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Mad Goat 20/20

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About Me

Hello,


I'm Johnny, from Belfast but living in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I've been here for a year so far and it's all working out rather well. I love music and I've just recently started a new band with some friends called The Plan For Tonight. Check out our Myspace page here and I also make my own music which you can check out here . I enjoy going to gigs, watching the football and having the occasional bet.

My Interests

Music, guitars, computers, internet, bowling, partying hard and of course laltin' it up.

I'd like to meet:

Norm Macdonald, Chevy Chase.

Music:

I like my music loud. I like my music quiet. It needs to have melody though. Fuck lyrics, I don't care for them. Some bands I like are Kerbdog, Jetplane Landing, Public Relations Exercise, Sorry For Nothing, Distophia, Reuben, Million Dead, Fighting With Wire, Life Without Buildings, Torgas Valley Reds, Hey Mercedes, Biffy Clyro, The Cribs, Rocket From the Crypt, The Debonaires, Foil, Stapleton, Archers of Loaf, Kenickie, Grandaddy, Do Me Bad Things, Helmet, The Young Playthings, DARTZ!, Braid, Matt Pond PA, Cecil's Flea Circus, Hyper Kinako, Pavement, Jawbox, Mega City Four, Bearsuit, M.A.S.S., That Dog, Cuckoo, Degrassi, The Rentals, Superchunk, Mclusky, The Dudley Corporation, Sugar, Dive Dive, Idlewild, Cornelius, Vatican DC, The Descendents, Mr T Experience, Clearshot, Chisel, Joyrider, Twilight Singers, David Bowie, Future Kings of Spain, Burning Airlines, Sebadoh, Sparklehorse, Olympic Lifts, Phil Collins, Muzzle, mo*ho*bish*o*pi, Sleeper, China Drum, Elastica, Corrigan, Drive Like You Stole It, Senseless Things, Super Furry Animals, Seafood, Death Cab For Cutie, Large Mound, The Dismemberment Plan, Regurgitator, The Once Over Twice, The City on Film, Symposium, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Afghan Whigs, At the Drive-In, Jawbreaker, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr, Devo, Husker Du, Gerling, The Rezillos, The Buzzcocks, Teenage Fanclub, The Features, Cable, The Broken Family Band. I likes my music, I do.

Movies:

Happy Gilmore, Naked Gun, Wrongfully Accused, Blazing Saddles, City of God, most National Lampoons films although the new ones are a bit shit, aren't they? Billy Madison, Dirty Work, Boat Trip, Rat Race.

Television:

The Norm Show, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, Only Fools and Horses, Bottom, Peep Show.

Books:

The Last Party, Waking Up in London, Godfathers.

My Blog

Bands I've seen this year

OK, so I plan to keep this updated as often as possible, just to help me remember! Sorry For Nothing (Head of Steam)Red Letter Suits (Head of Steam)Engine (Head of Steam)La Fuego (Heat of Steam)The Au...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:36:00 PST

2006 - A year in review

Hello everyone,So we're now into the year 2007. So far 2007 hasn't been particularly special but hopefully it will pick up soon. I have good expectations. Anyway, I moved to Newcastle on the 21st of ...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:33:00 PST

Just when you think life is seriously shit.........

It gets much better. I've just got some fantastic news. Plus I'm off work for 2 weeks. And I'm off to Belfast tomorrow. And then Bratislava on Wednesday.   Fuck yeah....
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:55:00 PST

Things I'm enjoying these days................

Starburst (probably my favourite things ever at the moment!) Seafood (the band that is, not fish. I hate fish). Sebadoh - Another band I am enjoying lots at the minute. Especially Bakesale. It's a bit...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Sat, 27 May 2006 07:57:00 PST

What a frickin' great weekend!

My weekend was top notch! My mate Anthony came back from Oz and is currently staying at Chez Goat and we've had a blinding weekend. Friday - Work, then home, then pub, then Norm Show. Only had a few b...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:11:00 PST

Geordie Dancer

Pull your pants up. Mental. Today was most bizarre.
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:40:00 PST

Newcastle - Update

Hey there, I've now been here in Newcastle Upon Tyne for 4 weeks so I thought I'd let you all know a bit about what's going on in the world of the Goat.When I arrived at first I stayed with my buddy A...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:04:00 PST

I'm fed up!

Really, I am. I go out in Belfast and have really shit nights. It's happening far to often for it to be bad luck. This Friday I intend to go somewhere else other than the Union. I've had enough of tha...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:55:00 PST

Golf

It really is the sport of kings. Seeing as it was a damn fine evening I thought I'd go hit a ball around a course for a while. I should really do it more often but unfortunately: a) I don't really ...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Here we go...........

So, after giving myspace the thumbs up, I thought I'd use this. The last couple of days have been fairly dull. I went out on Sunday night with a couple of friends from work and things turned very, ver...
Posted by Mad Goat 20/20 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST