Rabble-rousing intellectual. Documentary maker, cyclist, crafty cook. Playful and serious. Looking for a bright and engaged conversationalist, someone who is passionately engaged in their work, above all honest, and likes to get physical.

Working full time at a new public radio station with a social justice mission and an experimental bent. I make story pieces for the air and mentor the uninitiated on how to make radio. My other big preoccupation is riding and occasionally racing bikes, although I'm just getting back into racing and training after a year of being injured. I really enjoy track racing, and I'm planning to try some cyclocross this fall.

Listening.

Big smile, big personality. Pretty frank and up-front, sharp and funny.

Books/Authors: Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek, all non-fiction by George Orwell, collected essays of John Berger, On Photography by Susan Sontag, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Commetbus, Art Spiegelman, anything illustrated by Dave McKean. I always look for Malcolm Gladwell's pieces in the New Yorker and Erroll Morris' pieces in the NY Times.

Music: Any Tropicalia but especially Os Mutantes and Caetano Veloso, Elvis Costello (swoon), the Jayhawks, Dirty Projectors, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Daniel Johnston, Black Forrest/Black Sea, Mudboy, Deertick, Death Vessell, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Etta James, Flashpapr, Grizzly Bear, Joanna Newsome, Johnny Cash, Laurie Anderson, Lungfish, Ted Leo, The Mountain Goats, Nat Baldwin, Sleater-Kinney, Vic Chestnutt...too many to name, really.

Food: sushi, Indian, Thai, any good vegetarian.

Movies (& ok TV): Herzog (My Best Fiend, Woodcarver Steiner, Nosferatu, more), the Wire, Lost, True Blood, 2046 by Wong Kar Wai, Apocalypse Now, Erroll Morris, er, X-Men (yeah), Project Runway, Walk the Line, This American Life, CHRIS MARKER (Sans Soleil), Vertigo. Too many to remember here.

Collard greens, my bike(s), a transistor radio, sunshine, friends, intellectual stimulation.

I'm endlessly curious about people so I guess I spend a lot of time thinking about the people in my life and what makes them tick.

I think about my work, even when I'm not working on it. Good? Bad? Maybe just part of my process.

I dunno...this is kind of a funny question. I need to think about it some more.

Hanging out at a backyard barbecue, biking around, checking out a show somewhere, or recovering from the week.

I've had a rough year. Between getting hit by a car last June, suffering a bad break up and dealing with illness in my family, I've had a lot to contend with. Generally I'm a pretty strong person, but all of these things have really tested that mental strength. I think I'm doing pretty well now though, and that maybe I've come out the other side.

You are an intellectually curious, creative, don't take yourself too seriously, no bs kind of guy. If you're emotionally open. If you're intrigued by what you read. If you want to ride around town, go explore some abandoned train bridges or sit on the stoop and drink gin and tonic out of a mason jar. Tall and bearded are always a plus!

NOTE: I'd prefer if you didn't IM me, unless we've already talked or have some kind of QuickMatch 4/5 stars thing going on. I'm just usually not in the mood to make small talk via instant messenger and I think it's a really sub-par form of communication to be reserved for slow days at the office.