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About Me

I'm Neil or Vinny and I'm currently in the process of moving to London. I'm hoping to make lots of friends down there. I'm passionate about music. I love going to gigs and festivals and having too many CDs by obscure indie bands. My work is alright though not the sort of job that impresses people at parties. Work to live, right? So when I'm not there I fanny around the house, go out with friends, or punish myself for a life of sin by running in public.

My Interests

music, playing-out, playing-in

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet myself so I could see what the problem is first hand. More generally I like to meet, chat, booze, dance and fall over with girls, boys and capybaras. What could be better?

Music:

THIS WEEK I ARE BEEN MOSTLY LISTENING TO:

Movies:

This is Spinal Tap, Bad Santa, Withnail and I, Godfather films, Shawn of the Dead, Amelie, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Kes

Television:

The Mighty Boosh, The League of Gentlemen, Spaced, Black Books, Father Ted... you get the picture

Books:

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, Fungus The Bogeyman, Birdsong, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner

Heroes:

No heroes but I do have tremendous admiration for anyone who can write music that changes my life.

My Blog

A brief word

I am now resident in London. Tonight is my first night here. New job starts tomorrow. Full update to follow
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Mon, 28 May 2007 03:19:00 PST

The Rules of Sprout Club

First rule of Sprout Club is... Feel free to talk about Sprout Club, but expect to lose friends and jobs, and to alienate loved ones...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Fri, 04 May 2007 03:51:00 PST

You'll never put a better bit o butter on yer knife

Country LifeWent oop t'Dales on Saturday for my uncle's 60th birthday bash. He lives in a palce called Horsehouse in Coverdale and it's very remote as this photograph shows:As children we used to love...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Tue, 01 May 2007 10:51:00 PST

get the message

Oh lordy, my Dad called up tonight to once again propose that he and me share living quarters in London. This time he really ramped up the emotional blackmail which actually made it easier to tell him...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:43:00 PST

Transmission from Planet Neil

Some time no blog. I've been dragging my life from one day to the next lately, like a reluctant dog. There is so much I should be thinking about - or rather doing - but I honestly can't conjour up the...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:45:00 PST

Summer here kids / Neil explores the limits (again)

bad weekend
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:37:00 PST

Grrr ninjas

Friday 13th April - the most unlucky day in 127 years.Ok I'm gradually piecing things together. Thursday night first up:Explains a lot.Friday:Raises more questions than it answers. FACTSunday.Wednesda...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:36:00 PST

Some bad news for lovers of music

Just read some tragic news that brings new poigniancy to my night out on Saturday. Admitedly this happened 3 years ago but it dashes any hope I had of seeing my hero live:'On Top of Spaghetti' singer ...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:29:00 PST

bender

It's Sunday evening again... except it's Monday. I have the heavy heart of a Sunday night though - I might go and find an old Last of The Summer Wine video to fully recreate the misery that is school ...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:40:00 PST

Weekend of Electric Dreams

Neil needs to slow down.So it's Monday. Let me think... Right last Wednesday the lurgee struck me down and layed me low for 48 hours solid. It had a familiar feeling to it inside my head. Not unlike t...
Posted by Neil Neil Orange Peel on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:03:00 PST