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:09:00 PST

All roads lead from Jerusalem.

All roads lead from Jerusalem. Can we measure the success of World Pride? Can we use World Pride Jerusalem as a pivot point for change? Did we create a bridge between understandin...
Posted by Mark Smith on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:36:00 PST

Home ...ahhhhh

Tired but glad to be home... Heathrow airport hell was not such a hell. Toronto Airport on the otherhand...there were hundreds of unclaimed bags all over arrivals..all form england and they had date t...
Posted by Mark Smith on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:49:00 PST

Down Load

I have been typing fanatically...so much in my head to talk about. Every time I make a note another thought track gets remembered...I now have 30+ headings that I need to flesh out and reduce... ...
Posted by Mark Smith on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:16:00 PST

In London..writing a post mortem

We made it to London, now stuck here until flights clear up a bit...damn standby travel. I had to buy a new converter for computer so now that batteries are charged I can start transcribing all my han...
Posted by Mark Smith on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:19:00 PST

Home at last

We are looking at the gate..waiting for our seat assignment..close.. Saw The Air Canada Flight leave...which means Dennelle and David are on the way home. Saw Brandon at his gate about to leave... Leo...
Posted by Mark Smith on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:21:00 PST