~JujuJim~ - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I know who I am, half man, half Sqan. Crypto Peerless, Juju Jim. Half a career as a graffiti artist, half a career as a signwriter, half an education (twice), written half a book, been halfway round the world. Half the time I'm surrounded by halfwits. It's half past three in the morning, I've had half a bottle of whisky and I'm half cut. You have my full attention. SOME SQANS FROM THE CRYPT...

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My Interests

Style, first and foremost. Graffiti. Photography. Proper horror films. Vaughn Bode. Rick Griffin. Very foreign countries. The humble type. The trig young filly type. Port Ellen. New York City. Rising at noon. Going home.

I'd like to meet:

William Burroughs, Aaron Burr, Skeme's mom, Harry Houdini, Robert Crumb, the auld man.

Music:

Roky Erickson, Lee Perry, The Congos, EPMD, Eric B & Rakim, The Pogues, The Misfits, S.L.F., Jonathan Richman, 60s Garage, Skip James, Robert Johnson, Ghostface, RZA, Aphex Twin, Ennio Morricone, The Ramones, The Stooges, Black Sabbath, Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, Nina Simone, Tom Buchan.

Movies:

Milos Forman, Mike Leigh, Vincent Gallo, George A Romero, Sergio Leone. Mean Streets, King Of Comedy, Twin Town, Shogun Assassin, Freddy Got Fingered. Plus all time number one, Style Wars. Ing Shik Hwang...Holy Shit!

Television:

League Of Gentlemen, Fawlty Towers, Vic & Bob, The Mighty Boosh, Tex Avery, Channel 4 circa 1983.

Books:

John Steinbeck for the good. George Orwell for the bad. The Butcher Boy for the ugly. Alasdair Gray for Glasgow. Subway Art for 21 years and counting. Hunter S Thompson for president.

Heroes:

Errr... Kool Keith.

My Blog

La Habana

El Inocente al Exterior... Drinking cheap rum on the balcony of a crumbling building in central Havana is enough to make anyone nervous, not least because the buildings in this part of the city, they ...
Posted by =S=Q=A=N= on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:30:00 PST

Bridlington Stole My Tiny Mind

I grew up in the kind of dead-end town where popular culture crawls in about ten years late, diluted and neutered. Back in 1984, skinheads and glue-sniffing were the latest fads. That's when I started...
Posted by =S=Q=A=N= on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:07:00 PST

Curse Of The Internet Liars

I have an announcement to make.We all know that the internet is a festering pit of lies. Some find this off-putting or pathetic or dangerous. Some find it liberating to reinvent themselves in a safe e...
Posted by =S=Q=A=N= on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:57:00 PST

Skateboard Standy-Up Landspeed Record.

My good friend Rich Poor (of almost-legendary punk band The Bastard Brothers) once did 32 miles per hour standing up, that's standing up, going downhill on a cheap skateboard with no pads. Oh, and he ...
Posted by =S=Q=A=N= on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:14:00 PST