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Serious Dan

So Bona To Vada, Oh You

About Me

Joining this website felt like selling my soul, then I joined Facebook and realised that was much worse

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Anyone vaguely interesting. I don't hold much hope about that on here really.Except people I know already. They've already proven they have a personality.

Music:

Antony and the Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, At the Drive In, Audioslave, Bloc Party, Bob Dylan, CSS, The Cure, David Bowie, De La Soul, Dirty Pretty Things, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, The Futureheads, Gil Scott-Heron, Gnarls Barkley, The Horrors, Howling Bells, The Human League, Interpol, The Jam, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Kanye West, Kate Bush, Kings of Leon, The Kinks, Klaus Nomi, Klaxons, The Libertines, The Long Blondes, Lou Reed, Lupe Fiasco, The Mars Volta, Martha Wainwright, Maximo Park, Morrissey, My Chemical Romance, NWA, New Radicals, Owen Pallett, Paul Weller, Pulp, REM, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rufus Wainwright, Saul Williams, The Smiths, Soundgarden, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground

Movies:

The Godfather Trilogy (maybe not the third one actually), Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Black Hawk Down, Kung Fu Hustle, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Donnie Darko, Saving Private Ryan

Television:

24, Lost, Band of Brothers, The Simpsons, The Office, Brasseye, Buffy, Blackadder, Extras, Deal or No Deal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sleeper Cell, Heroes, Jericho

Books:

Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Catch 22, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Discworld, The Da Vinci Code, No Logo, Dorian by Will Self, Heart of Darkness, The Dead Emcee Scrolls

Heroes:

Morrissey

My Blog

The Horrors

Last night me and Liz went to Manchester to see the Horrors at Satan's Hollow. To start with, its a really fantastic place in general. Its themed inside like a cave in hell (as the name would suggest)...
Posted by Serious Dan on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:39:00 PST

Dirty Pretty Things

I have just returned from Dirty Pretty Things at the Octagon. I am somewhat injured. More on this later. First support band was Larrikin Love. I went into it hating them, now I sort of like them. They...
Posted by Serious Dan on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:07:00 PST

The Long Blondes

I have literally just got back from seeing The Long Blondes at the Foundry, and being the geek that I am, decided my priority as writing a blog about it, instead of something sensible like getting som...
Posted by Serious Dan on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:14:00 PST

Howling Bells

I saw Howling Bells at Fuzz Club on Thursday. I don't normally blog about Fuzz, mainly because the bands there are ok but not normally anything special (except for Viva High Rollers, who were a crime ...
Posted by Serious Dan on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:29:00 PST

Russell Brand

Last night, at the Sheffield Octagon, I saw the fantastic Russell Brand and Trevor Lock. I got there at 6 o clock, which was two hours before the doors opened. I met some very nice people there, a gir...
Posted by Serious Dan on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:56:00 PST

It's occured to me lately

It's occured to me lately that The Smiths really were the greatest band in all existence. Even better than I previously thought they were, which is saying something. No other band has ever and could e...
Posted by Serious Dan on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:29:00 PST

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job..

...and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. My happy unemployed summer has ended, replaced by joining the Haxby Co-Op. I hate it already, and have done a grand total of 2 1/2 hours filling out training boo...
Posted by Serious Dan on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:06:00 PST

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Saw RHCP in Sheffield with Julia and Sophie yesterday. Considering the gate security were searchign peoples bags, they seemed to miss the plantation of weed that was being smoked. Support wise, we mis...
Posted by Serious Dan on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:49:00 PST

The Greatest Musical Mauling Of All Time

At The Drive-In covering The Night Has Opened My Eyes by The Smiths. I love ATDI. I love The Smiths. This should be ideal, but its just absolutley awful. Even more so than Tatu covering How Soon Is No...
Posted by Serious Dan on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:43:00 PST

Radiohead

Radiohead last night in Blackpool. Absolutley amazing. I am once again totally knackered, can't hear properly and have lost my voice. Got horribly beaten up during every remotley fast song, and nearly...
Posted by Serious Dan on Sat, 13 May 2006 06:23:00 PST