michael brittain nilsen
34 years old
Cleveland, OH
Male
About
I'm a thirty-something designer for an architecture firm who's on the verge of getting married. I'd like to find a small house in the country and live a quiet life. Or I'd like to find a house in the city where I can commute to work on my bike and listen to the city breathe. I both love and hate technology. I wish everyone would stop worrying so much about money, status, and domination and start thinking about how we can all just live together.
Movies
Blade Runner, Amelie, The Science of Sleep, Solaris, Stalker (Tarkovsky), Baraka, X Files, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Miss Sunshine, Tommy Boy, The Motorcycle Diaries, Andre Rublev, Napoleon Dynamite,
Music
William Basinski, Ulrich Schnauss, Woob, Interpol, Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Sigur Ros, Biosphere, Tim Hecker, Shuttle 358, The Cure, Dntel, Khonnor, Stars of the Lid, Xela, Catherine Wheel, Film School, M83, The Postal Service, The Verve, Thomas Koner, Alva Noto, Cartsen Nicolai, Fennesz, Frank Bretschneider, Gas, Hazard, Noto, Kohn, Komet, Luomo, Vladislav Delay, AGF, Scanner, Senking, Taylor Deupree, The Beach Boys, Alias, Clouddead, Ah-ha, The Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Duran Duran, Themselves, Nick Drake, Aesop Rock, El-P, Cannibal Ox, Boards of Canada, Brain Eno, The Buddha Machine, Casino vs. Japan, Christopher Willits, Dan Abrams, Deaf Center, Depeche Mode, Dettinger, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Markus Guentner, Michael Mayer, Mum, Scala,
Television
Lost, X-Files, Nova, Frontline, Man vs Wild, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, 30 Rock, The Discovery Channel, The Documentary Channel, Millennium, Miami Vice,
Books + Magazines
Einstein's Dreams, A Thousand Plateaus, Ocean of Sound, Applied Structural Steel Design, Building Construction Illustrated, Not Always So, Metropolis, Backpacker, ID, Dwell, Architectural Record, National Geographic,
Activities
Hiking, Wandering, Biking, Dreaming, Photography, Sketching, Sleeping In, Going Out, Staying In, Meditation
Interests
Architecture, Design, Graphics, Music, Photography, Lomography, Sustainability, Off-Grid Living, Modern Modular Houses, "Green" Architecture, Alternative Fuel Sources, Apple, Google, Minimal Lifestyle, Zen Buddhism, Convergent Technologies, Miniaturization, Global Thinking, Reduction of Waste, Conservation, Less Sprawl, Death with Dignity, Survival, Leave No Trace
Record Labels
12k, Mille Plateaux, Kompakt, Raster-Noton, Traum, Ritornell, Fat Cat, City Centre Offices, Line, Ash International, Touch, Sub Rosa, Alien 8, Definitive Jux, Mush, Anticon, Morr Music, Type
thought, Jul 20, 2007:
Build a Church!