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Tom

who you callin' ginger?

About Me

I am a singer, guitarist, ukulele player, teacher, DJ and a songwriter... I like to keep busy.

My Interests

Music, Music and Music... what else is there?... ok: Tea, showers, Autumn, drunken train journeys, Slides, fish, the origins of strange everyday phrases, wonder woman, VW Beetles, the right pillow, a good motion, scrambled egg, out-of-the-box conversation, late nights, later mornings, mild hang overs, good singing, elevators, Vinyl, velvet jackets, velcro, peroni beer, swimming, , good underwear, ridiculous laughs, people who find themselves funny, drills, opening new jars of coffee, ants, wierd instruments, the smell of petrol, woods, bonfires, beaches, banana pancakes, moving, listening, Alexander technique, squirrels, honey, people tripping in the street and trying to cover it up...

I'd like to meet:

Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Ghandi and the man from Del Monte. I've already met Rolf Harris so life is almost complete.

Music:

Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Joanna Newsom, The Zutons, The Stones (although I'm probably a Beatles man... we are all either/or, never both equally!), The Who, The Bluetones, Supergrass, Credence, Canned Heat, CSN (&Y of course!), Dylan, Jackson Brown, James Taylor, Joni Michell, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Al Green, Little Feat, Antony and the Johnsons, Bright Eyes, Queen and, of course Johnny Cash...

Movies:

Santa Sangre, Amelie, Back to the Future (1 and 2 at least), Lord of the Rings, Payback, Dazed and Confused, Shawshank Redemption, Drop Dead Fred, Walk the Line, Ray, The Big Lebowski, Revenge of the Nerds.

This 'ere video is the Bastard Fairies... They are my first official Myspace find... I think they are great... but then... I was repeatedly dropped as a child.

Television:

This is GENIUS

Books:

'Even Cowgirls Get The Blues' by Tom Robbins 'Dear Boy' the Keith Moon biog, 'Shakey' the Neil Young biog... go figure

Heroes:

Neil Young, Pete Townsend,

My Blog

Who's who

Every now and then I get a chance to be Roger Daltry in a fucking amazing Who Tribute band called Who's Who. Its a blast. I don't play any guitar on these gigs so I'm free to roam the stage, swing the...
Posted by Tom on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:23:00 PST

Jeff and Alice's engagement party

We dont get out much, but boy we have fun when we do! Fiona, Amy and Carly do the whole magic-eye thing I'm just too cool for these swanky London places Me and my Best men... just realised my gr...
Posted by Tom on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:20:00 PST

A Family Occasion

The other day we all happened to be over at mums... this kind of stuff doesn't happen often with the nature of our individually crazy existences... fun!   Amy and I then took young Samuel and...
Posted by Tom on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:04:00 PST

Circle pics

In the last few months, every time I've been with a group of friends with my camera I've taken one of these photos. If you are in one of these... i guess it means I must like you! I'll be naming peopl...
Posted by Tom on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:03:00 PST