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Dankzy

There's a riot in my head, and I can't get you out....

About Me

My name is Mat Danks and I am too old for teenage angst and too young for middle aged lethargy... Which leaves me in a bit of a fix as I should really know better. I live in a small fishing village in the West Midlands called Gornal.It is a rather wonderful little place, has its faults, naturally, but also has some fantastic qualities such as a string of amazing pubs which would be the envy of anywhere in the world. Currently, I work in the media which I actually do quite enjoy despite what you might hear me say in the boozer after work. But anyway that's just work... who cares? What's important is life. If you've lost your faith in love and music then the end won't be long. Northern soul, low down and dirty rock 'n' roll, addrenhalin surges, Trojan reggae, the good ship Albion, overseas travel, glamorous indie rock 'n' roll, and having a good old drink (what else has a working man got?)

My Interests

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, Bathams Bitter, Curry, Rock 'n' Roll, FC St Pauli.

I'd like to meet:

Thatcher. Just the once. And Al Sweargen out of Deadwood, for a good night on it!

Music:

Morrissey, The Enemy, The MC5, The Lines, Franz Ferdinand, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Specials, Libertines, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gold Blade, Sham 69, The Enemy, Jack Penate, Billy Bragg, Willy Mason, Iggy and the Stooges, Beatles, Prince Buster, Marvin Gaye, T-Rex, Stiff Little Fingers, Free, Killers, I'm From Barcelona, Black Sabbath, Supremes, The Clash, Madness, The Zutons, Futureheads, Frattelis, Polyphonic Spree, Zombies, Jeff Buckley, The Jam, Bloc Party, The Move, The Boyfriends, Led Zeppelin, Marion, Chuck Berry, Stone Roses, Flaming Lips, The Monkees, Roxette, Bedouin Soundclash, Babyshambles, Curtis Mayfield, Sex Pistols, The Vines, Arctic Monkeys, Go! Team, David Bowie, The Mamas and the Papas, White Stipes, Sugababes, Stevie Wonder, The View, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Donovan, The Who, Happy Mondays, Suede, Dirty Pretty Things, Sam Cooke, Love, Rank Deluxe, Go-Betweens, Primal Scream, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, John Lennon, The Bangles, 22-20s, Dexy's Midnight Runners, ELO, The Beat, Pil, Black Grape, The Vapors, Ben Folds Five, Jackson 5, Harry J Allstars, Maximo Park, Howling Wolf, Doves, Johnny Cash, Silent League.

Movies:

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Toy Story, Football Factory, Goonies, Shrek, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Television:

Match of the Day, House, 24, Shameless, the Royle Family, Father Ted, Little Britain, Lost, The League of Gentlemen, WWE Smackdown!, Deadwood

Books:

The Damned United, On The Road, The Cold Two Thousand, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Lord of the Rings, Topsy and Tim Go Shopping, Black Dahlia.

Heroes:

Johnny Cash, Jack White, Hulk Hogan, Hunter S Thompson, Arthur Lee, Morrissey, Super Bobby Taylor, Ginger Baker, Pete Doherty, Oscar Wilde, Al Sweargen, Bill Hicks, Keith Moon, House MD, Marc Bolan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Johnny Thunders, Pablo Picasso, Bob Dylan, Guy Fawkes, Chuck Berry, Jack Bauer.

My Blog

Roll on the football season

Floods, grey skies, no football... roll on August 11, Burnley away and a nice weekend in Blackpool. And just found out by coincidence that Goldblade are playing both nights while we're there.... get i...
Posted by Dankzy on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST

Albion 0 Derby 1

Gutted. Still. That's all for now.
Posted by Dankzy on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:26:00 PST

Wemberley! Wemberley!

Of course, it's disappointing we haven't gone up automatically and I and probably most people expected West Brom to do this season. My Bluenose mates have long claimed however, that going up through t...
Posted by Dankzy on Sat, 19 May 2007 04:46:00 PST

Head above the parapets

Forgotten what it feels like to win a game.... nice for Neil Clement to get it at QPR on the 25th anniversary of his dad's death. Big kudos to Dean Keily whose penalty save might just - just - be a tu...
Posted by Dankzy on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST

Albion 1 Taffies 0

Oh, I love beating Cardiff. What a bunch of thoroughly nasty and horrible people. Genuinely savage and vile. Not that the Welsh are like that generally, just the folk who seem to follow Cardiff. Looke...
Posted by Dankzy on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:28:00 PST

Have you ever seen the South Bank go 'Boing Boing'????

Well, I suppose in hindsight that was easy. Wolves - having spent all week talking about how they were 'out for revenge' - were absolutely useless. Kick and rush, niggling tackles, the usual Wolves st...
Posted by Dankzy on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:34:00 PST

I got the blues. I got the dog-head blues.

I should probably know better - been through this more times than I'd care to remember. Although, if I remember right, last time Albion played at the Molineux we were hammered 3-1 and that was with Hu...
Posted by Dankzy on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:23:00 PST

Health

Running, eating bleedin' chicken feed, thinking twice about drinking ale, avoiding curry, running, walking to get salads at lunchtime, running. All this new year regime stuff is absolute b+llocks and ...
Posted by Dankzy on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST

Happy New Year....

Albion 2 Tractors 0 A bit of a graft that one unfortunately, but again Jase-inho made the difference with a goal so stunning I've not seen him score one like that since.... oh.... last week. Best...
Posted by Dankzy on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:05:00 PST

Baggies Fowa Preston Tew

First up, two things. One: Merry Christmas to everyone and I hope you've all got those golden days between Christmas and New Year off. I'm in hibernation now until Saturday - keep warm, drink milk and...
Posted by Dankzy on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:49:00 PST