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John

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About Me


John was born in Leicester in the Seventies. He grew up mainly with a ball close to his feet or some small speakers clamped to his ears.
After leaving home at 19, he spent the next 5 years in Nottingham. Whilst he was there, he graduated in a degree he wished he hadn't have taken, and generally messed about too much.
Thereafter he moved to Manchester, where he has spent the best part of the last decade in a tedious job. To provide a release from the daily work nonsense, he can usually be found listening to live music, shouting at some blokes in red who kick a football around for a living, or taking photographs of wasps and such like.
He lives in one of the nicer parts of Manchester with his cat Spooks, too much clutter, and a slight air of despondancy about reaching his mid-30's.
When he grows up he would like to work with animals, in the music industry, or with a camera... or a combination of.
He hasn't written any international best sellers yet. But he will.
Some photos I've taken at gigs... (if any bands want any taking, just let me know)
Photos of concerts, and everything else, can now be found on my Flickr page... click here!

My Interests

Music.
Mainly... Instrumental Post Rock, Progressive, Electronica & Ambient

Photography.
www.flickr.com/photos/
born_annoying
Films.

I'd like to meet:



John's Calendar

Dec 12 2007, 20:00, Múm @ Manchester, Academy 3
Dec 13-17 2007, Slovakia
Dec 22 2007, 18:00, worriedaboutsatan, Yndi Halda, Wintermute, etc. @ Leeds, Holy Trinity Church
Jan 4 2008, 20:00, worriedaboutsatan, Falconetti @ Sowerby Bridge, The Vine
Jan 29 2008, 20:00, Explosions In The Sky @ Manchester, Academy 2
Feb 2 2008, 20:00, Amplifier @ Manchester, Academy 3
Feb 27 2008, 20:00, Laymar @ Manchester, Night & Day

Music:

Oceansize
worriedaboutsatan
65daysofstatic
Nine Inch Nails
Sigur Rós
Mono
Laymar
Day For Airstrikes
Scout Niblett
Falconetti
upcdownc
Explosions In The Sky
RandomNumber
The Moscow Coup Attempt
Mogwai
Metric
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
A Silver Mt Zion
Your Ten Mofo
Pelican
Russian Circles
Chris Clark
Aereogramme
Tomahawk
Martin Grech
Glissando
Queen Adreena
Team Sleep
Deftones
Amplifier
Amon Tobin
This Will Destroy You
Wintermute
Red Sparowes
The Album Leaf
Mum
Tool
Sanchez Is Driven By Demons
Biffy Clyro
Vessels
Boards Of Canada
Audrey
Pixies
Isan
Portishead
Youthmovies
Denali
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Pitchshifter

65daysofstatic
Don't Go Down To Sorrow

Nine Inch Nails
Something I Can Never Have

Oceansize
New Pin

Scout Niblett
Let Thine Heart Be Warmed (live)

Movies:

Kill Bill (vol 1 & 2), Pulp Fiction, Amelie, Godfather, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost In Translation, Goodfellas, True Romance, The Shining, Magnolia, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Delicatessen, Taxi Driver, Sin City, The Big Lebowski, Casino, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Natural Born Killers, Run Lola Run, Wild At Heart, Scarface...

Television:

The Sopranos, Lost, Dexter, Heroes, everything Reeves & Mortimer based, Spaced, I'm Alan Partridge, The Simpsons, Black Books... that's about it

Books:

Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Douglas Coupland, Haruki Murakami, James Herbert

David Shrigley