Circle Jerk = It was, for a time, used as a slang term to describe various sub-culture teens who perhaps didn't necessarily fit the punk "criteria", but rejected the conformity of the mainstream in both real or superficial ways...
Also a slang term for group masturbation...
So you've formed one of two opinions right now...=P...
The name is Philip J. Steadman (but Phil for short). I've just finished my first year at Huddersfield Uni studying Music Technology With Popular Music. I also work part time at McDonalds and i'm about to start work at The ODEON too. I'm a busy man. I also play bass/vocals in a rock band called Allies For Alibis and bass/vocals in a pop-punk band called Maple Town. I've also recently started trying to gig a bit more acoustically with one of my best mates, Baz. Like i said, busy man.
I'm way tired at the minute. Everything seems to be mounting up at the same time. I doubt i'm gonna have much time to actually enjoy the summer. I'll either be locked up at work or trying desperatly to write a song that'll make people sing along. Something that when people read the lyrics, they can stop and think. Maybe connect with it, maybe just liking the way it looks written down on a page. I'm not the best lyricist in the world, but i try really hard. I'm not the best musician in the world either, but i get by. I'm a jack of all trades, master of none. I try to play bass, guitar, drums, ukulele and harmonica. Music is like a lifeline for me. I like soft folk music, acoustic music with power behind it (check Chuck Ragan and his song 'The Boat' for a great example), simple pop, pop rock that gets me dancing, hardcore punk, heavy as shit music and and most things in between. I draw the line in some places, but i can tolerate just about everything.
I have some of the greatest mates ever (i know everyone says that, but i actually do). I trust them all 100% and love to see them all. I've gotten closer to some recently which is awesome, but others seem to be drifting away recently which full on blows. I do my best to keep up with everyone but it's so hard. I'd cut some of the things out of my life to make more time for my friends but i can't. Everything i do is really important to me and rather than have the people i love suffer, i'd rather take that burden on myself. They may get mad at me cause i'm never there, but i hope they understand that i'm trying my damned hardest to make sure no one is let down.
I smile and joke around a hell of a lot. I doubt there is a serious bone in my body really. At least not when i'm in public. I'm all about the jokes, the good times. I'll go way above and beyond normal levels just to get a smile out of someone. On the rare occasion you see me not smiling, DON'T PANIC!!! Chances are i'm just trying to figure out a new way to make someone laugh, or i'm working my way through a joke i didn't get at first. I sace all the introspective leanings for when i'm alone so i don't bring other people down.
I wonder if they know that I don't get the jokes, but I just
need to laugh...And so here's to the jokes that I never got, and I never will...
