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Matt fig21b

I'm all about the electro

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Rexie and Roy, the dog judo guys

Music:

mmmm, ok. here we go. I am a music nazi and this is an abriged list, I think you'll find they are in alphabetical order starting with some pictures (not counting the word 'the'):

, Right, that's enough pictures for now..... Beangrowers, Beastie Boys, The Beatings, Beck, The Bees, Bent, The Beta Band, Biffy Clyro, The Birthday Party, Bloc Party, Blur, The Breeders, Brendan Benson, Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, The buff Medways, Burning Brides, Buzzcocks, Cakes, The Charlatans, The Chemical Brothers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Clash, Clearlake, Clinic, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Coral, Cousteau, The Cribs, The Cure, The D4, Daisy Chainsaw, The Damned, The Darling Buds, Dark Star, The Datsuns, David Devant and his Spirit Wife, The Dead 60's, Dean Martin, The Dears, Death Cab for Cutie, Death From Above, Death in Vegas, The Departure, The Delgados, Dennis Waterman, The Detroit Cobras, Dinosaur Jnr, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Shadow, Doves, Echo & the Bunnymen, Echoboy, Ed Hardcourt, Eels, Elastica, Elbow, Electrafixion, Electric Six, Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, Engineers, Explosions in the Sky..... well that's up to E and I can't be arsed going on much further. Althought The Pixies, Stone Roses, The Raconteurs, Jeff (and Tim) Buckley, QOTSA, Maxmo Park, Radiohead, Sigur Rs and Nirvana would all be in there plus bands you might not know about like Jane Air, Scanners and The Room. After the Leeds festival 2006 add these to the list - Giant Drag, The Like, Eagles of Death Metal and TV on the Radio

Movies:

A few of my favourite films are as follows: Glen Gary, Glenn Ross (is this a boy film? I don't think it has the same effect on girls) - best line? "FU*K YOU, THAT'S MY NAME"; Withnail and I; Dr Strangelove; Deadmans Shoes - Shane Medows has to be one of the best directors around; Clerks - how do you pronounce this film? The Big Labowski.

Books:

Catch 22 is my favourite book or all time I reckon. Is it a boys book though? Ever boy I know who has read it says they love it where as the girls I know who have taken it in never seemed to be as amazed. What else? A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.I like a good non-fiction too, although I have a feeling that my favourite autobiography is pretty much a work of fiction; that being the autobiography of Claus Kinski the german actor.And of course the work of genius that is 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy'

My Blog

The new Shins album is ace.

Sooo, 2007. How's it going for you?I'm doing alright thanks very much. Just started the year by settling into the new job and hemorrhaging cash on various pointless pursuits and follies. I would love ...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:00:00 PST

Merry Festivus MySpacetards....

see you in the New Year, on the 2007 flipside.
Posted by Matt fig21b on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:22:00 PST

2006... a survey...

An interweb based survey, feel free to steal the questions and get retro:1) Where did you begin 2006?In my flat, with my girl, some nice food and a bottle of champagne. The best place too be on the hi...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:34:00 PST

Still looking for the orange ones...

Life's a bag of revels, and we..re looking for the orange ones..A piece of pure manc philosophy nearly twenty years old now, twenty years!!! What..s that about? The bands you love are supposed to be f...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:49:00 PST

Hey, it's you... Christ it's been ages eh?

hmmm, it's been ages... too long, what's been happening?Well the biggest news is, that after a summer of no real responsibility and no ties to particular jobs I am leaving the fun-fun-fun world of fre...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:54:00 PST

15 short years since Nevermind was on top of the charts..

nothing like a bit of your youth reaching a bit of a landmark age, The Stone Roses album is knocking on 20 years old and Nevermind by Nirvana is getting on a bit too. There is a pretty good blog on th...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:47:00 PST

The results are in... MySpace has spoken...

So as you may or may not recall, the last time I posted a blog I was sporting a healthy and manly beard but I had got the urge to have a go at some 'beard topiary' (the words of Dan Ashcroft). So I pu...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:18:00 PST

So my new clippers....

...are fully charged and staring at me from across the room. I have a full beard at the moment and I think it will be the first thing to be attacked with them. This is me at the moment: So I need to m...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:49:00 PST

I think I've become 67 a bit before my time...

...so the other day I went and did some exercise and I say it can't be good for you this exercise malarky. I have been in shocking condition for the past two days, my legs barely work, I think I'm gon...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:24:00 PST

My new favourite band or The trouble with my melon head

So Ive been back from the Leeds festival some time now and my arms are once again doing what my so called brain tells them to do, so I thought Id give you a quick run down on my weekend.I set off up t...
Posted by Matt fig21b on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:26:00 PST