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About Me

24. Boy. The Hype Foundation. Newcastle. Music an' that. A&R scumbag. Ginger. Glasses. Blackburn Rovers. Dexter Majestik. Watered down generic lager. End.oh, and The Smiths. obviously.

My Interests

4/4 beats.

I'd like to meet:

matthew, mark, luke and john.

Music:

lots and lots...the smiths, joy division, my bloody valentine, new order, james, david bowie, blur, the cure, talking heads, roxy music, idlewild, pavement, yo la tengo, grandaddy, rem, jesus and mary chain, bright eyes, lemonheads, belle and sebastian, pulp, interpol, the national, daniel johnston, arcade fire, klaxons, lcd soundsystem, talk talk, teenage fanclub, the gossip, omd, dexys midnight runners, bruce springsteen, minotaurs, catweasels, john egdell, bob dylan, neil young, kings of leon, the cribs, the shins, erol alkan, white stripes, velvet underground, the strokes, modest mouse, wolf parade, broken social scene, the twilight sad, smashing pumpkins, mogwai, kavinsky, erasure, ian brown, the stone roses, badly drawn boy, oasis, the clash, elvis, eddie cochran, arctic monkeys, ramones, northern soul, johnny cash etc etc etc...

Movies:

This could go on forever so top 5 are... The Big Lebowski Eternal Sunshine Usual Suspects City Of God and... Anchorman

Television:

All sitcoms and gameshows...top 5 sitcoms: The Office, Peep Show, I'm Alan Partridge, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy Gameshows... Millionaire, Weakest Link, Eggheads, Catchphrase, Deal or No DealHonary mention, as we're in the electronic age of podcasts for The Ricky Gervais Show. Man's a genius.

Books:

Danny Wallace (Yes Man, Join Me) Dave Gorman (Are You Dave Gorman?, Googlewhack Adventure), Jack Kerouac (On The Road), Walter Yetnikoff (Howling At The Moon)

Heroes:

nicola lyons

My Blog

massive fuck off posters

right, i don't mean to be some sort of kill joy but what exactly is the craic with these massive, fuck off, posters that i keep getting in my comments bit? i'm all for a bit of promotion, but haway, i...
Posted by ryan on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:41:00 PST

demo address

this 'ere folks is my new address to send your demos to if you want them listened to. please, don't send any shite though.... Ryan Lofthouse A&R Famous Music Publishing 20 Fulham Broadway London S...
Posted by ryan on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:35:00 PST

The Hype Foundation Reviews

The Hype Foundation reviews for the new demo are starting to roll in. Go check them out from Manchester Music, Drowned In Sound and this months issue of the Crack (North East mag), or if that sounds t...
Posted by ryan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST