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younggifted&slack's Interests
General
This and that.
My art/creative heroes include: Tara McPherson, Phil Frost, Tom Gauld, Glen E Friedman, Annie Leibovitz, Msrs Charles and Ray Eames, Shynola, Chris Cunningham, David Inshaw, Sanna Annukka.
Places I've fallen in love with:
London, Angourie, New York, Byron Bay, Ko Tao, Alexendra Bay, Barcelona, Palolem, Florence, Paris, Lisbon, Chamonix, La Tranche, Brighton, Prague, Boscastle.
Music
(deep breath & in no order): Queens Of The Stone Age, Pixies, Breeders, L7, The Smiths, Prince, Morrissey, Justice, Stereolab, Primal Scream, Orbital, Nick Drake, The Beatles, The Cure, Beck, RHCP, Led Zepp, Iggy & The Stooges, Boards Of Canada, Sunn o))), Bjork, Nirvana, Captain Beefheart, Melvins, Babes In Toyland, Smashing Pumpkins, Dr Dooom, Beastie Boys, Lemonheads, Evan Dando, Infadels, British Sea Power, Mastodon, My Bloody Valentine, Hendrix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Stevie Wonder, RATM, Distillers, Mark Lanegan, PJ Harvey, Bobby Conn, Rotary Connection, At The Drive In, Outkast, Jeff Buckley, Moldy Peaches, Serge Gainsbourg, Sonic Youth, Stone Roses, Ian Brown, Electric Light Orchestra, Dead Milkmen.
Movies
Withnail and I, The Shining, Dogtown and The Z-Boys, Old Boy, Betty Blue, Shaun Of The Dead, The Big Lebowski, Breathless, Red Squirrel, Sexy Beast, Amelie, The Wicker Man, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Annie Hall, City Of God, Donnie Darko, Performance, A Clockwork Orange, Team America, Anchor Man.
Television
The Mighty Boosh, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Peep Show, Ren & Stimpy.
Books
My favourites over the years: The Master & Margherita (Mikhail Bulgakov), Lives Of The Monster Dogs (Kirsten Bakis), Perfume (Patrick Suskind), Women/Post Office/Factotum (Bukowski), The Bandini Quartet (John Fante), Catcher In The Rye (JD Salinger), A Farewell To Arms (Hemingway), Great Apes/My Idea Of Fun (Will Self), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami), Please Kill Me (Legs McNeil & Gillian McGann), Pornographers Poem (Michael Turner), The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien), Wonderland Avenue (Danny Sugerman), On The Road (Jack Kerouac), The Beach (Alex Garland), Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks), Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis), Vernon God Little (DBC Pierre), How To Be Free (Tom Hodgkinson).
Heroes
Bill Hicks, Tom Hodgkinson, Morrissey, Ned Ludd, Frank Lloyd Wright ...and the Thai ladyboy who gave me lift on the back of his/her moped when I was lost without a clue - thanks dude.
About me: Young, Gifted & Slack is the purveyor of fine t-shirt designs for gentlemen and ladies, sold through the following fine clothing emporiums: Killer Strawberry in Camden, Rhoda in Crouch End, Sourced Clothing in Bournemouth, Boy Parker in Brighton, Phonica Records in Soho and online boutique www.bourgeoisbee.co.uk.
Born in 2006, gurgling under a market stall in the east yard (near to Killer Strawberry) of Camden Market, YG&S then took itself over to Brisbane in Australia to conquer the new world, also to have a bit of a surf and a beer on the beach.
(please seek YG&S out on Facebook and fan us up)
* p.s. John Cusack bought 2 of my t-shirts - TWO!! That's like being endorsed by the Fonz.
*p.p.s. Shameless namedropping ahead... Other famous YG&S wearers include: Brann Dailor the almighty drummer from Mastodon, Al Bruford the almightier drummer from Infadels, Matty Gooderson the guitarist extraordinaire from Infadels, breakbeats finest DJ aka Friendly and the legendary firebrand Billy Bragg.
Who I'd like to meet: ...you all.
All of the friends below are either genuine mates or customers or just lovely folk I've met. If you wish to be added, please send me a message rather than being random.
My internet connection in south east asia wasn't great. Thanks for your comment! I'm back in London. You should see the bit after the fire!
I don't know if you heard about it. We weren't here. The whole bit from The Hawley Arms to Punky Fish just opposite our market is rubble, like world war 2 bomb site!
Anyway, just a little something silly to cheer you up!
Show 12 from Thailand Featuring Jahcoozi Southern Gothic Revival The Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band Betty Dylan PLMB
HELLO!! THANKS FOR JOINING THE "TEA APPRECIATION SOCIETY" WELL DONE GIVE YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK AND REWARD YOURSELF WITH A NICE CUP OF TEA. www.teaappreciationsociety.org
mate sounds pretty hardcore! Oz will be lovely though! where abouts are you going?
Things are a bit manic my end too... started a new job on 1 May but am currently working 7 days a week as I'm taking exams to get myself FSA qualified. Saturday May 19th was my first day off and my next day off won't be until June 5th!
The best holiday I have had ever! Wouldthoroughly recommend it.It has everything, music, culture and heritage as well as sun sea and sand! Its bizarre - themost beautiful country ever, yet they have nothing! I felt like I was stuck in the 1920's in Havana and the 1950's everywhere else. Go - you'd love it! x
