BLACK VELVET - my zine, concerts, reviewing, interviewing, photography, velvet, travelling (USA - LA, NYC), collecting airmiles, animal rights, veganism (was vegetarian for 13 years before becoming vegan 4 years ago), straight edge, being bossy, wasting too much time on the net, glitter, hair straighteners & crimpers, trying to look cool (but sometimes failing dismally) and be an individual rather than following the pack, shyness, modesty, insecurity, guys with cool style and messy hair (or cool hair I can mess up), style, passion, ambition, spontaneity, gazing up at the stars, discovering future stars, monster platforms, anyone nice who doesn't use or copy others, shopping, finding bargains on ebay, hot water bottles, bubblewrap, staying up late, laughing at other people's spelling mistakes, AIM, pillow fights, finding money on the floor, magic 8 balls, mirrors, Red Devil, ruling the world, cheekbones, biting lips, oh and MySpace.
Someone to gambol down steep hills with.
3 Colours Red, 30 Seconds To Mars, 'A', AFI, Alkaline Trio, The All-American Rejects, Alleycat Scratch, Allister, American Hi-Fi, Army Of Freshmen, Ash, The Ataris, Bandcamp, Bayside, Big Bang Babies, Billy Talent, Bleed The Dream, Blink-182, Bon Jovi, Bowling For Soup, Bullets And Octane, Bush, Count The Stars, The Crash Moderns, Cyclefly, The Distillers, The Donnas, The Early November, Eighteen Visions, Emanuel, Eve6, Faster Pussycat, Feable Weiner, Feeder, Fenix*Tx, Finch, Fonzie, Funeral For A Friend, Garbage, Goldfinger, Good Charlotte, Genitorturers, Gratitude, Halifax, Handsome Devil, Hellogoodbye, Hole, Human Waste Project, I Am The Avalanche, Jack Off Jill, Jamison Parker, Jimmy Eat World, Johnny Panic, LA Guns, Less Than Jake, Kill Hannah, Lostprophets, Madina Lake, Manic Street Preachers, Mark Owen, Marilyn Manson, The Matches, Mest, Midtown, Motion City Soundtrack, Motley Crue, Murderdolls, My Chemical Romance, My Ruin, Neurosonic, NHOI, Offspring, Over It, Papa Roach, Paramore, Pitchshifter, Plunge, Pretty Boy Floyd, Queen Adreena, Rachel Stamp, The Reunion Show, Riddlin' Kids, Rise Against, Skid Row, Simple Plan, Slunt, The SmashUp, Son Of Dork, Spacehog, Spitalfield, The Starting Line, Steriogram, Stimulator, Sugarcult, Sum 41, The Summer Obsession, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Time & Distance, Towers Of London, The Transplants, Tuuli, The Used, Warrior Soul, The Wildhearts, Yellowcard, Zebrahead, & more.
I rarely watch movies... Don't have time... But my top 3 in no particular order would be Legally Blonde 2 (animal rights, yay), Sleepless In Seattle (who said romance is dead?), Frankenhooker (comedy horrors rule).
Rendez-View. Did it end? ...I don't really watch TV.
Too busy working on Black Velvet. www.blackvelvetmagazine.com Go there. Now.
Anyone who stands up for animal rights. People like Linda McCartney who really made a difference. Or tried to. People who work for, help out or support animal rights organisations like PETA, BUAV, VIVA!, SHAC, SPEAK, Animal Aid etc. My diabetic, epileptic dog Sammi who died on Sept 21, 2005... my best friend forever. My first dog Shep who died when I was 18. Fave Quote ATM: 'We won't lose our lives if we speak out against animal wrongs wherever we see them. But the animals do lose theirs if we don't. So we must.' - Ingrid Newkirk, PETA .
Charities & organisations that test HUMANELY and not on animals. Click here for a list of the charities that are good and bad: http://www.peta.org.uk/cmp/viv-charlist.asp . We're not living in the 16th century anymore. Animal tests are cruel and futile. Millions of people die every year from side effects of medicine tested on animals. Trusts like Dr Hadwen Trust fund humane research giving better, more accurate results -
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Sammi - 1994-2005 RIP
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