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michael

life is making the world the way you want it to be

About Me

my life is an adventure and although there have been many bad and crazy decisions over the years, i have no regrets. rather i look forward to the next one. as far as a description: i love traveling, going out, good food, good friends. life is too short, so i want to make the most of it. i'm from la, and have moved back here from moving around from new york to the virgin islands to other spots here and there. i've lived an unconventional life and plan on ruling the world soon
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My Interests

i love variety in life. weekend trips, movies one night, bars another, then another night staying in and cooking. i absolutely love cooking. i can make a few things which taste great and a lot of things that are nearly inedible, but working on it. i want to always learn new things and am down to try just about anything at least once

I'd like to meet:

great people (new and old friends) and also looking for new bands that are interested in doing videos. i direct them on occasion. la based, but have worked in ny miami, london and the carribean. i also like to shoot live shows mostly in la or wherever i am at the second. let me know - please drop a note before adding me as a friend (if we don't already know each other :-)

Music:

i love 89.9 and 103.1, but lately have been listening to hair bands again - but here's a partial list: anything i do (i'm amazing), 33 hz, al green, bach, beck, beethoven, bill withers, blur, bradley, bravery, burt bacharach, cardigans, cat empire, celia cruz, chris isaak, dandy warhols, dated, david bowie, depeche mode, dvorak, edward grieg, elliott smith, elvis, fiona apple, frank black, frank sinatra, johnny cash, g love, gorillaz, groove armada, ibrahim ferrer, iggy pop, jack johnson, jane's addiction, julietta venegas, jurassic 5, jyrojets, leonard cohen, matisyahu, maximo park, morrissey, most of the marleys, nancy sinatra, oasis, orishas, ozo matley, pennywise, peter tosh, pixies, pulp, rachmaninov, radiohead, rhcp, scissor sisters, sex with strangers, shirley bassey, sleeper, smiths, stp, sublime, talib kwali, thievery corporation, tom jones, tom waits, waylon jennings, willie nelson

Movies:

i love films, even the bad ones. here's a start that i will keep adding 2: anything i do (as i wrote, i'm amazing), 5 ez pieces, 8 1/2, annie hall, aviator, barton fink, basic instinct, before sunset, boogie nights, borat, buena vista social club, chloe in the afternoon, clerks, dear cameron, deconstructing harry, die hard, dig, dog day afternoon, dolce vita, double indemnity, eternal sunshine, fahrenheit 911, fight club, gandhi, get carter (1970), good bad + ugly, godfather, heavenly creatures, history of violence, invasion of the body snatchers (1955), life aquatic, lost boys, lost in la mancha, loverboy, manhattan, el mariachi, match point, mean streets, melinda + melinda, mighty aphrodite, mulholland drive, once upon a time in america, out of sight, princess and the warrior, princess bride, pulp fiction, rosemary's baby, schindler's list, the secret, sex lies + videotape, sideways, somersault, sunset blvd, superfly, team america, true romance, tuesday knight, vanishing point, waiting for guffman, wild strawberries, witches of eastwick, wolf, y tu mama tambien

Television:

21 jump street, a-team, ali g, batman, charlie's angels, fantasy island, greatest american hero, hart to hart, knight rider (especially when it's dubbed into german), love boat, magnum pi, married with children, mork and mindy, tj hooker

Books:

currently alternating between reading tao te ching and 10 steps to growing the perfect mullet. i could start another list, but am worn out from the music and movie ones above. lately though, i've been enjoying some classics

Heroes:

tattoo from fantasy island. he was a badass

My Blog

Top 8 friends

i can't deal. who i put on my top 8 and who i leave off sucks cause it involves having to pick some people over others. i know i could expand it to top 48 or something, but then if i leave someone off...
Posted by michael on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:16:00 PST

the perfunctory (i love that word) update

yes it's true. i'm having fun. starting a new screenplay when i have the time. working with teh best band in the world that nobody's heard of yet (sex with strangers) that will be the biggest thing si...
Posted by michael on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:07:00 PST

SEX WITH STRANGERS

sex with strangers is the best new band out there. going on a world tour sometime next year. check them out before they're little complete sellouts
Posted by michael on Wed, 31 May 2006 09:25:00 PST

MUSICIANS NEED A NEW BASSIST/GUITARIST? (NOT ME)

my cousin played for years in bands as a bassist and guitarist in miami and is now in la where he has worked in sound engineering. he knows his shit and he's in his early 30's, so he's not some 15 yea...
Posted by michael on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:06:00 PST

MUSICIANS LOOKING FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS 4 EXPOSURE?

i love to shoot live performances for bands looking for more exposure. it's fun for me and have no interest in making money from this. i have worked with bands all over the world and have a ton of e...
Posted by michael on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:24:00 PST