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James's Interests
General
Music, drama, pointless facts, grisly stuff. And serial killers.
Music
Here's a list, with the greatest band listed FIRST, and others who deserve special mention in asterisks: Therapy?, 1000 Homo DJs, A Day Late In December, A Perfect Circle, the Accelerators, the AKAs, Alexisonfre, Anathema, Ape Of Death, Arsey Rob, At The Drive-In, *The Atoms*, Backyard Babies, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, the Beatsteaks, Biba, *Big Black*, Billy Bragg, The Birthday Party, The Black Alison, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Blood Brothers, The Bronx, *Butthole Surfers*, Buzzkill, Cable, Captain Beefheart, Cathedral, Clutch, The Cows, The Creem Wheels, Cyphers Dawn, Daughters, Dead By Dawn, *Dead Kennedys*, Death From Above 1979, Deftones, Deny The Accident, Descendents, Deserters, Devo, The Dictators, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dinosaur Jr, Dog Fashion Disco, Doctor Coca-Cola McDonalds, Dragonflies Draw Flame, Dresden Dolls, Drive Like Jehu, Earthtone9, Easy Green, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Ejectorseat, Elvis Is Dead, Embrace (Ian MacKaye's Embrace), Epideme, Escobar, *Faith No More*, *The Fall*, Fantomas, Felusia:End, fIREHOSE, *Fixit Kid*, Fugazi, Gang Of Four, Gay For Johnny Depp, *Ginger*, *Glassjaw*, Gorilla, *The Griswalds*, Hanzo Steel, Head Automatica, *Helmet*, Horrorpops, Hot Snakes, Howards Alias, *Husker Du*, Ikaruga, Ima Nemic, In Flight Program, James Warner Prophecies, Jello Biafra, Jesu, *Jesus Lizard*, Johnny Cash, Johnny Domino, Joy Division, *Killing Joke*, *King Prawn*, Lard, *Lardpony*, Left Side Brain, *Less Than Jake*, Lightning Bolt, The Little Explorer, *The Locust*, LostAlone, Lou Barlow, Lou Reed, Mad Capsule Markets, Made Out Of Babies, Madness, Marmaduke Duke, Mars Volta, Mascot Fight, MC5, *mclusky*, The McQueens, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Melvins, Mike Watt, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Minions, Ministry, The Minor Fall, Minor Threat, Minutemen, Mission Of Burma, Morning Star, *Morrissey*, *Mr Bungle*, Mr Wolf, *Mudhoney*, My Psychoanalyst, Napalm Death, *Nine Inch Nails*, NOFX, October File, Operation Ivy, Pailhead, Paradise Lost, Part Chimp, Peeping Tom, Pigface, *Pitchshifter*, *Plans And Apologies*, The Poundstretchers, PTP, Public Image Ltd, Punish The Atom, *The Queers*, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, *Ramones*, Rapeman, Reel Big Fish, Refused, Replacements, Residents, Revolting Cocks, ***Rocket From The Crypt***, Rollins Band, The Scarlet Tuesday, Secret Chiefs 3, *Shellac*, Silver Ginger 5, Skull Tanker, Slint, *The Smiths*, Some Girls, Sparks, The Stooges, Suitable Case For Treatment, Super Shit 666, *The Swarm*, System Of A Down, Television, *Terrorvision*, Test Icicles, This Is Menace, Throbbing Gristle, Throw Stephanie In The Incinerator, *Tom Waits*, Tomahawk, Tool, *Turbonegro*, The Velvet Underground, ***The Wildhearts***, Wolf Eyes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, *You Judas*, YouNoGoDie, You Slut!, Yourcodenameis:Milo, *The Zatopeks*... Yeah, just a small list...
Movies
Lemme see, 24 Hour Party People, Reservoir Dogs, Dead Man's Shoes, The Big Lebowski, Godfather Parts 1 & 2, Airplane!, Naked Gun, Dog Day Afternoon, Taxi Driver, Blazing Saddles, The Producers (the original, not seen the remake), Shaun Of The Dead, Apocalypse Now, Annie Hall, Pulp Fiction, A Room For Romeo Brass, This Is England, Midnight Cowboy, the Witchfinder General, Hot Fuzz, the Proposition, all four Monty Python films, Youg Frankenstein... that's all I can think of right now.
Television
I can think of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI, A Bit Of Fry And Laurie, Mock The Week, Peep Show, The Mitchell And Webb Situation, That Mitchell And Webb Look, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lead Balloon, The Day Today, I'm Alan Partridge, Red Dwarf, The Simpsons, Futurama, early Family Guy, the Fast Show, Six Feet Under, Extras... basically, mostly comedy, as you can see.
Books
Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad, Rip It Up And Start Again by Simon Reynolds, Learning To Labour by Paul Willis. Plus a shiteload of old Viz annuals. I'd like to appear more intellectual than that... but I'd be lying.
Heroes
Andy Cairns, Michael McKeegan, Neil Cooper, Fyfe Ewing, Martin McCarrick, Graham Hopkins, Ginger, Jello Biafra, Al Jourgensen, Steve Albini, Peter Cook, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Ian Hislop, Bill Bailey, Mike Patton, John Reis, David Mitchell, Charlie Brooker, just... general... people... I think...
About me: Hello. I am James. I am from Derby. I go to De Montfort University in Leicester, so I now live more in Leicester than in Derby. I could write something more interesting than this, but when I try I get carried away and look like a prick, so instead, here's a calm, rational and rather dull summation of my life. Still more interesting than saying 'i lyk pussy1' or 'OMG I <3 MCR!!!1' or some of the crap other people can spout.
Who I'd like to meet: I've met Andy Cairns and Neil Cooper, so that leaves Michael McKeegan... Ginger... John Reis... basically, members of bands I like and such. And Stephen Fry. God bless you, Stephen Fry.
i'm missing academia that much i have just purchased a book about death and burial in the middle ages off amazon. is that sad?! i feel like my brain is dying a bit recently so hopefully it'll get the old grey matter moving again!
how are you anyway? been up to much recently? any more moments of senility from father?
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by the way i feel i should apologise properly for having a go at my graduation. i was very stressed and tired cause it was all formal and i was so sodding hot in those robes. me and hot weather don't mix!
**BANDS** READ THIS Any bands who turn upto this event and sign in with their details will be given gigs through the rest of this year, and get help with future promo. SO GET YOUR BAND DOWN!! ALSO IF BANDS WISH TO BRING CD'S OR CLOTHING TO SELL, PLEASE DO, YOU MIGHT BE GIVEN A TABLE TO SELL THEM, AND GET THE CHANCE TO GO ON STAGE TO ADVERTISE THEM!
The premier of "A Taste Of Derby" is TOMORROW at The Vic Inn, Derby. As there's going to be many A Taste Of Derby events, it would be nice to have a good turn out at the 1st one!
Then AGAIN at The Vic Inn the day after, Monday 7th July with A Poetic Yesterday (signed to Rising Records!) & Waking Theo!
Alright man if you and Kevin or anyone else with you is coming if you give us a list of names we can get you a whole £1 of the entrnace fee for Wednesday at the Vic! Hope your still coming or your near nakedness will be sorely missed!
You can also state which band your mainly going to see when putting your name down for advance tickets for the show, so please make sure you put down Thy Insanity (if we are the band of course :P)
This year Peak Promotion have organised a Battle of the Bands competition in conjunction with Y-Not Festivals. The winner of the final an open-air event (details to be announced soon on www. ynotfestivals. com/battle) where the winner will open this years Y-Not Festival on the 1st of August!
