I'm into cars, too much to be honest. Up to this summer we had 5 of them which was a bit silly to be honest. At the moment we have 4. Which I suppose is also a bit daft since there is two of us. I have an Eunos Roadster (aka the Stripey Miata) & a Ford Racing Puma, Lou has a FIAT 126 and a Ford Focus ST (aka a Ford ASBO). I used to do Motorsport in the form of Hillclimbing/Sprints for 5 years until I crashed this year, I’ve taken the rest of the year out and hope to be back next year. If you click on the Videos link you can see some footage of the cars in action.
I'm also a Racing Instructor for the elite Just Go Faster school.
I married a Disney fanatic (although she didn't mention it at the time) so most of our holidays are spent in America, but I really fancy Japan next and since it has a Disney Park I might have a chance. We’ve not just gone to Florida, we’ve been to New York, the West Coast and driven through the Deep South via Dollywood which was very surreal. Never really bothered with Europe much although we did drive to Germany and back, via Disneyland Paris of course.
We tend to take toys with us on holiday, Donkey from Shrek around London and Oscar The Grouch around California can be found here.
As for nerding, If you are on XBOX live and want to kick my arse online, which is easier that you think, Click Here
Music
There was a time music was one of the most important things in my life, now while I still can’t drive anywhere without some music on, I don’t listen to it as much outside the car these days. Although, according to my Last FM profile I’ve listened to over 1500 songs at work since March so there you go.
I have quite a varied taste in music because I think I’m easily influenced by who I’m friends with or in a relationship with. So over the years I’ve been into New Romantic, Acid House, Indie, Techno, Handbag House, boy bands and lately after a trip to Las Vegas Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka and Dean Martin.
Artists/Bands with a special place in my heart at the moment are, in no particular order: Spanorak, Bitchfinder Genital, Hundredweight, Dagdad, Duran Duran, Teenage Fanclub, Pulp, Jason Downs, Kylie, A House, Carter USM, PWEI, Wonder Stuff, Steps, Therapy?, Tatjana, Dean Martin (better than Frank IMO), Kelly Clarkson, Nirvana, Jam & Spoon, Gina G, Snow Patrol, Suede, George Michael, Radiohead, Elton John, The Frank & Walters, The Divine Comedy, Pet Shop Boys, Sugar, Erasure, Elvis, The Lemonheads, Guns ‘N‘ Roses, Take That, Tenacious D, Boyzone, Fun Lovin Criminals, Pixies, Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton, The KLF, Space, David Bowie, The Smiths, DJ Danger Mouse, Johnny Cash, Fern Kinney, Black, Gloria Gaynor, Stock Aiken & Waterman, Scissor Sisters, Feeder, Stone Roses and the godlike genius and most beautiful woman in the world, Betty Boo. I’m sure I can think of more later.
Hopefully you should see a nice graphic below of what I’ve been listing to this week, if you click on it you should see a lot more information on what my favourites are.
Movies
This is difficult, but off the top of my head, Star Wars (IV, V & VI) obviously (Greedo did not shoot first by the way), Anchorman, View Askew movies, Shawshank Redemption, Grand Prix, Matrix (1, the rest sucked), anything by Pixar, Shrek 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, Donnie Darko, Jaws, Schindler's List, The Rapture, Top Gun, The Tigger Movie, Army Of Darkness, Shaun Of The Dead, Bubba Ho-Tep....bugger I’ll come back to this later.
Television
I hardly watch any TV anymore, I like Spongebob Squarepants, Heroes, Extras, Lost, Battlestar Galactica and My Name Is Earl at the moment. In the past, Father Ted, Black Books, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Band Of Brothers and especially Spaced all were/are favourites.
Books
It’s a bit embarrassing I guess, but unless I’m travelling on a plane I never read books. Next batch to read are Fighter Boys, The Road To McCarthy and a JFK Biography.
About me: My real name is Jonathan McCormack and I've been married to Lou who is a saint for putting up with me for 7 years. I work as a nerd for Belfast City Council. I used to be the kinda guy who went "Hello IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?" but now I dish out the work more than doing it myself. I also get to play with any new gadgets we might get.
In case you were wondering, the nickname Jonafun was given to me a very long time ago by a nice young lady called Moira, but I'm a grumpy sod now so maybe I should change it. If you want to know what a Stripey Miata is, click below:
Slap it up you, booze hound. Were you cajoled into drinking whisky or did it merely seem like a good idea at the time? Whisky is absolutely rancid stuff anyway. Well, so I've always thought. Yeuch!
I want to invite u to FantasyLand in Edinburgh on November 24th. I am doing a DJ set there under my alias Dyewitness. As u can see on the flyer it will be a HUGE party!! ;)...Hope to see you there :) greetz, Misjah
♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ♥ Party like a rock star :) because I love you so much, and it's your birthday send me an email to curiouslovesyou@gmail.com with your favorite song of mine, and I'll email you an MP3 of that song!! Wishing you the best year yet!
haha yeah i built that shop outta my own bare hands one day as i passed through on my world tour of small and meaningless villages. that one really grabbed my attention so i thought i'd give back something to the community and thus "the laura connection".
anyway! hopefully see ya tomorrow for farewelling and such
We Start Fires play The Clapham Grand in London on Wednesday 6th June. For tickets go to
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=220573
The 7" single “Magazine” is available now in all good record shops as well as online.
The band will be supporting Good Shoes at:-
Sheffield Fuzz Club - 7th June
Liverpool Academy - 8th June
Hull Welly Club - 9th June
"Debut album from the incendiary new wavers. It sounds like Blondie doing
Elastica doing Weezer. Ace, obviously." NME
"Sludge-sleek pop songs with spiky guitars and ear splitting noise
freakouts. Ones to watch." The Guardian
"Like one of the Deal sisters in a cosmic deathray fight with Be Your Own
Pets Jemina." NME
The incredible 8 piece winners of Glastonbury Unsigned funkin’ hip hoppers ‘The Bellagios’ play Camden Green Fair on Sunday 3rd June in Regents Park at 5.30pm. Come down for the day…it’s all free!
How are you?..Thanks for stopping by and the request..nice to have u as my friend...:)...If you like the music feel free to use it on your page!...keep in touch
