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mike

michaelhibarger

About Me

the picture is of me and my nephew dexter...I swing dance and can teach just about any beginner, even if they have 2 left feet! I like email, its a good way to stay in touch and doesn't take too much effort. I sometimes read ee cummings on snowy days. I know some of the coolest super secret places in Boston ...I also enjoy making compilation cds for my friends, I like turning people on to new music! I am a pretty good bowler...I play guitar in a band called Desolation Bells...and people are always commenting on my shirts, I have a lot of really cool shirts (see photo). I like things that are well designed and well built. I collect guitars, vintage panther lamps and old cereal boxes (see pics), I'm basically a pack rat. Feel free to 'tour' my house by clicking on my friend, "Mike's house".

My Interests

lindy hop, punk rock, cretin hop, philly bop... music makes my world go round, guitars, cars, and dive bars... eames-era furniture and architecture... ee cummings. ellipses... adventure. surprises! thunderstorms AND THUS... serendipity.

I'd like to meet:

freaks and geeks...and girls who wear glasses.

Music:

replacements,al green,braniac,emmylou,ween,blur,basie,jesus lizard,billy childish etc. ,interpol,ella,kinks,nick cave,jam,miles davis,johnny cash,joy division,nina simone,rolling stones,big black,husker du,portishead,stooges,pixies,iris dement,carter family,black flag,afghan whigs,melvins,X,count basie, duke ellington, oscar peterson,guided by voices, new order, wilco, merle haggard,sonic youth,billy bragg,david bowie, belle & sebastian, iron & wine, palace music (et al), buzzcocks, the who, big star,birthday party,cat power, lucinda williams,minor threat,psychedelic furs,hem, velvet underground, the fall, the mekons, buzzcocks, sex pistols, urge overkill, robyn hitchcock, soundtrack of our lives, twilight singers, bjork, pj harvey, PIL, the gories,dirtbombs, white stripes, roxy music, eno, donovan, echo & the bunnymen,beth gibbons,the cars, brian jonestown massacre, flamin' groovies, suburbs, die kreuzen, scratch acid, couch flambeau, einsteins riceboys, flaming lips, ween,rapeman, jesus & marychain, opal, rainy day, the chills, sonics, lyres,gang of four, neutral milk hotel, motorhead, zeppelin, magnetic fields, big boys,dead boys,hank williams,buck owens,gene harris, spaceman 3, spiritualized, ink spots, al green, devo, chrome cranks, loop, the saints,etta james, RFTC, mission of burma,green magnet school, sebadoh, treepeople, archers of loaf,us maple,shellac, ac/dc,stranglers,wire, trio,laura cantrell, new pornographers,luna...john lennon, george harrison & ringo starr...

Movies:

ghost world,rushmore,cinema paradiso,il postino,amelie,wings of desire,double life of veronique,yellow submarine,virgin suicides,better off dead,garden state,memento,strictly ballroom,billy elliot,butch cassidy and the sundance kid,triplettes de belleville,Lilya 4-Ever,fight club,love actually,magnolia,punch drunk love,apocalypse now, la strada, la dolce vita, 2001,clockwork orange, crumb, down with love, little romance, noi,go, quadrophenia, swingers, the party, casino royale, napoleon dynamite, moulin rouge, shall we dance (japanese original version), the unheard music, easy rider, being there, obscure object of desire, the vanishing, say anything, contempt, an affair to remember, philadelphia story,penny serenade, pillow talk,reservoir dogs, black lizard,elling, 101 reykjavik,funny face

Television:

freaks & geeks,Ed,gilmore girls,wonder years,wonderfalls, muppet show, veronica mars, sopranos,the tudors,charlie brown christmas special,Lost, Scrubs, sports night (everything i like seems to get cancelled too early...oy vey!)

Books:

norweigian wood, sex drugs and cocoa puffs,the hobbit,dune,wrinkle in time,high fidelity,acme novelty library,jimmy corrigan,the pigman,eightball,sock monkey,ee cummings,charlie & the chocolate factory,stuart little,uncle oswald,from the mixed up files of mrs basil e frankweiler,maakies,eightball

Heroes:

chris ware, james kochalka, bob travis...yeah right, like anyone knows who these people are... how about wim wenders, ray & charles eames, paul westerberg, david yow, robert johnson, todd solondz, elmyr de hory, banksy, and dawn hampton...