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About Me

I am an artist and designer, and a music fanatic.I have been drawing and listening to music ever since I can remember. Being a big KISS fan since I was eight fired-up my imagination and gave me an extremely visual subject to fill hours and hours of drawing and painting in my younger years. I continued my art education in grammar school by hooking up everyone's folders with the latest album covers and band logos (Iron Maiden covers were in high demand). I received slightly more formal training by majoring in Fine Arts at Fordham Preparatory School and Communications Design at Pratt Institute. For me, music and art have always had a relationship that is inseparable.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Myspace Contact Tables , hosting by Imgdump.net

My Interests

NYC, Music (Alternative and Metal, anything KISS-related), Art and Design, Painting, Photography, Sports (Hockey-Rangers, Football-Pats, Baseball-Yankees), Playing Ice Hockey and Softball, Movies... .. .... ....
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I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can expand my knowledge, broaden my horizons, and inspire me.

Music:

MODERN: Velvet Revolver, Nashville Pussy, Evanescence, Type O Negative, Rob Zombie, Toilet Boys, Marilyn Manson, Young Heart Attack, Donnas, Rancid, Transplants, Black Label Society, Eyeliners, Pumpkins, Buckcherry, Foo Fighters, Le Tigre, Luscious Jackson, Beastie Boys, Detroit Cobras...CLASSIC: KISS, Warrior Soul, Hanoi Rocks, Ramones, Thin Lizzy, NY Dolls, Pistols, Accept, G'N'R, Priest, Maiden, Motorhead, Queen,Van Halen, Loudness, Saigon Kick, Anthrax, 70's Aerosmith, Pre-Black Album Metallica, Lita Ford, Queensryche, AC/DC, Scorps, Alice in Chains, Ozzy, Sabbath, Megadeth...

Movies:

Star Wars (All), Alien, Apocolypse Now, Blue Velvet, Sid and Nancy, Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, 40 Year Old Virgin, Prey for Rock and Roll, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Eyes Wide Shut, Boogie Nights, Godfather (All), Full Metal Jacket, Brazil, Ronin, Saw, Napolean Dynamite, Austin Powers, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Seven, Reform School Girls, Memento, Hi-Fidelity, Breakfast Club, Singles, Something About Mary, Reality Bites, Rear Window, Citizen Kane, Rope, Vertigo, North By Northwest, True Romance, Clerks, Identity, Silence of the Lambs...

Television:

MODERN: Letterman, The Shield, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Miami Ink, L.A. Ink, The Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch, VH1 Classic, CNN... but NHL Hockey above all else!CLASSIC: Seinfeld, MASH, All in the Family, Honeymooners, Odd Couple, Star Trek, X-Files, Alive From Off-Center (anyone remember this show?)

Books:

Last book read: "Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties"

Heroes:

My Parents, J.K. Johnson, Hugh Hefner. Anyone who has fought for Free Speech and Freedom of Expression.

My Blog

My New Pepsi Can Design Hits Stores!

Came back from a week in San Diego to find out that my Pepsi Can design has hit shelves! First sighting was about two weeks ago in New Jersey. Since then it’s been rolling out in all major store...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:06:00 PST

My Pepsi Design featured in Pepsi Virtual Gallery

Check out the new PEPSI Gallery with my can design featured along with credit and design strategy. The fact that it is positioned right next to the winning entry may prove some people's theories that ...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:23:00 PST

TESLA Concert Review, Nokia Theater 9/13/07

It has been justly written countless times how Tesla was unfairly lumped in with the "hair bands" during the latter part of the 80's. I actually just read a blurb last week that referred to them as an...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:40:00 PST

Paul Stanley Review 10/28 Irving Plaza

Paul Stanley made a triumphant return to New York City last night to perform a barnstorming set of new material, little or never played KISS gems, and the tried and true anthems which helped give KISS...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:16:00 PST

Memories of CBGB's

With the final night at CBGB's slowly fading into it's storied history, I wanted to share my memories of CB's, which will I guess somehow allow me to contribute in some way to keep it's spirit and mem...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:40:00 PST

THE WHO Review MSG 9/18/06

Let me say first off that if it had not been for my wife, I would probably never haveeven gone to see the Who in my lifetime (this was my third time seeing them in the last few years). Not that I don'...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:16:00 PST

RANCID review BB Kings 8/25/06

The well-known fact that Rancid would play entirely different sets each night of this 4 night stand in NYC fueled the anticipation for this stop on their summer tour. I picked the Friday night to go (...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:27:00 PST

CBGB Closing September 30th 2006

Read yesterday that Hilly is packing up lock, stock, and urinal to re-locate to Las Vegas.It is fitting that it will be a big tourist destination for enthusiasts who may never have experienced the ori...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:11:00 PST

"VH1 Rock Honors" Wednesday Night!

Monster show coming up tomorrow night on VH1! "VH1 Rock Honors" honoring KISS, Queen, Priest, and Def Leppard(???!!). I heard from Eddie Trunk's radio showFriday night that the taping last week at the...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 30 May 2006 11:35:00 PST