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Mike

Pop! Goes My Heart

About Me

I'm a 27 year old student of political science, sociology and history (university of zurich), living in switzerland. I love music! indie, britpop, indietronic, rock, some hiphop and if i'm tipsy or high enough....even chart-trash. :o) www.last.fm/user/sarbaker
i also like movies, beer, partys, cigarettes, politics, absinth, concerts, vodka and travelling.
i'm singing, playing guitar and writing songs in a band called 'frantic'. check it out on www.frantic.li and be our friend on myspace.com/franticswitzerland. cheers!
I'm working for www.garedelion.ch and www.vangardenmusic.com and I'm also doing some DJ jobs (indierock, britpop / rock classics / funk, hammond-grooves). Places I've been to as DJ: Remise Wil (soundsofa resident), ZicZac Zürich (rocksaloon resident), Grabenhalle St.Gallen, Hofkeller Wil, Stutz2 Zürich, Kraftfeld Winterthur, Etage1 St.Peterzell, Z88 Kreuzlingen, Red Lounge Wil, Kraftwerk Krummenau, Gräppele Bar Wildhaus....and many more.
if you want to know more, feel free to ask!
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My Interests



I'd like to meet:

a lot of different people from all over the world!

Music:

radiohead, the beatles, the kinks, oasis, john lennon, travis, saybia, ben martin, blur, keane, stars, supergrass, john butler trio, badly drawn boy, athlete, tomte, the hoosiers, the strokes, muse, olli schulz, the kooks, slut, eels, richard ashcroft, the fray, the verve, u2, starsailor, kettcar, maritime, morrissey, bloc party, john lennon, kashmir, bad religion, randy .....lots of 60ies and 70ies stuff and more!

Movies:

coen brothers, tarantino, guy ritchie, jarmusch, star wars, austin powers etc etc....

Television:

the simpsons, southpark, alf, family guy, american dad, king of queens...

Books:

brecht, dürrenmatt, frisch, nick hornby, michael moore, noam chomsky, stuckrad-barre....

Heroes:

john lennon, tom yorke, michael moore, scrj, fc wil, arsenal fc, man city

My Blog

BUKAREST

Heya! I'm going to visit BUKAREST from tomorrow morning until tuesday with a friend. I've never been there, so if you know some "must have seens" or if you have any suggestions, tipps for cheap acommo...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 02 May 2008 11:51:00 PST

LJUBLJANA!

I'm going to visit ljubljana from tomorrow morning until wednesday evening. if you have any suggestions, cheap possibilities for acommodation and an idea of clubs and concerts let me know! cheers!
Posted by Mike on Fri, 02 May 2008 11:46:00 PST

check out: BEN MARTIN (A)

BEN MARTINCheck out the Website of a friend of my band frantic called Ben Martin. He's from Austria and has just released his fourth Album 'worn legs'. I just love it! If you like it - become his frie...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:25:00 PST

summerend

the summer finally came to an end and university started again.....the greatest things were:- absolutely great gigs with my band- travelling from moscow to crimea and then to kiev- met a lot of lovely...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:38:00 PST

summerdays & moscow

moscow:Im travelling russia a bit at the moment. its just great. now Im in moscow, on the 10th we will take the train to south. odessa, krimea, kazantip. sotchi...not sure yet. summerdayz:take a look ...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:19:00 PST

russia & ukraine: away from 8/5 to 8/19

I will visit moscow, st.petersburg and the kazan tip festival in august. perhaps kiev and ekaterinburg. not sure yet. if you have any cool tipps for concerts, clubs, bars, pubs or even want to drink b...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:59:00 PST

Obstwiesen-Festival

das dritte mal ans obstwiesen!! mit dabei dieses jahr TOCOTRONIC, KISSOGRAMM, THE BLOOD ARM, PUPPETMASTAZ, GOOSE, GET WELL SOON, MONTA, FRISKA VILJOR, SHY CHILD, KILIANS, CLICK CLICK DECKER, FERTIG, L...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:35:00 PST

southside festival

yeah, two hours left until SOUTHSIDE!! :o)Aereogramme  · Arcade Fire  · Art Brut  · ...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:24:00 PST

warschau: away from 5/15 to 5/20

....I'll be in warschau for about 5 days. any tipps for clubs, concerts, sightseeing and so on? cheers!
Posted by Mike on Thu, 10 May 2007 01:38:00 PST

hamburg and berlin! away from 3/5 - 3/13

hey out there! I'll visit hamburg and berlin. 4 days each. I know it's a short time but I'm sure me and my friend sandro will have a great time! but first I have to finish my essay about chruschtschow...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:05:00 PST