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Johnny Scribbler

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About Me

I am Johnny Scribbler, musician, juggler, pioneer of shitcartoonism, purveyor of drunken photography, committed smoker of fine cigarettes, occasional drunk and erstwhile lunatic. I live in the frozen North, which is actually quite pleasant, in a flat on the tenth floor of a fairly dreary tower block with a magician and a juggler. I spend my days acting, playing music, playing with circus toys and drinking tesco value vodka. Due to this, i tend to spend my nights unconscious...
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My Interests

I enjoy (in no particular order nor sense) the combination of music and smoking, being the loudest person in a band, team bartending, liquid drum n bass, going driving with friends fairly aimlessly, playing drums, songs that make you go 'Ooooh' and all the hairs on your neck stand up, drinking in tents, festival campsites, juggling very fast, slaughtering people at pool, reading in pubs, watching phil do magic, dancing to New Found Glory in the kitchen, talking about nothing in particular, words such as and including 'splendid', playing Ronan Keating on the guitar, lighting candles for no apparent reason, vodka, lemon and lime, looking at pictures of the night before, gesticulating wildly, dodgy sunglasses, the fact i understand Gary Larson cartoons, all forms of intoxication, the hit of nicotine 5 seconds after you take back, the coolest kids in town, literature, talking philosophically, Drum n Bass nights, cheesecake browsing, charity shop shopping, the bus station cafe, songs that start with drumming, left-wing political views, making mixtapes, giggling endlessly and acting on stage.

I'd like to meet:

Despite the fact of them being somewhat dead; Kerouac, Camus, Plato, Aristotle, Hendrix, Moon, Darwin, Garrett, Byron, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Monkhouse and Shaw.Of the living, I'd like to meet the Pope, Gary Larson, Noam Chomsky, Noel Fielding and Julian Barrat (sp.?), DJ Format, Jonathon Ross, Alan Shearer and Dylan Moran.I'd like to meet Ben Elton, and tell him his latest book is just a shit hypermodern version of 1984. I'd also like to meet Russell Brand and disillusion him from the premise he is actually funny.I'm glad for everyone I've met in my life so far...

Music:

The King Blues, Lemon Jelly, DJ Hype, DJ Friction, Stanton Warriors, Skittles, The Herbaliser, DJ Format, Roots Manuva, The Specials, Selecter, The Beat, The Last Chancers, DJ Yoda, Sonic Boom Six, The Wolfe Tones, Braintax, Pendulum, Scratch Perverts, Noisia, The Beautiful South, Mr Scruff, Fountains of Wayne, Foreign Beggars, Rich Reason, Fleetwood Mac, The Clash, The Beatles, The Stone Roses, Failsafe, Aquasky, Chloroform Daze, Ben Folds (and Ben Folds Five), Elfonso, Cyne, UK77, Soda Factory, The Who, Andy C, London Electricity, The Happy Mondays, Six Nation State and Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

Movies:

Michael Collins, Hot Fuzz, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Wind that shakes the Barley, City of God, American History X, The Blade trilogy, the Star Wars original trilogy, The first 2 Godfather films, Rebel without a Cause, Singin' in the Rain (i want to dance like Donald O'Connor), Twin Town, X-Men trilogy, Memento, Groundhog Day, The Truman Show, trainspotting, Lock, Stock..., Snatch, Human Traffic, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Guys and Dolls, 12 Monkeys, Desperado, Love Actually (although the thought of Hugh Grant and Billy-Bob Thornton as Prime Minister and President is more terrifying than the ones we actually have), all the Python films, Ghostbusters and thats about it.

Television:

Black Books and Peep Show on DVD, The Mighty Boosh, Daria, old cartoons and Bill Hicks on YouTube, and Romans Empire and the Snooker in Phils room. I don't own a telly.

Books:

The Five People you will Meet in Heaven, Glue, One Hundred Years of Soltitude, Hitchikers guide to the Galaxy, Ben Elton stuff, A big boy did it and ran away, All families are pyschotic, Junk, Bloodtide, 1984, A Clockwork Orange, any of the Gary Larson 'Far Side' cartoon compilations, Lucky Jim, the Picture of Dorian Gray, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Curious Incident of the Dead Dog in the Nighttime, On The Road, books by Mandasue Heller, the liar, anything by Graham Greene (but especially our man in havana and Brighton rock), Catch-22, The Tenko Club, Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs, The Rotters Club and The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe, The Barrytown Trilogy (the commitments, the snapper and the van) by Roddy Doyle, Val MacDermaid, Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl, the collective works of Peter Robinson and Cider with Roadies.

Heroes:

The Last Chancers, Maddie House, Dave Gaffney, Dave the legendary driver, anyone who wears ridiculous sunglasses, Gary Larson, people who juggle glowing balls in drum n bass clubs, The Haddon Hardcore, Irish Phil and Zachary, Chloroform Daze, Oscar Wilde, Spike Milligan, El-x, Graham Greene, The Dan, Rich Reason, Grandmaster Flash, Stuart Maconie, Ian Dury, Phil Jupitus, Rolf Harris, Ian Pryce, Jimmy Dean, Lord Byron, Group 10 and The Ghostbusters.

My Blog

Crippled

Well, here is the full story. For those who don't yet know, i'm currently limping around Salford on crutches in a fair amount of pain, caused by my sheer idiocy and a fractured foot. It starts off wel...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:17:00 PST

The Blackpool Fiasco

Hello again, time for my take on more mischief with the last chancers! Thursday the 18th of January, 2007. The Last Chancers appearing live at Riffs in Blackpool. On a bit of a downer after the Sheffi...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:16:00 PST

Lessons I have learned on tour part one...

...with the Last Chancers * Dave is not only a top bloke, but a great driver.* He doesnae mind me and Alex sticking our heads out the window at 110 mph.* Without Kaye, we would be fucked!* Its real fu...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:25:00 PST

38 stretch...

Well well well, its me again. Hello adoring fans! Oh, ok, hello max, or whichever one of you takes time off from your own life to read about the sordid escapades of mine own. Last night was a strange ...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:28:00 PST

Whiskey in the riot van, Cotswold style!

As i am yet again failing to sleep, i turn once more to this interweb malarkey to thrash out some of the finer aspects of my personal life. In this case, my Waywards-tastic birthday weekend.The basic ...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:25:00 PST

My summer of love

This is the first of the two new blogs. I haven't done owt on these for a while and my life has shifted quite rapidly towards adulthood. But fuck adulthood for now, my summer certainly didn't reflect ...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:42:00 PST

Charitable waywards, uncharitable namecalling and far too many bruises...

Ahhh here we go again. I really should apologise to all the people who take time out to read these bloody things as mainly i describe my life and whats happening, and chances are ive told you already ...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:50:00 PST

SCUUUUURGE!

Oh me oh my, what a night. Thursday the 6th of April, As i normally start, i will set the scene. My parents and 2 youngest brothers left the house early in the morning for a few days. I have a drama '...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:00:00 PST

FANZINE PEOPLE!

Yo Who out of yis all wants to start an online myspace fanzine? Basically, im really bored and i want to get a 'zine going, but cant be bothered to type stuff and print in with all that hassle. So bas...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 01:48:00 PST

Whiskey, music and fighting...

(Public health warning: Anyone who came to this show may need trauma therapy, or a large and very alcoholic drink) Well, the title of this blog actually makes it sound a lot more hardcore than wh...
Posted by Johnny Scribbler on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:20:00 PST