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AToM

All AToM, All the Time

About Me

I love my girl Em, we live out west with her 3 year old son Aethan - btw good job on the potty buddy! We have a Boston Terrier named Bez who is the best roommate we've ever - he rocks steady and he's our best mate. I have a thing with tattoos - I've got a few and I'm always getting more... ask real nice and I might show ya sometime. I make no apologies, I'm honest, pretty lazy, I work only for survival and live only for the things that satisfy most - listening to music, writing music, travel, once in a lifetime experiences. Selfish I know, but frankly, everything else is pretty much bosh and I can't be bothered.

My Interests

Music, Movies, the Footie, my dog Bez, Tattoos, excellent food with excellent wine, TRUFFLE CHEESE, fondue in bed staring at 11 foot high ceilings, travelling as much as possible - especially to see my girl.

I'd like to meet:

I've met her, and she's my muse.

Music:

Gorrillaz, Beastie Boys, Amon Tobin, The Who, UNKLE, Asian Dub Foundation, TV on the Radio, Stevie Wonder, Morris Day and tha muthafuckin' Time!!!, Leftfield, Dub Pistols, Dogtown Clash, The Russian Futurists, The Specials, Primal Scream, Placebo, Massive Attack, Portishead, Johnny Marr & The Healers, Ride, Manic Street Preachers, Stone Roses, Kasabian, SLF, The KLF, Doves, Dandy Warhols, Metric, The Charlatans, Felix Da Housecat, Happy Mondays/Black Grape, The Jam, Meat Beat Manifesto, Lamb, Red Snapper, The Incredible PWEI, NIN, Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Bebel Gilberto (mmm...sexy Bossa Nova), Parlament/Funkadelic, Mandrill, The Meters, King Tubby, Marvin Gaye, Kool & the Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, Larry Youngs Fuel, Jimmy McGriff, Fatback Band, Run DMC, The Streets, Tribe Called Quest, anything on Ninja Tune, Thievery Corporation, Underworld, Public Enemy, Neil Finn, Buddy Holly, The Smiths, Joy Division, Bowie, Elvis Costello, Mission of Burma, Jimmy Smith, Inspiral Carpets... I could go on...

Movies:

24 Hour Party People, Human Traffic, High Fidelity, Absolutely anything STAR WARS - and I don't care what you think..., Blade Runner, Leon - The Professional, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, La Femme Nikita, 5th Element, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch (e lake degseeh?), Hellboy, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Chinatown, Army Of Darkness, The Untouchables, Big Trouble In Little China

Television:

Never ever touch the stuff...

Books:

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Life of Pi, Bill Bryson anything, Tropic of Cancer, Quiet Days in Clichy, in fact everything by or to do with Henry Miller, Shakaspeeah!, Before I Get Old (bio of the Who), old school mystery novels - Dorothy L. Sayers, P.D. James etc., Tin-Tin and Asterix...

Heroes:

Don't talk to me about heroes - Most of these men seem like subs.

My Blog

Oh Candie!

Okay, my buddy Xine put me on to this singer from Liverpool and I don't flagwave too much with artists from myspace in general, but this one has officially blown my mind! Check out Candie Payne for a...
Posted by AToM on Fri, 11 May 2007 06:03:00 PST

James Brown - is dead.

Well, another end of an era, the ultimate funk soul brother is gone - James Brown got hit one last time on Christmas with pneumonia and passed away.  I'm not going to get all mopey about it - the...
Posted by AToM on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:32:00 PST

Another piece of my childhood...

...has been reconstituted into film form in Hollywood, produced by Stephen Spieberg and directed by "I blew up pearl harbour... again" Michael fucking Bay.  Ladies and gentlemen, the Transformers...
Posted by AToM on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:18:00 PST

I got me a fo-toe-graf-ur

Since I can't seem to find the cable with the unusual pin configuration for my digital camera I didn't take any pics of my time in NYC... however!  My friend Suse took lots and lots of pictures, ...
Posted by AToM on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:48:00 PST

The Bronx is up and the Batterys down...

So, I've been in New York for less than 24 hours, and I'm already totally freakin' out. I love this town. I woke up nice and early for coffee (my friend Suse advised of starbucks down the street) an...
Posted by AToM on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:03:00 PST

Wise Up Suckers...

The date - January 2005.  Four friends from Toronto decide on a whim, to fly to London, England for a week to see, what they consider to be, the reunion of the most seminal Rockpunkhiphop bands o...
Posted by AToM on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:29:00 PST