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Alex

Born to Boogie

About Me

I am very much into music
I was born ages ago and I have not done a great deal of growing up since then. Although I am now in my twilight years I still think I am about 17 in my head (otherwise why else would I be on myspace). I love my friends and enjoy going to as many gigs and festivals as possible.
I enjoy films and reading as well as music. I have been known to venture out on Mountain Treks in the nearby Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.
I am generally pleased to meet anybody and if you write or comment to me then I will usually write or comment back

This is me sat in a chair sporting a Motorhead T-Shirt as you can plainly see.

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My Interests



I wish life could be like this all the time!

I Don't Know Why But Disembodied Brains are Always Fun

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people, fellow music fans and bands, weirdo's, lunes, vampires, aliens, cowboys and girls, festival goers, fellow freaks,Strangeness in general.

It's My Current Ambition to Attend the Burning Man Festival in the USA

Music:



This is what I think is a Great Record

If you are going to take a spin with this then don't forget to pause the music player - but you didn't really need me to tell you that now did you?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It's Kinda Groovy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sun Ra


It's difficult to know where to start with this one. I enjoy so much music that it, well it wouldn't be impossible, but probably rather boring to list every band that I like. To start with I enjoy Rock including - Classic,Grunge,Death and Thrash Metal, Metal in general(as long as they are good heavy & involve guitars), Goth stuff, Space Rock,Punk,Prog,Hippie Dippy stuff,Psychedelia generally oh...and Americana, Reggae, Dub, Blues, Dance, Drum & Bass, Folk and some World Music. Here is a list of what I am currently listening to........

HAWKWIND (naturally)

Drive By Truckers - (Verily -Gods Walk the Earth!)

Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express

PJ Harvey

Cradle of Filth, White Zombie,Scott Matthews, Blue Mountain,Mr Scruff,Muki,Gaudi,Dreadzone,Commecial Hippies, Gong, New York Dolls, The Smiths,Jah Shaka, CSNY, Neil Young (Major Deity), The Cramps,Bob Marley,Ramones

Siouxsie & The Banshees

(I know I pointed this out earlier but just in case you missed it - It might be an idea to pause the music player before watching these video's but you didn't me to tell you that did you?)

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The Band with the best ever name - MC 900ft Jesus

Gil Scott Heron

Jackson Browne, Peter Tosh, Nils Peter Molvaer, DJ Krush, Pram, System Seven & Hillage,Opeth,Andromeda,Velvet Underground,Jerry Lee Lewis, Ted Nugent (strictley early stuff mind you), King Crimson,Bert Jansch,Ackercocke, Neko Case, The Warlocks, The Fall (everyone should listen to The Fall),JPT Scareband,Roy Harper,Porcupine Tree,Steele Pulse,Arvind Aarsett, Rory Gallagher,Irration Steppas,Hallucinogen,Sensifeel,Zion Train,Led Zeppelin, Linton Kwesi Johnson,The Cash Brothers, John Martyn, Lemon, Massive Attack, Groove Armada,Amplifier, Eat Static, Tosca

Johnny Cash,Spearhead,Dephazz, My Dying Bride,Hi Fi Companions,Killing Joke, Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains, Pentangle,Hard Floor,Marc Bolan & T-Rex, Alter Bridge, Fat Freddy's Drop,Joy Division,Violet Femmes,Love Grocer,Hanzel und Gretyl,Bob Dylan,Fleetwood Mac,Johnny Winter,Martin Carthy,UNKLE,Nirvana,Whitesnake,Jefferson Airplane,Jimi Hendrix,Big Youth

Bjork
Rammstien, 23 Skidoo, Captain Beefheart,Daddy G,The Rolling Stones, Culture,Deep Purple,Ozric Tentacles

Patti Smith

Screaming Trees,Wishbone Ash(again strictley early stuff), Kyuss,The Doors, Richard Thompson, Sea Sick Steve...............
"HURRY UP YOU IDIOT!!!

OKAY!!,OKAY!!,EASY MAN, EASY!!..... did I mention".....Lynryd Skynyrd, AC/DC, The Earlies, Anathema,Nick Drake, Van Der Graaf Generator, Pulsar, Francoise Hardy,Emmylou Harris,Cathedral, Magic Mushroom Band,Dan Ar Bras, Alan Stivell, Witchcraft,Aliens,Nico, Fairport Convention,Death From Vegas,Allman Brothers & Paradise Lost?...I could go on..but i won't (Okay so you like music, enough already!!....Sheeesh!)

"Is it over darling?".."Yes, Yes I do I believe it is, we're safe at last, we've survived, we survived that incredulously long list of bands"..."My God ...if thats just a short list for Myspace.....can you imagine the size of his collection!"

Movies:

Anything Remotely French

Amelie

Emmauelle Beart -Une actrice et un film tres beaux tiennent le premier role

Vampire Flicks (especially French 70's ones!)

World War 2 movies (I was born in 1960 - I think the Dambusters is a great film

Flying Daggers

Withnail & I, Doctor Zhvargo, Apocolpse Now (a firm favorite), Aliens, The Films that Peter Greenaway does so well ie; Drowning By Numbers

Prospero's Books, The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The Pillow Book etc. Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Anything by Wim Wenders

..Jack with Jack

"Orders From the House"

The Shinning

Kind Hearts and Coranets, Laurel & Hardy Films,Seven, Good Spooky Horror Films.

And of Course Barbarella

Television:

My Current Favorite Tv programme is Charlie Brookers Screen Wipe on BBC4. My Second Favorite Tv programme is Peep Show on Channel 4.

This is Often the Sad Result of Gawping at Too Much TV

Books:

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Stalingrad, The Great Rock Discography. Dracula (Bram Stoker). The Narnia Chronicles (I spent many a night under the bed clothes with a torch with these books - as a child of course),Tolkien (naturally), The Book of Bunny Suicide (Andy Riley)

Heroes:

Tin Tin from Thunderbirds was a huge influence on my early childhood. I was strangely moved by her subtle charms. Daughter of the Tracey Family's Man Servant -(sorry Household Manager)- Kyrano (half brother to that complete & utter bastard - The Hood!). Tin Tin spent most her time helping Brains invent clever devices, with which to aid rescuing distressed citizens, by generally adding a healthy dose of glamour and cups of tea and cake.
You see what I mean? She is a Kitten...Perhaps one day I may meet her in the plastic.

Just in case you missed it
PJ Harvey