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wOOkiee

Let the Wookiee win

About Me

I'm 30 years old, I live in London with my fiance, I'm a graphic designer and I play guitar and sing in rock bands (currently playing in brand new 3-peice band, a dark, melodic, stoner rock, industrial outfit called Opyate).Do you really need to know anything else? No. If you want to know anything else, then you can ask nicely and I may get back to you. I'm very busy and important don't you know?! I was once on ITV's Young, Gifted and Broke, I'm famous. So famous I've been asked to go on a channel 5 'celebrity' programme. Not that celebrity reality shows have famous people on them. You only have to sneeze in the same town as Zoe Balls hairdresser to count as a tv celeb these days.POST ROCK!!!ps. btw, I wrote and recorded the song playing (Never Enough) with my old band POST (Dave 'the Ginger Ninja who plays like Animal from the Muppets' Pinnock on Drums and a fat twat on bass).

My Interests

Music. And movies. But mostly music. Playing guitar is fucking wicked, and there's music you can play to match any mood you're in. And going on holiday. I could make a fucking career out of it.

I'd like to meet:

Tim Rogers. What a fucking legend that man is. He's an inspiration for me playing music.Aside from that, anyone who wants to meet me, just say hello.

Music:

You Am I, Tim Rogers, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Veruca Salt, Juliana Hatfield, Nirvana, Vex Red, Soulwax, The Sugarcubes, Wilt, Kerbdog, Alice in Chains, 36 Crazyfists, PJ Harvey, Tool, Raconteurs, Bo Peep, Perfect Circle, Pearl Jam, Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, Deftones, Elbow, Beastie Boys, Blondie, The Doors, Bob Mould, PWEI, Carter USM, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Clutch, Curve, Dandy Warholes, dEUS, Elbow, Incubus, Kings of Leon, Manics, Muse, Portishead, Probot, Radiohead, RATM, Reef, Rival Schools, Senseless Things, Silverchair, Senser, Stone Sour, Sunna, Tenacious D, Beatles, Distillers, Vines, Hives, Zutons, ... the list goes on.

Movies:

The Crow. Without doubt, my favourite film of all time. I also love the Lord of the RIngs trilogy and Star Wars (although maybe not the most recent films - I could have recorded 3 bettter movies by using my camera phone, my friend anthony and several pounds of butter). They would be less cheesy). Too many other favourties to mention (well, I'm just too lazy to write them down). Shaun of the Dead gets special mention though for making my sides hurt from laughing. Hot Fuzz would have been the best british comedy ever if they hadn't made Shaun of the Dead first. I recently saw Battle Royale and it was amazing, and on the subject of foreign films, City of God is fantastic.

Television:

British comedies!! Red Dwarf, Might Boosh, Blackadder, the Office, Spaced, League of Gentlemen, Big Train, The Young Ones, Bottom, Black Books. All of them!Also South Park, Futurama, Family Guy and the Simpsons are pretty damn funny.

Books:

I've just been reading the Dave Gorman books. He's a funny man considering he's a ginga. Danny Wallaces' Yes Man has also beeen an inspirational read. SAY YES MORE! I higly recommend 'Round Ireland With a Fridge' by Tony Hawkes (no, not the skater). If you ever consider hitch hiking around Ireland with a fridge in tow, this is a must read book!Terry Pratchett books are old faves, and Ben Elton has yet to write a bad book. My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle pretty much summed up my life about 6 years ago (update: I just re-red this book - I hated it. In fact, I don't actually like Mike Gayles books anymore. It didn't sum up my life at all, I was never that annoying), and High Fidelity by Nick Hornby describes every relationship I've ever had, especially number 3 in his top 5 all time break ups! I love Irvine Welsh books too, I think I understand the scottish accent better because of him.

Heroes:

Tim Rogers! And Dave Grohl.Oh, and Tenacious D - even fat cnuts can rock!And anyone with bigger side burns than me. Mine are pretty huge. So big that my right one has a crop circle growing in it (THIS IS NOT A JOKE).

My Blog

Australia

Well, in just 1 hour I shall be walking out of my office and jumping on a plane to australia. Its my first time there, so while I'm dreading the journey (14 hour flight to Hong Kong, 8 hour stop over,...
Posted by wOOkiee on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:11:00 PST

My so called life...

I don't really have much to say, or much time to write a new blog. And to be honest, I don't think anyone really reads these. But I'm mind numblingly bored with work, so I thought I'd treat all you lu...
Posted by wOOkiee on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:22:00 PST

I'm leaving Honeykill...

Dear friends,I'm sorry to tell you all, but after 3 1/2 years I've decided to quit Honeykill. This has been one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make, and something I've taken a long time to ...
Posted by wOOkiee on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:24:00 PST

My life - an update

Hello my beautiful children, I trust you are all well?I've not blogged for ages, I'm sure no-one even reads these, but I'm bored so I'm gonna write one anyway.My life has been pretty crazy of late, mo...
Posted by wOOkiee on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:06:00 PST

The HKs are back (Honeykilll live in London 15/11/06)

HONEYKILL LIVE Wednesday 15th in IslingtonHello my children. You know the score, hardcore. Honeykill are playing at the Lark In The Park this wednesday (60 Copenhagen Street, Islington, LONDON N1 0JW)...
Posted by wOOkiee on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:45:00 PST

I saw the Deftones last night...

And my god, they were fucking awesome! A proper rocking gig, loads of screaming and load guitar - made me remember why I wanted to play in bands! Check out the vids on my page from the gig.You can kee...
Posted by wOOkiee on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:29:00 PST

I'm bored, I did a survey

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:ricHARDBirthday:FridayBirthplace:East of LondonCurrent Location:The centre of the universeEye Color:White with coloured bits in the middleHair Color:What hair?H...
Posted by wOOkiee on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:20:00 PST