Noisy gigs, big mountains, black clothes, easy cooking, a person called Will, coping with the pressures of genius
Music
THEN: Velvet Underground, Jesus and Mary Chain, Slint, Arab Strap, Fugazi, The Stranglers, Johnny Cash, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Man or Astroman, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Byrds, Beach Boys,
NOW: Mogwai, Shellac, The Fall, Julian Cope, Errors, Evan Dando, Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Yo La Tengo, Lightning Bolt, Music and Movement, Malcolm Middleton, Clinic, Chumbawamba, Dandy Warhols, Boredoms, Lungfish, Enablers, Dalek, Underworld, Red Sparrowes, Findo Gask, Ex-Wives, Hyenaboiz, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Fuck Buttons, Envy, Citizens, Lucky Luke, Akron Family, Stereo Total, Sigor Ros, David Pajo, The Early Years, Deerhoof, That Fucking Tank, Part Chimp, Some Young Pedro, 65 Days of Static, Kong, Remember Remember, The Twilight Sad, Ballboy, Mouse Eat Mouse, Les Enfant Bastard, Autechre, Battles, Alexander Tucker, Earth
Movies
Lord of the Rings, Thirty Nine Steps (with Robert Donat of course), Star Wars originals no prequel shite, The Great Escape, The Godfather trilogy, Three Days of the Condor, Beautiful Thing, Donnie Darko, Apocalypse Now, It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey, Laurel and Hardy classics, Amelie, City of God, Fargo, Bourne Trilogy
Television
Books
Authors damn you - Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh, Stephen Donaldson, Andy Warhol
Heroes
John Lydon, John Peel, Jean-Jacgues Burnel, no-one else called John I can think of....
About me: Well then - vehemently anti-religious, intolerant of intolerance (particularly of the religious variety!), left field, opinionated, passionate about music, fondness of laughter, lover of a good rant.
Raised in the Highlands of Scotland and a fluent Gaelic speaker, I left home aged 9 for successful careers with the Stranglers and Run Rig. A life long battle with solvent abuse didn't prevent completion of the Munros (Scotland's mountains higher than 3000 feet) in 2002. After successfully exposing the sordid illicit affair between Cardinal Thomas Winning (bigoted, homophobic catholic priest) and Brian Souter (bigoted, christian, homophobic scumfuck) to rabid scottish tabloids in 2004, I was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Musical and Spiritual Fascism from Glasgow University. Today, I live in the glorious bohemian community of Thornwood Partick working 18 hours per day on my next piece of non-fiction 'Christianity, the Fucker of all Religions'.
Who I'd like to meet: Those who dare to be creative, inspirational, mouthy, energetic, musically adventurous, inclined towards an alternative outlook on life and willing to buy me a drink.
Good news, opportunities to kick my arse in Glasgow are improving as I near a potential flat! Found a place, and now up to the point where I've sent off a tenancy agreement.
awww petal i have been ill and we have had to cancel all gigs til my surgeon pulls his finger out of his fat ass and does my ops! i am too sore to do gigs at mo...boooo we are all very sad infact we were greeting!! we are releasing a vinly soon though well our label is!! maybes u would still want us on yr show??? i will be back to do gigs as soon as i can tho. how have ya been??? loves claire xxxxxx
Well I'm now in Laos just now Allan, but thanks for the serenade. Its awesome here, a blend of jungle, Buddhism, French colonial architecture and Beer Lao. How's things with you, dude_ I'm missing the cool Glasgow climate.
hey man yeah i aint been about for a while, got a job and things and been payin off my debts
no money at the mo for gigs, so far i've managed to miss the big pink, health (who are probably playing right NOW :( ) maybe akron family and the dirty summer album show.... i'm trying not to think about it. its distressing.
and i found out jg ballard is dead, the world is a horrible place
aw thanks im coming up to glasgow next week i think, so ill def hook up with derek at some point with it being his birthday and that dunno . Londons alright man thanks for asking .
