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luke.

Steady the ship

About Me

Muddled, somewhat out of time.

My Interests

seasons, fortifications, drives, woods, scandal, bonfires, roasts, sea, steam, words, rivalry, history, air, titter, cooking, photographics, breeze, stone, timber, nude, fog, port, decline, writhe, quays, planting, ale, stove, twist, prints, noise, romance, atmospherics, escapism, debate, change, walk, industrial, loss, cogs, birds, wood, maps, people, tea, lane, rain, creak, contrail, wreck, sepia, tattoo, snob, paper, rock, racket, view, family, cloud, rail, voyeur, row, stuff.

I'd like to meet:

All sorts.

Music:

the fall, wire, einsturzende neubauten, akira the don, dfa 1979, piranha deathray, leonard cohen, joy division, ex models, ride, simon bookish, imbeciles, pre, one more grain, sonic youth, birthday party, nick cave, sunn0))), vashti bun, eighties matchbox b-line disaster, daniel patrick quinn, coachwhips, steeleye span, sisters of mercy, tits of death, kaito, erase errata, slowdive, my bloody valentine, guns & roses, shoplifting, the gossip, suede, rammstein, patrick wolf, joy division, arab strap, guns & roses, libertines, enya, we are wolves, depeche mode, franz ferdinand, sugababes, charlotte church, the chalets, pipettes, british sea power, ladytron, the long blondes, ocs, buck 65, clor, mercury rev, m83, jesus and mary chain, liars, circulus, patrick duff, deflore, absentee, brakes, the peppermints, tanita tikarum, wolf eyes, les georges leningrad, art brut, 13&god, smog, casiotone for the painfully alone, the rogers sisters, weird war, gold blade, campag velocet, jesu, fantomas, final fantasy, mogwai, new order, jeffrey lewis, omd, magnetic fields, mystery jets, wolf eyes, elastica, the birthday party, the smiths, artery, jarvis cocker, grizzly bear, om, the unicorns, gonzales, blood brothers, brian eno, box codax, david bowie, grandaddy, mothboy, the faint, le tigre, tom waits, lou reed, primal scream, interpol, madonna, laibach; stuff stuff bangers sturm und drang

Movies:

kes, battle of britain, blue velvet, waterloo, withnail & i, royal tennenbaums, lord of the rings, a matter of life and death, dark days, 633 squadron, the wrong trousers, buffalo 66, mulholland drive, wish you were here, rita sue and bob too, woody allen stuff and I can't remember what any more were called.

Television:

Not if I can help it.93.5 fm.

Books:

History. Big novels. Granta.

Heroes:

One shouldn't really, but... John Betjeman, Horatio Nelson, Vera Lynn, Fred Dibnah, John Wesley, Mark E Smith, Winston Churchill, George Orwell, Dorothy May Turner. Parents.

My Blog

Steve Gullick audio interview on mnew site, The Quietus

Dear chums,So the esteemed Mr John Doran and I have been working our way through the English language to name our new site, and with the combination of a few brains have settled on The Quietu...
Posted by luke. on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:31:00 PST

Check out this event: 1990s, Untitled Musical Project, Zan Pan

Right, we've got an extra special gig coming up on December 6th at the Old Blue Last. ONE! It marks my dying days (hopefully not literally) as a 27-year-old TWO! We've got a special guest headliner we...
Posted by luke. on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:25:00 PST