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kowalski

music is my sanctuary

About Me

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I'm Nikolas, doctor, living in Larisa. Basically, i'm a music maniac, spending most of my time listening to music, studying music magazines... i also like watching films, reading literature and hangin' out with friends, drinking and discussing (politics, music, art, football!!!) Essential: i have a great sympathy for alcohol, especially tequila!!

My Interests

Music, films, drinking, travelling...

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

soul, jazz, funk, brazilian, afro, rock, blues, jambands, electronica... curtis mayfield, isaac hayes, james brown, baby huey, gil scott-heron, marvin gaye, marlena shaw, betty davis, marva whitey, stax and motown*** 60's & 70's blue note recordings (Rudy Van Gelder, rare groove, conossieur), Impulse, Prestige, Atlantic, ECM, Soul Jazz records... Miles, coltrane, monk, mingus, Sun Ra, art ensemble of chicago, archie shepp, art blakey, bobby hutcherson, elvin jones, jackie mcLean, andrew hill, herbie hancock, grant green, lou donaldson, lonnie smith, freddie hubbard, stanley turrentine, donald byrd, charles lloyd, steve reid, lonnie liston smith, headhunters, crusaders, pat martino, sonny rollins, willie bobo, ray barretto, candido*** Contemporary jazz: stanton moore, charlie hunter, bobby previte, christian mcbride, jason moran, matthew shipp, stefon harris, skerik, wallace roney, nils petter molvaer, wiliam parker, soweto kinch, EST, brad mehldau, bad plus, medeski martin&wood, soulive, dirty dozen brass band, john scofield, bill frisell, john zorn, marc ribot, cassandra wilson*** Di Melo, marcos valle, tim maia, tania maria, rita lee, os mutantes, milton nascimento, trio mocoto, bebel gilberto, cibelle, apollo nove, SUBA, celso fonseca, sonic junior, seu jorge... FELA KUTI, tony allen, femi kuti, antibalas afrobeat orchestra, ali farka toure, toumani diabate, lobi traore*** allain toussaint, johnny harris, quincy jones, lalo schifrin, roy budd, david axelrod, brian eno*** DR. JOHN Galactic, gov't mule, widespread panic, matisyahu, jack johnson, g.love, ben harper, black keys, comets on fire, iron and wine, richmond fontaine, magnolia electric co., derek trucks band, drive-by truckers, ray la montagne, donavon*** Dj Logic, karsh kale, dj krush, kid koala, dj spooky, rjd2, four tet, diplo, bonobo, quantic, madlib, osunlade, roots, roots tonic, bill laswell, skalpel, herbaliser, amon tobin, dj shadow, carl hancock rux, ursula rucker, david holmes...just to mention a few!!!!

Movies:

lots of 70's movies, contemporary american, asian and european cinema... casavettes, goddard, jarmusch, pekinpah, wes anderson, michael mann, antognioni, kubrick, coen bros., chan wook-park... favorite movies: fear and loathing in las vegas, big lebowski, city of god, zabriskie point, vanishing point, the killing, the killers, dirty harry, bring me the head of alfr. garcia, collateral, bullitt, oldboy, exotica, blue velvet, and more...

Television:

Nooo!!

Books:

noir, modern american fiction, latin-american writers, music biographies... Russell banks, norman mailer, phillip roth, t.c. boyle, capote, hubert selby jr., thomas pynchon, r. farina, pelecanos, ellroy, j.c. izzo, j.p. manchette, raynal, hammett, himes, ernesto sabato, m. v. llosa, taibo, sepulveda, bukowski, burroughs, kerouac, HUNTER THOMPSON... .. width="425" height="350" ..

Heroes:

can't think of any...