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Paul

Hell, and I feel something now... even if it's a lie.

About Me

Throughout my life I have been influenced by the following things:
Laziness
Perfectionism
Commander Keen
The dead little city that I call home (sometimes)
Hating the taste of alcohol
Sega
Ribena
France
Taking myself too seriously
Inferiority complexes
Sleep
Nosebleeds
Being shit at pretty much every sport other than swimming
Obsessions
Italy
Nintendo
Wishing I could actually play the guitar but being too impatient and lazy to learn
Advance Wars
Sarcasm
Bacon sandwiches
Internet message boards
Realising I might actually be at least moderately attractive
Newcastle
Using up all my luck not getting killed while driving
Forgetfulness
Australia
Lying on the floor talking shit at 6am
Apathy
Naïveté
Growing up too slowly while everyone else grew up too fast
MSN Messenger
Dancing
Intimacy (or lack thereof)
History repeating itself
Mixtapes
Emotional masochism
Suda 51
Not practicing the piano anymore
Learning things the hard way
Introversion
Faris Rotter’s haircut
Being in awe of people who can speak more than one language
Student radio
My friends
The synthesiser I bought but have yet to get beyond the “ooh, that’s a cool noise” stage with
Awkwardness
Jaffa Cakes
Regret
Amateurish attempts at being a music journalist
Long-distance relationships
Rain on skylights
The death of a laptop
Love letters
Discovering that I’m a bad student
Broken hearts
Learning how to cry again
Uncertainty about the future
Constantly relating song lyrics to my life
Pain
Hope
Love
MUSIC.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

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My Blog

Post Brit Awards blog.

I'd just like to say that I TOTALLY CALLED (most of) IT.Then again, it probably didn't take a genius to guess the Kings Of Leon double and the Duffy triple. I was reasonably impressed with getting the...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:26:00 GMT

The Brit Awards (again)

While even the most shining list of music award nominations would be overshadowed by the inauguration of a certain Mr. Obama, from the looks of this list it almost looks like they've deliberately shov...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Holy crap a blog: My top 10 albums of 2008.

You can find my list (in order with brief thoughts on each and everything!) here:http://www.musosguide.com/?p=1361Apparently I get a whole article to myself - because I'm that awesome or something (no...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:55:00 GMT

ARG major annoyance (Edit: Gigs Ive been to, now 99% complete)

EDIT: I've almost manged to piece together my entire gig history: I'm just missing 3 gigs, all of which I believe took place between February 2005 and February 2007. Answers on a postcard?It seems the...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:58:00 GMT

Paul Writes for another website shocker.

For those wondering where my obligatory Leeds Festival runthrough went this year the answer is...www.musosguide.comMore specifically, it's broken into 4 parts, which you can find linked below.Thursday...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:49:00 GMT

2008 Gig Blog 12: Oh God has it really been nearly a month since I went to a gig?

Yes. Yes it has. Sad Face.But I went to a gig tonight! Happy Face!Tuesday 22nd July: Ballboy (w/ Les Cox Sportifs, Over The Atlantic & Burial In The Sky) @ City Screen Basement Bar, York:Tonight's fir...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:25:00 GMT

2008 Gig Blog 11: Best. Weekend. Ever?

Incredibly belated, but whatever: Two visits to Manchester in the space of 48 hours yielded one of the greatest weekends of music I've had in a long time.Saturday 28th June: My Bloody Valentine (w/ Sp...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:50:00 GMT

2008 Gig Blog 10: (Slightly More Than) A Month In Music, pt. II

(Continuing on from the last blog...) I had one last gig for May, on the 28th at The Cluny. First on were local oddballs B>E>A>K>, taking to the stage wearing bird masks (with pigeon-esque...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:30:00 GMT

2008 Gig Blog 9: (Slightly More Than) A Month In Music (aka Lazy Journalism pt. II)

I blame exams. And laziness. And... stuff. Here we go then... My musical month actually started in late April (the 28th, to be precise), when I wandered in to the back end of I Am Kloot's set at ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:54:00 GMT

2008 Gig Blog 8: Lazy Journalism

Yeah, it's been a while since I updated this: But unlike last time, it's not due to a lack of gigs - I've been to 6 in the past two weeks, so it's fair to say I've been a bit slack. Therefore, rather ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:15:00 GMT