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Jo Skilly

I am here for Friends

About Me

Dancing in the kitchen, dancing anywhere, Gaudi, writing, excessive vodka, Ronnie O’Sullivan, men who look like Ronnie O’Sullivan, dogs (of the canine variety), causing bother & mischief, pedantic natures, impromptu nights out, crisps - (not prawn cocktail), reading obsessively, rudities, waving enthusiastically at others whilst driving, first snow of the year, extreme sarcasm, birds (of the feathered variety), another bottle of wine always seeming like a good idea, darn good tunes, me man, the darker side of dark, 'old man' pubs, watching live music, science & nature working in harmony, parties, not taking myself too seriously, never growing old & friends.Sunshine: Always

My Interests

Mischief, reading, tunes, writing, napping & undercover subversion.

I'd like to meet:

My friends for catching up, genuine, interesting people & exciting new bands.Also............

Music:

Anything within reason for funky stuff strutting! Love any good bands & never say no to a crackin remix! Faves at the mo are: Dogs, Muse, Kubichek!, Sunshine Underground, Polytechnic, The Rapture, Adam Green, Foals, The Chapman Family, Tapes n Tapes, !!!, The Whip, Cold War Kids, Shins, The Veils, Maps, Battles, The National, Dartz, Arctic Monkeys, Streets, Brakes, KOL, Little Man Tate, KBC, Parka, Interpol, Albert Hammond Jr, The Music, Nouvelle Vague, Klaxons, The Walkmen, We Start Fires, Maximo Park, She Wants Revenge, LCD Soundsystem. Have deleted retro faves blurb - it was peeing me off. All time faves: The Stone Roses, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Strokes & er um Guns & Roses (still love 'em - sorry!).First 7" - Europe: The Final Countdown (must be the hair!!) First LP - Five Star: Five Star (Hmmmm this isn't improving, is it?)

Television:

The Day Today - a classic & owt with Coogan in. Also, have to admit a penchant for CSI (The Amazing Specs of Truth) Miami & Animal Park! Am particularly enjoying the fab sarkiness of Amstell on Buzzcocks at the mo - caustic.The Muppets: Genius Dexter is dark & delish too.

Books:

I read. A lot. Authors: I love Easton Ellis, JG Ballard, Steinbeck, Self, Irving, Ian McEwan, I. Banks, Bryson, Rankin, HST, Kerouac. Loads more too. Particularly love a good cook book - like gastronomical porn. Yum.

Heroes:

Salinger, Ronnie, Elvis, Animal, Einstein, Mr D & my Dad.

My Blog

I HATE BT

Major Curses of the Highest Order to all corpulent blood sucking conglomerate companies.  Look into the cold dark abyss that was once your soul & ask yourself these questions.  1. Are yo...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:46:00 PST

Warning: Gigs Can Seriously Damage Your Health (but on the plus side I can still fly!)

The Chapman Family Again, thought were really ace.  Heard a new song which was well delivered & sounded a quite snarly  in a good way.  Had a substantial enthusiastic following in the c...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:16:00 PST

Gigs etc Pt 1 (bout bleedin time - MML)

I know, I know I've been a bit lax lately but here's the latest batch.  Have just split this blog up as it was getting ridiculous!  Muchos apologios.  (BTW  there's prizes for anyone w...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:06:00 PST

Gigs etc Pt 2 (bout bleedin time - The Remainder)

Six Fifties Local support group.  Had two false starts as equipment kept malfunctioning  not much to say, can't really remember.   Dogs I love Dogs  that's pretty much all you need to...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:11:00 PST

And lo, there was light...

OK, so it may have been mentioned by (ahem) one or two people that I've been a wee bit grumpy lately&&&  Soooo, thought I'd let you know some of the positive stuff in my life  no ranting or moa...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:27:00 PST

Help! I'm getting brainwashed & it's all cos of the rain.

Due to the inordinate amount of rain we've had lately & feeling grim I've been watching telly instead of doing fun stuff.  Much more than normal & I've come up with some scary conclu...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:09:00 PST

Skilly Airways

Welcome aboard.  For the safety & comfort of all travelling please adhere to these very simple rules & I'm sure we will all have a most pleasant journey. 1.    &n...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:54:00 PST

Even Cynicism Is Easily Defeated With Freebies

Few to get through here, bear with me&.... Derrick Meins Another sodding poet.  Was rubbish (IMHO)  was moaning in orgasmic stylee for a significant part of his act.  Took me back to the ti...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:25:00 PST

Underground, On the Ground, Loud Sound & Head Pound

The Whip Some good electro re-mixy tunes, v. dancey-dancey, swirling synths grinding out catchy tracks that certainly got my toes tapping with their building euphoric beats.  Worth looking up, wi...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:21:00 PST

Mad Poets, TV Chefs & Autism

Mad Poets, TV Chefs & Autism Gonna struggle to link this lot coherently but am just going to dive in & see what happens&.. ( ! Warning !  It's not particularly PC either) -ve  ...
Posted by Jo Skilly on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:37:00 PST