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Funkapotamus Matt

It's just a ride

About Me

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for cuban refugees, I write award winning operas, I manage time efficiantly. Occasionally I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and god-like trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook thirty minute brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang-gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge. I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corderoy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I recieve fan mail. I have been called number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a travelling centrifugal force demonstration. I bat 400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed covert operations for the C.I.A. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on holiday in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had taken a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me. I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and all my bills are paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four-course meals using only a mouli and a toaster. I breed prize-winning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet. I have performed open heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis- he's fine. I'm a musician and student, based in Manchester. I' ve just graduated from a music degree at Salford uni and I play bass in the rock n roll behemoth that is Shallowface. Check out our myspace site for music, pics and reviews. My house is the 3rd one in fromthe left-

My Interests

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Music:

I've got pretty varied taste, from Opeth to Orbital, and most points inbetween. Primus, Zeppelin, Lee Perry, Rage Against The Machine, Jurassic 5, Isis, Tool, Jaco Pastorius, A Perfect Circle, Disposable Heroes, Spearhead, High on Fire, The Specials, Pharcyde, Underworld, Faith no More, Aphex Twin, Urban Species, Sisters of Mercy, Gorrilaz, Devin Townshend, Peter Tosh, Parliment Funkedelic, Bob Dylan, Steel Pulse, John Martin, Monster Magnet, Asian Dub Foundation, Primal Scream, Free, Tricky, Dead Kennedys, Prince, Bjork, Pearl Jam, Beck, Soundgarden, Eat Static, The Maytals, Pantera, Miles Davis, Porcupine Tree, Joni Mitchell, Alice in Chains, Hendrix, Zappa, Transglobal Underground, Mastodon, Mos Def, Bootsy Collins, Death, Dj Format, all the good stuff.

Movies:

So many great films out there, 12 Angry Men, Pi, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, The Hill, Nightwatch, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, Spirited Away, Battle Royale, The Incredibles, Dawn of the Dead, Princess Bride, Sin City, The Man Who Would Be King, The Devil's Backbone, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Iron Giant, Withnail and I, City of God, Audition, Star Wars 4, 5 and 6, Ong Bak, Sky Blue, Warrior King, to name but a few.

Television:



Books:

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut- a wise and funny fella, Hunter Thompson, Noam Chomsky, Camus, Tolkein, Ken Kasey, Huxley, David Gemmell, King, Spike Milligan, Herman Hesse( everyone should read Siddartha), Chuck Palahnuik, Aldous Huxley, Jeff Noon, Harlen Coben, Luke Rhinehart, Terry Pratchett, Tim Cahill, loads really.

Heroes:

Bill Hicks, Kurt Vonnegut, Stewie from Family Guy, and these little critters-