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Michelle

Analog Girl in a Digital World

About Me


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The first live performance I ever checked out was Johnny Thunders at Fenders Ballroom in Long Beach, CA in the mid-80's. Early on I had a fascination with music and thanks to Mom I started piano lessons. My first Roland Juno-106, several attempts at starting bands, and a general love of music paved the way. When I was a junior in high school, my business partner and I started Immortal Productions. By the late 80's I was involved in the music scene in Orange, Riverside, and L.A. Counties in California. We produced and promoted alternative and punk band showcases all over Southern California. When we decided to end Immortal Productions, I moved on to work with other friends to produce more punk shows in the same areas. It was a lot of fun and I took pictures here and there along the way. In 1991, I moved to Sonoma County to go to school and live/work at a winery and vineyard. I got pretty hippie living there on the land... but I soon recovered! :o)
Now I live on the beautiful North Coast with my husband, son, their skateboard collection, and our three kitties. My husband and I run Working Class Skateboards, great durable skateboard decks at great prices. Check out our myspace page. It's on my friends list. Keep an eye out for our team of badasses!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I'd love to meet up-front, honest, non-judgemental folks who love music, skateboarding, snowboarding and family. If you've skated with my husband on the North Coast, San Francisco, San Diego or Syracuse, contact him on the myspace for Working Class Skateboards. I'd also love to run into anyone who was involved in the music scene in Southern California or Cincinnati, OH in the late 80's. I would also love to meet anyone who is involved with, or is interested in being involved in the creation of a variety of skateparks in Northern California: outdoor cement, indoor/weather protected, plaza, or just plain BIG.

Music:

Sleep, Early Man, The Sword, Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards, Mammatus, Hammers of Misfortune, Ludicra, Lamb of God, High on Fire, Mastadon, Wolfmother, Blind Guardian, Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, New York Dolls, RUSH, Pink Floyd, Om, Kalas, Slayer, AC/DC, Megadeth, Tom Waits, The Pretenders, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Die Hunns, U.S. Bombs, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, The Ramones, Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Old Misfits, Danzig, Agnostic Front, DRI, Hank III, Fear, The Pixies, Iron Maiden, Seizure, CIA, The Gathering, Hammer Fall, Lacuna Coil, Black Flag, Danzig, Apocalyptica, Siniestro Total, Fishbone, Slapshot, Henry Rollins, Janes Addiction, SS20, The Crowd, Scream, Gray Matter, Rites of Spring, Beefeater, Embrace, Government Issue, Volcano Suns, Keith Levene, Dinosaur, Sound Garden, Screaming Trees, Mind over 4, These Immortal Souls, Christmas, Nikki Sudden, Opal, Chrome, Nice Strong Arm, Danielle Dax, Pailhead, Scratch Acid, TSOL (In The Shadows!), LA Guns, Bleached Black, Miracle Legion, Rakim, NWA, Ice T, Bodycount, KRS1, Biggie, Puff, Tupac, Pato Banton, Whoridas, The Replacements, Alkaline Trio, Murphy's Law, Erykah Badu, Johnny Cash, Robert Johnson, Bonnie Raitt, Mississippi John Hurt, Kostars, 3 Inches of Blood, Tubesteak Jones, Kool Keith, Arch Enemy, Buzzcocks, DK, Stiff Little Fingers, Descendents, ALL, Chemical People, DI, Vandals, DOA, Slow, Hard Stance, Haywire, Offspring, Reason To Believe, 7 Seconds, Operation Ivy, Squirrel Bait, The Cult, White Stripes, Cowboy Junkies, Social Distortion, Sham 69, SNFU, MDC, MIA, Husker Du, Lemonheads, Gastunk, Electric Cool Aide, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Cocteau Twins, 76%Uncertain, Gregory Isaacs, Les Nubians, The Fugees, Aaliyah, Love and Rockets, Flesh for LuLu, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, Alicia Keys, LeAnn Rimes, Delerium, Lauren Hill, Bulemia Banquet, Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Miles Davis, Keiko Matsui, Patsy Cline, David Allen Coe, Dixie Chicks, The Cure, Jamiroquai, Specials, Avengers, Youth Brigade, Fugazi, Subhumans, The Exploited, GBH, CRASS, Flux of Pink Indians, Sonic Youth, Bad Brains, most anything Century Media puts out, most hip-hop and drum & bass/dancehall mixes, some house, ambient dance... bluegrass, spanish guitar, flamenco. Long list, but now you have a good perspective on my music tastes. :o)

Movies:

Movies: Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Faster Pussycat!Kill!Kill!, Barbarella, Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, The Violent Years, Girl Gang (any cool old movies), Death Race 2000, Death Wish I, II & III, Suburbia (the old one), skate videos, The Decline of Western Civilization, Spinal Tap, Napoleon Dynamite, Spirited Away, Ghost Ship, The Good, Bad and the Ugly, Spaceballs, Carnival of Souls, Silent Hill, Detroit Rock City, Wassup Rockers, Secondhand Lions, Kill Bill (I & II), The Promise, The Illusionist, The Omen (the new and old ones), Grandma's Boy, Waiting... and many others. Animation: Wizards, Fire & Ice, Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons, The Point... claymation and some anime (TriGun, The Twelve Kingdoms, Hellboy).

Television:

Been caught reading. I miss the Captain and Casey Show and The Soup! Blah.

Books:

"The Action Heroine's Handbook", "The Man Who Ate Everything", "Brought to Light", "The Stand", "The Fifth Sacred Thing", "The Mists of Avalon", "Siddartha", "Back to Eden", "Maus", "The Gunslinger", anything by Ann Rule. I love most comic books. Right now I'm reading "The Three-Martini Family Vacation - A Field Guide to Intrepid Parenting".

Heroes:

My husband, son, my parents and the relatives and friends who truly know and understand me. The bands and artists that have made and make the music that rocks my world.