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About Me

I work at a software company. Privately, I love to run (marathon) and listen to music, mainly BRYAN ADAMS. As well, I am a big football fan (to my USA friends out there: I talk about SOCCER). Travelling is another passion of me, with New York, Vancouver and Berlin being my favourite places so far.
My wife is the most important person in my life. I am happy to say that I have a couple of real friends; I know some of them for 25 years now. My family is very important for me as well.

If you did not fall asleep yet by reading this, you are welcome to drop me a line. Probably you have to get to know me to find out the interesting parts about me. Maybe there are some.

Please visit my Bryan Adams Forum: www.bryanadams-forum.com

Please support - just like I do:

UNICEF
amnesty international
Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims (German website with English parts)

My Interests

Music, running, movies, football (soccer), travelling. Black humour. Good food.

I'd like to meet:

- People who love music, especially the one from BRYAN ADAMS!
- Bryan personally (I guess I am #268395 in THAT row)
- Fans of German football team Eintracht Braunschweig
- nice people from around the world, ready for a good conversation

Music:

Bryan Adams. Beside of that:
Bryan Adams.
Fans since 1984, first record "Reckless", first gig Hamburg 1987, 51 gigs so far.

I am addicted.

When not listening to Bryan, I like e.g.

- Toto (STEVE LUKATHER!)
- Rick Springfield
- Robbie Williams
- U2
- German band "Fury in the slaughterhouse"
- German band BAP
- Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen, of course
- Joe Satriani
- Metallica
- have I already mentioned Bryan Adams?
- van Halen
- Linkin Park
- The Hooters

Worth to be mentioned outside of this enumaration:

SONNIT

Sonnit is still my favourite German band, although they have only released one record. But this record is a gem. It looks like as if they will release another one this year (after four years...), but so many strange things happened to this band that we have to wait and see.
If you ever have a chance to grab a copy of "Popgun" (this is the name of their record), simply buy it. "Heaven is close" and "Get your mind free" are outstanding.
Sonnit is the most talented German band ever, and I hope and pray that one day their way will lead them to the top - no matter how many mountains they have to climb or oceans they have to swim or failures of record companies they have to bear.
Sonnit's MySpace page

Movies:

Anything that is good, no specific genre. Examples:
- Forrest Gump
- Schindler's list
- Munich (- also Spielberg - fantastic!)
- Bad Boys I + II (pure Hollywood but somehow cool)
- any film with Nicole Kidman
- From dusk till dawn
- The Big Lebowski
- Fargo
- Backt to the Future (I - III)
- The Green Mile
- Lord of the Rings
- anything from Tarantino (I still did not find one second that is bad in his films)
- Desperado
- Pink Panther (- Peter Sellers)
- couple of movies with Louis de Funes
- anything from Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Out of sight,...)
- anything from Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine,...)

Television:

- 24

Books:

- anything from Charles Bukowski
- novels with a good story that simply entertain me, like (partly) Michael Crichton

Heroes:

Heroes are often people we personally do not know. They are heroes because of their public image.
Anyway, Bryan Adams might be someone I would call a hero; without knowing each other, he has found a kind of language with his music that touches my soul deeply. My family and friends are heroes for me, of course. People who stand steady dispite of pressure, who fight for their believes (as long as these beliefs are based on democratic and human ideals...) dispite of being intimidated, imprisoned, even tortured - civil-rights activists, dissidents, environmentalists. Can I call an orginazation a hero? If so, organizations like UNICEF and AI are heroes, too.

That was the official part.

In fact, my wife was, is and will always be my biggest hero. I could imagine my life without , but she is someone who is essential for me...

My Blog

Great new band: Stanfour

Dear friends,I have found a great new band: Stanfour! Their debut album "Wild Life" (release: end of February) contains some of the best music I have heard in this millenium - no exaggeration!If...
Posted by Thomas on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:37:00 PST

Alan Corey: A Million Bucks by 30

Dear friends,Alan Corey has just released a book that is very likely one of the funniest and best books of this year: "A Million Bucks by 30". And he promises that it is worth the read even if you are...
Posted by Thomas on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:04:00 PST

Burma: support human rights NOW!

Hi,I guess that everyone here at MySpace is following the news about Burma these days.Please take action by supporting Amnesty International (I already do!) or organizations like "The Burma Campaign U...
Posted by Thomas on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:46:00 PST

The Hooters are back!

Hi, The Hooters are back! After 14 years of waiting, the have finally released a new album - and every second of it was worth the waiting. Have a listen to some of the new songs on their MySpace page...
Posted by Thomas on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:26:00 PST

More music! Part III

Hi,It is proven: some of you DO care about my "More music!" blog! So I try to be a bit more wholehearted with it in the future... Latest addition is Rick Springfield's "Living in Oz", an awesome and e...
Posted by Thomas on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:09:00 PST

Listen to Sonnit

Hi,Anyone being familiar with my profile knows about my passion for the music of a little German band called "Sonnit". They are about to release a new album and have put some of the new songs on their...
Posted by Thomas on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:43:00 PST

More music! Part II

Dear friends,As announced last week, I will post every week one song on my MySpace page that represents the music that I like.This week's song is from TOTO and is called "Bottom of your soul", taken f...
Posted by Thomas on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:09:00 PST

More music!

Dear friends,Mainly, my friends here on MySpace share the same interest: music. Especially the one from Bryan Adams, but more importantly: music in general.To give you an inside look about my music in...
Posted by Thomas on Wed, 16 May 2007 02:29:00 PST

Listen to Wingenfelder!

Dear friends,Kai Wingenfelder, my favourite German voice and usually singer of one of my favourite German bands, is about to release his first solo-album on April 20.Not only my German friends may che...
Posted by Thomas on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:36:00 PST

Beacon Theatre NYC, 01/11/07: Tommy Mandel's insights

As you may already know, Tommy Mandel, former keyboarder of Bryan Adams until 1997, had a special guest appearence at Bryan's recent Beacon Theatre show in New York. Tommy sent me his personal stor...
Posted by Thomas on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:01:00 PST