Gigs are my main source of fun! Gigs I've been to..... Reading Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Nick Mohammed, Tim Minchin, Mark Watson, Carl Donnelly vs. John Robins, Michael Mcintyre, Matt Forde's On Heat, Stephen K Amos, Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne, Alun Cochrane, Chris Cox, Mark Olver), Russell Brand, Jools Holland, Jon Richardson (Nat Luurtsema, Iszi Lawrence and some other person who I cant remember the name of!), Russell Brand Ponderland, Graham Norton, Jon Richardson (Ben Norris, Duncan Oakley, Ian Moore), Mark Olvers "Ramble On" with Jon Richardson, Jon Robins, Bucky, Craig Campbell and a comedian who looked like a lesbian! (Cannot remember his name at all!), Robots In Disguise (Nemo, TurboWolf), Simon Amstell, Frank Turner, Kid Harpoon (Helsinki), Russell Howard (Steve Hall), Live at the Chapel (Jon Richardson, Steven Kay Amos, Pappys Fun Club, Noel Fielding), NME Tour (The Cribs, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, The Ting Tings and JOHNNY MARR!), Robots In Disguise (Huski), Spice Girls (get jealous everyone), NME Awards Launch Party (Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Wombats and Babyshambles-ish!), Patrick Wolf (Lightspeed Champion), Jools Holland, Saving Aimee, Furthest Drive Home, Tonight Is Goodbye, Hadouken! (Shut Your Eyes And Youll Burst Into Flames and The Ghost Frequency), The Rev (Ting Tings), Jack Penate (Evliin and Wild Beasts), The Holloways/Wombats (Kid Harpoon), Pull Tiger Tail, Maximo Park (Das Wanderlust and Art Brut), Mcfly (Lil Chris - what a cheese fest!), Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (The Dykeenies and Pull Tiger Tail), MTV2 Spanking New Music (Biffy Clyro, The Twang, Hadouken!, The Wombats), Ghosts, Jimmy Carr Live, Matt Berry (aka. Dixon Bainbridge from Mighty Boosh!), Larrikin Love (Tiny Dancers and Jeremy Warmsley), Frank Turner and Beans On Toast, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (TANAOU and Walter Schriefels), Dirty Pretty Things (Hot Club De Paris and Mando Diao), Babyshambles (The Wombats and The Holloways), Razorlight (The Like and Boy Least Likely To), The Automatic (Frank Turner, Viva Machine and Alterkicks), The Kooks (Larrikin Love and Cat The Dog), Red Hot Chili Peppers (!!!), T4 On The Beach 05 and 06,Rooster (The Famous Last Words ), Robbie Williams, Franz Ferdinand (Editors and The Rakes), Will Young
My heroes I guess, anyone involved in my current obsessions!
I like the old, the new and the bits that go in the middle...Adam And The Ants.Babyshambles.Beans On Toast.Beautiful South.Blondie.Blur.Dirty Pretty Things.Gary Numan.Glamour For Better.Graham Coxon.Hadouken.IAMX.Johnny Cash.Joy Division.Kid Harpoon.Kings Of Leon.Klezma Villanova.Larrikin Love.Libertines.Patrick Wolf.Paul Weller.Robots In Disguise.Shy Child.Sigur Ros.The Clash.The Cure.The Ghost Frequency.The Jam.The Pan I Am.The Smiths.The Wombats.Tim Minchin (does that count...?)
Mighty Boosh
Top Model
The Oaks and Neighbours
Scrubs!
Green Wing
ER
(I do have a soft spot for things set in hospitals!)
Jack Kerouac makes me want to read and never ever stop
When I say heroes, this is mainly just people I really really like at the moment!
Russell Howard and Jon Richardson
Kate Moss
Agnyess Deyn
Debbie Harry
Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt
Russell Brand and Matt Morgan
Patrick Wolf and Edward Larrikin