Elektron Musical Instruments

>   There are tons of different breakbeat patterns out there.  A simple
> 2-step beat would work just fine, and it sounds funky and gets people
> going... Try it out! :)

Agree!
Stop that 4/4 BD boring thing and start making breakbeat!
(I also love house music, I'm just joking)

You might want to listen to the track I've talked about in a previous 
post, that has a good MD break.
It's on http://www.acme.dj/tunes.html (ok I won't bother you anymore 
with this)

>   I have a book that you might want to check out.  It's called "Drum
> Machine Rhythm Dictionary", and it's by Sandy Feldstein.  Lots of
> good starter patterns in there.

Other hint: learn some drums.
That will help much with drum creativity and make your drum patterns 
more "real".
And be creative, try new things! That's easy to do with a MD... that 
little beast just asks us to :-)