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About Me

Aging hippy freak with red hair, a family and 3 dogs. Love the Iowa Hawkeyes, Carolina Panthers, Yes, The Beatles and Frank Zappa. Live in North Carolina but wish to be back in Texas again.

Tony Kaye, Billy Sherwood, Alan White, Jimmy Haun

My Interests

Football, hockey and music!

I'd like to meet:

Music lovers and rock 'n' roll freaks!
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Music:

Yes, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Life In General, Mood Cultivation Project, Grateful Dead, Genesis, Liquid Tension Experiment, Green Day, The Doors, Matrix, Peter Gabriel, Kansas, Little Feat, Journey, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rush, Styx, The Who, The Samples, Asia, Allman Brothers, Boston, Chicago, Billy Sherwood, Doobie Brothers, Chris Merz X-tet, Dream Theater, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Fleetwood Mac, Govt. Mule, Led Zeppelin, Sonic Music, to name a few.

Movies:

Superman: The Movie, V For Vendetta, Sin City, any Star Trek and Star Wars, The People vs Larry Flynt, Lord Of The Rings, Dodgeball, Good Night And Good Luck, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Fifth Element, all Kevin Smith films, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Monty Python: The Life Of Brian, Blade Runner, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Hunt For Red October, Napoleon Dynamite, Lucky Number Slevin, The Matrix films,the James Bond films, Spinal Tap and the other Christopher Guest films, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and too many others to remember at the moment.

Television:

Star Trek, Babylon 5, Rescue Me, House, 24, X-Files, The Closer, WKRP In Cincinnati, Carolina Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Cowboys, Iowa Hawkeyes, hockey and football without the aforementioned teams, Monty Python, Father Ted, Changing Rooms, Ground Force, Location, Location, Location, Homes Under The Hammer,

Books:

The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant:The Unbeliever, The Count Of Monte Cristo, The Martian Chronicles, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010, Rendezvous With Rama, The Elfstones Of Shannara, Firefox,

Heroes:

My wife, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Frank Lloyd Wright, Abbie Hoffman, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Buddha

My Blog

Losing My Religion

I was born and raised a Presbyterian back in Brighton, Iowa. My family was religious, although only moderately so. We were active in the church but weren't holy rolling Bible thumpers who const...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:24:00 PST

War - What Is It Good For?

I call myself an aging hippy, even though I am not old enough to be a real hippy. I grew up in the 60's and was the youngest of five kids. As a result I learned and heard about lots of things i...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:00:00 PST

All I Need To Know I Learned From Star Trek?

As you get older you look back at your life and see somet hings as if from a distance, in a way that allows you to see things differently and in ways you couldn't before. There was that rush of...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:28:00 PST

The Steve Alford Experiment Part 2

I am extremely happy with Iowa's new basketball coach. I think he will actually be able to coach a game, recruit players that actually qualify and will improve over their Hawkeye careers, and he...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:29:00 PST

The Steve Alford Experiment

Steve Alford has left Iowa and moved to New Mexico. I am very happy about this. I was not always a Steve Alford critic. I tried really hard to like him. He looked right, his name sounded right a...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:19:00 PST

Live Music Is Best!

I listen to a lot of music. Even when I don't have something to listen to it with I still listen to music in my head. I always have to hear music, and as much as I like listening to music produ...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:24:00 PST

Who Taught These People How To Drive?

One thing that has always astonished me during my tenure in North Carolina is the astonishing lack of sense people here display when driving their cars. I live near a cloverleaf (and amazingly ...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:00:00 PST

The Beatles "Love" cd

I just got "Love" for my birthday after several months of awaiting for it to come into my possesion. I had heard about the Cirque De Soleil show it is made for, and had even read a slew of post...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:10:00 PST

Religious Crap

I recieved an email from a friend from high school the other day that echoes a theme being debated in the local newspaper. The email detailed references to God in the Constitution, Declaration o...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:57:00 PST

The Infamous Straightjacket show of 1979

I have started working on home recording. Originally I bought several 4 track cassette recorders, but quickly switched to using a digital audio workstation from Cakewalk instead, their entry le...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:15:00 PST