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i am =madtempest=

some things you lose, some things you give away

About Me

I am just a guy from the east end of Long Island. I work with some good bands, way too many to list here, some big, some small, all kick ass. When I am not producing records I sometimes manage to find time to write a bit.

Here she is, the princess of my castle!

My Interests

writing, music, movies, things outdoors, Makers Mark

I'd like to meet:

You. Honest! If not you, then someone that listens to my music. The curse of growing up on Long Island is that it is such a wasteland musically... hardly any bands play and the majority of the people listen to truly awful music. They do, seriously. I have been told I am a music snob... so be it.

I still love this video:

Music:

The Pixies, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Placebo, Blur, Pulp, Suede, Interpol, Bauhaus, The Decemberists, Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, Future Bible Heroes, Apples in Stereo, Charlatans, British Sea Power, Cocteau Twins, Sigur Ros, Dinosaur Jr., The Raveonettes, Violent Femmes, Wondernaut, The Modifiers, The Atomic Hep Cats, AM, The Wading Girl, The Smarties, They Might Be Giants, Radiohead, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, Switchblade Symphony, Talking Heads, Belle & Sebastian, Caulfield Sisters, Dinosaur Jr, TV on the Radio, David Bowie, 50 Foot Wave, R.E.M., Kitchens of Distinction, The Stills, The Shins, Snow Patrol, Sonic Youth, Concrete Blonde, The New Pornographers, The Replacements, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lemonheads, Nirvana, Stone Roses, Peter Murphy, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Ministry, The Ramones, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Bloc Party, Death From Above 1979, Lush, Ministry, Neil Young, Otis Redding, JOHNNY CASH, Marvin Gaye, Morning Theft, New Order, Luna, Dresden Dolls, Gomez, XTC, Mogwai, Grandaddy, Jane's Addiction, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Leonard Cohen, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cult, Public Enemy, Frank Black, Breeders, Lake Trout, Elastica, Matthew Sweet, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Elk City, Elizabeth Harper, The Hold Steady

Movies:

The City of Lost Children, Akira, The Professional, Sid & Nancy, Pump Up The Volume, The Crow, Dangerous Liasons, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Contact, The Player, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Ring, The Exorcist, Neverending Story, Labrynth, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Punch Drunk Love, The Godfather, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Pretty in Pink, Spirited Away

Television:

Lost, Rome, Seinfeld, X-Files, That 70's Show, Northern Exposure, M*A*S*H, The Office (UK), Extras, Deadwood, Entourage, Carnivale, The Tudors

Books:

William Gibson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, E. A. Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Neal Stephenson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen R. Donaldson, Stephen King, Tad Williams, Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z. Brite, Tim Powers, Kurt Vonnegut, Roger Zelazny, Harlan Ellison, C.S. Lewis, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Nick Hornby, Max Barry, Cormac McCarthy... please read "The Road"... I still cannot get over that book.

Heroes:

Johnny Cash, the father from The Road...

My Blog

Best song lyrics EVER

I Don't Want to Get Over You I don't want to get over you. I guess I could take a sleeping pill and sleep at will and not have to go through what I go through. I guess I should take Prozac, right, ...
Posted by i am =madtempest= on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:50:00 PST

MySpace Special! High School Reunion featuring Frank Black!

HEY!Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Say Anything.You know you loved those 80's high school movies, and so do we! Relive those times with Frank Black, Kristin Hersh, The Dres...
Posted by i am =madtempest= on Wed, 17 May 2006 12:11:00 PST

Fat Baby on Saturday night

Had a good time hanging out at Fat Baby with DJ Shred, Danielle and Mike of The Lost Patrol, and the New York Fire Department... Apparantly there was a water leak somewhere in the building, and FDNY ...
Posted by i am =madtempest= on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:05:00 PST

Perks

One of the best things about being involved in the music industry, however peripherally, is being able to work with musicians I respect and admire. Working with the Pixies, while not always 100% fun, ...
Posted by i am =madtempest= on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Curiosa - Randalls Island NYC

had to look at my ticket stubs to see how many times I've been to a Cure show, and this was 13 (not to be confused with The 13th). I got there just about on time since this was my first time at Ra...
Posted by i am =madtempest= on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST