Being a chef i'm well into experimenting with food, fusing different styles and flavours to create new dishes for my menu's, my other main passion is writing and music journalism. I also love tracking and collecting vinyl, checking out live arts of any kind, mainly music, travelling the world and sampling new cultures, Mods and Vespa/Lambretta scootering, Liverpool F.C, Bourbon and red wines, ALSO...trying new shit and laying off the old shit! generally being happy and having fun whenever possible!!!!
Music
Influences growing up as a kid (through my mum and sisters!) varied from Elvis, Soul/Motown and Mod groups to 60's pop, Glam and Bowie. First music I bought for myself was T-Rex "21st Century Boy", I was about 11 and from that day i've also loved....Kraftwerk and anything electro growing up in the 80's including Erasure (Yeah, I know FUCK OFF!!!), Gary Numan, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode and Ultravox / Visage....onto my real loves...... The Doors, Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, Love, The Kinks, The Beatles and Lennon, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Small Faces, Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett, The Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppellin....Neil Young, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Jam, Joy Division, The Clash...Bob Marley, Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Reggae....then the explosion of Detroit Techno and Chicago House.... The Charlatans, Inspiral Carpets, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, New Order....The Acid Jazz years..Mother Earth, Corduroy, Brand New Heavies, James Taylor Quartet, Jamiroquai, Gilles Peterson & Talkin' Loud....Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Classic Jazz....Funkadelic/Parliament, Gil-Scott Heron, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder.....Wu Tang Clan, N.W.A, Public Enemy, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Jurrasic 5, De La Soul, Juba Dance.....Innovative British Techno..Cristian Vogel, Neil Landstrumm, Si Begg, Tobias Schmidt, etc, Super_Collider......Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Cast, Shed Seven, Kula Shaker, Gomez, The Verve, Turin Brakes,.......Beck, Ian Brown, Unkle, Death In Vegas, The Bays, David Holmes, Mr Scruff, St Germain, Portishead, Elliot Smith, Paul Weller, Finlay Quaye, Beth Orton, Amy Winehouse, Morcheeba, Zero 7, Big Boss Man......Matt Deighton, The Libertines, The Mooney Suzuki, Kings Of Leon, The Black Keys....Jamie Lidell, Matthew Herbert, DJ Format, Kasabian, The Coral, The Zutons, The Bees, Babyshambles, The Dirty Pretty Things, Jet, Arctic Monkeys, Humanzi, The Rapture, Archie Bronson Outfit, Little Barrie, The New Mastersounds, The Sunshine Underground, The Go! Team, The Fratellis, The Greenhornes, Figure5, Gossip, Foals, The Draytones, Howling Bells, Guillemots, The Rumble Strips, Noisettes, 1990's, The Enemy, The On-Offs, The Law, Guile, The Bongolian, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Cage The Elephant and local unsigned's The New Delamores, The Voltaires, Samuel Thornton, Shatner, ..plus loads of other cool shit I forgot!!!!
Movies
Pulp Fiction, A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, From Dusk till Dawn, Reservoir Dogs, Casino, El Mariachi, Kill Bill, Goodfellas, Desperado, Jackie Brown, Panic In Needle Park, Mean Streets, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, Natural Born Killers, Donnie Brasco, True Romance, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Rocky (1-4), The Wicker Man (original!), Once Upon A Time In Mexico (& America!), Apocolypse Now, The Game, Scum, The Firm (UK), Scarface, Donnie Darko, Star Wars, Quadrophenia, McVicar, Made In Britain, The Wall, Trainspotting, The Doors, Dead Man's Shoes, A Room For Romeo Brass, The Shining, Porn, Nil By Mouth, Carlito's Way, Enter The Dragon, Shaun of the Dead, Easy Rider, The Deer Hunter, 24Hour Party People, Deep Throat, Rambo:First Blood, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, The Matrix(Trilogy), Bad Lieutenant, Shawshank Redemption, Latin Onion Booties 3, The Lost Boys, Sexy Beast, Vanilla Sky, Arlington Road, Zoolander.....and more recently... Wedding Crashers, Nacho Libre, A Scanner Darkly, Smokin'Aces, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last King of Scotland, Hot Fuzz, Factory Girl, Zodiac, American Gangster, No Country For Old Men, Rambo, Control and The Happening (which is much better than most PRICK critics make out!!)
Television
Flight Of The Concordes, Mighty Boosh, League of Gentlemen, Peep Show, Extras, Saxondale, Porn, Match of the Day, 4 Music, The Office, Pheonix Nights, Blue Planet, Any Wildlife, Nighty Night, Shameless, My Name is Earl, Everybody Loves Raymond, Jackass, Steve-O, Alan Partridge, Starsky and Hutch, The A Team, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider, The Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy, Cow & Chicken, World's Strongest Man, Family Guy, Jonathon Ross Show, Soccer A.M, Later With Jools Holland, Transmission, Seven Ages Of Rock.... Big Brother!!! (Fuck Off I'm Joking!!)
Books
Hunter.S.Thompson (The Man!), Irvine Welsh (Glue, The Acid House, Filth, The Maribou Stork Nightmares, Trainspotting & Porno), Aldous Huxley, William Burroghs' 'Naked Lunch' & 'Junky' , J.G.Ballard....The Sharper Word, Kiss Me Judas, The Damage Done, Scar Tissue, Killing Pablo, The Dice Man, American Psycho, Mr Nice, Addicted, No One Here Gets Out Alive, On The Road (..and more Kerouac), Margrave of the Marshes, Instant Party, John, 1984, The Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette (Do magazine's count??..ah well...!!) Vibrations, Rhubarb Bomb, No-Title, NME (for my sins!!), Crash, Mojo, Reverb, Uncut, Plan B....
Heroes
No REAL heroes, My Sisters, Niece and Nephew are cool as fuck and my real friends are all great. The rest are just cool folk, whom I respect??..John Lennon, Steve Mariott, Jim Morrison, Pete Townshend, Steven Gerrard........
About me: Alright there folks!! Hope you're all happy and well.. I'll tell you a little bit about me, but communication works so much better!! I'm a 31 year old mod chef who also loves to write and teach. I live in crazy Bangkok, Thailand ..which makes me a Yorkshire farang with a weird name!
Wherever you are, this crazy, fooked up world requires simple things to keep it spinning in the right direction!... smiles, honesty, humour, trust, communication..to name a few, but really..'All You Need Is Love' (sound familiar!?!) and the rest should follow anyway.
Sorry for the manifesto!, but in Absolute Time...What Goes Round Comes Around. So, that's kind of set the scene, and I can fill in the blanks later!!!. S
Who I'd like to meet: I do like meeting new people...Anyone with something to say really, but not talking shite for the sake of conversation!! Interesting folks and humorous characters are always welcome! Someone with a bit of that unexplainable spark about them or with an inner glow!! Genuine people and genuinely nice people!!! No time for cunts!!! I like individuals who say what and how they are feeling and who stand up for what they believe in. Obviously, it makes it easier if we have something in common but that's not essential. In fact that really doesn't matter at all...I'm talking shit!!!
So in short....I'll talk to anyone and every fucker, providing they've got something decent to say! Stay cool wont'cha!!
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North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
Eh up Sascha. How is all your way. All is good here and thanks for the birthday wishes. I am on facebook I will be sure to have a prowl for you. Is Thailand treating you well then. Regards
Just thought i'd post you a little message to let you know Vinnie & The Stars second single "Spaceship Blues" released on IVOLV Digital is now available for digital download on iTunes, Play. com, Amazon. com, Napster, Deezer, and many more. The single also features two live B-sides "Dreaming" and "Spaceship Blues" recorded at the Sheffield Boardwalk supporting The Martin Harley Band.
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You can preview the tracks on our myspace player, Please check em out and let us know what you think.
can you please sign in to our new webpage.....its easy done......type in your name and email adress on our myspace page....this will give you updates on all upand coming gigs , releases, and much more........thanks for your time....xxx
FINALLY got the E.P. launch night booked - 26th November at The Library if you're about. Can't do next weekend in Wakey 'cos I'm in London but hope it goes well. If you send us your address again I'll send you a copy of the CD for review.
hey dude, hows it going? I posted off a copy of us single to no title today give us a shout if you want want posting to a personal address and drop us one to post it too.
you should come check out friday at carpe diem, free entry cracking line-up
11:30 - 12:00 - Don't Look Down 10:45 - 11:15 - 4 Letter Holiday 10:00 - 10:30 - Vinnie & The Stars 09:15 - 09:45 - Danny Pig & No Change 08:30 - 09:00 - Don't Tell Rachel 07:45 - 08:15 - Hayley Gaftarnick
Hi Sascha. Just a quick heads up to let you know Grant's sent you the album. Let me know if you haven't received it within the week and I'll get another copy out to you!
Thanks for the message. Of course we can send you a copy direct. Could you just send me your address again, in case Grant doesn't have it any more? Cheers mate!
Hi Sascha. Thanks for the message, and thanks also for the feature in the June NoTitle, I was really pleased with it. You are too kind really! There's no need to remind Grant - I think he's already sent a copy to Nadine, so hopefully it'll come your way soon.
ha yeah it was the crazy passion night, loved meeting michael i did, what about that nice pen knife bloke, he actually scared me! oh and "have you stolen my nail polish" ha couldnt make that shit up! aww im chuffed that you've sorted a ticket for thailand you have a scream! when and where is your leaving do, i'l be there for sure take care mr xx
Eyup love. Going on tour on fri so wont be around till the end of september. Cant remember when it it that youre leaving but WOW THAILAND Let me know how things go. Love Rose
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