Michael Keller

Nickname? Mr. Keller; El Gato ; Gay Mike; Mike “I Used to Love Her But I Had to” Keller; Helen; Michael Michael Motorcycle.
Age? 25
Location? Cleveland, Ohio
Profession? Making tomorrow brighter (High School English Teacher).
Involvement in Bettawreckonize? Mostly I cruise the message board for news, info, conversation and to poke fun of Schuster whenever I get the chance. But Tim asked for writers, and since I teach the stuff and am incredibly verbose, I have since taken to reviewing albums, critiquing shows, interviewing bands, and getting my creative groove on.
Are you in a band? Not currently. But back in junior high I was in both band AND orchestra! I was also captain of the football and wrestling teams so there’s a sense of perspective.
Do you write for other zines? What’s a zine?
Current playlist? Coheed and Cambria: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3; Snapcase: End Transmission; Bright Eyes: Lifted. . .; Parker Ben Parker: In Order To Speak to You; Outkast: Speakerboxx; Badly Drawn Boy: Hour of Bewilderbeast; Mars Volta: De-loused in the Comatorium; Tom Waits: Early Years; Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain; REM: Automatic for the People.
Top Five Favorite Albums of All Time? Counting Crows: August and Everything After; Jimmy Eat World: Clarity; Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon; Paul Simon: Graceland; Tool: Aenima.
Do You Have A Makeout Club Profile? Why or why not? I’m assuming this is one of those cutesy-pie, girlish, forwarded-message-type Internet things that I don’t know about but Anne thought would be nice to include in a profile. Oh, so no.
First show/concert? What’s the difference? My grandma calls the movies, the “show.” So if that’s it, I think I either saw Throw Mama From the Train or Rocky IV. Whichever came first into theaters. My first concert was Greg X. Volz at my church when I was like 8 or 9. I think he was in a Christian rock band called Petra. He looked like George Carlin by the time he was doing gigs at suburban churches in Ohio. The first show that I’m proud to have seen was Stone Temple Pilots and Local H. I’m still trying to make my first Betta-sponsered show.
Favorite show/concert of all time? Wow. A few, in no particular order: 1. Bob Dylan/Paul Simon @ Virginia Beach (Summer 1999). 2. Radiohead (Summer 2003). 3. White Stripes/Whirlwind Heat (November 2003). 4. Thrice/Coheed and Cambria/Hot Water Music (October 2002). 5. Rage Against the Machine/Wu-Tang Clan (Summer 1997). 6. Counting Crows/Live (July 2000).
Favorite Drink? Alcoholic…..Great Lakes Christmas Ale / Other……..Ocean Spray Cran-Peach Juice (mmmmm)
If you were stranded on a desert island, without food, with the staff of Bettawreckonize, who would you eat first? Let’s go with Clark. Or Rollie. Either one, I would be able to pick their bones for days and we wouldn’t have to kill anyone else for, like, a week. Yeah, Mmmmmnnn, C-L-A-R-K.