Michael Harkins

I'd like to meet:

You... of course!
I would to thank each and every one of my MySpace friends. My group (of MySpace friends) represents a dynamic cross-section of highly talented real-world friends & colleagues (from all over the world) along with exceptional individuals and groups whose work I greatly admire and respect.
My extremely busy schedule permitting... Over the past year, I have begun to explore MySpace... and the response that I have received has been nothing short of amazing.
Your collective body of work inspires, motivates and entertains me. Over the years, the group who comprises my MySpace friends have collectively inspired and moved me... have made me: laugh... cry... cheer... groove... question... explore... expand... and to delve deeply into the core of my life and existence.
You are great artists, world-class athletes, talented musicians, compelling actors, comic innovators, selfless philanthropists, insightful social commentators, brilliant entrepreneurs, master motivators and represent the best of what people are capable of achieving and contributing to the world around us!

Here's to a wonderful group of MySpace friends! May 2008 bring you an abundance of everything you value most in your lives.
Michael Harkins - Tucson, AZ and Chicago, IL
"If you don't think that God has a sense of humor... just take a look at the person right next to you!"

Music:

I love a wide spectrum of musical genres and artists including:
Progressive / Classic / Alternative / Mainstream Rock: Todd Rundgren, Utopia, The New Cars, Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, ELP, Beatles, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Roxy Music, The Who, Jethro Tull, Rush, Gentle Giant, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chicago, Joe Jackson, Talking Heads, The Police, Tears For Fears, Steely Dan, Eagles, Jeff Beck, R.E.M., Coldplay, Nirvana, Dixie Dregs, UK, Bruford, David Bowie, Dream Theater, Carly Simon, The Swell Season, Goo Goo Dolls, Sting, The Bangles, Dido, etc.
R&B / Funk / Urban / Hip Hop: John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Outkast, Queen Latifah, Pharrell Williams, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Funk Brothers, Ohio Players, Mary J. Blige, Kool and the Gang, Parliment, P-Funk, Tower Of Power, Sly & the Family Stone, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Brian McKnight, LL Cool J, Christina Aguilera, Fergie, Ludicrous, Boys II Men, Gwen Stefani, NWA, Marvin Gaye, Tempations, Supremes, Four Tops Spinners, Stylistics, The Delphonics, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Al Green, Luther Vandross, James Ingram, Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Al Wilson, Blue Magic, Eminem, Kanye West, Rihanna, Ciara, Pussycat Dolls, Minnie Ripperton, Destiny's Child, etc.
Reggae, Ska, Latin, Afro-cuban, Etc.: Bob Marley & the Wailers, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Doby Gray, Desmond Dekker, Third World, Black Uhuru, Maxi Priest, Shabba Ranks, Shaggy, Sean Paul, Beenie Man, The Fugees Ziggy Marley, Sting, Wyclef Jean, No Doubt, etc.
Eclectic Musical Artists: Todd Rundgren, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Elvis Costello, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Donald Fagen, etc.
Great Songwriters / Composers / Arrangers: Cole Porter, George and Ira Gerwswin, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, John Williams, Mark Isham, Quincy Jones, David Foster, George Martin, Todd Rundgren, Carole King, Laura Nyro, James Taylor, Donald Fagen, Boyce & Hart (and many, many more).
Guitar Greats: Andre Segovia, Paco DeLucia, Allan Holdsworth, Al DiMieola, John McGlaughlin, Brian May, Charlie Byrd, Terry Kath, Eddie Van Halen, Todd Rundgren, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Elliot Easton, Jesse Gress, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Pass, Larry Coryell, Steve Lukather, Alex Lifeson, Prince, Carlos Santana, Pete Townsend, Jimmie Paige, and so many more!
Electronica / Synth / Psychedelic / Experimental: Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, Robert Fripp, Kitaro, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Prodigy, Mike Oldfield, Steve Roach, Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson, etc.
Jazz / Fusion / Bebop: Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, Diana Krall, David Sanborn, The Brecker Brothers, Winton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, Weather Report, Return To Forever, Pat Metheny, Peggy Lee, Keith Jarrett, Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaradli, etc.
Great Singers: Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Etta James, Josh Groban, Colm Wilkinson, Billie Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye, Jennifer Hudson, Michael Feinstein, Sarah Brightman, Mandy Patinkin, Mariah Carey, Minnie Ripperton, Michael Crawford, Patty LaBelle, The Ten Tenors, etc.
Musical Theatre: West Side Story, Les Miserables, Into The Woods, Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Porgy and Bess, Cabaret, Showboat, A Little Night Music, Evita, Sunday in the Park With George, Guys & Dolls, Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Chorus Line, The King and I, Man of La Mancha, Kismet, Dreamgirls, The Producers, Carousel, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Lion King, The Sound Of Music, Grease, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Mamma Mia, Rent, Oliver, (and many more)
Classical Music (too many composers, soloists and orchestras to possibly list here)

Movies:

Classic: It's a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, The Best Years of Our Lives, Casablanca, Doctor Zhivago, On the Waterfront, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Maltese Falcon, Gone with the Wind, From Here to Eternity, The Grapes of Wrath, The African Queen, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Philadelphia Story, (many more)
Drama: Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Godfather (I and II), Do The Right Thing, Easy Rider, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Traffic, Goodfellas, Lost In Translation, Good Will Hunting, Fargo, Boyz N The Hood, Sideways, The Deer Hunter, Far from Heaven, The Sting, Unforgiven, Munich, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Last Detail, Mystic River, The Color Purple, Million Dollar Baby, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Almost Famous, Blackboard Jungle, Network, Mulholland Drive, Scent Of A Woman, The Pianist, Boogie Nights, Cast Away, Midnight Cowboy, Rainman, In The Heat of The Night, Notting Hill, Gangs of New York, Blood Diamond, Wall Street, Pretty Woman, The Hours, Amistad, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, High Fidelity, Rebel Without a Cause, Sunset Boulevard, The Departed, Spanglish, About Schmidt, The Devil Wears Prada, 8 Mile, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, (many more)
Action - Adventure - War - Martial Arts: Black Hawk Down, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Master and Commander, Kill Bill (Vols. I and II), Apocalypse Now, Gladiator, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dances with Wolves, Ben-Hur, Rocky, The French Connection, Platoon, Enter the Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Hero, (many more)
Sci-Fi / Fantasy: Star Wars (Entire Series), ET, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek, Metropolis, The Lord of the Rings, Minority Report, Brazil, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Aliens, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Sleeper, Blade Runner, Fahrenheit 451, The Matrix, (Trilogy), The Man Who Fell To Earth, 1984, The Terminator (1-3), Sin City, The Truman Show, Harry Potter (Entire Series), Edward Scissorhands, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Contact, King Kong, Soylent Green, The War of the Worlds, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, (many more)
Animated - Animé: Fantasia, Animal Farm, Toy Story, Cars, Yellow Submarine, Fantastic Planet, The Incredibles, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Finding Nemo, The Polar Express, Aladdin, The Lion King, Happy Feet, The Incredibles, Allegro Non Troppo, Shrek, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Last Unicorn, Ice Age, Castle In the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, The Animatrix, Akira, Metropolis, (many more)
Historical- Bio/: Schindler's List, Raging Bull, Malcolm X, Walk the Line, Ali, Serpico, Erin Brockovich, Bonnie and Clyde, A Beautiful Mind, American Splendor, Amadeus, Good Night and Good Luck, (many more)
Comedy: The Producers, Caddy Shack, Modern Times, Dr. Strangelove, This Is Spinal Tap, Annie Hall, Some Like It Hot, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Graduate, Animal House, M*A*S*H, The Apartment, Duck Soup, Fargo, Groundhog Day, When Harry Met Sally, The Seven-Year Itch, Diner, Harvey, Austin Powers (all 3 films), Lost In America, Manhattan, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Nine To Five, There's Something About Mary, Liar Liar, American Graffiti, Bad Boys, Tootsie, Blazing Saddles, Broadcast News, Wedding Crashers, 1,2,3, Good Morning, Vietnam, Big, Moonstruck, A Fish Called Wanda, Harvey, Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Spaces, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Nutty Professor, Raising Arizona, Borat, Scoop, Barbershop, (many more)
Foreign Films: The Seven Samurai, 8 ½, Life Is Beautiful, Aguirre, Belle de Jour, Wild Strawberries, The Wrath of God, La Dolce Vita, Fanny and Alexander, Rashomon, Diabolique, La Strada, The American Friend, M, The Four Hundred Blows, Ran, L'Avventura, Breathless, La Belle et la Bete, Metropolis, Nosferatu, Mon Oncle, Das Boot, Seven Beauties, (many more)
Film Noir – Thrillers - Horror: Rear Window, The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, The Silence of the Lambs, A Clockwork Orange, The Manchurian Candidate, (many more)
Musicals: Singin' in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, An American in Paris, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, Carousel, Dreamgirls, On the Town, Moulin Rouge, Once, The King and I, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Rent, Gigi, 42nd Street, The Sound of Music, Cabaret, Lady Sings The Blues, Funny Girl, High Society, A Star Is Born, Holiday Inn, Top Hat, Meet Me in St. Louis, Anchors Aweigh, On the Town, Across The Universe, Show Boat, An American in Paris, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Carmen Jones, A Prairie Home Companion, Oklahoma, Hard Day's Night, (many more)
Sports Films: Bang The Drum Slowly, Brian's Song, Caddyshack, Bull Durham, The Longest Yard, Raging Bull, Ali, Field of Dreams, Chariots of Fire, Rocky, The Pride of the Yankees, Fear Strikes Out Rudy, Hoosiers, The Cinderella Man, Eight Men Out, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Million Dollar Baby, Any Given Sunday, Major League, Hoop Dreams, The Natural, Hurricane, Jerry Maguire, Slap Shot, The Hustler, Miracle, Breaking Away, White Men Can't Jump, Remember The Titans, Kingpin, The Great White Hope, Vision Quest, (many more)

Television:

Animations - Animated Graphics for Myspace, Hi5, Orkut

Heroes:

Myspace Graphics