My biggest interest in all the world is music. I love to listen to music (as you could probably tell from my music listing below) and I love to play music. I guess I like a little bit of most kinds of music. My typical musical preference is sad bastard music, but lately I've been getting into some country stuff (sad country stuff) and some really fun dance stuff. I've been listing to groups like The Faint, Annie, Royksopp, Saint Etienne, The Knife etc etc a lot lately.
And like I said I also love to play music. I play drums in a band here in Portland called The Online Romance. We're a really great chamber pop band with some truly fantastic harmonies. I also have a project that I work on by myself. I guess I call it Ghost Sounds, and there's a link to some of my music under that name in my friends list or you can just go here
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=
40053088&MyToken=12A173F5-C2C0-C914-E68212143663F0F785048785.
It's all sad bastard kind of stuff with folk tinges. I got a banjo nearly a year ago, so I try to put a lot of it into the music I write...maybe it's overboard, but I like how it sounds. If you listen and have any suggestions aside from "this sucks" I would love to hear them. Right now all my Ghost Sounds stuff has just been for fun, but I'm hoping that eventually I might be able to release some of it on my own around Portland...but we'll see.
Music
!!!, a whisper in the noise, abba, album leaf, annie, anniversary, apples in stereo, arcade fire, architecture in helsinki, azure ray, baptist generals, barcelona, bartender's bible, belle and sebastian, beth gibbons, beulah, bis, black eyed peas, black heart procession, blitzen trapper, bonnie prince billy, bravery, brian jonestown massacre, bright eyes, brightblack, britta phillips, broken social scene, broken spindles, calexico, califone, call and response, carissa's wierd, cat power, the chipmonks, chromeo, crooked fingers, the cure, daft punk, david dondero, denali, depeche mode, desaperacidos, devendra banhart, dirty three, duran duran, e*rock, ed harcourt, electric light orchestraelf power, elliott smith, essex green, exploding hearts, the faint, feist, final fantasy, fiona apple, flaming lips, franz ferdinand, french kicks, from bubblegum to sky, frou frou, fruit bats, galactic heroes, the gerbils, ghosts, giant sand, glass candy, the go! team, gorillaz, grandaddy, haley bonar, head of femur, heatmiser, herman jolly, holopaw, howe gelb, i am the world trade center, ida, imperial teen, inner, instruments, interpol, iqu, iron and wine, japancakes, jayhawks, jem, jens lekman, jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter, joanna newsome, joggers, john vanderslice, junior senior, kanye west, killers, knife, kylie minogue, ladybug transistor, ladytron, loch lomond, lou barlow, lucinda williams, m. ward, m83, magnetic fields, malcolm middleton, marbles, maria taylor, marigold, mary gauthier, matthew shaw, mendoza line, mojave 3, mountains goats, moving units, mum, murder by death, nanook of the north, neil halstead, neko case, neutral milk hotel, neva dinova, new order, nick cave, nina nastasia, notwist, of montreal, olivia tremor control, orenda fink, owl and the pussycat, papas fritas, paper chase, pet shop boys, phoenix, pulp, ratatat, red red meat, royksopp, rufus wainwright, saint etienne, sam phillips, scissors sisters, slowreader, sondre lerche, sparklehorse, spiritualized, spoon, stars, summer at shatter creek, summer hymns, sunset valley, super furry animals, superchunk, toto, ugly cassanova, united states of electronica, vhs or beta, wilco,
Movies
I haven't seen any new movies that really blew me away lately. I saw Lars and the Real Girl a while back and (to my surprise) really enjoyed it. And for some reason I've watched Shaun of the Dead a number of times over the last few weeks; but it's a great movie so it's ok.
Television
I just moved about a month ago and I don't have cable anymore; so my television time has dropped significantly. Now I am watching a few shows on DVD. House. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Arrested Development. And I am about to finish watching The Full Metal Alchemist; which I'm really, really enjoying. I think I might watch Bleach next.
Books
I just finished reading I Am Legend (along with a million other people I'm sure). I really enjoyed the book. It had a really interesting way of using vampires. The movie was pretty good; but the book was more interesting. I read Dante's Inferno a few years ago; but didn't go on to the other two books. So, I think I might read Purgatorio now.
Heroes
I'd say my heroes are the Saddle Creek folks. They all started playing music together and decided that they can put it out on their own. I think that's pretty great, especially considering how well they have done while being able to stay a completely independent self-run label. Super cool! Also Mark Linkous (pictured above) who is Sparklehorse. That guy is one of the most talented musicians ever...I really mean ever too.
nick's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Portland Oregon
Body type:
5' 9" / Average
Religion:
Agnostic
Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Someday
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Student
nick's Schools
Oregon State University
Corvallis,Oregon
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Speech Communication
Clubs: 88.7 KBVR FM!
Hello Nick! I am sorry that I haven't replied to you like forever. I have been very busy at work, family, and work haha. I hope you're doing fine. Did you get a postcard from me? Oh and Shaun is so cute! And I liked the pictures you took in Japan. Hey Nick, if you don't mind, is it OK to keep in touch on facebook? I am thinking to close my myspace :(
I like your new band! we should play a show together. My band, all the money sounds similar, well some of our songs. A faster louder version of your but similar. I'm leaving for Ecuador in September but if you guys want to play before then, I would say awesome to it. www. myspace. com/allthemoney
I like your new band! we should play a show together. My band, all the money sounds similar, well some of our songs. A faster louder version of your but similar. I'm leaving for Ecuador in September but if you guys want to play before then, I would say awesome to it. www. myspace. com/allthemoney
hi we are on line at the sametime. i would IM you but ran doesn't have that on this thing, and he hates it so he won't let me upload it. oh well hi( its not really that exciting except that you are on the other side of the world so it makes it kinda neat)
huh..happy easter, i guess its a holiday today...looks like that damn bunny forgot my house. oh well, I'll go to work and had people burriots in honor of jesus and bunnies.
well now its your turn to view many many pictures depicting me looking cute and having fun and drinking with people who you do not recoginze. i just added a bunch of ks pics- don't worry you will get a personal narration soon, it'll be hours of fun :)
