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Michael

I haven't anything clever to put here.

About Me

Discogs.com

Seven Oranges

Last.fm

So, all this coloration BS on my profile is a work in progress. It's fairly ugly at the moment, but soon enough it will be beautiful. Fuck, why do I even care? Whatever. I'm learning a bit… about something… I think… If anyone wants to tell me how I can bring the remaining sore thumbs into line with the rest of the page, let me know.

this really belongs in the television section,
but for the sake of minimizing my profile width it is here

My Interests

Music mostly, art (mostly others', but more and more, some of my own as well), popular culture, technology, style, travel, others…

I'd like to meet:

Ratfinks and wankers. But only nice ones.

(it's not a good insult unless it has a k in it)

Music:

Akron/Family, Alias & Ehren, The Album Leaf, Aluminum Group, Amateur Love, André 3000, Antony and the Johnsons, Fiona Apple, Architecture in Helsinki, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beatles, Beck, Beta Band, Big Boi, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, a.k.a. Will Oldham, Andrew Bird, Björk, Black Eyed Peas, Blonde Redhead, The Books, Boom Bip, Bran Van 3000, Bright Eyes, Dave Brubeck, Buck 65, Jeff Buckley, Harold Budd, Circulatory System, Clipse, cLOUDDEAD, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, DJ Shadow, Dntel, Doseone, Nick Drake, Eels, Embee, The Fugees, Gay Dad, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorillaz, Glenn Gould, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Ben Harper, Headphones, Hood, Hymie's Basement, Infected Mushroom, Iron & Wine, Jamiroquai, Je Suis France, Jurassic 5, Kid Koala, Kronos Quartet, Lali Puna, Lemon Jelly, Len, Sondre Lerche, Live, M.I.A., Jeff Mangum, Damian Marley, Mark Mothersbaugh, MC Honky, The Mountain Goats, Mugison, Muse, My Computer Has AIDS, Nina Nastasia, NERD, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Radicals, The Olivia Tremor Control, Pinback, Pink Floyd, Plantlife, Portishead, The Postal Service, Prefuse 73, Rachel's, Radiohead, Ratatat, Maurice Ravel, RJD2, Paavoharju, Sage Francis, Sigur Rós, A Silver Mount Zion, The Smashing Pumpkins, Smile for the Cameraman Honey, Spacehog, The Streets, Subtle, Sufjan Stevens, Themselves, 13 & God, Justin Timberlake, Tortoise, Tricky, Tristeza, Tryo, U2, The Unicorns, UNKLE, Tom Waits, Bus Driver and Radioinactive with Daedelus, a.k.a., The Weather, Weezer, why?, Xiu Xiu, Z-Trip

the music nerd test.
I got 47.10145% - Super Music Nerd. What's your score?
This here's a handy little tool:
myspace music downloader

Movies:

I'm not really that picky about my movies, but a few that are close to my heart are Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Princess Mononoke, This Is Spinal Tap, and the Evil Dead series.

Television:

Scrubs, Aquateen Hunger Force, West Wing, Family Guy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Simpsons, Monty Python's Flying Circus, House, Batman: The Animated Series, Trigger Happy TV, Looney Tunes, M.A.S.H., Brimstone, The Daily Show. I like cartoons.

oh, and this is friggin' awesome…

Books:

The Wreck of the Zephyr, Batman, Stay Up Late, Tuesday, Yeats is Dead!, Hey Willy See the Pyramids, Sayonara Mrs. Kackleman, Jumanji, Carter Beats the Devil, Where the Wild Things Are, Life of Pi, Sin City

Heroes:

Nigel Nicholson, Tom Waits, and Batman.

My Blog

Recommended listening &.35;2

I've been in the mood to just zone out and just ride the music lately, so here are some selections that reflect that. I've been listening to Alias & Ehren's Lillian at least once every couple days si...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:32:00 PST

all right, I'll give this blog thingy a shot

Good lord. I downloaded Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy's The Brave and the Bold around a month ago and was originally unimpressed. I was a moron. That, and I was listening to it using softwar...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:47:00 PST