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Greg

icaughtyouadeliciousbass

About Me

I am Jack's raging bile duct.

Humanity has advanced not because it has been sober, responsible and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature

Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you

http://www.postcarbon.org/
http://www.sydneypeakoil.com/

My Interests

I had the best laid plans this side of America.

I'd like to meet:

hans solo.... elton john.... sinatra.... the lollipop kids.... jeremy irons.... switters... anonymous.... the french....

Music:

A quick scroll down "Natalia" my ipod would reveal:A Perfect Circle, The Arcade Fire, Alice in Chains, Ani Di Franco, Aphex Twin, At the drive in, Augie March, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Brad Mehldau, Brian Wilson, Bright Eyes, CAN, Camille, The Cure, Damien Rice, The Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, The Decemberists, Decoder Ring, The Devoted Few, Doves, Drag, Dumpster, Ed Harcourt, Eels, Efterklang, Elbow, Elvis Costello, Engineers, Explosions in the Sky, Faker, Fear Factory, Filter, Fiona Apple, The Flaming Lips, The Frames, Frank Zappa, Gersey, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Gomez, Gotye, The Hampdens, The Henrys, Herbie Hancock, Holly Throsby, Ivy, Jane's Addiction, joannna Newsom, John Zorn, Johnny Cash, Kashmir, Kent, Kraftwerk, Leo Nine, Lovage, M Ward, Magnet, Massive Attack, Mercury Rev, Meshuggah, Miles Davis, Mogwai, Moloko, Mr Bungle, Mum, Muse, Neu!, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, The Notwist, Page France, Pearl Jam, Peeping Tom, Pedro The Lion, Phillip Glass, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Placebo, Poison, The Polyphonic Spree, The Postal Service, Primus, Queen, Queens of the Stonage, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regurgitator, The Reindeer Section, Rhubarb, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Rufus Wainwright, Sarah Blasko, The Shins, Shihad, Sigur Ros, Slint, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Snow Patrol, Soundgarden, Sparklehorse, Spod, Stars, Stone Temple Pilots, Sufjan Stevens, Syd Barrett, The Tea Party, Teenage Fanclub, Tom Waits, Tool, Tori Amos, U2, Veruca Salt, Wayne Shorter, The White Stripes, White Zombie, Wilco, Yann Tiersen, You Am I - but that's just the tip of the iceberg really....

Television:

Mambo - that's a funny word

Books:

Tom Robbins tickles my brain and Nick Hornby makes me feel better about being obsessed with vinyl - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster is one I'll be showing my kids...

Heroes:

Hail hail the lucky ones - i refer to those in love

My Blog

How to survive the end of the world

or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Peak Oil. Maybe it's because I've been listening to NIN Year Zero a lot.... maybe it's because I watched 28 Weeks Later last night... maybe it's because I wa...
Posted by Greg on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:30:00 PST

How to become someone else

So I dyed my hair black again yesterday as every good troubled musician should. I took myself off to a friend's party in the evening and over the course of the night got told I look like:Mike Patton C...
Posted by Greg on Sun, 13 May 2007 09:29:00 PST

How to find your way back home

I have many important things in my life. Important friends, important films, important music.... things that are quite fundamental to who I am and why I am the person I am.An important lyric is found ...
Posted by Greg on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:39:00 PST

How to discriminate in the work place

So it has come to my attention that the company I currently work for has no redheaded employees. I can really only speak for the Australian offices as I'm sure there's a few carrot tops repr...
Posted by Greg on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:47:00 PST

How to be inspired

Watch live musicListen to Beethoven's 9th Symphony (on vinyl if possible)Buy a new guitar pedalBe selfishDrink red wineCook your own foodPay your biilsWalk daily (sometimes run/sometimes rollerblade)W...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:55:00 PST

How to name a band

Last night John Lennon came to me in a dream on a flaming pie. He said "you shall form a band and they will be called 'Hail Mary and the Sacred Hearts'".I think there's something in that for all of us...
Posted by Greg on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:35:00 PST

How to grow a mo

What sort of man grows a mo???He's a man with a love for life and with a lot of living to do. He's the first to be invited to a party and the last to leave. He's a man with confidence, a leader not a ...
Posted by Greg on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:03:00 PST

How to be receptive

Main Entry: receptivePronunciation: ri-'sep-tivFunction: adjective1 : open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions 2 a of a sensory end organ : fit to receive and transmit stimuli This b...
Posted by Greg on Thu, 18 May 2006 09:29:00 PST

How to make friends and be under the influence

My point with alcohol is if you abuse something, it will abuse you back. -Bono I think there's something in that for all of us
Posted by Greg on Tue, 02 May 2006 06:38:00 PST

How to make love stay

Quite a number of my friends have gotten married recently which I think is both great and good. It's a spin out to see someone you went to parties with or payed out in science in high school stand up ...
Posted by Greg on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:33:00 PST