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Mike Gill

...And also.

About Me

I make movies under the moniker CIRCUMVISION- click HERE to see my YouTube channel. Some friends and I are currently creating a TV program called SMOKESHOW . I play drums in a band called THE MURDER MILE. I have a solo musical project called THE ANSWER KEY. I used to play drums (1998-2006) in a band called THE DAMN PERSONALS. Before that (1996-1998), JOHNNY TOO BAD AND THE STRIKEOUTS.I am a camera man for an audio/video production company called STUDIO METRONOME.
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY LATEST VIDEOS-
FAR FROM FINISHED: Roses And Razorblades
Mark Lind and the Unloved: New Year's Day
Damone: Everybody Wants You CW Spot
Andrew WK: Arizona Hockey Performance
Keppler Public Speakers Presents Andrew WK

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DAMONE- Wasted Years

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Piebald- "A Friend Of Mine"
The Murder Mile- "No Solutions"

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My Interests

Pure Volume presents: The Making of Piebald's 'A Friend Of Mine'

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Music:

(In no particular order) Husker Du, Jawbreaker, Fugazi, Superchunk, Guided By Voices, Cheap Trick, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Bowie, Jejune, Lifetime, My Bloody Valentine, Radiohead, Pavement, The Thermals, The Clash, Nick Drake, Pixies, Radio 4, Seam, Elliot Smith, Denali, Sunny Day Real Estate, Granddaddy, Francoise Hardy, John Williams, Slint, Papa M, Codeine, Cave In, Isis, The Explosion, Piebald, Samiam, Karate, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Devo, Prince, Big Star, T.Rex, Television, The Who, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, The Replacements, James Brown, Queen, Leatherface, Rorshach, The Velvet Underground, The And/Ors, The Beach Boys, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Beck, Deadguy, The Cars, Chisel, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Christie Frontdrive, Antioch Arrow, Econochrist, Born Against, Alkaline Trio, Garrison, Barbaro, Placer, Desmond Dekker, Helmet, The Jam, Koufax, Discount, Hot Snakes, Lemonheads, June of 44, Angel Hair, Jimmy Eat World, Honeywell, Bjork, Spoon, Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Blur, These Animal Men, Cancer Conspiracy, Aspera, The Shins, Modern Lovers, The Zombies, Talking Heads, U2, Weezer, Tom Petty, Urge Overkill, Damone, The Cure, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, Social Distotrion, Drop Dead, Charlene, At The Drive In, Mirah, The Hives, Heroic Doses, Nirvana, Versus, X, Weezer, Unwound, White Stripes, Sigur Ros, Rosa Chancewell, Pink Floyd, Mr T. Experience, Waltham, New Pornographers, Operation Ivy, Sonics, The Doves, Knapsack, Green Day, Deerhoof, Stevie Wonder, Crime, De La Soul, Bruce Springsteen, Cracktorch, Helms, Turpentine Brothers, Spaceshots, Black Helicopter, Archers of Loaf, Built To Spill, Seafood, Appleseed Cast, Jimi Hendrix, Bishop Allen, Cyndi Lauper, Run DMC, Public Enemy, EPMD, Boogie Down Productions, The Descendents, Drive By Truckers, Elastica, Janis Joplin, Fifteen, June of 44, The Kinks, Paul Simon, The Organ Beats, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, etc., etc., etc...

Books:

Sadhana- The Realization of Life by Rabinranath Tagore, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, Everyday Zen by Charolette Joko Beck, Letters From A Nut by Ted L. Nancy, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, 1984 by George Orwell, Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Art of Happiness by The Dalai Lama, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, Spelunking For Dummies by Michael Faulkner, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, The End Of Faith by Sam Harris, Making Movies by Sidney Lumet, most Frank Miller and Alan Moore graphic novels, etc., etc...

Heroes:

RUDOLF DIESEL

My Blog

New video: Mark Lind and the Unloved: "New Years Day"

Hey friends,Please check out my new video, "New Year’s Day," by the great Mark Lind and the Unloved: Thanks!mike...
Posted by Mike Gill on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:02:00 PST

New video: Far From Finished- "Roses And Razorblades"

Hello all,Please check out my newest video; "Roses And Razorblades" by FAR FROM FINISHED. ...
Posted by Mike Gill on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:06:00 PST

Metal Blade Records 25th Anniversary DVD

A DVD I edited (most of) is now available in stores: The Metal Blade Records 25th Anniversary DVD, featuring bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Three, Unearth, Lizzy Borden, Job For A Cowboy and The Red C...
Posted by Mike Gill on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:19:00 PST

The Damn Personals "Lost Record"

From Michael Morotta's article in last Thursday's Boston Herald:"Damn Personals adWhen The Damn Personals broke up two years ago, it looked like their final recording would never see the light of day....
Posted by Mike Gill on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:17:00 PST

Andrew WK NYU Lecture

Here's some clips from the movie we made of Andrew WK's first "motivational performance" appearance, at NYU last October: ...
Posted by Mike Gill on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:43:00 PST

Damn Personals Video Archive

Hello,The Damn Personals video archive has been (partially) unearthed; clips from a 2003 live show (or if you prefer the entire show, beneath the 2 clips). Probably one of our drunker shows, but a sho...
Posted by Mike Gill on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:03:00 PST

Andrew WK and Keppler Public Speakers

For just over half a year, Andrew WK has been doing what he refers to as "motivational performing." This is different than his musical appearances, which he's decided to slow down the frequency of unt...
Posted by Mike Gill on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:54:00 PST

New Andrew WK clip

Whilst working on the forthcoming "Smokeshow," Andrew and I found ourselves in Prescott Valley Arizona, where he was asked to perform his Arizona Sundogs hockey team theme song at a game. Here's a loo...
Posted by Mike Gill on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:33:00 PST

New Damone video and documentary

Please check out my newest video projects, both labors of love created for my good friends Damone. First off, the new video for their beautiful cover of Iron Maiden's "Wasted Years." This will probabl...
Posted by Mike Gill on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:03:00 PST

MySpace impact award: Please vote for Grease Not Gas!

Howdy folks,The "Friend of Mine" being referred to in the Piebald song "A Friend Of Mine," for which I made the video, is Mike Parziale of Grease Not Gas.. As it happens, he and his organization are u...
Posted by Mike Gill on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:44:00 PST