Music is what I am mainly about! You can usually find me listening to CDs, at a gig or doing something to do with music. I have a blue Ford Ka & it takes us to a lot of gigs to venues around the country but usually up North as my nerves are slowly getting less & less as I get older! New York is my favourite place in the entire world, I have been 4 times & it really is amazing, some days I think i'd like to live there. I like the USA in general, I've been to Las Vegas, Hollywood & San Francisco too which were all great places! Other than that I am a HUGE fan of music, I have 4000+ CD's now & I am running out of room! I have a Creative 30g digital player & it is awesome, highly recommended above Apple! I love collecting music related items such as limited CDs, art work, t-shirts, 7 inch vinyls & posters....anything that looks cool! I also like guinea pigs, gerbils, curry, cardigans, vans, skechers, vodka, stripes, stars, Paul Frank designs and ..KFC! I live about 20 miles away from the city of Hull, the only good things I can think of about my city are the following: The Beautiful South & The Housemartins are from Hull, the Empress pub has the best jukebox in existance (you can have Midlake, Neil Diamond, Chumbawumba, the Flaming Lips & Dolly Parton with Kenny Rogers all for £1) The Deep is a great attraction & lastly, the first Twilight Singers album was partly recorded in Hull..(little known fact)!! I can't stand any music that is saturating the airwaves or (usually) anything that graces the front of the 'rag' the NME! I am definitely more of an Uncut reader....I love Paste magazine but It costs too much per issue in the UK! I also like Blender & Filter & wish you could buy it over here for as cheap as it costs in the USA! ..
Music
AC/DC~ Ryan Adams*~ Aerosmith*~ Alice In Chains~ Alien Crime Syndicate~ Alkaline Trio~ Kyle Andrews~ Animal Collective~ Arcade Fire*~ Joseph Arthur*~ Autumn Defense~ Avett Brothers~ Axe Riverboy~ The Band~ Band Of Horses~ Barenaked Ladies~ Devendra Barnhart~ Battles*~ Beach Boys~ The Beatles~ The Beautiful South*~ Beck*~ Howie Beck~ The Bees (US)*~ Beirut~ Belle & Sebastian~ Brendan Benson*~ Dan Bern~ The Besnard Lakes~ Bonnie Prince Billy~ Andrew Bird~ Gus Black~ The Black Crowes*~ The Black Keys~ Blanche*~ Blink 182*~ Brad~ Bright Eyes*~ Broken Social Scene~ Jon Brion~ Zach Broocke~ Findlay Brown*~ James Brown*~ Jeff Buckley~ Buffalo Tom~ John Butler Trio~ Calexico~ Califone~ Bill Callahan~ Hayes Carll~ Cary Brothers~ Johnny Cash~ Nick Cave~ Centromatic~ Cherry Ghost~ Joe Chester~ Jarvis Cocker*~ Coconut Records~ Jason Collett~ Chris Cornell~ Matt Costa~ Counting Crows*~ Crash Test Dummies~ The Clash~ The Cure~ Trent Dabbs~ Evan Dando~ SH Davidson~ Death Cab For Cutie*~ Death From Above 1979*~ The Decemberists~ Def Leppard~ Denim~ Desaparecidos~ Destroyer~ Dgeneration~ Dinosaur Jr~ Dixie Chicks~ DNTEL~ Luke Doucet*~ Nick Drake~ Bob Dylan~ Steve Earle~ Easyworld~ Eels*~ Electric Servants Of Righteousness~ Empire Of The Sun~ Alejandro Escovedo~ Espers~ The Faces~ The Faint~ Jad Fair~ Faith No More~ Fall Out Boy~ Jay Farrar~ Fastball~ The Felice Brothers~ The Flaming Lips*~ Fleet Foxes~ Ben Folds/Five~ Foo Fighters*~ David Ford~ Jeffrey Foucault~ Fountains Of Wayne~ The Fray~ Stephen Fretwell*~ John Frusciante~ Get Cape Wear Cape Fly!*~ The Ghosts~ Ben Gibbard~ Gin Blossoms~ Go Betweens~ Gogol Bordello~ Jacob Golden~ Teddy Goldstein~ Jose Gonzalez*~ The Good Life~ Goo Goo Dolls~ Grant Lee Buffalo~ Great Lake Swimmers~ Adam Green*~ Green Day*~ Jackie Greene~ Guillemots~ Guns & Roses*~ Guster~ Gym Class Heroes~ Hal*~ Half Japanese~ Ed Harcourt*~ Richard Hawley*~ Hayden~ Heatmiser~ Paul Heaton~ Hellogoodbye~ Jimi Hendrix~ Joe Henry~ Ari Hest~ Micah P Hinson*~ Will Hoge~ Holding The Void~ The Hold Steady*~ Homespun*~ Hootie & The Blowfish~ Hot Club De Paris~ The Housemartins~ Neilson Hubbard~ Husker Du~ Iron Maiden~ Iron & Wine~ Sam Isaac~ Bon Iver~ Jayhawks~ Jay Z~ Mason Jennings~ Jimmy Eat World*~ Joe Marc's Brother~ Will Johnson~ Damien Jurado~ Stephen Kellogg~ Will Kimbrough~ Kings Of Convenience~ Kings Of Leon~ Jeff Klein*~ Alison Krauss~ Ben Kweller~ Lambchop*~ Ray Lamontagne*~ Mark Lanegan~ Led Zeppelin~ Luke Leighfield~ Jens Lekman*~ The Lemonheads~ Sondre Lerche~ Les Savy Fav~ Jeffrey Lewis*~ Jenny Lewis~ Lightspeed Champion*~ Live~ Lullaby For The Working Class~ Lupe Fiasco~ Loretta Lynn~ Kirsty Maccoll~ Magnet*~ Magnetic Fields~ Magnolia Electric Co~ Jesse Malin*~ Stephen Malkmus~ Marah~ Marcy Playground~ Major Matt Mason*~ Matchbox 20~ Scott Matthews*~ Matt Pond PA~ John Mayer~ Paul McCartney~ Erin McKeown*~ Jon Mclaughlin~ David Mead~ Meat Puppets~ Mercury Rev~ Midlake*~ Rhett Miller~ Minibar~ Modest Mouse~ Modlang~ Mojave 3~ Moldy Peaches~ Morrissey~ Motley Crue*~ Jason Mraz~ Mark Mulcahy*~ Shawn Mullins~ My Morning Jacket~ Nada Surf~ Matt Nathanson~ The National~ Willie Nelson~ N.E.R.D~ NQ Arbuckle*~ Now It's Overhead~ Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band~ Okkervil River~ Will Oldham~ Scott Orr~ Palace~ Pajo~ Panda Bear~ Papa M~ Papercuts~ Dolly Parton~ Pavement~ Pearl Jam*~ Jack Penate*~ Perishers*~ Curt Perkins~ Elvis Perkins~ Pernice Brothers~ Peter Bjorn & John*~ Tom Petty~ Jason M Phelan~ Phoenix~ Joe Pisapia~ Pixies*~ Port O'Brien~ Posion~ Robert Post~ Postal Service~ Sam Prekop~ Chuck Prophet*~ Pulp~ Josh Pyke*~ Queen~ Raconteurs~ Joshua Radin~ Radish~ Rage Against The Machine*~ Ramones~ Rancid~ Red Hot Chili Peppers*~ Fionn Regan*~ The Replacements~ Gruff Rhys~ Johnathan Rice~ Lionel Richie*~ Richmond Fontaine*~ Rilo Kiley~ Josh Ritter*~ Rival Schools~ Rogue Wave~ Rolling Stones~ Robert Roth~ Josh Rouse*~ Justin Rutledge*~ Matthew Ryan~ Sadies*~ Satchel~ Walter Schreifels~ Screaming Trees~ Seasick Steve~ Ron Sexsmith~ Shaky Hands~ She & Him~ She's Spanish I'm American~ The Shins*~ The Silver Seas*~ Silversun Pickups~ Simple Kid~ The Sleepy Jackson~ Slint~ Elliott Smith*~ The Smiths~ Smog~ Snoop Dogg*~ Snow Patrol~ Son Ambulance~ Sonic Youth~ Soul Asylum~ Soundgarden~ South San Gabriel~ Sparklehorse*~ Spinto Band~ Spoon~ Bruce Springsteen~ Starlight Mints*~ Status Quo~ Paul Steel~ Stella~ Sufjan Stevens~ Rod Stewart*~ The Stills~ Chris Stills~ Tommy Stinson*~ Kelley Stoltz~ Storys~ Strays Don't Sleep*~ The Strokes~ Styrofoam~ Super Furry Animals~ Supersuckers~ Richard Swift~ System Of A Down~ Tacks The Boy Disaster~ Tahiti 80~ Daniel Tashian~ Teenage Fanclub~ William Tell~ Tellison~ Luke Temple~ The Thermals*~ Rob Thomas~ J Tillman~ Teddy Thompson~ Luke Toms~ Train~ Trans AM~ Transplants~ Thomas Truax*~ Jeff Tweedy~ Twilight Singers~ Two Gallants~ 2 Many DJ's~ Ugly Casanova~ Uncle Tupelo~ The Used*~ John Vanderslice~ Van Halen~ Suzanne Vega*~ The Veils*~ Velvet Revolver*~ Vetiver*~ Rufus Wainwright~ Tom Waits~ Chris Walla~ M Ward~ Waz~ Kanye West~ Matt Wertz~ The What Four~ Wheat~ Whiskeytown~ Whitest Boy Alive~ Jim White~ The White Stripes*~ Wilco*~ Lucinda Williams~ Pharrell Williams~ Denison Witmer*~ Stevie Wonder~ Hawksley Workman~ Yo La Tengo~ Pete Yorn~ Neil Young~ The Young Knives*....but I won't be found with my head stuck in the NME!! The ones with the star * next to them are the ones i've seen live! In addition the record labels I am a big supporter of are: Bedroom Classics, Drag City, Domino (although not for the Arctic Monkeys/Franz Ferdinand!), Loose, Sub Pop, Lonely Astronaut, Secretly Canadian, Fargo, Merge & Six Shooter Records.
Movies
About Schmidt,
Alice In Wonderland,
Almost Famous,
Amelie,
American Beauty,
American Splendor,
Anchorman,
Annie Hall,
Antz,
Aviator,
Batman (all, except Batman & Robin!)
Belleville Rendezvous,
Best In Show,
Big Fish,
Big Lebowski,
Blade,
Blades Of Glory,
Bombon El Perro,
Boogie Nights,
Brick,
Bruce Almighty,
Buffalo 66,
Cape Fear,
Casino,
Castle Of Cagliostro,
Cat Returns,
Chicago,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
Clerks,
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind,
Dan In Real Life,
Deconstructing Harry,
Delicatessan,
The Departed,
Devil & Daniel Johnston,
Devil's Advocate,
Don't Look Back,
Dumbo,
Edward Scissorhands,
Elizabethtown,
Empire Records,
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind,
Everyone Says I Love You,
Everything Is Illuminated,
Fahrenheit 9/11,
Fight Club,
Finding Nemo,
For Your Consideration,
Galaxy Quest,
Godfather,
Goodfellas,
Good Will Hunting,
Goonies,
Grave Of The Fireflies,
Grease,
Grease 2,
Green Mile,
Gremlins,
Hairspray,
Half Nelson,
Hannibal,
Harry Potter(s),
Heart Of Gold (Neil Young),
Heat,
Hellboy,
High Fidelity,
Holes,
Home Alone 1 & 2,
Howl's Moving Castle,
I Heart Huckabees,
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (Wilco),
I'm Not There,
Indiana Jones,
Iron Man,
Jerry Maguire,
Kiki's Delivery Service,
Kite Runner,
Leon,
Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou,
Little Miss Sunshine,
Little Shop Of Horrors,
Magolia,
Mallrats,
Mamma Mia,
Manhattan,
Man In The Sand (Billy Bragg/Wilco),
Man On The Moon,
Man On Wire,
Match Point,
Me Myself & Irene,
Midnight Cowboy,
Mighty Wind,
Miss Congeniality (s),
Monsters Inc,
My Neighbour Totoro,
Napoelon Dynamite,
Never Been Kissed,
No Country For Old Men,
No Direction Home,
Once,
Pan's Labyrinth,
Play It Again Sam,
Prince Caspian,
Princess Mononoke,
Pulp Fiction,
Punch Drunk Love,
Rain Man,
Ratatouille,
Reservoir Dogs,
Robin Hood (Disney),
Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore,
Scarface,
Science Of Sleep,
Series Of Unfortunate Events,
Serpico,
Seven,
Shawshank Redemption,
Shrek (s),
Silence Of The Lambs,
Sin City,
Singles,
Slackers,
Sleeper,
Spiderman (s),
Spirited Away,
Spongebob Squarepants The Movie,
Star Wars,
Stranger Than Fiction,
Sweeney Todd,
Taken,
Team America,
The Orphanage,
This Is Spinal Tap,
Top Gun,
True Romance,
Truman Show,
Usual Suspects,
Vanilla Sky,
Waiting For Guffman,
Wall-E,
Wayne's World,
Whisper Of The Heart,
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory,
Wrestler,
X-Men,
Zodiac,
Zoolander
Current films I want to see include Coraline, G-Force, Benjamin Button, Doubt, The Watchmen, Wolverine & still need to catch The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.
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Television
Entourage, Dog The Bounty Hunter, Alan Partridge, Smell Of Reeves & Mortimer, Bang Bang It's Reeves & Mortimer, Anything Vic & Bob, Birds Of A Feather, Golden Girls, The Apprentice, Family Guy, Futurama, Simpsons, American Dad, Friends, Spongebob Squarepants, Most Haunted, The Office, Extras, Top Gear, Hairy Bikers/Bakers and probably more....I wish I had Sky TV at home! I love all Victoria Wood's material, anything she stars in is good to me! ..
Books
All of the Series Of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Snicket are my favourite books EVER. All Harry Potters, Chronicles Of Narnia, On The Road (Jack Kerouac), Into The Wild (John Krakauer), The Dirt (Motley Crue), Dream Brother (Jeff/Tim Buckley), The One & Only (Kirsty Maccoll), 102 Minutes (9/11), Time Waster Letters, Chunky (Victoria Wood), The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time by Mark Haddon, The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman), The Twilight series....are just some of my favourites. & I am partial to the odd Wrestling biography, they are usually full of drug use & mortal peril! ..
Heroes
Phillipe Petit~ Josh Rouse~ Wayne Coyne~ Shawn Michaels~ Wes Anderson~ Matt Ward~ Tony Lewin~ Kirsty Maccoll~ Rod Stewart~ Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer~ Victoria Wood~ Bob Dylan and lastly my Mum, all hail Enid!..
About me: I was born in North Ferriby on a very cold winters day- February 20th, 1982. I lived in Welton until I was 7 then moved to Newport, where I am currently residing (hopefully not for much longer). I spent a lot of my youth enjoying the richer aspects of life such as, The Chuckle Brothers, Simon & The Witch & Rainbow on TV & collecting spokey dokeys for my bike! I have always been exceptionally shy, which has never really gone away but sometimes I even suprise myself! I can say though that back when I was about 14 I performed on the stage at the Drury Lane Theatre in London....I was a genetically modified plant & was trying to take over the world- all set to music! Thats the absolute truth. Not much happened until I started work at HMV in 2000 when Paul Rutter took me under his wing (or wings?). I met my Dan in 2003 who really is a special guy. I worked for HMV for 5 years & I left in April 2006, after much deliberation & started a new job with a design company which is different in many ways! It's ok but work is work I suppose! My 5 years at HMV taught me many things including good work mates deserve nothing but the greatest amount of respect & they are very hard to come by!
I edited my profile at Quacked.com, check out these Myspace Layouts!
Who I'd like to meet: I have met some cool people already (Josh Rouse, Jesse Malin, Ed Harcourt & childhood hero Shawn Michaels) but I'd like to meet anyone i'm a fan of, i'm not fussy! I like famous people who'll sign my stuff! :) These are two really cool videos, the first I recorded at a Josh Rouse gig in Manchester 2005! The second is a genius song by The Folksmen from the film A Mighty Wind called Old Joes Place!
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hayho you!!! hope you alright got the dvd watched it, ill send it back asap. it was good, i enjoyed it! never thought bret hart was squeaky after he spat in mcmahons face! glad you enjoying the book though, nice to have a good read. take care and thanks for the dvd. xxx
oooh thats nice!!!! me and jamie are looking, but hes waiting for his start date for his new job!!!! you moving in with dan? you gonna be near home or you heading towards hull? :-) xxx
nah i dont watch it at all now havent for years, just still loving mick coz hes such a great guy. nah not read shawns book. mick is totally the man!!!!!! hope life is good xxxxxx
I understand, I forget sometimes too :) Jim White the singer songwriter? I saw him @ Joe's Pub about a couple months ago. I didn't know his music and became a fan. The other Jim White is playing with Nina Nastasia here sometime next week! Regarding the art, I did but we wanted to keep the bootleg feeling and didn't add credits. So glad you like it! :) xo
I'm not there and I haven't actually never been there. But I agree it looks like an spectacle from what I've seen! :) You should check the last link I posted, a friend of mine has been painting about it for a while...you might enjoy it! x
went to london, stopped in a 4star hotel on park lane....get us!!!!! hehehe hope you had a good birthday. did you get my card? yeh went stayed over then went did some shopping, yay for that!!!! xxx
