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About Me

I'm Andy, hence the name. I'm originally from Radcliffe, which is why I just tell people I'm from Manchester. I should have been born exactly 29 years after my dad, but I wasn't. This may or may not be the reason I have been late for everything ever since, or that might be because I was off school the day they taught us how to tell the time. When I finally arrived I nearly died, but it's all been uphill from there. I used to live in a haunted house, but that was back in the crazy Wrexham years when we were young... I regularly talk in my sleep and occasionally sleepwalk. I wish I was better at playing the guitar, but at least I can move my ears.
My friends are cooler than your friends, my taste in music is better than your taste in music. Don't let that put you off though, because by knowing me you must be pretty cool an all, which is cool. My girlfriend is a better teacher than you'll ever be, so ner. I am an exciting blend of contradictions. I am everything you want to be, and less. I am far less interesting than I sound here.

My Interests

I like the finer things in life, you know, guitar feedback, tea and kicking stones all the way home, but that's quite difficult. I don't like double buggies, the phrase "the wow factor" and being lazy. I'm just so used to it that it's getting difficult to break the habit.

I'd like to meet:

No weirdoes, no shit bands.
People who can talk shit for hours on end, preferably with brilliant haircuts.
Quietly confident creative types who can help me be quietly confident about my own creativity.
Those guys from John's Big Day Out, and those dicks I used to live with.

Music:

Bands with punctuation in their name, bands who split up after two albums, some others.

This week I have mostly been listening to:

I spend too much of my time listening to this lot:

so you probably should too.

Movies:

Big films, small films, clever films, stupid films, long films, short films, shiny films, dirty films... wait, that's not what I meant

Television:

I have lots of stickers on my telly. Not on the screen though, that would be a daft idea.

Books:

Sometimes with pictures, sometimes without. I'm easy.

Heroes:

Your mum. And Jon Snow, what a fucking genius.

My Blog

This CD is the saviour of music... (September mixtape)

... but then I would say that. 1) The Kinks: You Really Got Me [Punk as fuck I reckon. The chorus sends shivers down my spine every time] 2) &nbs...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:03:00 PST

This is my irritated face

I tried to ring RBS for a job today, (fucking sell out) but I was stuck in a queue for 15 monutes. On a recruitment phone line where (I imagine) I was only going to tell them my address, this was pret...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:56:00 PST

Fixed Better (August mixtape)

Yes yes yes. August mixtape is called Fixed Better for one reason or another, none of which are interesting. It's probably the best mixtape ever. Burn it you slags.1) The Cribs: You Were Always The On...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:48:00 PST

July mixtape

FINALLY! Stupid no internet access. It's good this one, not as good as next month's though, I promise. That one kicks the arse of every other one I've done. Seriously. 1) The Cooper Temple Cl...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:13:00 PST

While I'm here

This is probably the best article Vice has ever run. My favourite bit is "If you were to take some sugar, carefully wipe it across the roof, and then drop the sugar in someone's coffee... You know wh...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:10:00 PST

June mixtape

Yes yes yes, we all know now. This one's a bit weird, there's songs on it that I've been meaning to put on mixtapes for ages but not done, so this could either be the best ever or the worst ever... Al...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:11:00 PST

Done

So, that was university. I finished last week and now I'm living at my mum and dad's back in pissing Radcliffe. Next week I'm going to the Annecy animation festival and my final show's on for three we...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:53:00 PST

May mixtape (edited. Less user friendly but, you know, betterer)

1) Nine Black Alps: Shot Down[Missed them at Central Station t'other week coz I had no money. Rubbish Asda] 2) The Cribs: I'm Alright, Me["Take drugs! Don't eat! Have contempt for those you meet!" Can...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Wed, 09 May 2007 04:52:00 PST

This game is so cool but I suck at it

DoodleBring your doodle to life and battle the enemy erasers.Play this free game now!!...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Wed, 16 May 2007 01:39:00 PST

Top ten trivia tips about Andy Vine!

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/trivia.pl?subject=Andy Vine&gender=m" style="color:#000;background-color:#DFDFa5">Ten Top Trivia Tips about Andy Vine! Andy Vine was the first Tsar of Russia!The state ...
Posted by That Andy Vine fella on Tue, 01 May 2007 03:44:00 PST