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Sid

I'd love some cauliflower!

About Me

Sid R was born in Kingston Upon Thames where he now resides. He has spent a large amount of his life in a twee town called Hampton Wick (which is incidentally cockney rhyming slag...erm slang, for penis). He plays the bass guitar in an unconventional covers band called The Zennors and works as a clever lad, in a laboratory with DNA.

My Interests

Comedy, Conjuring, Music, Film, Television, Radio, Skepticism, Science, Art, Reading, Photography, Travelling, Writing, Blogging, Lectures & Talks, Moots, playing Bass, Gigging, Cartoons and Animation

I'd like to meet:

Anyone!!!!

Music:

SFA, Tom Lehrer, Blur, Graham Coxon, Pheonix, The Decemberists, Beck, The Strokes, R.E.M., Weezer, Weird Al, Primal Scream, Manfred Mann, The Kinks, Sex Pistols, Salad, Badly Drawn Boy, Steve Malkmus, The Smiths, The Futureheads, Supergrass, Killers, The Zennors, they Might be Giants, Flaming Lips, Gogol Bordello, Larrikin Love, Chas 'n' Dave, Airhammer, Salad, The Thrills, Weezer, Hard-Fi, The Kaiser Chiefs

Movies:

Ipcress File, 2001: A Space Odessey, City of God, The Fly, The 39 steps, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Requiem for a Dream, V for Vendetta, Back to the Future, Amores Perros, Stand by Me, Trainspotting, Twelve Monkeys, Young Frankenstein, All the Presidents Men, Get Carter, Scanners, The Evil Dead, Alien, The Untouchables, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Dead Ringers, Robocop, Time Masters

Books:

New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher, Flim-flam, Youth in Revolt, Genius, Voodoo Science, This Book, How to Play with your Food, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Selfish Gene, The Pale Blue Dot

Heroes:

Michael Caine, James Randi, Richard Dawkins, Paul Merton, Rich Hall, Lucy Porter, Scott Capura, Penn & Teller, Mitchell Symons, Bob Park, Graham Chapman, Stephen Fry, Spike Milligan, Jerry Sadowitz, Peter Cook, James Black, Paul Daniels, Matt Groening, Derren Brown, Nick Park, Kenny Everett, John Lydon, Dr. Demento, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan

My Blog

New Years Resolutions

I'm not sure how many people have New Years resolutions, but I know many people admit to not keeping them nevertheless, and others lying about their successes.I went to the Dana Centre in London, to h...
Posted by Sid on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:04:00 PST

Uncanny and almost as good as astrology...

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island.  Chances are, if you are ...
Posted by Sid on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:31:00 PST

Oh! The humanity!

Marksman called in to kill Kingston's pigeons A specialist marksman will carry out a "humane cull" of pigeons in the Memorial Gardens, Kingston's Town Centre Management announced this week. The cull w...
Posted by Sid on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:15:00 PST

It's official: Circumcision 'cuts' HIV infection

Circumcised men had a 50% overall reduction in HIV infections. But I'll leave a word of caution on unprotected sex to this guy: "This is a significant scientific advance but is not a magic bullet and...
Posted by Sid on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:32:00 PST

Holiday Destinations?

What do you reckon for a holiday destination or two?DildoIntercourseBell EndBald KnobFan Y Big, Brecon BeaconsFingrinhoeGayKnob LickLooneyvilleTwatt near Loons RoadBadgers Mount, KentThree Cocks, Powy...
Posted by Sid on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:23:00 PST

I Palindrome I

Just saw this parody of Bob Dylan by Weird Al . Hope you like it.XX.. height="350" width="425">...
Posted by Sid on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:38:00 PST

A letter to the Art Institute of Portland

I thought I'd be productive today, and ponder on the plight of Bob Averill. You may have heard that he got expelled from art college for questioning another students belief in leprechauns. The full, s...
Posted by Sid on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:18:00 PST

It's Christmas time, there's no time to be a spade.

As you all well might know. I shall be jammin' with the band again in Wimbledon on the 15th December @ The Grove Tavern You have been warned!!!!!...
Posted by Sid on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:14:00 PST

Hello Moose F**kers!

How very strange! I was wondering around the interweb looking to see what the scots magician Jerry Sadowitz was up to. Lo and behold, he has a run at the Soho theatre over Christmas!He hardly ever pla...
Posted by Sid on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:59:00 PST

I'm a proper chap now!

I've always fancied myself as a debonaire moustache twirling ponce, so I've surprised even myself by finding out there is a facial hair championship in the UK in 2007. I kid you not disbelieving (and ...
Posted by Sid on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:43:00 PST