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paul

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About Me

Im a 37 years old Mancunian , laid back - got a great sense of humour and am fairly open minded .I work in an office where my collegue "Raygun" suffers my bad jokes all day .Im well read - pretty well up on my music and am interested in whats going on around the world .

My Interests

Im really into my music books films and comedy and I do stuff at the gymn like boxing and weights . I like a beer and a laugh with mates .

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I'd like to meet:

My space is like pen freinds for me - I like chatting to people in other countries about music and films and whats going on over thereI'll add any one with a good cause as myspace is a good opportunity to raise issues and stuff .I rarely add bands - only ones that I know or freinds recommend . If I send anyone a freind request i will have read their profile - I'm not bothered about having high number of freinds - more about people I like .

Music:

Sasha and Digweed , Donald Byrd , Herbie Hancock , Pat Matheney Band . 60s stuff - Love , Chocolate Watch Band , Beatles , Strawberry Alarm Clock,Kt Tunstall Manchester bands - Smiths , Joy Divsion , Happy Mondays , Chameleons , Buzzcoks , ACR Indie - too many to mention - I love Keane at the moment .I LOVe Stevie Wonder

Movies:

Cheech and Chong Up in Smoke , Withnail and I , Groundhog Day Foreign films - City of God , Pot Luck , Pusher , Das Boot , Evil .Planet of the Apes (original) , The Graduate , Midnight Cowboy , Carnival of Souls ,The good the bad and the UglyScarface , The General , True Romance ,

Television:

Spooks , 24 , Lost , X Factor , Planet Earth ,Sopranos . Entourage , The Apprentice , Louis Theroux

Books:

Secret History - Donna Tart Birdsong - Sebastian Foulkes Complicty - Ian Banks Porno - Irvine Walsh The Dirt - Motley Crue Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut Wonderland Avenue - Danny Sugerman Mr Nice - Howard Marks The Long Firm - Jake Arnott My strange place - John Simpson

Heroes:

No heroes but people I admire - I loved John Simpsons biography and thought Howard Marks led a cool life .I admire anyone with a cause

My Blog

Another Manchester blog

If anyones interested in the Manchester music scene check out www.davehaslam.com - there's some really good articles on there and he wrote the ultimate book about the whole scene . ...
Posted by paul on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:54:00 PST

MANCHESTER IN LA TIMES

If anyones interested in Manchester there is a really cool article about it in the LA times Check out this link http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-manchester1jul01  ...
Posted by paul on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:04:00 PST

The hunger site

Hey If you visit thehungersite.com and click on it a meal is generated for the hungry in the third world . Its a genuine website , its free and its safe 
Posted by paul on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:07:00 PST

The hunger site

Hey If you visit thehungersite.com and click on it a meal is generated for the hungry in the third world . Its a genuine website , its free and its safe 
Posted by paul on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:07:00 PST