Mikey Rocks

Can't wait to see this

True to the Word

Charlie Kaufman is a genius. If you're reading this, that first line wasn't said with excitement. It was more of a realization that the writer of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Synecdoche New York is a real genius. Everyone has respect and a love for something original to a point, and if you don't then I kind of don't get that. If you have ever watched any of his movies, you will be amazed. Even if you don't like the movie, you have to think to yourself, "How did he come up with this shit?" I FINALLYYY seen his latest film Synecdoche, New York, and yet again, I was amazed at what comes out of this dude's mind. I'm not going to into detail about what the movie is about, because this is really the one out 4 that doesn't have a clear synopsis or a plan. It does and it doesn't. If you look at films now, mostly every single one of them are based off a book, play, graphic novel, short story, whatever. Hardly, do you see movies that were written by person based off shit that comes from them and their experiences. To be honest, thats the only thing I'll give Juno.(Sorry, it didnt live up to the hype in my eyes) And now that I'm taking film classes, I can kind of tell that it's probably pretty hard to get an original piece made. But then again, I dont know because there are alot films that made which I dont understand why i.e. the 3 sequels to Bring It On and American Pie(more than 3)

Maybe you've seen Being John Malcovich and was like naaaah this is kind dumb. Funny, but dumb. Or you needed to watch Eternal Sunshine like 4-5 times to really get what the whole story's about(like I did) but at the end of it you're just like, I dont really did Charlie Kaufman. Ok, thats fine. But in the sense that I'm putting it in, you have to really wonder and ask yourself, "Who Can Come Up With These Stories?" These entertaining, honest, sometimes depressing, stories and make it into a good movie? Charlie Kaufman can. He is a true genius.

I Feel the Pressure

If I haven't told any of you that I'm working on an album with my friend and one of my favorite rappers at the moment, then I'm sorry. Well no, let me take that back. I'm not sorry. haha. I've been kind of keeping it under wraps. At first, i wasn't telling nooobody, because I was(and still am) super focused on this project and I just rather not talk about it. But now that its almost done(80%) and we're putting the tracks together and shit, the pressure is getting to me. Anthony Short aka Youngs, is a very talented emcee and songwriter. The man came to my 20th birthday party and killed it. We fuckin performed a song or two we did together. SOOO FUN. He has a good fan base where he's from(St Louis) and where he lives and goes to school(Normal, Illinois. 2 hours south of Chicago.) Ever since I started making music, my dream was to produce a whole album. I wanted/want to be like Dangermouse and tell people "I don't do tracks, I kinda do whole albums". (He told Cee-Lo that before they started St. Elsewhere.) So really, this is one of my dreams come true. And I'm happy to be doing it with a Great Friend and Artist.


Sometimes being a perfectionist is good and bad. My boy Danny is a perfectionist when it comes to photography. My friend Larisa(Rocky) is perfectionist when it comes to drawing sketches for clothes. ME, I'm a perfectionist when it comes to producing a whole album! haha Its been crazy. There have been songs we've done that were dooope. I'm tellin you. But when I got them back I found something wrong with it. 100% of the time it was something with the beat, so it was my fault, and Youngs is easy going guy so he prolly wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't said anything. I made myself go back and make whole new beats just for one song. Chopped different samples, used different drums, melodies, instruments. I have worked my ass off! I just now, finished the beat for the intro, I went through maybe.....5 different sequences for one 2 minute beat. haha. Like daaaamn. But if you want to make the best shit you can make, you gotta make sure shit is perfect. I've shown some people some songs and they've been impressed mostly. I'm planning to debut a song on the blog soon, but its not done yet. I'm currently listening to the beat as I type. Its the best beat I made for the whole thing haha. NO SAMPLES EITHER haha. I'm really hoping this shit goes far and I hope YOU, my readers, will support a brotha on this. Its called the Francis Young LP. Its a album based on a character he and I(mostly he) created. Sort of like Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. haha. In the mean time, go check YOUNGS. Two of the tracks we did are on his page. "Francis Young" and "Dirty Blonds,Lovely Brunettes" produced by yours truly. HOLD ME DOWN YO!

Before I Self Destruct

I wrote this maybe two weeks ago. I figured I share it. I dunno.

I am
Running Scared
Running Away
Running out of Time
Running down the dark roads at night

I am
Making myself invisible
Soon to be forgotten
Running and Hiding
Thinking, those are the only options
I am
Running from feelings
Running to Numbness
Only run with the moon's out
Never when the sun hits

I am
Running into Exile
Running from the norm
Running from the sunshine
Running to the storm

I am
Running out of thoughts
Running our of words
Running out of room
Stopped.


"I go away, very far away, to another universe where all the people say, its a new new place for the special to embrace like a martian who seemingly, wondered out of place"-Kid Cudi

Music Pick of the Week: YEAH YEAH YEAHS

So I'm on myspace at the moment listening to a preview of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album It's Blitz! I'm 3 saongs in and I think I'm gonna go get it when it comes out on the 31st. But this isnt the reason why I'm giving them music pick of the week. Wanna know why? Because they're tight! Everyone knows their song Maps is the shit, but I wasnt really feelin the album that it came off of. Then I bought their second album. It'a sposed to be their worst but I usually end up liking the albums critics and fans dislike the most(Meteora: Linkin Park. Modern Guilt: Beck. Late Registration: Kanye West. and others) Show Your Bones was a dope rock album in my opinion and I loved the songs and the melodies on it. But By listening to their new album as I type this, I can tell one thing....they're getting better. New York is taking back music. Here's Cheated Hearts from Show Your Bones =]