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Michael J

you want something witty, right?

About Me

back in boston from over the pond. getting resettled, so i'll have more for you soon enough...

My Interests

we all belong to the places we've never even been before. if there is any kind of legitimate nostalgia, it's for everything we've never even seen, the women we've never slept with, never dreamed of, the friends we haven't made, the books we've never read, all the food steaming in the pots we've never eaten out of. that's the only real kind of nostalgia there is...

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I'd like to meet:


genuinely passionate people, anyone intelligent & well-read, travel junkies, professional café society members, cynical bastards, & appreciators of good music...

Music:

{music to die for}

stan getz, dave brubeck, babel gilberto, charlie parker, charles mingus, miles davis, bill evans, ornette coleman, thelonious monk, john coltrane, louis armstrong, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, nina simone...

afghan whigs/twilight singers, joseph arthur, jeff buckley, ours, doves, the killers, bloc party, the arcade fire, spritualized, slow dive, air, dashboard confessional, death cab for cutie/postal service, lali puna, stars, death in vegas, jesus & mary chain, elliot smith, franz ferdinand, the clash, coldplay, interpol, snow patrol, sigur ros, mogwai, the white stripes, radiohead, the cure, telepopmusik, nick cave, oasis, the verve, damien rice, richard ashcroft, ryan adams, london suede, muse, the strokes, the stone roses, the smiths/morrissey, velvet underground, smashing pumpkins, led zeppelin, iron & wine, massive attack, departure lounge, cafe del mar, jose padilla, gotan project, saint germain, etc.