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michael

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About Me

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My Interests

i like come on gang, high drama, confectionery, guitars, music, mr jack & mr jerry, tasty food, films, taking pictures, guitar pedals, laughing at children/the elderly, sundays, ,ebay, awkward situations, books, trying to take an interest in house-buying, i like my dog, extreme decorating, other people's bookshelves, rrrrrrromance, late nights, humous,cheese

Music:

Aside from the electro/acoustic/80's-fusion in my head, mainly raaaawk. come on gang, Queens, marmaduke duke, ATD-I, mars volta, mr johnny cash, bright eyes, postal service, death cab, elliot smith, my bloody valentine, ac/dc, pumpkins, kate bush,four day hombre, early elton john, faith no more, fugazi, foo's, idlewild, bowie, colin hay, jeff beck, jeff buckly, mr hendrix, zepplin, pink floyd, velvet underground, stooges, blondie, lovin' spoonful, massive attack, my vitriol, early placebo, iron & wine, nirvana, van morrison, jane's addiction, joni mitchell, television, trail of dead, pavement/steve malkmus, air, nick cave, ash, NIN, turn, eagles of deathmetal, joy division, muse, biffy clyro, rage, pixies, beach boys, aereogramme, radiohead, soad, roxy music, dandy warhols, cooper temple clause, won mississippi, pj harvey, cypress hill, beatles,

Movies:

city of god, amores perros, david lynche, 28 days later, alomodovar, tartan asia, dead man's shoes, grizzly man, project grizzly, 21 grams, robert carmichael, dark days, scar face, baise moi, sideways, history of violence, thumbsucker, everything is illuminated, the squid & the whale, nacho libre, the flying scotsman, inside man

Television:

When Good Pets go Bad, Worlds Biggest Explosions/Police-Chases/Americans....

Books:

my friend leonard, lunar park, house of leaves, running with scissors, a million little pieces, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, dry, kitchen confidential, fury, tales of protection, confessions, anything by william boyd, anything by christopher brookmyre, magical thinking, secret history, the language instinct, everything is illuminated, the magus, until i find you, i'm not scared, e, life of pi, loser, the little friend, anything by jm coatzee, the name of the rose, atonement, enduring love, johnny cash's autobiography 'cash' by johnny cash, how to be good,

Heroes:

bill hicks, johnny cash, augusten burroughs, demetri martin

My Blog

what a day to be breathing

i hate confliction. whether its physical, political, emotional or plain old sexual...i've always tried to see things from all sides, and then generally followed the path of (a) least resistence and (b...
Posted by michael on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:55:00 PST

shit...

the news about fopp closing has hit me hard. harder than any news of blonde royals dying, politicians losing votes or wars being staged. it sounds like they fucked up and took on too much, but what do...
Posted by michael on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:38:00 PST

3's my kind of crowd

it's been a while...i've been busy. the band's shaping up nicely, so nicely in fact that it's hard to believe it's only been a few months...i love it. be our friend and we wont let you down. we record...
Posted by michael on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:50:00 PST

24

So the full extremities of my birthday celebrations are over - its been a good week. Thanks to all that made the party last night, as usual, it was a train wreck of  a night...apologies if my ine...
Posted by michael on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:32:00 PST

In the time of chimpanzee's i was a monkey

..>..>..> Body: Ladies and gentleman, boys and girl...good evening. anyone that knows me will know im generally alright with any changes that come along. i like to think i ha...
Posted by michael on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:51:00 PST

Just what would my mother say?

so, the death of jesus has been fully celebrated and the ringing of the bells are still fresh in our ears...surely there is no better time to reflect? in fact, i'll start with christmas presents, the ...
Posted by michael on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:32:00 PST

What michael learned this week

Consider this an insight into the sort of things i find important in life1.  As far as cow welfare is considered, it is often less humane to drink milk than eat beef.2. There used to be 50 cinema...
Posted by michael on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:36:00 PST

holy lord no

so, saw a film couple years ago at the film festival...scared the bejesus outta me. in every way. anyway, at the time the director was under the impression that it would probably never be distributed ...
Posted by michael on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:12:00 PST

Mr P has left the building

u or may not remember an 'amusing and sardonic' annecdote i wrote about my good friend liam leaving edinburgh for oz? well, this wont be as good.  Mr jonny P has headed south too, though not as f...
Posted by michael on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:52:00 PST

thom yorke's a retarded genuis

check 1,2last night will, me, my brother and a few of his mates went to see radiohead at the salubrious meadowbank sports thing. it were unreal...after a comedy half hour of beck, complete with puppet...
Posted by michael on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:48:00 PST