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Drummer Michael

there is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happen

About Me

when i'm not saving galaxies from imminent destruction, i'm hanging out in wellington. it's swell! in the future we will wonder how come we used myspace before we superseded our meat bodies.

My Interests

the universe, etc.

I'd like to meet:

you.

Music:

i like music that makes me go "fuck yeah!" and "wooohooo!" and combinations thereof. albums du jour: brian eno "taking tiger mountain (by strategy)", deerhunter "cryptograms", battles "mirrored", clikatat ikatowi "live august 29/30 1995", mammatus "the coast explodes", efterklang "springer ep", sunnO))) and boris "altar".

Movies:

planet of the apes, battleship potemkin

Books:

are an extension of the eye. kerouac, hesse, burroughs, lao tzu, basho, kundera, gibson, lovecraft, salinger, hemingway, camus, kafka, casteneda, vatsyayana. currently reading: "and the ass saw the angel" by nick cave.

Heroes:

damo suzuki, albert hofmann.

My Blog

farkin' cheers!

maximum respect to all who came and: got their (literal/metaphorical/metaphysical) zombie on/danced in the kitchen/rocked out to the bands/stood around the fire/played killer dj sets or live sets/smas...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:01:00 PST

Comets On Fire -- 14.03.07

So Comets On Fire played at the ol' Bat House a couple weeks back. I've been quite the fan of this San Francisco psychedelic rock'n'roll ensemble for some time, so it was great to finally see them pla...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:01:00 PST

What I did over summer

Besides working, I saw some awesome shows. And some other stuff happened. Here's visual evidence.The CooliesErase ErrataI moved into Aro Valley! The New Year's party was SWEET! Kitchen, decks, people ...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:45:00 PST

THE POSTURES -- UPCOMING SHOWS

yes, it's been awhile since i "posted" a new "blog", but i just changed my page so i figured i'd enlighten y'all about THE POSTURES shows coming up. i play drums with this band, by the way. finally th...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:07:00 PST

Guitar Wolf and Knife Fight -- 08.11.06

This was possibly the most rock'n'roll night of the year. Two awesome bands, a packed San Fran, a whole lotta supersonic jet rock'n'roll action -- mere words cannot do this justice really, so I'll let...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:51:00 PST

Sunn O))) and Boris -- Altar review

Sunn O))) and Boris  Altar (Southern Lord) Two mighty juggernauts of heavy music, one collaborative album; on paper, a colossal combination, like tectonic plates grinding against each other and t...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:20:00 PST

The Postures. San Fran. 17.10.06

here's some pixelated images from the postures debut show. this was a great night -- cheers to all who came along, the vbc for being totally awesome, james for the sound, louise for the photos and the...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:10:00 PST

we are the dead: the zombie street march!

alright, this was a load of fun. a whole bunch of undead reclaiming the streets for ... brains! pure poetic terrorism at its finest: fun, chaotic, and mischevious. shops were shutting their doors to s...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:45:00 PST

The Rogers Sisters. 09.10.06

I first heard of New York band the Rogers Sisters through my friend Rich, who did the sound for them at a gig they played at Vic last year. "Bro, you gotta check this band out, you'll dig them!", he s...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:20:00 PST

happenin' times

great times, great bands, what more can i say? disasteradio crowd/disasteradio tristan/hdu phil/trans am sebastian/trans am nathan/trans am thought creature shapeshifter cr...
Posted by Drummer Michael on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:42:00 PST