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About Me

Funniest One Minute Clip Ever!From the People's Republic of Mancunia...An even better vid than 'Atlas'?Gig of 2007 so far...Single/Video of 2007 so far...That's me in the corner... The Great (Arcade) Fire of London. Monday, 29th January, 2007. Steps of St. John's Church, Smith Square, Westminister, London SW1

My Interests

Life, the universe, everything.

Music:

My Bloody Valentine, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Nick Cave, Pixies, Sonic Youth, The Fall, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, Arcade Fire, Lots and lots and lots more...

Movies:

Wings of Desire, Manhattan, Fargo, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Some Like it Hot, The Big Lebowski, This is Spinal Tap, Goldfinger, Star Wars Episode IV and V.

Television:

Match of the Day

Books:

'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' - Carson McCullers 'Wuthering Heights' - Emily Bronte 'Ulysees' - James Joyce '1984' - George Orwell 'The Outsider' and 'The Fall'- Albert Camus 'Leviathan' and 'New York Triology' - Paul Auster 'London Fields' - Martin Amis

Heroes:

All My Heroes Are Weirdos

My Blog

Glastonbury 2007

Well, I'm home after an incredible long weekend (to put it very mildly). Arcade Fire, !!!, Spiritualized and the Broader than Broadway Soundsystem were the musical highlights, but it's got to be said ...
Posted by Swench on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:41:00 PST

You Learn Something New Every Day...

Dublin City Council has denied that it is planning to remove a hoax plaque that has been on O'Connell Bridge for almost three years.The bronze plaque, dedicated to the fictitious priest 'Fr Pat Noise'...
Posted by Swench on Tue, 22 May 2007 06:46:00 PST

Phew!

The sun is shining and finally I've finished the Cat Laughs supplement for 2007. It'll be appearing in the Star, the Sunday Tribune, Hot Press and In Dublin. It was a lot of work but a lot of fun, but...
Posted by Swench on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:44:00 PST