thinking, brooding, fussing, giggling, writing, reading, Haruki Murakami, people who use their brains, the colour black (but am also terribly tolerant of grey, brown and blue), Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, music that makes you want to jump up and down on sofas, books that make you want to invade a beach or wood, Sylvia Plath, Aleister Crowley, Apple computers, Virginia Woolf, Douglas Coupland, throwing my phone against the wall, Douglas Adams, doodling, Hans Giger, Goya, Titian, coffee, sunsets, occult, waistcoats, tailcoats, saltwater, walking, thunderstorms, beer, stroking stray cats, graveyards, photography, notepads, velvet coats, travelling, Oscar Wilde, languages, not red telephone boxes, rare edition dusty hardbacks, old libraries, collecting blue eyed people, did I mention thinking?
Music
Belle and Sebastian, Regina Spektor, Kirsty MacColl, Patrick Wolf, Billie Holiday, The Hidden Cameras, Bark Cat Bark, Portishead, Placebo, Rufus Wainwright, Final Fantasy, The Mamas and the Papas, anything that sounds good with vinyl scratches, Melanie Doane, Bach, Björk, CocoRosie, Beirut, Cass Elliot, Joni Mitchell, Sophie Zelmani, Jim Noir, Martha Wainwright...
Movies
The Elephant Man, Kill Bill, Requiem for a Dream, American Psycho, Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs, The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover, Rear Window, The End of The Affair, Magnolia, Death and The Maiden, Jeffrey, Most things that Camryn Manheim pops up in, Priscilla Queen of The Desert, The Lion King, Amelie, East of Eden, The Hours, Cabaret
Television
Buffy, Doctor Who, Spaced, Black Books, Smack The Pony, Ulysses 31, Alan Partridge, Battlestar Galactica, Carnivale, the news when Matt Barbet's reading it, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, South Park, The Day Today, Heroes, Brasseye, Arrested Development, Dungeons and Dragons, Big Train, Sapphire and Steel, This Life (dude, I was so there before everyone else), anything that Stephen Fry has been in,
Books
Life After God, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Brideshead Revisited, Hannibal, Mrs Dalloway
University of St Andrews
Fife, SL
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Major: English Literature
Clubs: LGBTSoc, AltSoc, PaganSoc, SockSoc, Wanderingaroundlateatnightwhenthere'snoneelsearoundSoc
Ben Leto was a professionally uncelebrated novelist, self-appointed dilletantish libertine and town drunk in the early half of the 21st Century. Predominately itinerant since leaving Highgate, North London, Leto has been sighted more than once in West London's Chiswick, St Andrews in North East Fife, Powys in South Wales and Cairo, with further unconfirmed sightings in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite fervent insistences to the contrary, only one of his reputed novels exists in a complete state, though much of his work survives in an unattributable and occluded subconscious influence. Since his mysterious disapperance shortly before his 28th birthday, Leto's existence perpetuates itself as only a brief and enigmatic mention - an accident of thought or slip of the tongue. There are even those who deny he ever truly existed.
Just wanted to let you know we have two shows coming up in London, headlining the world reknowned 'Cobden Club' Friday 31st July ( price £7 for guestlist contact dominikafiuk@yahoo.com) & Saturday 'Jazz Cafe' 1st Aug (price £5 includes entry to 80's disco night afterparty till 3:30am) These should be two great nights at two Top venues. You can find all details & links to tickets on our page. You're very welcome to come & have a bit of a dance with us, we'd love to see you there! Have a Top weekend!
Dave & the Boys. p.s. If you'd like to be added to our mailing list drop us a message with your details & we can keep you updated on upcoming shows etc.
Just letting you know we've put up our first album for sale if you're interested... available from our profile page. We'd also like to give thanks to you all for your kind feedback & support. Hope all'z well, have a Top one!
Hello gorgeous, come and see us @ Proud Galleries on Fri 8th May! Bangers and Mash is one of the best parties in London, and for only a fiver, you'd be crackers to miss it! XX
Come and see us @ Proud Galleries on Fri 8th May! Bangers and Mash is one of the best parties in London, and for only a fiver, you'd be crackers to miss it! XX
Come and see us @ Proud Galleries on Fri 8th May! Bangers and Mash is one of the best parties in London, and for only a fiver, you'd me crackers to miss it! XX
Hey-Ho Ben, Happy Birthday to you! I reckon you should start reading Dance Dance Dance for your birthday, 'cos you'll love it! Am glad you like my music and thanks for the compliment. Am gonna be playing at Lark in the Park in Islington on Sunday the 22nd, I know you're doing the vanishing act, but if you have nothing better to do and feel like coming would be great to see you there. Jamie x
Hey Ben, Thanks for accepting the friend request. I see you read Murakami, who is my favorite author. Just made my friend buy A Wild Sheep Chase at the weekend, and think she's getting hooked, too... Hope all's well with you, Jamie x
Andy Briggs is being interviewed on BLOG TALK RADIO about the launch of his two upcoming books!
Check out: www. blogtalkradio. com
on Sunday 9pm GMT - click on the LSPC Reviews show on the home page!
