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james

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About Me

i'm straight. honestly.

My Interests

Music, Science, Philosophy, Vintage Keyboards, Vintage Computer Games, Vintage Shoes, Vintage Cars, Vintage Mics, Immortality, Robots, Smoking, Coffee.

Music:

at the moment? Yeasayer, Patti Smith, TV On The Radio, Violet Violet, Staple Singers
always? Refused, Sargasso Trio, Red Cassette, Midlake, Blondie, David Bowie, My Luminaries, Sunny Day Real Estate, System Of A Down, Fairport, Radiohead, Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire, Queen, Cohen, Dylan, Zappa, Zeppelin, Rage, Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits, The Shins, Pavement, Oasis, Blur, The Strokes, Prince, Talk Talk, Talking Heads

Television:

TV sucks dick.

Books:

Books: Donna Tart's The Secret History, Philip Pullman trilogyMags: Rock Sound, New Scientist, Wired, Car

Heroes:

Richard Bradley, Hiroshi "Hiro" Kawaguchi

My Blog

Education

We're all different. We have different talents, skills, needs. If we are going to find the best life that we ourselves can lead - for our own happiness, as well as to maximise our contribution to soci...
Posted by james on Mon, 05 May 2008 02:31:00 PST

Do You Know Anyone With A Secure Cellar?

Probably a good time to question them about exactly what they have down there that's so important
Posted by james on Sun, 04 May 2008 03:48:00 PST

Z

Does God have a Ctrl-Z? Seems like a dumb question - but think about it
Posted by james on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:46:00 PST

The Best Night Out I’ve Had In A Long Time

A friend challenged me the other night (in a very Gordon Gecko kind of a way) - he said, are you prepared to spend £200 for an amazing night out? (he’s a pretty flush guy) He would not tell me w...
Posted by james on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:52:00 PST

Touch

will be interesting to see the ways in which we will grow out of touch in the same way that our parents struggle with the notion of Flickr. Ooo - the web, isn’t it quaint! they will say in retro...
Posted by james on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:06:00 PST

Wisdom

You only begin to become wise once you have been morally compromised yourself, by which time of course it is too late.The thought came to me this week when a feminist friend of mine upon starting her ...
Posted by james on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:43:00 PST

Narcissism

I'm narcissistic. No bullshit here, that's just how it is. Not so narcissistic however, that I fail to realise the limits of my own intellect. This is why I'll never be a politician.
Posted by james on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:05:00 PST

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Posted by james on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:09:00 PST

A Pill To Cure All Ill

have you not noticed that as soon as someone gets drugged by that (admittedly amazing) brain-chemical we call 'love' their intelligence level PLUMMETS? they can see all the facts, but cannot reason. a...
Posted by james on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:20:00 PST

The Best Songs I’ve Ever Written

i was thinking about this after my daughter asked me what the best song i'd ever written was, and i'd never thought about it so I couldn't answer. If I made one album now - a best of, if you like! i'd...
Posted by james on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:27:00 PST