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About Me


'Locked away in the north where I can't escape from the people and the records I hate - No wonder I'm always 15 minutes late'
"One of the things that art teaches us is that others have thought differently, and there are other ways to understand the world. Knowledge is relevant, and once we acquire the taste for it nothing will stop our curiosity." - Vivienne Westwood
I'm obsessed with music. I over analyze people's words and actions. I enjoy eccentrics, weirdos, interesting people with opinions. I don't enjoy bland, dull people with no personality and nothing to say. I fancy nerds - spectacles and tweed are good. I've got an unpleasant habit of leaving teabags in random places around the house. I'm not pretentious - no matter much the V. Westwood quote attempts to convince you otherwise. I'm ridiculously paranoid. I harbour a secret love for 90's R'n'B. I find great pleasure in picking off nail varnish. I hate the number seven. I was born in the wrong era. I own too much leopard print but I don't wear it enough these days. I never find the time to do anything even when I've got an endless amount of time on my hands.
I am always late.

My Interests

Music
Decades past
Lie ins
Drunken escapades
Talking
Art
Vintage
Pirates
The bizzare things in life
Trashy glamour
Dancefloors
Boys sporting old cardigans/sparkly cardigans/cardigans in general
Magazines
Old photographs
1950's style
Pin ups
Books
Irish accents
Debates
Writing
The Guardian (especially on a Friday)
Bold Street
Correct spelling and grammar
Animal print
Fairy lights
Radio 6
Gigs
Alcohol fueled deep and meaningfuls with complete strangers
Nerds
Thinking
Gypsies, tramps and thieves
Sleeping
People watching
Berets
Parties
Indie discos
History
Daydreaming
Magners
Lyrics I relate to
Black biro
French singers
Brain fiction
Coloured feathers
Dancing in the kitchen
Shoes
Standing on my soapbox
Laughing
Channel 4
Comedy
Asking questions
Bright make up
Alone Time

I'd like to meet:


I want to meet everybody I encountered at
Glastonbury 2007!
To be honest I milk Glastonbury to the extreme and act like a proper loser over it but I don't even care
It was too amazing!

Music:

Last.fm
The Smiths
The Clash
The Specials
Joy Division
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
The Velvet Underground
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Chuck Berry
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Maccabees
Buzzcocks
Art Brut
The Stone Roses
The Cure
Camera Obscura
The Stooges
X-Ray Spex
The Long Blondes
N*E*R*D
Help She Can't Swim
Au Revoir Simone
CSS
Blondie
The Pogues
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Ramones
Beirut
Matt & Kim
Shitdisco
The Libertines
Love Is All
These New Puritans
New York Dolls
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Nouvelle Vague
MC5
Cut Chemist
Architecture In Helsinki
Cajun Dance Party
Operator Please
Beck
Jimi Hendrix
Arcade Fire
Patti Smith
Bloc Party
Connan & the Mockasins
David Bowie
The Teenagers
Larrikin Love
Blood Red Shoes
Voxtrot
Klaxons
The New Pornographers
The Coral
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
The Jam
Jeffrey Lewis
Edith Piaf
Yeti
PJ Harvey
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
We Are Scientists
The Futureheads
Muddy Waters
Jane Birkin
Jeff Buckley
Amy Winehouse
Be Your Own Pet
Jamie T
Black Box Recorder
Kasabian
Suede
Bonde Do Role
John Lee Hooker
This Et Al
Foals
Vincent Vincent & The Villains
The Blow
The Rosie Taylor Project
Public Enemy
Dead Milkmen
Jens Lekman
Lavender Diamond
The Gossip
Faithless
Misfits
The King Blues
Semifinalists
Peter, Bjorn & John
Television
Modest Mouse
Graham Coxon
Dimitri From Paris
Babyshambles
Fake Shark Real Zombie
Patrick Wolf
Kate Bush
Wrists
Tapes N Tapes
Afrika Bambaataa and the SoulSonic Force
Pulp
Candie Payne
Queens Of The Stone Age
BB King
The Royal We
Test Icicles
Basement Jaxx
Leadbelly
Marvin Gaye
Dizzee Rascal
Damn Arms
Rolling Stones
The Rapture
Black Wire
Van She
We Are The Physics
The Cribs
Wild Beasts
LCD Soundsystem
Howling Bells
VHS Or Beta
The Kinks
Romeo Void
New Young Pony Club
Blur
Clipse
Kate Nash
Billie Holiday
Chemical Brothers
The Distillers
Lucy Pearl
Television Personalities
Chicks On Speed
Crystal Castles
The Flaming Lips
Arctic Monkeys
Howlin' Wolf
Happy Mondays
The Raconteurs
Depeche Mode
Jack Penate
Josephine Baker
Good Shoes
Sonic Youth
MIA
Xx Teens
George Clinton
Kings Of Leon
Lightspeed Champion
Jane's Addiction
Franz Ferdinand
Ladytron
Goldfrapp
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
ODB
Victorian English Gentlemens Club
Mos Def
Le Tigre
Madness
Outkast
Peaches
Pixies
Shy Child
The White Stripes
The Strokes
T Rex
Wolfmother
The Rezillos
The Prodigy
Wu Tang
Pizzicato 5
Daft Punk
Talking Heads
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
Primal Scream

Movies:

Pulp Fiction
Ed Wood
From Dusk 'till Dawn
High Fidelity
Thumbsucker
Vozvrashcheniye
CONTROL
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Principles of Lust
I ♥ Huckabees
24 Hour Party People
The Birds
Cinq Fois Deux
Mean Girls
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
A Clockwork Orange
Spirited Away
Grease
Donnie Darko
Walk the Line
Secretary
Ghost World
Kill Bill
Slums of Beverly Hills
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Little Nicky
Thirteen
Romeo & Juliet
Anchorman
Napoleon Dynamite
Beetlejuice
Forrest Gump
Edward Scissorhands
Dodgeball
Igby Goes Down
Sideways
Friday
Me Without You
Nightmare Before Christmas
The Beach
Zoolander
Various Disney films that remind me of my childhood

Television:

Peep Show
The Mighty Boosh
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nighty Night
Black Books
The Young Ones
Brass Eye
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Sex and the City
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Nathan Barley
The League of Gentlemen
Friends
Mock the Week
Bottom
South Park
Anything with Louis Theroux
Anything with Stephen Fry
Grand Designs
Teachers
Green Wing
Gladiators!

Books:

Trainspotting
High Fidelity
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Serial Killers
In Print: A Career in Journalism
THE JOLLY POCKET POSTMAN
And I Don't Want to Live This Life
How to Walk in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything
Scar Tissue
In Her Shoes
The Devil Wears Prada
The Smiths
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Dreams

Heroes:

Steven Morrissey
Johnny Marr
Gustav Klimt
Egon Schiele
Poly Styrene
Karen O
Debbie Harry
Patti Smith
Joe Strummer
Ian Curtis
Iggy Pop
Dylan Moran
Rik Mayall
Stephen Fry
Louis Theroux
John Cooper Clarke
Marilyn Monroe


My Blog

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. And us.

The. Most. Amazing. And. Surreal. Night. Ever.We went to...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:00:00 PST

Boy/Girl duos

Are the next big thing.Matt & KimBlood Red ShoesMates of StateTiger Forceetc....
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:55:00 PST

Pat Butcher & Moira Stewart!

Pat Butcher and Moira Stewart...Are an item!This just made my weekpleaseletitbetruepleaseletitbetruepleaseletitbetrue ...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:19:00 PST

Want It.

I need this jacket in my life. Now. Retro ice cream man much?I don't get my EMA stack till FridaySupposedly £120But i'm going out on Friday night and need £££ for thatThis jacket is £55LameWish it was...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:26:00 PST

Bloody Tesco

So. Right.They built a new Tesco by ours which was finished about maybe over a month ago.I hated it even before it was built due to all the bloody roadworks going on for itAnywayI haven't slept. It's ...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:07:00 PST

Psychotic Reactions

"Depression should never be knocked or avoided, it's a means to an end of division from self, a.k.a. remission"- Lester Bangs"It's as if someone writhing in torment has made that writhing into a kind ...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Tue, 23 May 2006 08:59:00 PST

I'm Gonna Jump On The Bandwagon & Say FILL IT IN!

Name:Age:How Long Have We Been Friends: Do You Trust Me:Do You Love Me: Have You Ever Lied To Me: What's Your Best Memory Of Us Together: Would You Do Anything For Me: Am I One Of Your Closest Friends...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Sat, 20 May 2006 10:32:00 PST

N*E*R*D - I Have Rediscovered The Genius

Right, so, i realised that i have totally been neglecting N*E*R*D and the wonder of 'In Search Of...'Man, i remember when i first got into them when i was about 13, i'd heard Lapdance before and my si...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:08:00 PST

TEST ICICLES RIP

Yerr so i went to see Test Icicles for the last time ever on Thursday in ManchesterWent on my lonesome, as usual (damn you all and your McFly taste in music!) had to get zee coach from Liverpool to Ma...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:45:00 PST

Obsessive

So like, i get obsessed with things, with people too easily. And it's always stupid things and situations that just cannot possibly work out but i plan it out in my mind anyway and i'm a loser and i s...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jack on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:19:00 PST