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Ben

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About Me

Well if I'm not studying creative writing at Roehampton university, then you'll probably find me working on something musical. Music is the most important thing in my life right now. I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old and I've never looked back. I play guitar in a kick ass band called Fools Of Fortune (myspace.com/foolsoffortune) which I enjoy more than anything.After uni I want to travel around, and see the world and all its cultures. My friends will probably describe me as pretty laid back; one who avoids confrontation and a good listener. (at least...i hope they think this :-p) I stand at 6'3, so yes, those bruises you see are from me banging my head on the bus.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Benjamin Ian Taylor
Birthday: 16th October
Birthplace: Hammersmith, West London
Current Location: My room
Eye Color: Hazel Green
Hair Color: Dirty brown
Height: 6"3
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Chilean/Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today: Blue Vans Slip-ons
Your Weakness: Kendra Jewell. Anything Rock N Roll
Your Fears: Sharks scare the hell outta me.
Your Perfect Pizza: Chicken and red onion or Pepperoni
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Gig more with my band. Write more good songs.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: How much did I drink last nite?
Your Best Physical Feature: Hmm, girls seem to like my eyes and my hair.
Your Bedtime: When I'm tired
Your Most Missed Memory: Mucking about in school/college
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither. Tea!
Do you Smoke: Nope
Do you Swear: Yes
Do you Sing: Yes
Do you Shower Daily: Yes
Have you Been in Love: I am!
Do you want to go to College: I have already
Do you want to get Married: Yep
Do you belive in yourself: Most of the time
Do you get Motion Sickness: Nope
Do you think you are Attractive: Yes, but not in an arrogant way. Just going by what I've been told.
Are you a Health Freak: No way
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: No, they're rubbish.
Do you play an Instrument: Guitar
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: oooooooh yes
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: nope
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Nope
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yeh
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yeh with my band
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: pfft. of course
Ever been called a Tease: yeh
Ever been Beaten up: nope
Ever Shoplifted: nope
How do you want to Die: Whilst saving someone elses life
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: More confident, more successful
What country would you most like to Visit: Chile or South Africa
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: I dunno
Favourite Hair Color: Darkish but I'm not fussy
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: Smaller than me
Weight: slim-ish
Best Clothing Style: Um...fashionable
Number of Drugs I have taken: I've coped without em so far and I don't intend on starting a habit.
Number of CDs I own: Hmm i'm not gonna go count them. But I estimate about 150
Number of Piercings: 0
Number of Tattoos: 0
Number of things in my Past I Regret: can't put a number on it
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My Interests

Hmm..Playing/watching football, seeing my m8s, house parties, listening to music, writing songs, playing guitar, going to gigs etc

I'd like to meet:

Jimi Hendrix (if he was alive) John Lennon (ditto) Dave Grohl, Phil Lynott (if he was alive) ----front man of Thin Lizzy,

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Music:

Thin Lizzy (the greatest band ever, and they're Irish!), The Libertines, Babyshambles, Dega Breaks (my bro's band), Bloc Party, Queens Of The Stone Age, Muse, Supergrass, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Ash, Audioslave, Green Day, Beastie Boys, The Bees, Beck, BRMC, Blur, Boston, Bush, The Buzzcocks, The Clash, The Coral, The Zutons, The Cure, The Darkness, The Datsuns, David Bowie, Fools Of Fortune (check these guys out!), Oasis, Foo Fighters, Graham Coxon, The Pixies, Maximo Park, The Rakes, Led Zeppelin, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists, Hot Hot Heat, The Hives, The Ordinary Boys, Queen, The Kinks, The Maccabees, Larrikin Love, The Futureheads, Milburn, Dirty Pretty Things, The Raconteurs, Circuits

Movies:

ONG-BAK! One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Mean Streets, Sin City, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Star Wars, Enemy At The Gates, Oceans 11, Get Shorty, Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, 50 First Dates, Zoolander, The Last Unicorn (i'm in it. bad ass), Goodfellas, The Bourne Supremacy, There's Something About Mary, Crash, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Enter The Dragon, 40-Year Old Virgin, The Girl Nextdoor, The Departed, Casino Royale

Television:

Any Man United or England match, The OC, Top Gear, Later With Jools Holland, Match Of The Day, Nip/Tuck, The Simpsons, Futurama, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Lost, The Sopranos, Shameless, Death Wish Live, Only Fools And Horses, Red Dwarf, The Fast Show, The A-Team, Scrubs,

Books:

Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson, The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams, The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien, The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

Heroes:

Noel Gallagher, Lennon/McCartney, Phil Lynott, Dave Bowie, Johnny Cash, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, my brother Alex.

My Blog

The Pleasure Unit Flyer (28.7.06)


Posted by Ben on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:08:00 PST

The A-Team

This is kind of a loserish blog, but hey, i'm still a little boy inside this 6"3 body!  For those of you who don't know who the A-Team are (shame on you), read this: "In 1972 a crack commando uni...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 26 May 2006 04:43:00 PST

Check out this event: Dega Breaks play Nambucca

Hosted By:  FlookWhen: Saturday May 20, 2006 at 8:00 PMWhere: Nambucca596 HOLLOWAY ROAD, HOLLOWAYLondon,  N76LBUKDescription: Flook Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 19 May 2006 07:01:00 PST

Blatant plagiarism!!!

I was just listening to The Raconteurs album and I just realised that "Steady As She Goes" is a complete rip off of a Joe Jackson song.  The bass line is EXACTLY the same.  Anyone who doesn'...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 11 May 2006 11:45:00 PST

Love Music, Hate Racism pics - 29th April 2006 - Trafalgar Square

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/bennyboy86/Love%20Music %20Hate%20Racism%2029th%20April%2006/
Posted by Ben on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:02:00 PST

What a waster

I was so looking foward to seeing Babyshambles play at Trafalgar Square today and then I find out that Pete Doherty has just been arrested for drugs possession.  What a dickhead.  I suppose ...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:18:00 PST

People like this should be shot

http://www.bullshitnews.co.uk/lottomoron.html  ...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:02:00 PST

This will be our year.....

The warmth of your loveis like the warmth of the sunand this will be our yeartook a long time to comedon't let go of my hand now darkness has goneand this will be our year took a long time to comeand ...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:23:00 PST

How to keep your band man

BAND GIRLFRIENDS GUIDE TO KEEPING YOUR MAN(by those who know) -Don't try to be the "manager", do not get involved with band business, that is for the band. -Don't ask his bandmates for relationship ad...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:27:00 PST

DAZ SAMPSON IS POO!!!!!!!!!

Anyone heard the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest this year?  It's even worse than Gemini (not possible I hear you say?)  What's disturbing is that this guy, Daz Sampson, is about ...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:48:00 PST