..23, aestheticism, anime, Bill Hicks, body mod, chaos, coffee, ctrl-alt-del, dada, darkwave, deathrock, digital hardcore, eris, existentialism, freedom, geek jokes, gender ambiguity, generation x, gore, goth, guitars, hats, heightened consciousness, horror, keyboards, l33t, love (REAL love), magick, makeup, manga, PC gaming, painting, penny arcade, philosophy, poetic terrorism, psychedelia, punk cabaret, quantum physics, roleplaying, romance, serial killers, sheffield, slave labor graphics, softsynths, steampunk, surrealism, teasing script kiddies, thanatos, webcomics, z? and ZOMBIES.
Music
..(The real musical love affairs are bolded): Dresden Dolls, Bright Eyes, AFI, The Cult, The Levellers, Queen Adreena, Combichrist, Alien Sex Fiend, Alice In Chains, Infected Mushroom, Bella Morte, Jack Off Jill, Haujobb, Queen, Opeth, Ben Folds, And One, Mindless Self Indulgence, :wumpscut:, NIN, The Smiths, Die Sektor, Specimen, The Ramones, The Postal Service, Rico, Led Zep, David Bowie, Front Line Assembly, The Prodigy, Lord of Acid, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Bloc Party, Radiohead, Joy Division, Alec Empire, Screaming Banshee Aircrew (who I have played alongside, and who are lovely), The Cure, Uberbyte, Death Cab For Cutie, Abney Park, The Cult, Jane's Addiction, At The Drive In, Dr Steel, Seraphim Shock, Mindless Faith, Katzenjammer Kabarett, Lords of Acid, Cinema Strange, Faderhead, The Mission, Killing Joke, The Last Dance, New Model Army, The Cruxshadows, Hanin Elias. Mostly post punk, electro/industrial, prog, and all sorts of gubbins.
Movies
..All time favourites would include Clockwork Orange, Alien, Advent Children, Natural Born Killers, Oldboy, Audition, Ghost In The Shell, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, The Usual Suspects, Saw (I & II seen so far), Event Horizon, The Fifth Element, Bubbleboy, Fight Club, American History X (or anything else with Ed Norton), Trainspotting, The Warriors, The Machinist, the original Star Wars trilogy, 28 Days Later, anything with Zombies in, and so on.
Television
Comedy quiz shows (I learn a lot from QI. True story.), Family Guy, Peep Show, Heroes, Rome, Jeremy Kyle(!). I don't actually really watch TV any more...
Books
Camus, Sartre, Nietzsche, Crowley, Orwell, Irvine Welsh, Iain Banks, Terry Pratchett, Jack Kerouac, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Aldous Huxley (for leaving the Door of Perception just ajar enough for me to peek through), Hunter S Thompson (for walking straight out of it and locking it behind him), Poppy Z Brite, Hakim Bey, Anne Rice, Tolkien, Terry Brooks, Alan Dean Foster, Frank Herbert, Dan Abnett, BRET EASTON ELLIS!
About me: Hey, I'm Andy. Add me, message me, anything you care to do. I'm friendly, honest.
I've just finished a degree in Philosophy (*groan*) at the University of Sheffield. I'm not living in Newcastle Under Lyme preparing to begin a 2 year course to make me into an IT teacher. Go figure.
So yeah, I game. PC and 360. Current MMO of choice = Guild Wars, for the lulz.
I used to have a lot of principles, but I've pruned those back now. I consider myself quite spiritual, with discordian/chaote leanings, but I'm a little hazy on that at the moment. Magick 8-Ball says 'Ask Again Later'.
Other than that, I'm a moderate in most things. I dislike radical political positions of all persuasions, and I find it very difficult to get along with anyone who holds a particularly hardline ideology to heart, though I will try if they're sincere enough about what they stand for, and don't presume that I'd be better off if I agreed with them- I'm quite happy as a non-communist, non-conservative, non-christian, non-vegan, thank you. Just a caution, I guess.
As I said above, one of the things I'm particularly interested in at the moment is psychedelia, but more broadly all activities resulting in altered states of consciousness- various religious practises, ritual, meditation, aural stimulation etc., and in a sense mental illness also. If you have anything to say about any of these things, I'd really like to hear from you. I'm not doing anything as formal as a study, but there's lots I want to learn about.
Anyway, that's about all you need to know about me that isn't summed up by that big old list of interests over to the left. If there's anything I haven't covered that you want to know, just go ahead and ask. I'm easy going and pretty open.
I can be MSN'd at drearydada@hotmail.co.uk
I'm not online that often, but I'll talk to anyone.
The beard is out of action briefly until I decide what to do with it.(< / End Beardwatch Update>)
Who I'd like to meet: Fun people. Psychonauts. Intellectuals (even pretentious ones of the coffee shop variety). People with alternative spiritual beliefs, or way out lifestyles. Musicians. The mentally ill (genuinely, I'm not being a dick). Them... readers.
thanks again, yeah I'm trying to stay away from that stereotypical sound it's good to hear I'm succeeding haha, by all means promote away of course I dont mind :D
It will be available at both of KIK's Album Launch Gigs at Sheffield's The Corporation on Friday August 1st (£5 entry) and London Camden's Festival Of Sins on Saturday August 9th (£7 entry, say that you've come to see KIK at the London gig and you will get £2 off your entry fee).
It will then be available on KIK's Myspace from 11th August. The first run of 'RockScar' will be in a 'Special Edition Digi-pack with full colour 12 page booklet featuring 14 songs and the price is going to no more than £10 inc p+p to the UK and Worldwide.
You can be a part of the exclusive KIK Street Team by contacting the Street Team on our Myspace. You can help us to flyer future gigs and help us advertise upcoming releases and you'll get reduced entry KIK gig tickets and special offers on KIK merchandise and all future releases, also access to exclusive downloads.
we did it ourselves lol with 2 crappy mics and cool edit pro lol!! we're entering battle of the bands at snafu aswell this year...and yeah its carl again
how come you're moving back here? and to be honest, we don't hang out in rotherham any more...none of the ol' "motley crue" hang out at all really....and i'm working while late on thursday, so i won't be making an appearance to that i'm affraid....would be good to see ya again though...
Hey im sure youll be at uni in no time... good luck anyways hun! not that youll need it :D
Yep snafu and No.10 havent been destroyed by the chavs just yet... we dont really go out all that much cos im usually skint lol... But i was planning to go out and part on the 11th July to the corp :D but if your ever in need of some drinking buddies and were free then give us a text and im sure we could come have a drink with you ^_^
However might be a drag to get gary out into rotherham from what i remember.
Hope your feeling well ^_^
JayJay
p.s. In other news im making my own synthetic dreads.... know anything about them?! lol
Just thought id drop you a line and see how your doing! Your exams over now? What you up too nowa days?! We should all go to the corp again since last time want that great and ended early! i promise to feed Simon this time before coming out LOL.
Anyways hope your well and hope to see you and Gary soon!
YOYO. Yeah, was very crowded in that small room, but I actually prefer it in there (when there are less people) because it seems to sound better. Syn was HORRIBLY crowded too. No room to dance. I was sandwiched between dancers with wildly flailing limbs and a couple who REALLY NEEDED TO GET A ROOM. No, I really CAN NOT STAND Deviant UK. foul music. ARGH, don't mention Combichrist to me. I would LOVE to see them, but I'm in Franceland when they're playing! That will be crowded though - last time they played the big room it was sold out. urk.
Hopefully it's not too late to tell you about our next gig, it's tomorrow (or perhaps tonight by the time you read this!) Fri March 9th.
It's a memorial gig for Sophie Lancaster and an awareness raiser for the SOPHIE campaign. S.O.P.H.I. E Stands for Stamp Out Prejudice Hatred and Intolerance Everywhere
The venue is Corporation Nightclub. Tickets are £5 adv Doors 7:30
For those of you who are unaware. Sophie Lancaster was kicked to death during a brutal attack on her and her partner as they walked home one night in their home town of Bacup, Lancashire. The reason why they were singled out for this horrific attack was because they were different, belonging to the gothic subculture. Attacks like this are all too common, i can't think of anyone belonging to a subculture that hasn't been attacked, threatened or verbally abused as a direct result of their chosen form of self-expression, gothic or otherwise.
Dyonisis are playing a memorial gig on the 9th of May along with Novus UK, Joolz Denby, and NYAAA (New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack). If you live in the area please come down and show your support.
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