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Raj

You only die once x

About Me

I love my guitar more than you. Launching pebbles into Brighton beach, finding gems of bands in scummy pubs and reading autobiograhphies also rock my boat.

The lascivious licentiousness of Argentine Tango captivates me, while the lust saturates. Agent Provocateur, Borough Market and kisses have also been known to excite me. I can't tell you anymore, it's a secret...

My Interests

Glastonbury, Argentine Tango, The British Library, shopping on Floral Street, VW Camper Vans, ingenuity, Ochos, Ducatti and Triumph motorbikes, Mother Nature, talks at the Royal Society, sculpture, the view from Waterloo Bridge, the tide, kick-ups, pick-ups, kindred spirits, The Lock, Coco De Mer, kickabouts, Kir Royales, The River Thames, Pinot Grigio, Gabriel's Wharf, olives, the words 'licentious' and 'lascivious,' karma, Jack Vettriano, The Strokes' lyrics, brush strokes, jaguars, Jaguar guitars, The Simpsons, Harrods, tattoos, old boats, Formula One, soft leather gloves, Mombassa, Christiania in Copenhagen, fish and chip shops on Cornish harbours, competition, The Oxo Tower, the N159 night bus, Marius Pudjanovski, Taj Mahal, Victorian roll-top baths, Barcelona chants, The Sunday Times, Tivoli, lava lamps, the moon, lust, St Paul's Cathedral, Mevagissey, tents, love, Hyde Park, stone circles, my gorgeous leather jacket, Champions League finals, african drums, Diego Maradonna, massages, Masai Mara, sunrise, cultures, Mount Kilimanjaro, sunsets, Indian ocean, food, sand between toes, sleep, guitar, documentaries, sleeping rough under the Eiffel Tower, wagers, climbing, progress, philosophy, bodies of water, unintelligent conversation with intelligent folk, collecting memories in shoeboxes, The O.C, Egyptology, Routemaster buses, counting beans, tubeface, winking at pretty girls on the tube, Strictly Come Dancing, leaving people with a smile, perversions, rowing in Capability brown's lakes, the Tate slides, taking off, salmon on an oyster sauce stir fry, a tall latte, chocolate muffins, toast and the coast.

I'd like to meet:

Myself: to see who would win in a fight.

Failing that, maybe you.

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Music:

The Strokes // The Kinks // White Stripes // Radiohead // RHCP // Nirvana // Kings of Leon // RHCP // Sterephonics // Led Zeppelin // Guns'n'Roses // The Vines // The Walkmen // Blondie // The Bravery // Yeah Yeah Yeahs // The Cribs // The Colour // Oasis // Interpol // Kubichek // Yann Tiersen // The Cardigans // Garbage // Jet // Sheryll Crow // Bob Marley // Bill Withers // Beach Boys // Mammas and Pappas // Jack Johnson // Jose Gonzalez // Morcheeba // The Subways // Magic Numbers // The Hives // !Forward russia ! // The Fratellis // Lucky Soul // Howling Bells // Maccabees // The Voom Blooms // Foo Fighters // Steve Vai // Eric Clapton // Jimi Hendrix // The Raconteurs // The Futureheads // Arcade Fire // Arctic Monkeys // Joni Mitchell // Nina Simone // John Frusciante Kings Of Leon Videos | Music Videos | Hip Hop Music

Movies:

Forrest Gump, The Hustler, City of God, Walk the Line, Shawshank Redemption, The Graduate, Sin City, Chocolat, Fight Club, Bourne Identity, Xmen, LOTR, Gone in 60 Seconds, Anchorman, Old School, Seabiscuit, Rounders, Almost Famous and Road Trip.

Best ever scenes/movie quote: "60% of the time, it works every time!" ~ Anchorman

Television:

was invented by John Logie Baird. The filthy pervert.

Books:

Phillip Pullman trilogy, Book of Tells, autobiographies: Anthony Keidis, Lance Armstrong, Jenna Jameson, Gordon ramsay, anything by roald Dahl, A room with a view, Hamlet, Hunter S Thompson, Steinbeck, Walter Tevis - The Hustler, The Book of Tells, Derren Brown - Secrets, the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Neil Strauss' The Game.

Heroes:

wear capes...

My Blog

Anthony Gormley's 5 square metres, or in girl currency - 275 square pots of Clarins skin cream

A cool crystalline sensation on skin as eyes struggle for traction in confusingly bright light with confused minds estimating images from passing breezes. This is what it felt...
Posted by Raj on Tue, 29 May 2007 08:33:00 PST

Bands I have seen live

By no means a comprehensive list, but for the sake of posterity, here goes... Air Traffic Albert Hammond Jr x2 Amy Winehouse Arcade Fire x 4 Arctic Monkeys Arrested Development Ash Athlete The Automat...
Posted by Raj on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:20:00 PST

The Amber Analogy

Isn't it fantastic how music subconsciously captures your precise state of mind at any time, only for it to come flooding back when that piece of music is played back to you months/years later. It's l...
Posted by Raj on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:29:00 PST

It seems we walk around with neon signs

It seems we walk round with neon signs and think everyone can see our own and read them and so see right through us. But 99% of the time they can't. The neon signs are in our head and a...
Posted by Raj on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:17:00 PST

Top 3 lyric lines?

1. Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back 2. Today I was dirty, wanted to be pretty, tomorrow I know that I'm just dirt. 3. I come together in the middle of the night Feel free to a...
Posted by Raj on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:36:00 PST

my silly sense of humour...

Yep, I laughed like a lunatic at this. Granted it was straight after experiencing a caffeine high, but even still... "We've just come back from our first skiing holiday  a lifestyle option that seeme...
Posted by Raj on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:44:00 PST

Walk the Line

It's a damn good film. A piece of Americana that comes and bites its way through your comfort zone, leaving you wide eyed and spaced, coming out the cinema, wandering home in an all encompassing bubbl...
Posted by Raj on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:16:00 PST

Standing in line to see The Strokes tonight and there's a light on...

The Strokes, Shepherd's Bush, January 24th 2006.   Great gig, tight set and electric performance. The acoustics were unforgiving and few bands could've sounded better. Albert Hammond thrashes his...
Posted by Raj on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:53:00 PST