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Michael

Mulder, it's me.

About Me

MyGen Profile Generator "Wenn ich könnte wie ich wollte würd ich gar nichts wollen. Ich weiß aber dass alle etwas wollen sollen." (Wir sind Helden)
I love films and books - and especially THE X-FILES - and wouldn't want to live without them, but it is MUSIC that really keeps me alive and always has. I need fine melodies and sounds, and there is something about the clearness and naturalness of some voices that I can't describe... My favourite vocalists include Maggie Reilly, Claudia Uhle (of X-Perience and Angelzoom), Daniel Bellqvist (of Eskobar), Chris Corner (IAMX), Tom Chaplin (of Keane), Loreena McKennitt, Nina Persson (of The Cardigans), Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and Sian Evans (of Kosheen).
As a child of four years I already had a special taste in music, loving to listen to Neue Deutsche Welle songs. So I'm definitely a child of the 80s. I enjoy playful electronic pop music, but also many kinds of music that have a melancholy, slightly dark or mysterious touch (same with movies, by the way).
I like songs that tell stories or give an insight into the artist's mind through the music and the lyrics, not songs that are just there to be the background of some party... or some hideous video on MTV including breasts and cars...

My Interests

I enjoy drinking coffee, meeting friends, listening to music, buying CDs, going to concerts, singing, writing songs, writing reviews or other articles, watching films/DVD, reading books, discovering nature, travelling,... and doing nothing.

I'd like to meet:

Some nice musicians! Oh, and Gillian Anderson.

Music:

all the romantic stuff... Eskobar, Keane, Mike Oldfield, Maggie Reilly, De/Vision, X-Perience, Angelzoom, The Cardigans, Kind of Blue, Chandeen, IAMX, Ladytron, Kosheen, Eto, OMD, Onetwo, Greenhaus, Olive, Apoptygma Berzerk, mind.in.a.box, Depeche Mode, Camouflage, Deine Lakaien, Veljanov, Alphaville, Erasure, Hubert Kah, Midge Ure + Ultravox, Iris, Bertine Zetlitz, Universal Poplab, Emmon, ABBA, Burt Bacharach, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Hildegard Knef, Annett Louisan, Rosenstolz, Klee, Loreena McKennitt, Clannad, Coldplay, Editors, The Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan, Travis, Porcupine Tree, The Cure, The Verve, U2, Röyksopp, Scissor Sisters, Pet Shop Boys...

Movies:

probably too many to try and list them all... some of my classics include Kubrick's The Shining, Dolores, Gattaca, Mulholland Drive, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise, Brokeback Mountain, Dogville, Interview With The Vampire, The Lives of Others, The Last King of Scotland, Hallam Foe, Der Krieger und die Kaiserin, Sommer vorm Balkon, Salmonberries, Lord of the Rings, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 8 Femmes, Playing by Heart, Wallace and Gromit, The Wizard of Oz...

Television:

The X-Files, Bleak House (BBC 2005), Friends, Hallo Spencer,...

Books:

Susan Cooper's "The Dark Is Rising" Sequence, Travel Literature (Douglas Adams "Last Chance to See", Sara Wheeler "Terra Incognita", Bill Bryson "A Walk in the Woods"), Mystery / Horror / Thriller (Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" Series), Kurt Tucholsky, Andreas Steinhöfel, Michael Ende, Jules Verne,...

Heroes:

Gillian Anderson, Loriot, Helge Schneider, lots of great bands + anyone who doesn't do things just to meet other people's expectations

My Blog

THE X-FILES 2: It is happening!

Fans have been waiting years and years, and now it is finally happening: They are filming the second THE X-FILES movie. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are both back for their roles as FBI agents ...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:18:00 PST

The "SEEKER" desaster

I can't help myself... I'm really relieved that the infamous film adaptation of the wonderful book "The Dark is Rising" bombed badly all over the world. Well, what can you expect if you decide to chan...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:57:00 PST

Go and see "HALLAM FOE"!

It's been some time since I saw a really really good movie at the cinema. But a few days ago I went to see "Hallam Foe". On the evening, I was very tired and wasn't really in the mood, but during the ...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:44:00 PST

Recommended: Album "NOOB" by De/Vision

The album "NOOB" by De/Vision is out since August 24th. On the one hand, it is typically De/Vision, featuring dark pop songs with haunting melodies and great, playful electronic sounds. On the other h...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:22:00 PST

"The Dark Is Rising": It couldnt get worse...

Ok, the trailers for "The Dark Is Rising"  film are all up at YouTube now. And it is far worse than any fan of Susan Cooper's book series could ever have imagined. They changed the setting.&...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:13:00 PST

"The Dark Is Rising"... and it really doesn't look very bright...

My favourite book series, "The Dark Is Rising" by Susan Cooper, has been made into a movie. Following the success of Lord Of The Rings, the Harry Potter films, and The Chronicles Of Narnia, they now d...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:43:00 PST

X-PERIENCE splits with singer Claudia Uhle

Unfortunately, the band X-Perience from Berlin, whose dreamy pop music has been with me now for over 10 years, splits with their very distinctive voice, Claudia Uhle. But she will go on pursuing her s...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:16:00 PST

Gillian stars in "How To Lose Friends & Alienate People"

2007 seems to be Gillian Anderson's year. Following her success with BBC's "Bleak House" and her small but great appearance in "The Last King of Scotland", she has accepted several interesting film ro...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:11:00 PST

DE/VISION - new album "NOOB"

The awesome German Electropop band De/Vision will release their new album "Noob" in August 2007. From today on, they present snippets from the album on their Myspace account (see my "friends...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:06:00 PST