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The Wedge

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About Me

You may know me better if I say "Boss, boss, de plane, de plane" but my life at the moment has been taken over by music. I play guitar in a U2 Tribute Band called "NEU2" and a 60s cover band called "The Carna Bees". Check out the website www.NEU2.com and you can join our forum and listen to our versions of a few U2 songs recorded in one take in an afternoon.I love listening to music and playing the guitar. Have been in a few original bands and had a small record deal a few years ago - but thoroughly enjoying myself playing my favourite songs by U2.I love watching football - don't play anymore as a result of numerous injuries - but have a season ticket for Newcastle United. Also love cycling - need to get back into it following all those injuries.Like a pint of Guiness now and then with my mates but don't get out much anymore - too busy.If I don't already know you as a friend of a friend then please sent a quick message before requesting to be added as a friend or you will be DENIED!!! :B

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My Interests

Playing guitar. Playing games and wrestling with my two boys - I always lose! Going out for meals - not done enough. Watching Newcastle United - been going since I was 6. Cycling - prefer watching the Tour de France to any other sporting event. Watching good bands - when I get the chance. Having a pint with my brother, cousin and mates - when I get the chance! Going to the gym - when I finally get round to it. Reading history books and biographies. Listening to music - mainly in the car then I'm not competing with the bairns! People watching. Walking - being able to walk anywhere is fantastic. Having a pint of Guiness after a gig - or indeed anytime!

I'd like to meet:

The Edge - don't know what the hell I'd talk about!! - I'm not normally starstruck but...Clint Eastwood - he drinks Newcastle Brown Ale!!Ian McCullogh - a canny bloke I've met before.Robert SmithKelly Dalglish - she's loverly!Bono - he wouldn't get a word in!!Mark Steel - a very clever and funny guy who loves history and cricket.The guy that stole my bike when I was 12!!!!Any of the Newcastle United players - past or present!Bill Nelson from Be Bop DeluxeRobin Guthrie from The Cocteau TwinsMorrissey - a genius I'd be happy to stay quiet for!

Music:

NEU2 - my band!U2 - a canny NEU2 tribute band!! The Cure, The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Beatles, The Band, Big Country, Morrissey, The Pixies, Johnny Cash, The Cocteau Twins, The Who, The Beach Boys, Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues, The Kinks, The Small Faces, The Sex Pistols, Goldfrapp, Madness, Be Bop Deluxe The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Wedding Present, The Stone Roses, The Doors, Drill - my old band! XTC, The Fall, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, David Bowie, REM, Tool, Porno For Pyros, Janes Addiction, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Half Man Half Biscuit, Beethoven, Pink Floyd, Lindisfarne, That Petrol Emotion, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Donovan, Ennio Morricone, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Electrafixion, Johnny Marr and the Healers, Radiohead, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Blur, Oasis - first two albums. The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Neil Young, Elvis Presley, Beck, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Simon and Garfunkel, The Police, Sting, Paul Simon, Dean Martin, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Bob Dylan.


Favorite song off Boy? The Electric Co
Favorite song off October? Rejoice
Favorite song off War? Surrender
Favorite song off the Unforgettable Fire? Wire
Favorite song off the Joshua Tree? Bullet The Blue Sky
Favorite song off Rattle and Hum? All I Want Is You
Favorite song off Achtung Baby? Until The End Of The World
Favourite song off Zoorpa? Stay
Favourite song off Pop? Gone
Favourite song off ATYCLB? Kite
Favourite song off HTDAAB? Original Of The Species
Favouite U2 song ever? Kite
Favourite U2 member? The Edge
Favourite U2 video? Sometimes You Can't Make It On your Own
Favourite U2 album? Boy
Which U2 member will be hardest to replace? Bono
Which U2 member will die first? Adam Clayton
Which U2 member looks better on a catwalk? Larry Mullen !!!
Which U2 member would win on Jeopardy? The Edge
Which U2 member would win on Survivor? Bono
Which U2 member would win on American Idol? Larry Mullen

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Movies:

Clint Eastwood movies, The Godfather Trilogy, The Deer Hunter, It's A Wonderful Life, Some Like It Hot, Back To the Future, The Day of the Jackal, Apocalypse Now, The Rutles, Monty Python's Life of Brian, The Odd Couple, A Chump at Oxford, Little Big Man - infact almost any Western! Das Boot, Stalingrad, Downfall, The Incredibles, almost any good war film! Gettysburg, The Indiana Jones movies, Papillon, Zulu, Master and Commander, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Star Wars, Restless Natives and many more......

Television:

Frasier, Phoenix Nights, Mrs Merton and Malcolm (which I'd love a copy of by the way), Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Early Doors, The Royal Family, Band Of Brothers, The Mark Steel Lectures, documentaries and history programmes. Reeves and Mortimer - preferably without Mortimer cos he threatened to deface my house with milk.

Books:

Vive La Revolution - Mark Steel Reasons To Be Cheerful - Mark Steel

Heroes:

My mam and my late dad - my two little boys.

My Blog

Stuck In a Moment!

My eldest son is now 8 years old and goes to a Catholic School so now is the time when he has to prepare for his First Holy Confession and Communion.  My wife (wor lass!) has been taking him to o...
Posted by The Wedge on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:52:00 PST

Why do things like this always happen to me?

I was supposed to meet our new singer this evening in a pub in Durham and then go off and have a quick acoustic rehearsal together.  Nothing strange there.  However, I turned up and went int...
Posted by The Wedge on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:05:00 PST

Unexplained - the final chapter!

Ok everyone here's the story I've been leading up to - it still scares me - hope you all enjoy it and leave a comment.   When I was 17 I had a girlfriend who lived in a place called Boldon which ...
Posted by The Wedge on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:42:00 PST

Unexplained III

It was July 1989 and I had just finished my first year at University and had a few weeks of crap jobs and that before returning home to decent food, clean sheets and cups of tea chatting with my mam. ...
Posted by The Wedge on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:45:00 PST

Krakov, Poland

Well, I arrived in Krakov last Monday morning for my cousin Paul's (he's on my page) 40th birthday.  I was worried that the tone was set by having 4 pints of lager by 10am on the first ...
Posted by The Wedge on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:44:00 PST

The Unexplained 2

My second unexplained blog is about my time at St. Mary's College. I thought I'd tell you all about some of the "happenings" at this place. It was my first university (left due to injury, a broke...
Posted by The Wedge on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:00:00 PST

The Unexplained

Hello everyone!  Here's my first proper blog - although I still don't really know what I'm doing with them! I have been inspired to write about this stuff after talking to my new friend...
Posted by The Wedge on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:49:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by The Wedge on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:25:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by The Wedge on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:45:00 PST