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Shane

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About Me


I used to sing for a band called All For Nothing.

Then I sang for a band called Leviathan .

Then I sang for Primer Black.

Now I sing for a band called Tentacle .

For about two years now, I've been running an indy micro label collective, Seventh Level Records .

And on top of that, I also do booking and promotion for a brand-new 850 person venue in Yonkers, NY, The Haunt .
Be that as it may, this page is for pals and not business. This is my own teeny lil place on MySpace, just for me and my own fun stuff to do. Please don't add me if I don't know you, and for fuck's sake don't send me anything important through here, just email me or call me instead, MySpace is way too unreliable, and I don't need Rupert Murdock knowing how tanked I got last weekend. =D

My Interests

Well, I'm most interested in my LABEL! 7th Level Records, sign up below for our newsletter!

If you've got a face fit for radio, and need photos of your ugly mug that aren't going to make people wretch, you need to employ the skills of the lovely and talented Gina Martini! Gina has gotten countless rockers laid by doing slick, professional shots they can use to impress the opposite sex. Just look at the photos below she took for us in Seventh Level Records! Check out her site by clicking below!

Looking for some of the BEST most TALENTED and CREATIVE people in custom posters, illustration, and apparrel? Look no further than Death's Head Designs, run by JayJay Jackson (Formerly of Marvel Comics, Defiant Comics) JayJay's work is brilliantly designed, and hand silkscreened by HER! Check out her site below!

Check out One Too Many, custom silver stuff & leather, it's where I get some of my stuff, and spend many hours drooling over the stuff I can't yet afford! =D

To feed your brain, go grab some mental grub from the hardworking anarchists at AK PRESS. Some of the best, most enlightening books I've read come from here, now celebrating their 15th year of sticking it to the system!

I don't play a lot of video games, but if I'm going to, these days it's only World Of Warcraft; it's an incredible game, massively fun, and all-consuming.

Also check out the brand new venue I'm doing booking & promo for, THE HAUNT!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone original, interesting, artistic, or just cool.

Music:


Way too much to list! I like some of everything from Jazz & Blues to Metal, Punk, Classic Rock, Hardcore, even a little Rap (GASP!) and country.

Movies:


I'm a movie buff, so again, it would take ages to go through all the movies I like, but lately I think that some of the best I've ever seen is "The Last King Of Scotland", "This Is England", "The Machinist" with Christian Bale and also "Brick" starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I couldn't say enough good things about any of those.

Television:


Lately? Dexter, Rome, Entourage, Bill Maher, and just about everything else on HBO. Dexter and Penn & Teller's Bullshit on Showtime are really good as well, and I want to watch The Tudors, but I haven't had time to get into it yet. My all time faves are Countdown with Keith Olberman, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Frontline, 60 Minutes, NOW, Chapelle Show, G4 Tech TV, and of course Overhaulin' when they have an especially cool Mopar on. Heroes on NBC is a new show I got turned on to that I like quite a bit, which is surprising because it's on regular network TV, but the writing and character development are as interesting as the acting and plot twists are.

Books:

I read a lot, just ask me what book I'm devouring today.

Heroes:


Henry Rollins,
Jello Biafra,
Ian MacKaye,
Noam Chomsky,
Gore Vidal,
Ralph Nader,
Howard Zinn,
Bill Hicks,
George Carlin,
Lenny Bruce,
James Joyce,
Mara Levritt,
Jim Hightower,
Steve Jobs,
John T. Draper (AKA Captain Crunch)
Steve Wozniak
Richard Stallman
Werner Herzog
Jim Jarmusch
Charles Bukowski
and of course all my creative and insane friends that make the world more interesting by bringing new movies, art, music, poetry and ideas into being...

My Blog

Rant: An Open Letter To Bands

"I want to do the Black Flag hot one hundred. One hundred shows, in one hundred days, all in North America."- Henry Rollins, Get In The Van, 1994Since I’ve been working with bands for a few year...
Posted by Shane on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:32:00 PST

Welcome To Darkplace!

What could be better than British humor mixed with 80's cheese and horror / occult fetishism? Nothing, that's what.Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a comedy series made for Channel 4. Made by Matthew Hol...
Posted by Shane on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:52:00 PST

No more Mr. Nice guy...

"You're too nice man."That's a phrase I've been handed in conversation quite often, usually accompanied with a look of bewilderment, puzzlement, pity, or regret. I've never really considered myself to...
Posted by Shane on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:41:00 PST

Zeitgeist The Movie

Zeitgeist, the Movie is a 2007 non-profit web film produced by Peter Joseph that characterizes American culture in light of myth of god, country, and prosperity. This is one of the best compilation-st...
Posted by Shane on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:41:00 PST

New York Calling

While I know I'm due to post a new blog entry, things have kept me even more busy than my hamster-on-crack-like schedule is used to lately. I'll try and get a relatively clear head to put something to...
Posted by Shane on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:27:00 PST

If youre an artist, of any variety, you need to watch this.

This is a DVD titled "DIY or DIE", directed by Michael W. Deanand edited by Miles Montalbano. It features interviews and performances from some of the most influencial and successful independent artis...
Posted by Shane on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:30:00 PST

363 Days...

Imagine waking up one bright morning in June 2009. What could be different about the place you live than it is right now? For those that consider themselves to be insulated from the impact of politica...
Posted by Shane on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:09:00 PST

Taking Stock At Harvest Time....

The fall has finally come to NY, a traditional time to mark as a transitionary period in all of our lives, to reflect upon where we are, and contrast it against where we desire to be in the future. Th...
Posted by Shane on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:01:00 PST

A Halloween Tradition...

"We walk the streets at nightWe go where eagles dareThey pick up every movementThey pick up every loserWith jaded eyes and featuresYou think they really care?..."On Halloween 1993, I was a s...
Posted by Shane on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:08:00 PST

This is your life...

"We're the middle children of history.... no purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives."Fight Club, ...
Posted by Shane on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PST