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Phat Bob Phantom

Give me some neon lights and a choice of ales.

About Me

Poet. Visionary. Lothario. Chef. State benefit expert. Slack barman. Hoarder of pornography.
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My Interests

Presently I am building a collection of horror movies from the 70s and 80s, and expanding my culinary repetoire.

I'd like to meet:


Daisy Christodoulou. And Bouff, obviously.

Music:

Rocket from the Jive-Ass Crypt, Johnny Burnette, Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers, Stray Cats, Charlie Feathers, Gene Vincent, early Elvis, Ramones, Probot, The Who, Weezer, QOTSA, Machine Head, Mastodon, Pantera, Sepultura, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Grandaddy, The Smiths, Buddy Rich, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, The Jam, Led Zeppelin, The Undertones, Madness, The Specials (and most other 2-Tone stuff), Iron Maiden, The Band, Blondie, Talking Heads, Dayvut Boowie, Big Star, Queen, Slade, Thin Lizzy, Roxy Music, The Clash, System of a Down, Tiffany.
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Movies:

Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Casino, Get Carter, Drunken Master, Dead Man's Shoes, Enter the Dragon, Festen, M, Brighton Rock, Sweet Smell of Success, Night of the Hunter, The Wicker Man, Scum, Meantime, Tommy, The Hills Have Eyes, All About Eve, Bill and Ted, Chinatown, ChungKing Express, Evil Dead, Halloween, Maniac, Mad Max, The Long Riders, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Limey, The Last Picture Show, Phantasm, Primer, Ong-Bak, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Terminator, Chopper, The Wild Bunch, Suspiria, Tenebrae, Cat o' Nine Tails, Phenomena, The Bird with Crystal Plumage, Shaun of the Dead, American Splendor, Crumb, FUBAR, Romper Stomper, Rock n' Roll High School, Unforgiven, Escape from New York, The Warriors, The Football Factory, Fight Club, Almost Famous, Dogtown and Z-boys, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Take it or Leave it, Papillon, Capturing the Friedmans, Hearts and Minds

Television:


And any world war 2 documentary going, pretty much. I'm also very fond of Spaced, Black Books, most things Mitchell and Webb, The Young Ones, all things Reeves and Mortimer, Jam, The Day Today, Brasseye, 15 Storeys High, Spongebob Squarepants, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons und so weite. Of late, I have been enjoying televised poker, as I finally understand the rules.

Books:

Burroughs, JT Leroy, Nelson Algren, Hubert Selby Jr, and the like. Also, pretty much anything Abi lends me, because she appears to have read everything ever published.

Heroes:


Engage candy bar. Thank-you. Also Slim Jim Phantom, Nicko McBrain, Michael Palin (for his round the world antics), Seth McFarlane, Chris Morris, Jessica Stevenson, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

My Blog

Five songs

Five songs that fill me with joy 1. Stompin' Shoes - Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers 2. Flying Saucers Rock n' Roll - Billy Riley 3. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Buddy Rich Big Band 4. Get in the Swing ...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:01:00 PST

A musical quiz

  The rules of the game: Choose a singer/band/group.Answer using only titles of songs  more than one if you're greedy/indecisive like me!Artis...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:04:00 PST

I don’t even know myself.

1. Name. Age. Gender?Rob, old, male2. What describes your relationship statuation?pointlessly hopeful3. Where were you three hours ago?Just getting home from the work.  4. What was the last movie...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:23:00 PST

Some effing people.

So, I tried to sell a drumkit on Gumtree, a really nice, pro-spec drum kit (the green one, Evader fans) for next to nothing.  Nothing happens for a fortnight, then I get 2 emails, one from a rea...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:09:00 PST

Evader

Fuck I enjoyed Evader last night!
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:03:00 PST

Sgt Rock is going to help me.

What is your best friend's Mom's name? ChristineWhere is the weirdest place you have a mole? I haven't got any weirdly-positioned moles. Who was the hottest teacher you ever had? I never had any hot t...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:44:00 PST

Turn it on again

I just spent an hour watching Genesis circa 1988.  What's all that about then?  They were fucking pump.  What the flip were 70,000 people doing there?  
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:09:00 PST

Movie music

 Soundtrack to your life: I am loathe to fill this in having seen Sarah's version of this, particularly as it will show me up to having not listened to any music released after 1982, but Wood's w...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:04:00 PST

back to work tomorrow. meh.

 1. Do you know anyone in Prison?My old landlady used to work in a prison, getting the lags to read books and stuff.  She started going out with one of them when he got out, which was ace, u...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:43:00 PST

Hello down there, this is your creator with a questionnaire.

 1. Where is your sister/brother right now?My brother's in Sheffield.  According to his quote on MSN he's playing Dead Rising on XBox 360.  He makes video games, so perhaps this counts ...
Posted by Phat Bob Phantom on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:27:00 PST