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Mal

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About Me

Bass-playing music geek from Camden.

My Interests

Music, Books, Food, Internet-based time-suckage, stargazing and other geeky stuff.

Music:

Early 80's Hardcore, 80's and 90's indie, 60's Psych, Powerpop, Prog, Jazz with a low wank-factor, Jazz with a moderately high wank-factor, Classic Rock, Stoner Rock, Rock, Rock Lobster, God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II.

My five favourite albums at the moment:

#1 Record - Big Star
S/T - The La's
The White Album - The Beatles
Doolittle - Pixies (now with added fuzzy memories of seeing the bulk of it performed live - definitely a gig highlight)
Warehouse: Songs and Stories - Husker Du



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Movies:

Lots of different stuff - anything that makes me laugh or makes me think. Or both.

The Big Lebowski, Delicatessen, Clerks, Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the original Planet of the Apes films (yep, all 5, i am a massive nerd), all the Monty Python films are some that come to mind - i have a crap memory though so if you throw quotes at me, expect bewilderment most of the time...

Television:

I watch too much crap TV and not enough good TV. It's a work in progress.

Neighbours is a must, although it's turned to shit lately. I can't seem to kick the habit yet, though.

Other than that, thank god for ABC and SBS - if it wasn't for Spicks and Specks, The Bill, Doctor Who (hanging for the new season to start) etc, i'd never turn the damn thing on.

I can also watch hours and hours of Buffy in one go.

Books:

Trying to read a lot more this year - books i've read recently that i've really liked are:

The Riders - Tim Winton (this was really really good)