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Danger Mike

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Evildoers beware! I am Danger Mike.

Live in DC on 97.5 FM Tuesday nights, 11:00 pm or download and listen online

My Interests

straight edge, karaoke, racemixing

I'd like to meet:

FOBs, diplobrats, punk rockers, labor activists, volunteer workers, multilinguists, half-castes, would-be revolutionaries who can tie a necktie and practice proper hygiene, Brazilian women who can teach me Portuguese.

Music:

Frodus, at the drive-in, Minor Threat, Propagandhi, Deadguy, Hot Water Music, Isis, Sleepytime Trio, Engine Down, Point of No Return, Dismemberment Plan, Gang Starr, Ghostface, Makiza, Victor Jara, Juan Luis Guerra, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bach

Movies:

Lone Star, Dil Se..., R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet chapters 1 - 12

Television:

The Wire

Books:

Midcentury, USA Trilogy, All the King's Men, A Nation of Enemies, Wretched of the Earth, The Social Contract, The Baffler

Heroes:

Nelson-core

My Blog

Photos from Chile / Argentina / Uruguay

...are now up.  I was in Chile once again this summer (winter there) on a grad study program, with a side trip to Argentina and Uruguay.  Thanks especially to Kifo and Tomas in Chile, and ...
Posted by Danger Mike on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:49:00 PST

My radio show was mentioned in the Washington Post

...regarding the interview I did with the graffiti artist who goes by the tag BORF. I actually scooped the Post, because they weren't able to get an interview with the guy, in fact weren't even allow...
Posted by Danger Mike on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:48:00 PST

Back from Pakistan & India

I'm back in the US of A after traveling around the subcontinent for a month. It was a terrific time, no run-ins with water-borne parasites or al-Qaeda, thanks to my gracious hosts in each country, Abi...
Posted by Danger Mike on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:50:00 PST

Hot new fad in Japan: Korean men

Actually all over Asia, according to this Washington Post article.  A choice quote:"Entertainment industry leaders in Seoul credit the phenomenon to good marketing coupled with an uncanny respon...
Posted by Danger Mike on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:10:00 PST

Back from South America again

I was in South America for 2 weeks, this time in Ecuador and Chile again.  In Ecuador I stayed with Nora from the Int'l Labor Rights Fund in Quito and saw friends from college Sergio and Nissa.&...
Posted by Danger Mike on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:23:00 PST

Ian MacKaye interview for Street Sense

My interview with the Prophet MacKaye for Street Sense - DC's newspaper for the homeless - was published last month and is now posted online.  You can read it on their website or below: ...
Posted by Danger Mike on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:53:00 PST

Back from Spain

I spent 10 days in Barcelona and now I'm back. Had a great time. I stayed with Lucas, a friend from SIT Chile 2001 who's working at a social center in Terrassa. Saw a soccer game, a hardcore show, pe...
Posted by Danger Mike on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:53:00 PST

Dissonance on Radio CPR, Tues. nights, 97.5 FM

I have a new weekly show on Radio CPR, DC's community radio station broadcasting out of a "top secret" location in Mt. Pleasant. The show is called Dissonance. I am playing hardcore and punk favorite...
Posted by Danger Mike on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:07:00 PST

Minutemen in VA: The politics of xenophobia

The Minutemen, those wannabe paramilitary race warriors dedicated to keeping "wetbacks" out of Arizona, are now in Virginia. Their target is the Herndon day labor center, currently a 7-11 parking lot...
Posted by Danger Mike on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:43:00 PST

My new favorite artist

Check out Chris Roberts-Antieu, whose work is on display at the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, a museum showcasing untrained and sometimes institutionalized amateur artists ("visionary" being a po...
Posted by Danger Mike on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 07:47:00 PST