i've always wondered about what point a fly flips upside down when it lands on the ceiling... surely, as soon as it goes upside down, it's wings would start powering it down towards the floor.
Music
.. is the reason i breathe. it can lift the spirit or destroy the soul, refresh your body or irritate your brain, break or mend the heart.
thankyou to the following: ben folds / reel big fish / led zepplin / william shatner / beastie boys / katie melua (hubba hubba) / sublime / joss stone / fleetwood mac / therapy? / barenaked ladies / gorillaz / colin hay / sigur ros / nigel mustafa memorial quartet / the cure / black eyed peas / the killers / trailing cable / alex h / athlete / corky and the juice pigs / gogol bordello / magic numbers / mr. bungle / nigel whackwit / pink floyd / real tuesday weld / richard cheese / badly drawn boy / bird york / the blanks / bob dorough / clem snide / the yayhoos / duke special / ELO / clapton / finlay quaye / spin doctors / hot-club of cowtown / bonzo dog doo-dah band / the jam / jose gonzales / buena vista social club / lemar / me first and the gimme gimmes / mcfly / nouvelle vague / plus-tech squeezebox / red hot chili peppers / rufus wainwright / they might be giants / tom waits / the who / beastie boys / babies three / kings of convenience / mad caddies / mighty mighty bosstones / undertones / the vines / mylo.
i've never used the words 'hubba hubba' before. i like it.
Am i the only person who is angered by the kidnapping of the musical Genre "RnB"? as far as i knew it was short for Rhythm n Blues, more the kind of thing that Jools Holland does, not (i repeat 'not' loudly) computer generated money~making pseudo-hip-pop. Growl :[ ///
the most beautiful song ever is 'the luckiest' by ben folds. this is a fact, deal with it
but i'm frigging fed up with big pipe organ music. it's just noise. NOISE!
Movies
movies are mostly good. anyone who has ever worked on a movie doing anything deserves a bafta.
except the obviously bad ones. which deserve a slap.
for some reason i like movies about war or prison, even though i'm a law-abiding pacifist.
my favourite film of all is hot fuzz.
OTHERWISE: (in order of flavour) shaun of the dead amelie everything is illuminated who framed roger rabbit? garden state ghostbusters empire records laputa: castle in the sky chasing amy animal crackers secretary back in t' future edward scissorhands v for vendetta willy wonka and the chocolate factory (gene wilder) the goonies jarhead biodome chitty chitty bang bang american psycho
Television
television is the oxygen that runs through my veins.
dick and dom in da bungalow / studio 60 on the sunset strip / league of gentlemen / spaced / mighty boosh / adam and joe show / family guy / peep show / adam & joe / david attenborough documentaries / band of brothers / long way round / look around you / garth marenghi's dark place / kingdom hospital / scrubs / firefly / the office / dr. who / hollyoaks.. oh wait, no not hollyoaks
Books
anything written by alan moore, neil gaiman or ian banks.
a while ago i read You Shall Know Our Velocity by dave eggers. it was a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. it changed my attitude to life. cheers dave.
Heroes
EWAN MACGREGOR: he was the reason i went and got a motorbike licence. he is a great actor. he usually only does good roles in good productions. he does a lot of work for charity. he rode round the world on a fuckin' bike! he protects his family from paparazzi scum. and he can fly.
JOHN PEEL: i wish i listened to him more. john peel stood for the same things in music that i stand for. he liked bands who work hard, who experiment, who create new sounds. he has an extensive collection of eclectic music on shuffle-play. b.b. king follows sublime follows beethoven follows pulp follows plus-tech squeezebox and so on. and he can fly.
ME: i can fly.
Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticise them, you'll be a mile away. And you'll have their shoes.
hello.
i am a sound engineer.
i have two motorbikes.
i live in london.
i have the face of tom cruise, the body of brad pitt and the brain of steven hawking... now, all i need is some glue.
the truth is i'm ridiculously good~looking, but so so far in advance of current trends. scoop me up now, speculate to accumulate.
..I LIKE: good music, good food, good films, good people, good, good attitudes, good gadgets, good grief, GSOH, goodwill, good theatre, good cars, good clean honest fun, good comedy, good art, good friends, goodness me, good god, good bye.
..I DISLIKE: bad tv, bad people, bad-ass, bad hangovers, bad music, bad dreams, bad racism, bad monsters, bad-ness, bad drugs, bad attitudes, bad-a-bing, bad monkeys, html code.
..I AM INDIFFERENT TO: average celebrities, average tv, average height, the law of averages, the law of sod, people who say "thanx for the add"
WOULD IT BE BAD TASTE TO SUGGEST A CHRISTOPHER REEVE/STEVEN HAWKING SCALEXTRIC SET?
Who I'd like to meet: JESUS CHRIST!
what a strange question...
i guess this section is about who i would like to meet in terms of who i might like to have some sort of romantic attachment to. in that case:
someone who makes me laugh 'til milk spews out of my nose (even if i haven't been drinking milk).
someone who takes the piss out of themself and can laugh off the unimportant opinions of the mortals.
someone who i can stand at the back of the room and proudly watch as she holds the attention of all around her.
someone who laughs with her entire body.
someone who understands the need for bad kung-fu movies.
someone with eyes i can swim in.
someone who loves the combination of sofa/popcorn/movie/sleepy-fumbling.
someone who's 1st words every morning are: 'let the fun begin'.
someone who doesn't mind my geeky tendencies.
hmm, you know in your list of favourite films... do you mean back *to* the future? and you probably meant for it to be nearer the top of the list, yes? ;) x
crazy bannana u!
mmmmmmmm milkshake, i love milkshake, whats ur favorite flavour?
have u seen those straws that make milk taste like milkshake, i want some!!!
wow Rachel day, its like a day better than my birthday!!
Here's how that fly/ceiling thing works: Flies are so small that they have trouble avoiding atoms while they fly about, that's why their flight patterns are so erratic. As we all know atoms spin.. so, when a fly sees a bit of ceiling that it would like to land on - it simply lands (upright) on an atom which is loitering close to the ceiling and lets the 'spin' of the atom, flip it upside over and onto the ceiling.. simple!
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Have you ever gotten really really close to a fly that has landed on the ceiling? No, of course not - they fly away before you even get the ladder in place. The thing is, flies don't actually 'flip' at all, they fly up, get real close to the landing zone, and simply reach up behind themselves and grab on.
This theory could explain why their legs are so easy to pull off!
