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umm...nick

choosy mothers choose nick...

About Me

i spend my time risking life and limb for utterly pointless things that i find to be of extreme importance.

and gazing lovingly at the many people I covet from a-far and seem to bump into on a cruel and increasingly high frequency.

My Interests

bleak british beaches,
alliteration,
sexual tension amongst friends,
shakin’, bakin’ & makin’
oh...and art and music and fashion and shit...

I'd like to meet:

people that can climb trees, jump real high and run pretty fast

those that wish to join me on adventures and create mischief

tea drinkers and knitters

andreas slominski, maurizio catalan, thomas demand and andreas gursky

Music:


the usual varied taste of anyone who doesn't have their head stuck up their arse
devo, sufjan stevens, neutral milk hotel, tv on the radio, beach boys, little wings, m.i.a., sigur ros, css, le tigre, klaxons, horrors, sleater-kinney, ladyfuzz, the monkees, yeah yeah yeahs, nina nastasia, ramones, kate bush, big business, pulp, arcade fire, trm, final fantasy, patti smith, ella fitzgerald, run dmc, fred astaire, mates of state, kelis, del la soul, melvins, hot chip, paul simon, joanna newsome, james brown, decemberists, jurassic 5, gravy train, of montreal, architecture in helsinki, patrick wolf, interpol, blondie, to my boy, dave broughton, hidden cameras, missy elliott, grabba grabba tape, joni mitchell, clap your hands, interpol, pull in emergency, frog eyes, blood arm, we are scientists, spinto band, grace jones, neneh cherry, talking heads, be your own pet, beastie boys, dolly parton, belle & sebastian, the gossip, explosions in the sky, peaches, rogers sisters, violent femmes, beck, & on & on & on...
or you can look at my last.fm thingy
...about which i am was very excitied

Movies:

erm... some...
withnail and i, the shining, rushmore, vertigo, kes, fargo, psycho, freaky friday (jodie foster original), top hat, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, igby goes down, the burbs, royal tenenbaums, elephant, party monster, home alone, bring it on, never ending story, blue velvet, city of god, ferris bueller's day off, how to marry a millionaire, back to the future, the graduate, life aquatic, carrie, rosemary's baby, blade runner, the wickerman

Television:

i find it difficult to live without the guidance of pete and pete or grand designs.
i also derive a guilty thrill from watching working lunch with adrian chiles

Books:

i'm reading georges bataille at the moment and it's making me feel...peculiar
and of course le petit prince

Heroes:

i know this guy from billingham called dom who i watched drink a whole bottle of vodka using silver service tongs. that was pretty heroic.
and also holly for this deft display of debauchery on the back of a night bus

also lucy gunning pretty much rocks my world

My Blog

...livejournal

www.livejournal.com/~umm_nick
Posted by umm...nick on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:28:00 PST

splashed all over the internet

just randomly found a photo of myself on the Rogers Sisters website.can you spot the nick?you'll win a special prize if you do: extra points for finding ben, melissa, mat and simon who are hidden in t...
Posted by umm...nick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what? more hastings hilarity?

yep!we followed a man called the jack in the green up the hill to hastings castle where he was beaten in some kind of weird pagen new year tradition (i am actually serious).then we got drunk and walke...
Posted by umm...nick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

fun & high-jinks in hastings

i went to hastings - to see mat & sara. it was good. we had fun. apart from one little bit when sara was at work and me and mat were all alone in the flat. we made up some games to pass the time. ...
Posted by umm...nick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

yay! - a boredom beating form to fill in!

right i'm supposed to put this on here then anyone who's bored gets to fill it in and umm... be less bored. i know - i'm so generous and thoughtful.it's okay, you can make it up to me later.1. Who are...
Posted by umm...nick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

where's it at in london? where is everyone?

i've just moved to london - by myself. i thought this was a good idea. maybe i was wrong. where are all the cool people hiding?
Posted by umm...nick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what now?

thought i was supposed to be starting back at uni today. they're still building our studios. lame. what do i do now? hang around in leeds for another week and drink more booze? not so much fun anymo...
Posted by umm...nick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST