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Andy McKinney

You can't manufacture a miracle

About Me



Hey, I'm Andy. enchanté. These are the days of our lives

Hold on tighter to the friends that you made
And the life that you once knew
She's not mine, and I won't change one thing
You gotta move in line
She's not mine, and I won't change one thing

Acoustic guitars, Three-part Harmonies, Malteasers, Football, Guiness, Laughing, Quiet chats, Super Noodles, Walking, the English language.

My Interests

Socialising
Partys
Gigs

I'd like to meet:

Someone to sing songs with all night.

I'll sing you lullabies in all your dreams

Music:

The Libertines
The Smiths
Nine Black Alps
REM
Babyshambles
Dirty Pretty Things
The Proclaimers
The Locals
Jelly's Last Jam
The Finest Hour
Stereophonics
The Jam
The Hives
Joy Division
The Hush Sound
The Holloways
Frank Turner
The Uncomfortables

Movies:

The Bourne Trilogy
Control
Magicians
Notting Hall
The Breakfast Club

Television:

I am not an Animal
Top Gear
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Lead Balloon
Peep Show
American Dad
Black Books
Mock the Week
QI
I'm Alan Partridge

Books:

Bound Together - The story of Pete Doherty and Carl Barat.

Heroes:

Anthony Camm

Dylan Moran

The Libertines Good Old Days

My Blog

An uncanny parallel of my outlook

I walked home with in the pouring rain wearing a suit, swigging from a bitter lemon bottle. I couldn't see as I didn't have my contacts lenses in. And I was hungover Despite this, I could find no reas...
Posted by Andy McKinney on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:07:00 PST

College Finale

So college is finished. Good times right? Like quite a few people, I went out to Lava on Thursday and had a really good night, no matter how tiring! Nothing really to say about it only that it was a t...
Posted by Andy McKinney on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:35:00 PST

What could I do more gracefully?

Chris and I playing Basketball and cracking open some tinniesAlex then arrived at about 10 or something and carried us over the threshold into drunkennessThen we jogged/walked to Spoons, had a drink t...
Posted by Andy McKinney on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:56:00 PST

Joe and I and Britney Spears

Joe and I went down to the Rose and Crown for the open mic night tonight, accompanied by the 2 Ronnies: Jess and Jess.   We played "Hey Ya!", "Music When the Lights Go Out", "Don't look back into...
Posted by Andy McKinney on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:48:00 PST

the holloways

best gig i've ever been to. the locals were on top form; best band in the north cocker! frank turner was great too! he even said i was punk, happy days. and the holloways were immense! i was ri...
Posted by Andy McKinney on Mon, 12 May 2008 11:42:00 PST