stuff we sell.....obviously our shop takes up a lot of our time...gigs,gigs,gigs,,drinking,falling over and acting like a kid,getting dressed up,getting tattooed,piercing,wrecking my hair and wearing stupid shoes,i like shooting things so dont get to close,i also like film and photography and have done freelance music journalism for several magazines over the years,pub quizzes(although i'm banned from the one at our local cos i win it every time-lol)i also did a lot of modelling in my teens and twenties,mainly facial and hair but did a few alternative shoots and helped out a lot of local designers who needed someone cheap!i still keep my hand in and do mainly "leg" work which is great as i get to wear some amazing shoes and hosiery and even get paid occasionally!!!,we're both into scooters,although we dont bother with rallies anymore apart from the european ones,mainly germany and holland,me and my partner have both been regulars since 1983 with pauls first rally being way back in 1979!!!we own 4 scooters between us at the mo,mainly chops which paul enjoys building from scratch,dogs,we're trying to breed our german shepherds with no success as yet!!!i've also run several business's over the last 18 years including vintage clothing,records and now we do alternative giftwear and clothing,well you have to move with the times dont you??
like minded people,clever dicks,intelligent folk or folk who like a good time and dont give a shit.narrow minded biggotts can go away or i'll set my dogs on you!!! millionairs with not long to live or people on payday that come in the shop-only kidding!!me in 40 years time just to see what i look like,anyone whose as opinionated as me!!spose all the usuals,karlof,legosi,ed wood,james whale,vincent price,christopher lee,derek jarman,ade edmondson,rik mayall,johnny knoxville,jim rose,dusty springfield,keith moon,sean penn,oliver reed,pete burns,patsy stone,diana dors,eddie izzard,phil spector,sid james,dave gahan,terry hall,screamin lord sutch,stephen fry,vincent van gogh,scott walker,burt bacharach,ian curtis,all of the ramones,soo catwoman,pauline murray,polystyrene and Vivienne Westwood.i reckon it'd be quite a good night down the boozer if they all turned up!! the rest i've met already!
bauhaus-ziggy stardust
musics a massive part of our lives,always has been for as long as i can remember!!!
we go to gigs every week,not always good ones either,lol-but theres nothing compares with the sound of a band in a dodgy pub back room,good,drunk company and the buzz you get when a band goes "1-2-3-4"!!
dirty punk rock,damned,ramones,pil,banshees,stooges etc etc
proper psychobilly,the meteors,some rockabilly and real rock n roll,gene & eddie,the phil spector wall of sound,surf,garage and northern soul (laugh away,i dont give a toss...) old school goth,alien sex fiend,jesus & mary chain (psychocandy is THE album)the cult in all their guises,cure,field of the nephilim etc...
futurist and synth pop,human league,depeche mode (i'm having dave gahans love child...)kraftwerk,joy division,folk who can write a proper song with lyrics interesting enough to listen too,patti smith,jarvis cocker,billy bragg,dylan,real ska and a bit of old reggae...loads of 60s stuff,small faces,kinks,who,spencer davis,georgie fame (yeah yeah)sandi shaw,velvet underground and loads of really random stuff.
some indy although not much past 1990 and my guilty pleasure is glam!!!!no not gary glitter,although i did see him every cristmas with the mac lads in the 80s,lol!!
bowie,t-rex,the sweet,new york dolls,mott the hoople,cockney rebel,you sould see my tiger feet (maybe not)i blame my parents!!
favourite songs that will make me drop my pint and hit the dance floor are, howling at the moon,public image,new rose,she sells sanctuary,love will tear us apart,the night and be my baby (if you dont know who sings these,ask yer grandad)although after 8 pints i'm likely to do the "agadoo"
apologies to everyone else i havent mentioned cos theres load of others i like but i could be here all week!
basically,anyone wo can either play a guitar,write a song and despite what the world tells them has enough balls to get away with it,i salute you all!
mad max!!!!!especially the 2nd one scariest film ever made robert mitchum at his best.... my mate from schools grandad used to know boris karloff!!! one of the best films made EVER!!the outsiders.....i love all genres of film,especially british stuff,hammer movies are some of my faves especially anything with werewolfs in,or deniro!!westerns with john wayne,robert mitchum,alan ladd,yul brynner and clint eastwood-anythng with jack nicholson,matt dillon,mickey rourke,all the usual stuff,John waters stuff,anything with vincent price or oliver reed,gang films,the outsiders,wanderers,warriors etc,stephen king adaptations,stand by me,shawshank,thinner etc,clive barker,anything set in the 196ts,phil daniels films especially meantime and breaking glass,scum etc,anything with kirk douglas especially lust for life & spartacus,withnail and i,,all the mad max films,grindhouse and some tarrantino,sin city has to be one of the cleveriest film made in recent years,24 hour party people is one of my all time favourites,love my indy stuff and kes has to be one of my all time favourite films,the bit where his brother kills the bird chokes me everytime,the bloody bully-spose thats life though,and i've ruined it for eveyone who hasnt seen it yet!...pretty random stuff really,loved Apocolypto the other week,them mayans knew a thing or 2 i can tell you!
dont really watch much tv being the only woman in the house i cant get near it but i like anything on serial killers,particularly the wests and the moors murderers. good british comedy,steptoe & son,bless this house,benny hill,ab fab,one foot in the grave,alan partridge,league of gentlemen,monty python,father ted (yes it was irish...),pheonix nights,some mothers do have them,on the buses,ripping yarns etc etc kath & kim is fecking hilarious anything with john simm in it,life on mars and the lakes in particular but really enjoyed watching him play van gogh recently music shows,although theres not enough of them on these days,the culture show,south bank show,dragonsden,te apprentice,how the look good naked and all that crap,how clean is your house cos it make me feel houseproud,you are what you eat cos it make me feel thin,lol! quiz shows,i'm very competitive ,aswell as a cheat and a bad loser!! cant stand stuff like friends,frasier,will & grace etc,they make me criiinnnngggeeee,also crap like the x factor ,full of talentless morons hoping to hit the big time-ever heard of learning to play a guitar,practising for a couple of years in your mates dads garage,playing empty clubs and hoping to get discovered???no thought not...rant over..see,told you i dont watch much tv!! apart from DAVE on digital,lol
autobiographies,anything on the occult,clive barker,anything on the moors murderers or fred west-loads of music mags and stuff on photography and witchcraft,fashion and film books,especially the 1960s,S E Hinton was my favourite in my teens (rumblefish,outsiders etc) poetry especially robert frost,wilfred owen and shelley (he was off his head,lol)
my son,dunno if theyre really heroes cos they dont wear capes or fly,but people we admire greatly are Tony Wilson,John Peel,Vivienne Westwood,Johnny Rotten,Zandra Rhodes,Oliver Reed,Ronnie Barker,Joey Ramone,Roald Dahl,Siouxsie,Don Letts.Gerry Anderson,Ian Dury,Brian Clough,Divine,Diana Dors,Dusty Springfield,scott walker,Burt Bacarach,Richard Burton,Debbie Harry,anyone who has the balls to pick up a guitar and form a band...or the guts believe what they do is right,when everyone else is telling them its wrong!!