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Michael

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About Me

I love listening to shoegazey music on clear nights while drinking whiskey and look at stars. Looking up at the sky, all of life's problems seem to fade away into the layers of reverb.All I want to is ride my bike to park, read a book, watch squirrels, and drink Jack & Cokes from mason jars.I wish I could keep river otters as pets

My Interests

Bikes, roadside Americana, trains, mass transit, urban planning, Charlotte history, gadgets, astronomy, hobo culture, documentaries, listening to shoegazey music, Squirrels, clear night skies.....

I'd like to meet:

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Music:



A Silver Mnt. Zion, Aarktica, Air, The Album Leaf, Alison's Halo, Alsace Lorraine, Auburn Lull, The Autumns, B. Fleischmann, Blonde Redhead, Clairvoyants, Coastal, Cocteau Twins, Godspeed You Black Emporer, The Handsome Family, Julee Cruise, July Skies, Landing, Lanterna, bon iver, Alt-CTRL-Sleep, Lovage, Lovesliescrushing, Low, M83, Magnetic Fields, Malory, Max Richter, Mirah, Mogwai, Monster Movie, Nick Drake, One Mile North, Orange Cake Mix, Rachel's, Raymond Scott Woolson, Serge Gainsbourg, Seven Percent Solution, Sianspheric, Sigur Ros, Slowdive, Stars Of The Lid, Third Eye Foundation, Tom Waits, Ulrich Schnauss, The Verve, Vitesse, Windy & Carl, Woody Guthrie,If it has reverb, delay, and echo, I am all over it.

Movies:

Lolita, Suicide Club, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Fight Club, 2LDK, Office Space, Pi, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Six String Samurai, Wristcutters, Hot fuzz, Sweeney Todd, Night of The Living Dead, Lost In Translation, Spirited Away, Beetlejuice, Heathers, Serial Mom, Super Troopers, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes, Evil Dead, Edward Scissorhands, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Punch Drunk Love, Secretary, Ghost World, Bad Santa, Happiness, The Big Lebowksi, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Trees Lounge, Willard, Suicide Kings, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Bubba Ho-Tep, Leon, Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter, Death To Smoochy, Sleepy Hollow, Cecil B Demented

Television:



Books:

Favorite authors: Nabakov, Lem, Goethe, Bukowski, Burroughs, Palahniuk, Debord, Dick, Carlton Mellick, Chris Genoa, Jeremy Johnson, Kevin Donihe, Maxx Barry, Hunter S. Thompson, Marquez
I am a fan of surrealist, genre-bending fiction such as the authors listed on my top friends page. Bizarro and Riot Lit authors are creating some of the most vibrant, entertaining books today. You should check them out!
Favorite books:
Satan Burger
Foop!
House of a thousand Leaves
Lolita
People Of Paper
Magic For Beginners
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
Choke
Fast Food Nation
Rolling Nowhere
The Futurlogical Congress
The Sorrows of Young Werther
People's History Of the United States
Confederacy Of Dunces
Company
Apathy

My Blog

Things I love about North Carolina part two: Macs Indian Village

Mac's Indian Village was built in 1934, just outside of Cherokee NC. It flourished through the late 1970's when a bypass diverted almost of the tourist traffic away from the site.  The original o...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

The sad life of a lonely man

My relative solitude must be getting to me, when THIS seems like a good idea for some companionship.   ...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:35:00 PST

"excuse me, are you dead?"

Ok, so some group of pointless robot inventing nerds have invented this:It wanders your house and checks to see if you are dead. It pokes you with an arm to see if you move. Yes, it is an "are you dea...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:04:00 PST

Stars of the lid, Asheville NC, 5/5/08

 /img> Asheville, May 5th......... I'd hate to have to go by myself......
Posted by Michael on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:04:00 PST

Sometimes, you just have to do something to prove that you can.

It has always been a dream of mine to ride my bike from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine.  As with so many dreams that we have, I don't think I ever really inteded to do it, and was just happy t...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:34:00 PST

The Artomat: cigarette-sized beauty

Charlotte recently had its second Artomat installed at Canvas Monkey in NoDa. The first, at the main branch of the library Uptown, is one of my favorite stops whenever I am wandering about the city.&n...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:16:00 PST

something different to do in Charlotte

If you’re in the mood for something different, might I suggest that you check out the McColl Center before the 26th: "Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence Through Saturday, April 26 Presented ...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:14:00 PST

romantic moment

After the nature documentary we walked down Canyon Road, onto the plaza of art galleries and high end clothing stores where the mock orange is fragrant in the summer night, and the pale adobe walls ...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:02:00 PST

Things I love about NC part one: The Pickle festival.

Now anywhere can have a festival. Big deal. A country fair is nice and all, but to have a quality festival it has to have a theme.  And not just ANY theme, something classy, that brings together ...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:35:00 PST

My new address: I need mail!

As of April 1st, I will be moved into my new apartment:10220 Willow Rd Rd Apt 1BCharlotte NC28210Letters and what not please!
Posted by Michael on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:07:00 PST