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Interested In:
Friends, Activity Partners
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Member Since:
Feb 2003
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Hometown:
Rockville, Md.
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Company:
"A large diversified news and information company." Before that, "a communications company engaged primarily in newspaper and Internet publishing." Fuck, I hope the papers don't read as badly as the corporate blather on the Web sites.
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Mike's URL:
http://profiles.friendster.com/hardtosay
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Schools:
Farmland Elementary, Class of 1988
Tilden Middle School, Class of 1990
Richard Montgomery High, Class of 1994
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College/University:
University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1998, Bachelor's Degree, History
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Occupation:
Nattering nabob of negativism
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Affiliations:
La Barra Brava
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What I enjoy doing:
Irony, D.C. United, coffee, Crystal hot sauce, Thai chili powder, lotteries, riding a new bicycle, Argentine beef & malbec, pickling, Mount Pleasant, taking advantage of hemispheric weather differences during the winter, Panamanian archipelagos, newspapers, poker, mangos (con sal, chile y limon), nam prik, impacto y pavor, getting lessons in how to open coconuts with my bare hands from crazed Vikings
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Favorite Books:
Mating, What It Takes, Bury Me Standing, Crossing California, Waiting for the Barbarians, Foucault's Pendulum, The Immaculate Invasion, Positively Fifth Street, Among the Thugs, The Corrections, The Rachel Papers, White Teeth (minus ending), A Confederacy of Dunces, English As She Is Spoke
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Favorite Movies:
Dr. Strangelove, Royal Tannenbaums, A Perfect Candidate, Grizzly Man, Roman Holiday, Three Kings, Nueve Reinas, Annie Hall, Casablanca, Fitzcarraldo, Cidade de Deus, Underground, Bamboozled
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Favorite Music:
Gogol Bordello, Rebirth Brass Band, the Hold Steady, Chuck Brown (especially live albums where he gives me a shout-out), Rare Essence, almost anything recorded on Stax in the 1960s, the Pixies, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Otis Redding, the Roots, M.I.A., the Clash, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Boban Markovic, the White Stripes, OutKast, Johnny Cash, Manu Chao, the Streets, Fanfare Ciocarlia, los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
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Favorite TV Shows:
The Wire, The Office, any other shows that involve definite articles and singular nouns
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Zodiac Sign:
Leo
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About Me:
I just don't want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member.
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Who I Want to Meet:
Let's discuss our tactics: I will be mad, and you'll be possessed.
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than the rest of us. He's just a better
shot.
source of all things wonderful." And,
in fact, he's ok- I guess. He may,
more likely, be the source of all
things sarcastic, or all things
ridiculous, but he makes me laugh and
he's open to new experiences, like
frozen gummy worms and fresh bath
mats. There is no one with whom I
would rather get drunk and eat cheap
oysters.
lot. Or, more accurately, Mike would
argue a lot, with whatever I would say.
And so one day when he told me I was
wrong about something, I asked,
innocently: "How do you know?" And he
said, "Oh, well, I'm just guessing."
Aha! I felt vindicated. Then a year or
so ago we got together and, inevitably,
ended up arguing on a street corner at
2am. I guess I'm an arguer, too, after
all. :)
graduation, Mike and I are finally
reconnecting and I couldn't be happier
about it. Though he taunts me with
invitations to Spring Bling parties
and cosmic bowling outings that never
quite seem to materialize... one of
these days, Mike, one of these days.
my all-star globe-trotting posse, M2 would
be my first round draft pick so that we could
finally actualize our fates as long lost
"activity partners." He's the only person on
this earth that I can talk to about Bahia,
Cartegena, go-go, the DoC, Philly, Borges
and the relative merits of Wrex N' Effex-- all
in one conversation. He's so cool that
Chuck Brown gave him a shout out during
his set. I love how M2 kicks it. And he'd be
in charge of the hot beats!!!!
are popular, Madden. Looks like you
don't need any help from a testimonial.
because I wanted to know which
bathrooms were clean at work. I
happened upon Charlie Ornstein's piece
in L.A. Times, in which he recalls the
no-nonsense ethics that Stephen Glass
instilled within him during his time at
The Daily Pennsylvanian. So, I wonder,
what did Mike Madden instill within his
subordinates at the same college
paper? A few things. First, that
thing he does with his pen. I do that
all the time now. In fact, I carry
extra pens, in case I lose one, so I
can be sure to do it in any
circumstance. Next, a refusal to take
his job too seriously. That's pretty
key in journalism -- and the bonus is
that it generally infuriates the
assholes at any given paper. Finally,
no one was more legitimately curious
about the silly world around him than
Mike. No one took more pleasure in
reading or conveying the bizarre
happenings of the day than this guy.
And that's what makes great newsman.
Oh, Charlie... you were just a few
years too early.
respect that. also, he used to write for
usa today. the purple section. and he
was quite a thespian in his time. sure
enough, he's still dating (women).
a tuxedo, our hero can often be seen
reading/brunching at Kramerbooks and
espousing liberal philosophy. Or maybe
it just seems that way to me. He's
dubbed me the most fun-hearted
conservative so I like him. And damn
can that man speak espanol and play
scrabble.
c'mon, he wears glasses. And hangs out
with big politicos eating deep-fried
oreos. And when he's not doing that or
writing stories faster than any human
being I know, he can often can be found
pondering life just like in this
picture. But he's not clever enough to
be duped by Canadians who tell him
they're in a song by James. Sorry,
Mike, somebody had to do it.