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WHO IS THE ILLUSTRATED MAN?
The Illustrated Man" is a book by Ray Bradbury about a wanderer loaded with killer tattoos that come to life and tell the story of his existence in a post World War II world. I'm actually not quite that deep. I'm just a tattooed guy from Peabody (pronounced pea-biddy) Massachusetts who is the oldest of 7 kids. 5 brothers, my sister and me. And if you think I have a lotta tattoos, you should see my sister. Mom is wicked proud.
After finishing high school I joined the U.S. Navy as an Avaition Botswain's Fueler (basically I was a gas station attendant for an aircraft carrier) on the U.S.S. Carl Vinson. All I gotta say about that is "live and learn baby". Day-um, look at me fresh outa boot camp, 18 and scared to freakin' death. It's a classic. After I was discharged I went back to Massachusetts for about 2 years, grew out my doo, and decided to move here to Iowa. One of the best moves I ever made.
 <------My last night in Mass, we went a little crazy with the eyeliner I think.
Since arriving here in '93 I started my own a reptile shop called Serpentine Motion . I bred several types of snakes, lizards and even birds. When it comes to cold blooded animals, I know my stuff.
I sold Serpentine Motion in 1999 and moved back to Massachusetts to try my hand at stand-up comedy. Turns out I was about as funny as a fart in a spacesuit and I spent most of my time there bartending and working at a Kid's Zoo in the summer and snow plowing in the winter. I got sick of that pretty quick and came back here to Iowa in 2001, when my good buddy heard I was back in town and lemme know they had a part-time, weekend gig available at 100.7 The Fox. Wicked freakin' sweet. I think I scared the program director and our beautiful sales staff with my appearance when I first arrived, I was still a body piercer at Nemesis Tattoo in Iowa City at the time to boot,
but the girls warmed up to me after a few drinks and some hefty cash bribes. I've been at The Fox ever since. I've met a lotta cool people working here and I plan to stay for as long as it takes to become bloody rich!
 My Hero George Carlin and my BFF Scotty Potty from Exile Tattoo in Iowa City.
 Bob Nelson and Peter Potowski in the studio.
 The Fox Jocks at Penguin's Comedy Club in it's old location in CR with Roger Lutski, the Colonial Lanes Bowling guy. Awesome.
 Steven Lynch in the Studio. |
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MUSIC IS MY LIFE!!!
So, summa my favorite bands are as follows : In the classic hits format - Black Sabbath (the best fab 4 as far as I'm concerned), The Who, Frank Zappa (the boss would argue this as a classic artist though), Beatles and of course Barry Williams.
As for non-classic rock : I'm a Clutch fanatic (the best band you never heard of), a huge Tom Waits fan and any soul music. Soul music is the effin' best. I'm a listener to all genres of music, but I certainly won't buy it all. Who can afford it?
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WHAT WOULD MIKE DO WITH A GA-JILLION DOLLARS?
Two chicks at the same time man! |
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MIKE'S QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it." |
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THIS WEEK ON DISCOVER & UNCOVER - The Surf Zombies
Wednesday 09-14-2011 2:37pm CT
http://youtu.be/zZKg4bVN2Bw
Discover & Uncover
Sunday 07-18-2010 2:47pm CT
So, here it is folks. A new show on The Fox all about underground and unsigned artists and that includes YOU and your bandmates (if you got 'em). That's right, NEW! Discover & Uncover features LOCAL music as well, so get those submissions in PRONTO!!! Got a big gig coming up? Gonna be touring through Iowa City/Cedar Rapids soon? CD release party? Well, get me those CD's and band bio's before the big event and I'll promote you AND the establishment you'll be playing at. Even if you're doing a rare T-Shirt signing at "Captain Ed's Records"(that was a Tenacious D referrence for all you hardcore Mr. Show fiends out there) I'll make sure our listeners know. Send your stuff to:
Discover & Uncover c/o Mike Ryan
1 Stephen Atkins Dr.
Iowa City, IA. 52240
or electronic submissions can be sent to:
MikeRyan@thefox.net
Or you can send your submissions to:
http://www.iheartradio.com/main.html keyword "new"
Remember, every Sunday Night at 9pm is NEW! Discover & Uncover time, so turn on, tune in and rock out!!!
The Iowa State Fair...
Tuesday 08-25-2009 4:05pm CT
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