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Mike

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

--- I play bass.
--- I'll try to listen to just about anything with an open mind, although I really can not stand modern country and modern pop.
--- Jazz, classic rock, blues, old R&B/soul/funk, ska, metal, and reggae are where its at.
--- If it has a lot of chromatic sax, chances are I'll like it. A lot.
--- Same goes for basically anything '60's and '70's.
--- Currently bassist for a band called Trust .
--- Used to do bass for Burn the Brightest .
--- Every so often I get accused of associating with The Hsu-nami .
--- I'm not a hipster. Sorry to disappoint.
--- I don't sleep. I spend way too much time driving.

People I have played bass with:
Burn the Brightest
James Hannan
Dave Dabney
The Hsu-nami
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Other stuff to check out:
Tony Cimorosi
Lacuna Recording

I'll add more as I think to...

My Interests

bass guitar (4-string, 5-string, 6-string, acoustic, fretless), music, movies, pool, sleeping, not sleeping, parties, crashing on couches or floors, using SAT words, obscure movie quotes, spicy food, being lazy, having a good time, not getting pulled over by the Mahwah cops

The truth is usually somewhere in the middle.
Your Political Profile:
Overall: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

I'd like to meet:

Girls? Yeah, but I try to save that for real life. Thanks.
New friends, old friends, too. Definately wonder what happened to some people.
Need a bassist for some reason? Cool. I've got a steady band, but ask away.
Random music stuff? Cool. But I don't accept random adds.
Good conversation? Sure, why not. But I reserve the right to be the judge of "good."

S/n is Gamma732

AIM or Msg me...I'm bored. And friendly. Sometimes.

Check out the video...I'm on the right.

Music:

Return to Forever, Led Zepplin, Opeth, Muse, Eric Clapton, Head Automatica, The Allman Brothers Band, Alkaline Trio, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, The Bad Plus, Miles Davis, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, SGR, Breakaway, (Old) Incubus, (Old) Metallica, Sublime, Johnny Cash, Dispatch, Protest the Hero, Hiromi
Bassists: Jaco Pastorious, Stanley Clarke, Stu Hamm, Larry Graham, John Paul Jones, Cliff Burton, Alex Katunich/Dirk Lance, Tim Commerford, Eric Wilson, Jean Baudin

Movies:

Tarantino movies (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs), original Star Wars trilogy, Kevin Smith movies (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob), Goldeneye, most of the James Bond series in general, Half Baked, Snatch, Die Hard trilogy, Shawshank Redemption; Three Kings, Indiana Jones trilogy, Rounders, Poolhall Junkies, The Blues Brothers, The Jackal, Lord of War, Mean Girls, Varsity Blues

Television:

Movie channels, The Simpsons, Seinfeld reruns, Family Guy, Rescue Me (when its on)...thats about it, currently. TV's really gone downhill in the past decade.
Really, the best thing ever was any of those old Disney Afternoon shows. Especially TailSpin and Gargoyles. Did I mention that I have no life?

Books:

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas; Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison; James Bond series - Ian Fleming; A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn; Angels and Demons - Dan Brown; The Art of War - Sun Tzu; Star Wars novels - Tim Zahn; Different Seasons - Stephen King; T.S. Eliot

Heroes:

Jesus and Batman....both work in strange and mysterious ways.

My Blog

Summer Tour '06

So yeah, I hate blogs but this is probably the best way to let people know. I'm out of town till around August 28-29. Most people know this but since I keep getting "Where are you?"'s I guess not enou...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:20:00 PST

Burn the Brightest/Library Show in the Manville News!

So its been a really long time, and I still hate blogs but I figured this might help in the way of show promotion. Yeah, selling out, buying in. Whatever.The Library Show made the front page of The Ma...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:20:00 PST

Fretless

Yeah, me making another blog. Weird, I know...I don't like it either, but I'm effing bored. Since a couple people asked what exactly Jay and I did to defret my Fender J-bass ripoff (Brand name: Winter...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:40:00 PST

Manville, the Game.

Dammit. I hate blogs. However, to avoid continuing answering the same question ad naseum, I figured I'd just post the explaination which I've given anyone who has asked. The game was found in a friend...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST