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  MIKE MALONE

Movies:

  • BraveHeart;
  • The Ninth Configuration
  • The Matrix
Books:
  • I don't read.
CDs/Records:
  • Marillion: Misplaced Childhood;
  • Live: Mental Jewelry;
  • U2: Acthung Baby
Hobbies:
  • Music
Sports:
  • Football
Sports Moment:
  • When Bird stole the ball.
Education:
  • B.A. Art
TV Shows:
  • Welcome Back Kotter;
  • X-files;
Zodiac Sign:
  • Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac:
  • Horse
Time of Day:
  • None
Time of Year:
  • Spring
Color:
  • None
Scent:
  • None
Actresses:
  • Winona Ryder
  • Meryl Streep
Actors:
  • Ed Norton Jr.
  • Christopher Walken
Models:
  • Don't know any.
Artists:
  • Picasso
  • DaVinci
Game/Video Game:
  • Thief
Animal:
  • Eagle
Hair and Eye color:
  • None, I like them all.
Dreams: (in color? with music? in what language?)
  • No Dreams, too crazy
Languages Spoken:
  • English, a little latin, a little spanish.
Quote/Saying:
  • 'When in Rome' (usually at times when it doesn't really apply, like in the movie 'Anchorman')
Best Subject in School:
  • Art
  • Biology
Worst Subject in School:
  • Math
What do you value most?:
  • Family (and Gold Jewelry)
  MICHAEL (MAX) LARSON

Movies:

  • Fight Club
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • The Ring
  • Shawshank Redemption
  • The Godfather
  • Serendipity
  • Peter Pan (2003)
  • Schindler's List
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Phantom of the Opera (2005)
  • Eight Men Out
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Secondhand Lions
  • Monsters Inc.
  • Beauty and the Beast
Books:
  • H.G. Wells
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Clive Barker
  • Orwell's 1984
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Hobbit
  • Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn
  • Cats Cradle by Vonnegut
  • Edgar Allen Poe
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
CDs/Records:
  • AC DC: Who Made Who;
  • Aerosmith: Greatest Hits;
  • American HiFi: (self titled);
  • Asia: live in moscow;
  • Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour;
  • Berlin: Love Life;
  • Blue Oyster Cult: Imaginos;
  • Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway;
  • Clash: London Calling;
  • Corrs: Forgiven not forgotten;
  • Def Lepard: Hysteria;
  • Depeche Mode: Violator;
  • Hilary Duff: Metamorphosis;
  • Duran Duran: Seven and the Ragged Tiger;
  • Emerson Lake and Palmer: Tarkus;
  • Frozen Ghost: (self titled);
  • Peter Gabriel: So;
  • Liz Phair: (self-titled);
  • Glukoza; Moscow;
  • Heart: (self titled);
  • Human League: Crash;
  • INXS: kick;
  • Nik Kershaw: Human Racing;
  • King Crimson: Thrak;
  • Kiss: Creatures of the Night;
  • Klaatu: Magentalane;
  • Avril Lavigne: Let Go;
  • Led Zeppelin: IV;
  • Lynard Skynard: Gold and Platinum;
  • Metallica: Master of Puppets;
  • Motley Crue: Too fast for love;
  • Night Ranger: midnight Madness;
  • Offspring: Americana;
  • Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard of Oz;
  • Pink Floyd: The Wall;
  • Robert Plant: Now and Zen:
  • Prince: Sign of the Times;
  • Police: Synchronicity;
  • Queensryche: Operation MIndcrime;
  • Rush: Moving pictures;
  • Julia Savicheva: visoko;
  • Rick Springfield: Living in Oz;
  • Stabbing Westward: (self titled);
  • The Wallflowers: Bringing down the horse
  • Ultravox: Lament;
  • van Halen: 5051;
  • Via Gra: Stop!;
  • YES: 90125;
  • Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe;
  • also ... Liszt; Prokofiev; Beethoven
Hobbies:
  • Writing (music and stories)
  • Philosophy;
Musical History:
  • Began composing classical music around age 10; arranging symphonic works by 15; sideswiped by great punk bands like The Clash, and turned toward alternative/modern music. Have written everything from classical to country, pop, to techno, to metal. My favorite is when genres merge. In addition to countless songs, I've also written a two act ballet (to a storyline based on Faust), numerous short scenes to "Alice in Wonderland"; a soundtrack to a short indy film ("Wake Up"); a classical tone-poem which I wrote and arranged which was performed by my school orchestra, and various other symphonic pieces. Did limited live playing with a few different groupings of people over the years. I played bass exclusively live (and did backing vox).
Sports:
  • (to play) Hockey!!!
  • (to watch) Olympic Skiing & skating;
  • Football
  • Hockey
Sports Moment:
  • Tom Brady going from backup rookie quarterback, to leading the Patriots to the SuperBowl!
Education:
  • I claim to be completely uneducated :-)
TV Shows:
  • Millennium
  • Kim Possible
  • Jimmy Neutron
  • Spongebob Squarepants
  • Seinfeld
  • WKRP in Cincinnati
  • Night Gallery
  • Twilight Zone
  • Outer Limits
  • One Step Beyond
  • Lost in Space
  • The Night Stalker
Zodiac Sign:
  • Libra
Chinese Zodiac:
  • Sea-Rabbit
Time of Day:
  • Night
Time of Year:
  • Winter
Color:
  • black... or cherry firebird red
Scent:
  • the smell of freshly peeled oranges.
Actresses:
  • Winona Ryder
  • Mila Jovovich
  • Keira Knightley
  • Halle Berry
  • Rachel Leigh Cook
Actors:
  • Johnny Depp
  • John Cusack
  • Ed Norton
  • Brad Pitt
  • Liam Neeson
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Morgan Freeman
  • Bill Murray
Models:
  • Allessandra Ambrosio
  • Adriana Lima
Artists:
  • Monet
  • Rodin
  • Vermeer;
Game/Video Game:
  • Doom (the original)
  • Max Payne
  • Quake and Quake 4
  • Serious Sam series
  • trivia games
Animal:
  • I love animals in general. Rabbits, wolves, ravens, and deer all come quickly to mind for favorites.
Hair and Eye color:
  • black hair; brown (or briliant green) eyes
Dreams: (in color? with music? in what language?)
  • I dream all the time. complicated dreams. always color. often with music. mostly in english.
Languages Spoken:
  • Really just English, though I know varying degrees of a few other languages... Russian, French, German, Spanish...
Quote/Saying:
  • "You never know until you try (Maxie)"
Best Subject in School:
  • English (written)
Worst Subject in School:
  • English (spoken) (flunked public speaking TWICE!)
What do you value most?:
  • Privacy and anonymity. My personal life and the things I value deeply should not need to be under the microsope.
What have you written / created / invented?:
  • Co-wrote/edited the short indy film "Black Strawberries." Wrote the soundtrack to "Wake Up" (Short film.) Several books (short and long), screenplays, and stories. Some of my favorites are: Silicon Angels (parts 1 and 2), Always and Never, Nomads, The Baby Pig series (children's stories), DoodleHeads (comics), The Farther Side (really weird comics), Gamma Boy, Jasmine, Pasquinade, To be Perfectly Frank, Zero and a half, and of course: dark-house. I also wrote teleplays for episodes of Seinfeld and X-Files (though never submitted them.)
Food(s):
  • When I'm in my vegetarian mode: a good Greek salad, angel hair pasta with red sauce, and coarse bread dipped in spicy olive oil with a spot of red wine. When I'm in carnivorous mode: cajun-blackened peppercorn filet mignon (rare), or veal parmesan.
Drink(s):
  • Coffe and Tequila. Coca-cola and orange juice are right up there
LEAST Favorite Food(s):
  • ricotta filled gnocchis
LEAST Favorite Drink(s):
  • tough one ... maybe Dr. Pepper.
Biggest Pet Peeve:
  • When I get email chain-letters; or email hoaxes that have been forwarded to me. People owe it to themselves to do a little research before forwarding mindless schlock on to others, not to mention the potential for infecting computers and networks (your own and others) with viruses for not being aware of what is coming into and going out of your PC. If you get ANYTHING like that, do a search on google with a few key words from the first sentence and search on, like: "hoax urban legend multiple uses of Bounce" or whatever.
Hogwart's House:
  • Ravenclaw
  JOHN FRATUS

Movies:

  • Anchorman;
  • Beatiful Mind;
  • Jurassic Park (1);
  • Waynes World (both);
  • The Sting;
  • Star Wars (1);
  • Underworld;
  • Star Trek (2 and 5);
  • and of course Caddyshack;
Books:
  • Isaac Asimov;
  • Michael Chriton;
  • Robert B Parker;
  • Chris Welch;
CDs/Records:
  • Kansas: Leftoverture;
  • Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood;
  • Tower Of Power Rythym and Business;
  • The Who - Tommy;
  • Glenn Hughes - Soul Mover;
  • Asia - Asia;
  • Marillion - Season's End;
  • Yessongs;
  • Paul Howards;
  • John Elephante - Windows;
  • Best of Alice Cooper;
  • Neal Morse Testimony;
Hobbies:
  • Music - playing, writing, recording
  • Reading
  • Listening
  • Gossiping
  • Tennis
  • watching sports
Musical History:
  • http://www.johnfratus.com
Sports:
  • (to play) Tennis
  • Golf
  • (to watch) Football
  • Baseball
  • Hockey
  • (female) pro beach volleyball
Sports Moment:
  • Snowbowl kick
Education:
  • Randolph High-1980 (man I feel old)
  • Blue Hill TI - A.S. 1982
  • Northeastern U - B.S.B.A. 1990
  • Currently enrolled in masters certificate program at Berklee (Music Theory)
TV Shows:
  • Star Trek;
  • Farscape;
  • Xfiles;
  • Seinfeld;
  • SNL;
  • Millenium;
  • currently obsessed with the
    new Battlestar Galactica
Zodiac Sign:
  • Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac:
  • Rat
Time of Day:
  • 10:00 AM, 10:00 PM
Time of Year:
  • Summah
Color:
  • Blue
Scent:
  • Lavendar
Actresses:
  • If I had to pick I'd say Jennifer Connolly
    (love her eyes) but this changes often.
Actors:
  • Will Farrell
Models:
  • Can't think of any
Artists:
  • Cameron Fratus
Game/Video Game:
  • Mario Cart
Animal:
  • (friendly) dogs that don't shed and
    have been recently bathed
Hair and Eye color:
  • Light brown and blue (my wife)
    ...or see above under "actress"
Dreams: (in color? with music? in what language?)
  • Yes, sometimes (I often wake up humming
    a tune I just dreamed about)
    don't know, English
Languages Spoken:
  • English, pidgeon French
Quote/Saying:
  • I say "basically..." a lot, but it's not
    technically my favorite.
    Basically "Shit Happens" is a fav of mine.
Best Subject in School:
  • English, art, Human Resources, ethics, business policy, gym, recess
Worst Subject in School:
  • anything with math
What do you value most?:
  • Family (wife and kids), faith, abilty to play music
What have you written / created / invented?:
Food(s):
  • Smoked Salmon
  • good steak
  • good bagels
  • sushi
  • Indian food
Drink(s):
  • Beer (many kinds) wine (many kinds), rum (mai tais mostly), gin martinis, club soda, OJ
LEAST Favorite Food(s):
  • nuts
LEAST Favorite Drink(s):
  • milk
Biggest Pet Peeve:
  • People answeing cell phones in the middle of a conversation
Hogwart's House:
  • Griffindor baby!