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Jimmothy

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About Me


Employed (just). 23. Cardiff. Bored.

I like average red wine, Marlborough Lights, black coffee and a good book or film. I also like music.
I don't like being poor, and things which make me nervous (which is most things).

I like these, you should too:

I also like these:

In order to find out about the erosion of freedom, which our supposedly liberal goverment is currently enacting, go here:

My Interests

"Fuck off, want a hobnob?"

I'd like to meet:


People who like postmodernism, liberal arts colleges and who can appreciate the fruits of the Canadian music scene.
The ability to have amicable discussion about music, philosophy and grammar is important.
People who like their coffee 'black as midnight on a moonless night' are also essential.

"i want all that stupid old shit like letters and sodas, letters and sodas."

Music:

EmoCore. PopCore (Biffy Clyro). GlassJAw. Emotional and Dark Things (Nick Cave, Brighteyes, Arcade Fire, P.J. Harvey, Joy Division, Spitualized, Tool, A Perfect Circle, The Smiths, Luke Haines & The Auteurs). IndySchmindy. Dabbling in the Metal.

Song Of The Week: Friday 6 January - Cemetery Gates - Pantera
Saturday 13 January - Selkies: The Endless Obsession -
Between The Buried And Me Friday 19 January - Asexual Meat Kitchen - Biffy Clyro
Friday 26 January - Millstone - Brand New
Friday 2 February – Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - Jarvis Cocker
Thursday 8 February - Deep Peace - Devin Towsend
Friday 16 February - Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis - Brand New
Saturday 24 February - Great Romances of the Twentieth Century -
Taking Back Sunday Saturday 3 March - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) - Pink Floyd
Friday 9 March - Boiled Frogs - Alexisonfire
Saturday 17 March - The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore -
PJ Harvey Saturday 24 March - No Cars Go - Arcade Fire
Friday 30 March - Parabol/Parabola - Tool
Saturday 7 April - Heart In A Cage - The Strokes
Friday 13 April - Song For Clay (Disappear Here) - Bloc Party
Friday 20 April - Eyeless - Slipknot
Friday 27 April - Seven Days Too Long - Dexys Midnight Runners
Friday 4 May - Elvis Impersonator Blackpool Pier - Manic Street Preachers Friday 11 May - Iron Tusk - Mastodon
Friday 18 May - NA
Sunday 27 May - Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
Friday 1 June - Lucky - Radiohead
Friday 8 June - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies - Biffy Clyro Friday 15 June - Phone Home - The Dillinger Escape Plan Friday 22 June - Discos and Casinos - Hell Is For Heroes

Movies:

Brick. I Heart Huckabees. Angel Heart. Royal Tenenbaums. Igby Goes Down. Capturing The Friedmans. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The Blues Brothers. 2001. Lost In Translation. Grosse Point Blank. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance. Walk The Line. Elizabeth. The Godfather. Mulholland Drive. Chinatown. Dr. Strangelove.

Television:

Twin Peaks will always have a special place in my heart
Peep Show on 4OD

Books:

Currently:
All The Kings Men

"Listen," Slothrop talking into his highball glass, bouncing words off ice cubes so they'll have a proper chill, "either I'm coming down with a little psychosis here, or something funny is going on, right?"
- Gravity's Rainbow

Heroes:

Conor Oberst, Nick Cave. Thom Yorke. John Gray. Paul Broks. Ian Curtis. Simon Neil. Napoleon Solo. P.J. Harvey. Isaiah Berlin. Maynard James Keenan. Phillip Marlowe. Woody Allen. Daryl Palumbo. Fyodor Dostoevsky. Special Agent Dale Cooper. The Geek Christ that is Seth Cohen.

Mr. Simon Neil:

My Blog

Stasiland

"First, please show me your ID," he says."Bitte?""I would like to see your identity card," he says."I don't have one.""What do you mean?" he asks."In Australia we don't have ID cards."He is speechless...
Posted by Jimmothy on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:15:00 PST

The Subject and Power

'I don't think that we should consider the "modern state" as an entity that was developed above individuals, ignoring what they are and even their very existence, but, on the contrary, as a very sophi...
Posted by Jimmothy on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:34:00 PST

metal luvs ontology

I have noticed some rather thought provoking metal lyrics as of late, possibly because of my recent interest in neurophilosophy. I thought I would share this rather rare meeting of interests.1. "Shut ...
Posted by Jimmothy on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:32:00 PST

Music 2006

Song of the week 2006:Friday 6th January - Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic MonkeysThursday 12th January - Wake Up - Arcade FireFriday 20th January - The Bagman's Gamble - The Decemberists Saturda...
Posted by Jimmothy on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:03:00 PST

Hate

This was how I broke the best Indifference, overblown with confidence and ignorance It all made sense And then I watched them take the test I believe it's better to inflict than to attempt relief You ...
Posted by Jimmothy on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:17:00 PST

ID Cards contradict the principles of liberal democracy

"All we have of freedom, all we use or know,This our fathers bought for us long ago.So they bought us freedom - not at little cost;Wherefore we must watch the king, lest our gain be lost.He shall mark...
Posted by Jimmothy on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:12:00 PST

'In the splendid auto-da-fé <br> Evil heretics were burnt.'

'But as soon as a man, through lack of character, takes refuge in a doctrine, as soon as he makes his crimes reasonable, it multiplies like Reason herself and assumes all the figures of the syllogism....
Posted by Jimmothy on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:54:00 PST

Manifest Destiny

Just watched Syriana. Made me think of these:Project For The New American CenturyPNAC on WikipediaManifest DestinyI keep trying to think of something to say but everything keeps sounding melodramatic....
Posted by Jimmothy on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:33:00 PST

Political Ideas In The Romantic Age

Dissertation is going well. Have written 5000 words in about 3 weeks. Feeling happy about the results so far. Having said that i think that certain stages of writing a dissertation on political philos...
Posted by Jimmothy on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 03:54:00 PST

When i first met you i shook you down like a blood donation

Went to see Maramaduke Duke last Saturday (1st July) at Cardiff Barfly.Good good times. Reunited with the usual Biffy team a.k.a. Stuart William and Dave the Rave, with additional Sir Colin Crumb and ...
Posted by Jimmothy on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:41:00 PST