"If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."
GOOD:
* 2RRR (my other home for the last 18 years) and being part of "The Jaunt Collective"
* Wrestling: TNA, PWA Elite, ECW, WWE, WWF, WCW, ROH, XPW, ACW, AWA & FMW; Backyard, Mexican, Old School, Australian, Japanese, Jelly, Honey (Amber Ladies) & PS2 Smackdown! series
* Reading / watching / taking part in any form of activity involving some form of Hunter S Thompson theme
* The "3C Meal": chilli, chicken and cheese (and sometimes "4C" with chips)
* Hot Hungarian Salami (my current food weakness)
* BEER: The Lord Nelson Hotel in The Rocks is my idea of BOOZE HEAVEN! Favourite beers include Coopers (love Vintage Extra Strong & Stout), Pure Blonde, Tooheys Old, plus I don't mind Reschs, Carlton Draught or XXXX. If forced, I'll drink VB or Tooheys New, but I will never drink Fosters!
* Collecting figures: wrestling (about 45) and Star Wars (about 130) and other star wars/wrestling rarities
* rarely being bored, except when I'm without things to entertain me (mp3 player, book, magazine, food)
* hanging out with my variety of friends at different locations all over sydney, including kellys on king street, the system of a landsdowne & various other locations
* the colours red, blue and black
* converse all star shoes (9 pairs: red and white; red and black; black; black and white; blue and white; blue with white pin stripes; khaki; dark with red and white pin stripes & FLAMES!!! YES!)
* my father's honey soaked bbq prawns
* PS2 (one day i'll get myself a PS3)
* looking up stupid stuff on the internet
* roadtrips (usually only to Gosford and back, just as long as their is awesome music involved)
* getting drunk and boasting
* being a roadie for various bands over the years including Slur, The Drugs & Triangle
* facial hair (remember: never trust a man with a goatee beard, he has something to hide)
* drawing silly objects and cartoons that make no sense to anyone but me
* laughing at try hard kinder goths, rivet heads and emo fags
* tattoos (eight - for me, eight is definitely not enough!)
* being able to hook up electrical equipment (stereos, videos and televisions) with a minimum of fuss and without looking at the instruction manual
* wearing caps & cowboy hats in public
* polaroid & digital photography
* talking to famous people without getting overawed
* watching any type of film that gets my attention for at least 10 minutes
* playing pool with "the elite leader"
* talking to my sister for hours about nothing
* having a multitude of nicknames
* collecting magazines about music, wrestling and tattoos
* my ring tone on my phone (it's "rockit" by herbie hancock)
* stickers
* playing guitar badly
* my Jay and Silent Bob figures
* being a home owner - owning a unit in the inner west
* but my favourite thing in the world is eating cheese. i really like cheese, particularly nimbin cheese, melted on toast with garlic butter - a minute in the microwave and it's done ... mmmmmmm ....
... and porn.
BAD:
* missing family members that have passed away, which is far too many in such a short amount of time
* people who talk too loudly on mobile phones on public transport
* "suits"
* olives & mangoes (ewww - the worst two foods in the world!)
* drum circles (goddam HIPPIES! i hate them!)
* homeless people & beggars, particularly the ones who have that unique "homeless man" smell
* nightclubs full of drunken yahoos and yobs
* football (all codes, except for soccer when Australia is winning) in fact most sport when Australia isn't involved bores me to tears
* calling colours names of fruits (peach is a fruit, not a colour!)
* work: either having to get their early or having to work back late
* clowns. I cannot stand clowns! they fully freak me out and I don't find them funny!
... and gay porn (between men).
See my "Heroes" section for people that I hold in high regard; that is who I'd like to meet.
Please note that all quotes in the left hand column are by Hunter S Thompson (1937 - 2005)
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway
where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side"
Note: this list is constantly updated. All Australian (and some New Zealand) artists are in bold and deserve praise!
(b)ananartista
10CC
1000 Homo DJ's
15Peter20
16 Bit
2UP
30 Years
8-Bit Operators
808 State
A Plus D
AC/DC
Acid Horse
Adorable
Al Gringo & The Original Psychobilly Krautboys on Moonshine
Alien Christ
Alice in Chains
Ammer / Enheit
Andrew WK
Angelo Badalamenti
Angtoria
Anthrax
Anton LaVey
Apathy
Aphex Twin
Apocalyptica
Apotheosis
Art of Noise
Ash
Ass Fed Head
Assemblage 23
Atom & His Package
Avenged Sevenfold
Avril Lavigne
B-52's
Babes in Toyland
Babylon Zoo
Bad Livers
Bad Manners
Bad Religion
Bain Wolfkind
Bauhaus
Beastianity
Beasts of Bourbon
Beatallica
Beck
Belle and Sebastian
Bernard Hermann
B(if) Tek
Birmingham 6
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Pig
Bill
Billy Bragg
Billy Idol
Bjork
Black Flag
Black Sabbath
Bladder
Blur
Boards of Canada
Booker T and the MGs
Box Freezer Romance
Bradbury
Brainsaw
Britney
Broken Robots
Butthole Surfers
Buffalo Tom
Caligula
Candy Flip
Carcass
Carter USM
Casey O
Cat Power
CD Tower on Pillow
Celibate Rifles
Cell Divide
Cellfish
Christian Death
Cold Chisel
Consolidated
Cordova
Crent
Crow
Cult 45
Curse Ov Dialect
Curve
D'Kat
Damien Gooley
Damn Dirty Apes
Danny Elfman
Darren Hanlon
Darth Vegas
Dead Kennedys
Dean Gray
Deee-Lite
Def FX
Depeche Mode
Devo
Did I Ask For Fries?
Die Krupps
Died Pretty
Distant Locust
DJ Danger Mouse
Dogmachine
Dogs in Space
Dramarama
Dread Zeppelin
Dream Warriors
Drowning Pool
Dsico
Duran Duran
Duster
DVDA
Dykehouse
Echo and the Bunnymen
Ed Kuepper
Einstuerzende Neubauten
EMF
Excessive Force
Faith No More
Falco
Falling Joys
Fantomas
Fear Factory
Fields of the Nephilim
Fodder
Francoise Hardy
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Franz Treichler
Frente
Frenzal Rhomb
Front 242
Front End Loader
Front Line Assembly
Fugazi
Gang of Four
Gary Numan
Gl;tch Jukebox
Goldfinger
Gorillaz
Grand Theft Auto
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Green Jelly
Gruke
Happy Hate Me Nots
Harold Faltermeyer
Hayseed Dixie
Headache
Headless Chickens
Hellmen
Helmet
Henry Rollins
Hitmen DTK
Hole
Hoolahan
House of Pain
Howl in the Typewriter
Huey Lewis and the News
I Believe in January
Ice T
Idiot
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Inspiral Carpets
Iron Butterfly
Iron Maiden
Itchee and Scratchee
James
Jane's Addiction
Jarvis Cocker
Jesus and Mary Chain
Jesus Jones
Jimmy Little
John Lennon
John Zorn
Johnny Cash
Joy Division
Junkie Jesus and the Fatal Charmers
Justive Yeldham and the Dynamic Ribbon Device
Kate Bush
Kill Switch ... Klick
Killing Joke
King Biscuit Time
King Missile
Kiss
Kiss My Poodle's Donkey
KLF
Klinger
KMFDM
Korn
Kraftwerk
Kubyshev
L'etrange
L7
Lard
Laughing Clowns
Leadbelly
Leather Strip
Lecter Macabre
Led Zeppelin
Leftfield
Limp Bizkit
Lost in Mirror
Lush
Lydia Lunch
M/A/R/R/S
Machine's of Loving Grace
Madness
Magic Dirt
Marilyn Manson
Marquis De Sound
Massappeal
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Men With Facial Hair
Men's Recovery Project
Messer Chups
Metallica
Mick Harvey
Midnight Oil
Ministry
Mogwai
Morrissey
Motorama
Mozart
Mr Bamboo
Mr Bungle
Mr Floppy
Mudhoney
Musigyny
Mutgash Poison
My Bloody Valentine
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
Mz Ann Thropik
N.W.A.
Nancy Sinatra
Napalm Death
Napoleon XIV
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Negtivland
Neil Hamburger
New Order
New Waver
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
No
Noise Box
Not From There
Nursery Crimes
Oddball
OK Go
P J Harvey
Pansy Division
Party Ben
Pash
Peril
PiL
Pixies
Pizzicato Five
Pop-o-Pies
Pop Will Eat Itself
Portishead
Primal Scream
Prodigy
PTP
Public Enemy
Punnet
Puppetsphere
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
Radio Birdman
Radiohead
Rammstein
Rank Sinatra
Rat Cat
Reel Big Fish
Regurgitator
REM
Rev Kriss Hades
Revolting Cocks
Rica Tetas
Richard Cheese
Ride
Rob Clarkson
Rodriguez
Rolf Harris
Rowland S Howard
Run D.M.C.
Saliva
Scala
Scatterbrain
Schadenfreude
Scientists
Scorpio Scorpio
Scotch and Soda
Scuffy
Serge Gainsbourg
Sepultura
Sheep on Drugs
Shellac
Sigor Ros
Silver Ray
Silverchair
Simple Minds
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sister Gwen McKay
Skinny Puppy
Skkatter
Slimey Things
slowmotionmovie
Slur
Smashing Pumpkins
Snog
Snout
Sonic Youth
Soundgarden
Spahn Ranch
Spike Jones
Sports Bra
Straightjacket Fits
Subterfuge
Suede
Sugar
Sweden
Swervedriver
Syd Barrett
Sydney City Trash
Talk Talk
Tall Tales and True
Team Plastique
Tears for Fears
Teenage Fanclub
Terminal Choice
The 3D's
The Afghan Wigs
The Aints
The Ancient Garage Cheese Orchestra
The Anexxed
The Back Seat Boys
The Band from Planet X
The Bats
The Beastie Boys
The Beatles
The Beta Band
The Birthday Party
The Bloodhound Gang
The Boomtown Rats
The Boss Hoss
The Boys Next Door
The Bran Flakes
The Breeders
The Candy Skins
The Captain's Package
The Carbuncles
The Cars
The Charles Manson Experiment
The Cheese Band
The Chemical Brothers
The Choirboys
The Church
The Clash
The Clean
The Clouds
The Cult
The Cruel Sea
The Cure
The Damned
The Dirty Three
The Doors
The Drugs
The Dunce Caps
The Eggmen
The Exits
The Fatal Charmers
The Fauves
The Go Betweens
The Graphics
The Hard Ons
The Hummingbirds
The Jam
The KILL ME NOWS
The Kleptones
The Magnetic Fields
The Meanies
The Men from U.N.C.L.E.
The Mission
The Mistakes
The Models
The Modern Lovers
The Muffs
The Paradise Motel
The Posies
The Saints
The Shaggs
The Sisters of Mercy
The Smiths
The Stairs
The Stone Roses
The The
The Triffids
The Tristan Chord
The Twits
The Velvet Underground
The White Stripes
The Wonder Stuff
The Young Gods
Therapy?
They Might Be Giants
Throbbing Gristle
Tiger Lillies
TISM
Toecutter
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Tortoise
ToTom
Toy Death
Toys Went Berzerk
Toxic Lipstick
Trans Am
Triangle
Trillion
Tumbleweed
Unempolyed Super Villians
U.N.K.L.E.
Vanilla Ice
Vapourware
Vic McEwan
Vic Morrow
Victor Malloy
Violent Femmes
Ween
Wesley Willis
White Zombie
Whopping Big Naughty
William S Burroughs
Wiseblood
With Pins
XTC
You Am I
Zambian Goat Herders
Zombie Ghost Train
Zombina & The Skeletones
... and porn soundtracks.
"Buy the ticket take the ride"
Asterix and Obelisk
American Beauty
American Splendor
Angst
Bad Boy Bubby
Basket Case (I, II, III)
Being John Malkovich
Boogie Nights
Chasing Amy
Chopper
Clerks (I, II)
Dogs in Space
Donnie Darko (Director's Cut)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Evil Dead (I, II, III)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead
He Died With a Felafel in his Hand
I Stand Alone
Ichi the Killer
Inside Deep Throat
Irreversible
Mallrats
Man on the Moon
Nacho Libre
Napoleon Dynamite
Natural Born Killers (Director's Cut)
Not Another Teen Movie
Pi
Reservoir Dogs
Requiem for a Dream
Saw
Scarface
Snakes on a Plane
Star Wars (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
Superman (I, II, Returns)
Taxi Driver
Team America
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the newest version)
The Aristocrats
The Backyard
The Big Lebowski
The Breakfast Club
The Incredibles
The League of Gentlemen Apocalypse
The Lost Boys
The Omen (I, II, III)
The Simpson's Movie
The Toxic Avenger (I, II, III)
Transformers
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Walk the Line
Where the Buffalo Roam
Withnail & I
X Men (I, II, III)
... and most porn, but not male gay porn, lesbian porn is okay.
"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."
Amber Ladies
Big Train
Countdown
Dirty Sanchez
Dr Katz, Professional Therapist
Family Guy
Gladiators (the Australian series)
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hogan Know's Best
Invader Zim
Kenny vs Spenny
Monkey Dust
mXc
On The Lot (awesome show!)
Peep Show
rage
Romper Room
Simon Townsend's Wonder World
South Park
The Curiosity Show
The Invisible Man
The Jerry Springer Show
The League of Gentlemen
The Mighty Boosh
The Office (UK series)
The Simpsons
The Soup
Thunderbirds
Twin Peaks (greatest TV series EVER!)
Whose Line is it Anyway?
Wondershowzen
World's Wildest Police Videos
WWE: Raw, Smackdown and PPV's
... and the porn channel, but not male gay porn - lesbian porn is fun to watch though.
"Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times."
"A Drink with Shane MacGowan" - Victoria Mary Clarke
"Bad Seed: A biography of Nick Cave" - Ian Johnston
"Catcher in the Rye" - JD Salinger
"Chopper (Books 1 to 10 1/2)" - Mark Brandon Read
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" - Hunter S Thompson
"Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks" - Mick Foley (aka Mankind)
"He Died With a Felafel in His Hand" - John Birmingham
"It's True It's True" - Kurt Angle
"Strawberry Hills Forever" - Vanessa Berry
"The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band" - Motley Crue
"The Man Called Cash:The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend" - Steve Turner
"The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco" - John Birmingham
"Wonderland Avenue" - Danny Sugarman
... and porn magazines, but not male gay or kiddie porn.
Hunter S Thompson
Mick Harvey
Serge Gainsbourg
Darth Vader
John Lennon
Nick Cave
Kurt Cobain / Nirvana
Johnny Cash
Mark "Chopper" Read
Ian Curtis
Raphael (TMNT)
John Holmes
Jim Morrison
The White Spy
Kurt Angle
Dr Tran