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About Me

I'm Jay - a fuzzy 'lil goth/rock boy from Wales (but no, I'm not a "spooky kid" and I don't do "designer darkness").

I play guitar and bass and I'm currently working on a solo CD.

I'm not a musical snob like a lot of people and I like what I like without caring what people think about my tastes. I don't like stuff just to be part of the "in crowd" or pretend not to like things for the same reason.

Professionally I work as an IT contractor through my own company doing software development and web design.

Current music rig collection:Customised Ibanez S520EX with DiMarzio p/ups Ibanez S7420 7-string Ibanez AEG10E electro-acoustic Ibanez DT200 Destroyer Ibanez DTX120 Mini-Destroyer Squier HM series superstrat Yamaha Pacifica 112 Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Head with 2x12 Rectifier cab G-Major FX unit Korg DTR-1000 Tuner Ibanez WD7 "Weeping Demon" wah Planet Waves cabling, Dunlop Tortex 2.00mm Plectra and D'Addario strings

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My Interests

Music is a big part of my life, although I much prefer playing to listening to it. I like nothing better than getting home, warming up the amp and giving the guitar a good seeing to (well, I'm single, so what else?)

Yes, yes, I know, I'm a bit of a computer geek but it pays the bills so I can't really complain all that much.

Music:

My tastes in music are pretty wide ranging - from metal through blues to even, yes, I admit it, some chart pop stuff. I don't "do" trends and I like what I like whether that's percieved as cool or not. You should get enjoyment out of music otherwise what's the point huh? :)

My "what I'm currently listening to" changes pretty frequently depending on what kind of mood I'm in but I guess these are some of my favourite bands and performers:

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Type O Negative, Metallica (yes, including some of the new stuff), White/Rob Zombie, Rammstein, Green Day, Offspring, Distillers, Epoxies, Wildhearts ...

Movies:

I'm not your typical goth when it comes to movies - I don't really like horror :) My imagination can be disturbing enough on it's own without needing anything to seed it! I much prefer a good comedy or animation. Something you can just kick back and enjoy without a lot of effort and come out feeling happy.

Television:

Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Dads Army, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, QI, Fawlty Towers, Father Ted, Bottom.

Books:

I'm a big Terry Pratchett fan and love the Discworld series. I've got all except the most recent book (which hopefully I'll add once it comes down in price ;))

Heroes:

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Slash

My Blog

Happy New Year!

My latest:http://www.lacrimosa.co.uk/blog.php
Posted by Jay on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:29:00 PST

blog moved

Just a quickie to say that my blog has now moved.You can find it on my personal site at http://www.lacrimosa.co.ukEnjoy :)
Posted by Jay on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:32:00 PST

bounce bounce bounce

Ooooh dear.I've had waaaaaaaaaay too much caffiene today....Just slap a tail on me and call me tigger...
Posted by Jay on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:57:00 PST

Ice magic!!

Yay, I once again possess some of that "pour it over ice cream and freeze it" chocolate stuff :)Haven't had it since I was a wee nipper.It's called "Chocolate chunk Crakin'" these days but hey ho....
Posted by Jay on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:02:00 PST

Dell comes back from the Dark Side

Hurrah, it seems that Dell will soon be offering PC's with AMD processors instead of the evil that is Intel (who, not only have that *** annoying signature tune and sucker stupid consumers in with the...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:40:00 PST

Frustration

Ack... It's that time of year again to re-insure and re-tax the car.The first of this I've finally achieved after running the usual guantlet of quotes ("Quote me happy" my arse...). Now of course I ne...
Posted by Jay on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:16:00 PST

69 Dude!

Yes, I've finally made it... my eBay feedback is now 69 :)Man I need to get out more...
Posted by Jay on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:19:00 PST

Weekend? What weekend... ?

Well, so far I've been working just about 8 1/2 days straight since Monday last week. The weekend seems to have come and gone without even leaving footprints or a lingering smell in the air...On the u...
Posted by Jay on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:29:00 PST

Losing the will to live...

It's 5pm on Saturday and I've been stuck in work since 10am this morning...Bloody clients.Bloody blind people checking things.Bloody arse.It's just going on and on and on and on and on.... All I want ...
Posted by Jay on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:13:00 PST

A little support

Well, for the past week I've been sporting the ever so fashionable arm support bandage. Yes, it looks like I've had a mad 5 minutes and I'm wearing a sock on my arm but it seems to be helping the gene...
Posted by Jay on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:40:00 PST