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Private Pike

Private Pike

About Me

A scarf-wearing stupid boy, so I'm told.

My Interests

Going to the pictures, wearing scarves, making Kerrr-Powww noises.
Tommy guns.
Going out with Ivy Samways from the sweetshop. And before you ask, I don't see Violet Gibbons from the chippy any more, 'cos Mum and Uncle Arthur kicked up a right stink about her, said she was common. Anyway, she smelt of fish and chips and people were always giving us funny looks in the pictures.
Also, when I'm not at the bank or else on patrol or with the platoon, I enjoy live music, you know, going to see bands play and all that malarkey. (No, I don't mean brass bands!) Sometimes I'll even have half a shandy (but don't tell Mum).
I also play guitar, a little bit of bass guitar, baritone ukulele and dabble with keyboards and electronic instruments. Interested in home recording - I'm still trying to get to grips with recording on Uncle Arthur's old wax cylinder.
I collect guitars and ocasionally will throw together an instrument from spare parts, broken guitars, etc. See my guitar weblog at: guitarz.blogspot.com
Also a keen reader of the Fortean Times and interested in all sorts of weird shit (not that I necessarily believe it all). The fantastic SPROUT BADGES are available now! Please email me at [email protected] if you would like one.

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I'd like to meet:

Blimey! Meeting people? I'm not sure about that. Mum'll kill me if she thinks I'm meeting weirdoes off the interwebnet.

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Music:

Kraftwerk, The Damned, Sparks, Goldfrapp, David Bowie, MC5, Super Furry Animals, Love and Rockets, Daniel Ash, Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Natacha Atlas, Blondie, Die So Fluid, Neu!, Julian Cope, Dogntank, Brain Donor, Wreckless Eric, The Cramps, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Gong, The Cure, Yello, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Piney Gir, Bill Nelson

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Movies:

Some of this lot pictured below (see below). I tend to shy away from churned-out Hollywood crap or anything that is over-reliant on CGI. Ray Harryhausen was always the master of special effects; no-one else can touch him. Foreign-language films are great too, especially French comedies. Also I tend to prefer TV shows to full length films as I often have a short attention span.

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Television:

Dad's Army, Doctor Who, The Avengers, The Mighty Boosh, Monkey, Kath and Kim, The Simpsons, Futurama, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), 24, Jeeves and Wooster, Black Books, Strange, Phoenix Nights, The Office, Marion and Geoff, Father Ted, League of Gentlemen, The Goodies, Monty Python, Most Haunted (for comedy value)

Books:

Paul Theroux, Christopher Priest, Michael Chabon, Robert Rankin, Tom Holt, Colin Dexter, Peter Lovesey, Reginald Hill, P.G. Wodehouse, autobiographies, anything about Dad's Army

Heroes:

Captain Mainwaring. (Mum made me put that. She said it would help me get on at the bank if I buttered him up a bit).

My Blog

Ovation Deacon

I know, I know... I said I wasn't going to buy any more guitars. But... I've been wanting one of these babies for years, and there was one on eBay in Germany and the bidding was quite low, and I ...
Posted by Private Pike on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:07:00 PST

Barmy country!

I've actually been back from America for a couple of weeks now. Blimey!  What a barmy country!  And isn't the food really BIG everywhere? I don't think I've ate out so much in my life. One ...
Posted by Private Pike on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:56:00 PST

Blimey! Off to America!

On Tuesday I'm off on manoeuvres once again, this time I'm going to be flying to America, and will be there for just under a week.In the week I'll be in New Jersey (a place called Red Bank and also Pr...
Posted by Private Pike on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:59:00 PST

Cramped!

Blimey! Last night I went to see The Cramps at the Astoria in London. I went along with Spooky (a.k.a. Bizarre Boy), who is so odd that I'm beginning to suspect he might be an imaginary friend. F...
Posted by Private Pike on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:09:00 PST

Yummy!

Blimey! This spelt bread is ever so yummy. I've just made another loaf - it's so easy, even I can do it! Thanks to dear ol' TinTin for sending me the recipe URL....
Posted by Private Pike on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:36:00 PST

Oops! I've just trodden on a goth!

Blimey! What were small goths doing sitting on the floor in the first place anyway? The venue was the Forum in Kentish Town, the date was last night (oh, all right, 7th August for those of you who can...
Posted by Private Pike on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:19:00 PST

"Vampires Beware The Sprout" - get your sprout badge now!!!

OK, who wants one of these lovely Sprout badges? Guaranteed to protect you against vampires. Forget about garlic and wolfsbane and holy water, they are all misinformation. The sprout is the one ...
Posted by Private Pike on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:27:00 PST

New Cartoons

I've posted a couple of new cartoons in my pics section. Well, I say they are "new" but I must have drawn them both over 20 years ago now. They are new to my MySpace pages, put it that way. Here's one...
Posted by Private Pike on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:01:00 PST

Banana Box

When I got to work this morning I found that my banana had been thoroughtly squished inside my bag and was far too squishy to eat. It was alright when I packed it, but must have been jostled around an...
Posted by Private Pike on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:27:00 PST

Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby

Splendid gig last night (28 June) at the Halfmoon in Putney. Eric was on great form once again (he's always value for money!) and his "guest" Amy Rigby certainly won a few new fans. I have to con...
Posted by Private Pike on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:38:00 PST