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Gary

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About Me

MyGen Profile Generator MyGen Profile Generator MyGen Profile Generator Likes: doing things, making things, talking about things, collecting (hoarding) things - junk mostly, taking the piss, laughing my head off.Hates: prejudice, intolerance, injustice, cruelty, religious hypocrisy, political humbug, sectarianism, racism, imperialism – in fact, if you’ve seen Monty Python’s Life Of Brian that just about sums up my attitude. Look on the bright side – splitters!

My Interests

A few of my bonsai: if slide show doesn't start first time try 'refresh'Martial art, bonsai, target shooting, music, sculpture, most forms of exercise, trees, mountains, animals and good British Real Ale.

I'd like to meet:

Sister Anne, Long Tall Sally, The Girl From Ipanema

PLEASE VISIT

WWW.FREEBRONSON.CO.UK

Music:

OLD STUFF I LIKE: MC5, The Clash, Culture, Bob Marley, The Ruts, Hendrix, U-Roy, Nick Drake, early roxy music, blue oyster cult, Miles Davis, joy division, capt. beefheart, PIL, Billy Cobham, Banshees, Warren Zevon, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. NEW STUFF I LIKE: Black Keys, Mark Lemhouse, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Darkwater, Little Axe, Delta Moon, Otis Taylor, Afro Celtic Sound System.STILL GOING: Misty in roots, Toots and the Maytals, L.K.J. Dylan, Rolling Stones, J.J Cale, Billy Bragg, Geno Washington, Dr Alimantado, Van Morrison, Motorhead.BEST LIVE BAND I'VE SEEN FOR AGES: Toots & the Maytals. BEST LIVE BAND EVER: The ClashSTREAMING RADIO: http://www.smokestacklightnin.com (new blues, weekly programme archived) http://www.azevedo.ca/scratch/ (continuous streaming roots reggae incl. old & rare stuff) http://www.radioparadise.com/ eclectic rock/pop

Movies:

Dr Strangelove, Dark Star, Get Carter, One flew over the cuckoo’s nest, Eraserhead, Life of Brian, full Monty, Rude Boy.

Television:

Christ, I'd have to be bored to do that!

Books:

Dunblane Unburied - Sandra Uttley, Exception to the Rulers - Amy Goodman, White line fever - Lemmy Kilmister, A Riot of our own - Johnny Green and Garry Barker, The dragons of eden - Carl Sagan. The Swish of the Kris - Vic Hurley. (http://www.bakbakan.com/swishkb.html), Keris and other Malay weapons - G.B. Gardner. I also collect old technical books; no one else does, which is good, I get 'em cheap! so I can see how far we've come in living memory.

My Blog

Broker king cough up!

Had a letter today from the financial controller of A&A group taking great pleasure in enclosing my cheque for £155.96. Well they could have had the bloody pleasure three months ago! I can highly...
Posted by Gary on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:04:00 PST

Further to my last, fair play to Germaine Greer.

Who just said exactly the same thing on 'any questions'
Posted by Gary on Sat, 31 May 2008 05:35:00 PST

Kids, knives and knife crime.

I must be getting old. I keep hearing that it's becoming more common for young people to carry knives.   Well I seem to remember that when I was a kid every small boy carried a knife of some sort...
Posted by Gary on Fri, 30 May 2008 08:43:00 PST

Free! Bonsai Review

Bonsai Review is the monthly newsletter of Northamptonshire Bonsai Society. It is entirely free to receive, contribute or advertise in.As well as news on the U.K. bonsai scene the review contains inte...
Posted by Gary on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:43:00 PST

Beware! Broker King - Insurance Scam

I recently tried one of these websites that searches for motor insurance quotes, they all came back too expensive so I left it.   Next day I had a call from Edward Evans of Broker King offering a...
Posted by Gary on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:40:00 PST

Fearless cat

Marley is a fluffy white cat. One of these preposterous flat-faced things that looks like a floor mop, or a draught excluder. But he's fiercely territorial. One day I'm out in the garden and a wo...
Posted by Gary on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:36:00 PST

Terry Barnett, Rick Faye.

Terry Barnett seminar at Jason Boh's in Portsmouth 25th November. The poster with details is in my albums with the Inosanto one. I know it's short notice but I've trained with Terry before and he's ve...
Posted by Gary on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:25:00 PST

Guro Inosanto in Poole 2008

Seminar with Guro Dan at S.D.C.S. 26th / 27th January 2008. Ashdown leisure centre, Poole Dorset. The poster, with details and booking information, is in my albums under 'Inosanto Poster'.  Be th...
Posted by Gary on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:19:00 PST