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Joco

Do you have the time to listen to me whine?

About Me

JOCO GRAPHIX

Greetings. I'm Jo, I'm 26 and I'm a Freelance Graphic Designer from the North West. I live, sleep and breathe design...I love music..I like to write comedy and wouldn't mind being the next Caroline Aherne...guitars make me tick..I hope to own a Rickenbacker, Telecaster and the odd Gibson in the future..I love to listen to vinyl on my retro record player...I sometimes play badminton...I own three blue peter badges and my eyebrows don't match, although this is not visible to the untrained eye. That is all. Visit my website and treat your eyes to a visual sensation at: www.jocopops.com x

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BROWSE MY DESIGN WORK in 'my pics', any requests should be sent on a postcard to:

JoCo Graphix
c/o Little Jimmy Kranky,
Kranky Way,
Lancashire,
Blah blah blah.

My Interests

Art & design, drawing, painting, filming and editing, advertising, writing, photography, copywriting, reading (not novels though), music, playing guitar, going to gigs/festivals, badminton, running.

I'd like to meet:



THE 4FT SOLDIERS

The Soundtrack To My Life
Opening Credits Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash
Waking Up Morning From Peer Gynt- Grieg
First Date
Falling In Love God Only Knows-The Beach Boys
The Love Scene Unchained Melody-Righteous Bros
Rebelious Youth Teenage Kicks-The Undertones
Brush With The Law I Fought The Law-The Clash
Fight Scene Eye Of The Tiger-Survivor
Breaking Up
Secret Love Lady In Red-Chris De Burgh
Life's Okay I Feel Fine-The Beatles
Mental Breakdown Im Not Okay (I Promise)- My Chemical Romance
Making A Fresh Start Town Called Malice-The Jam
Driving Boys Of Summer-Don Henley
Learning A Lesson What A Waster-The Libertines
Deep Thought Losing My Religion-REM
Xmas Fairytale Of New York-The Pogues
Flashback Paradise By The Dashboard Light-Meatloaf
Broken Heart This Old Heart Of Mine-Rod Stewart
Partying You Never Can Tell-Chuck Berry
Achieveing The Dream Gold-Spandau Ballet
Regretting No Regrets-Robbie Williams
Long Night Alone Maps-The Yeah Yeah Yeah's
Death Scene Hurt-Johnny Cash
Funeral Stairway To Heaven- Led Zep
Closing Credits I Did It My Way-Frank Sinatra

Music:

The Libertines, The Jam, The Beach Boys,Brian Wilson, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Manic Street Preachers, REM, Dire Straits, Foo Fighters, KT Tunstall, The Killers, Oasis, Pulp, The Clash, David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, Radiohead, Primal Scream, The Editors, Kings Of Leon, The Gossip, Led Zep, Queen, White Stripes, The Cribs, Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance, Underground Heroes, The Strokes, Doves, Flaming Lips, Kasabian, The Stranglers, Dirty Pretty Things, The Kinks, Fratellis, Embrace, Ash, Greenday, Amy Winehouse, Klaxons, The Long Blondes, Coldplay, Carole King, I Am Kloot, Feeder, Pete Doherty, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Nirvana, Pink, The Zutons, Madonna, The Verve, Rolling Stones, Take That, Beatles, Damien Rice, Prince, Blondie, Snow Patrol, Sigur Ros, CSS, Futureheads, McFly, Johnny Cash, Robbie Williams, Starsailor, Franz, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Alanis Morisette, Kaisers, Athelete, Guns N Roses, The Coral, Jeff Buckley, Razorlight...loads more.

Movies:

Kes, My Girl, Napoleon Dynamite, Flight Of The Navigator, Home Alone 1&2, Beaches, Austin Powers, The Breakfast Club, Life Of Brian, Bowfinger, Coming To America, Naked Gun.

Television:

Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy, Spaced, Ab Fab, Nighty Night,I'm Alan Partridge, The Office, Extras, Catherine Tate, Friends, The Simpsons, Bo! Selecta, Acorn Antiques and Kath & Kim. Ok, I've just realised they're all comedies. That says alot about me.

Books:

Any books on design, illustration, advertising, Macs, music, Australia and guitars. The World Of Karl Pilkington, any KP books!

Heroes:

Victoria Wood, Ricky Gervais, Matt Groening, Julie Walters, Caroline Ahern, Peter Kay, Patsy Stone and Phoebe Buffet.

My Blog

SATISFACTION...

...is finding a pair of jeans from seven years ago and discovering they still fit in all the right places. GET IN!! Does this mean I'm still seventeen? I could well pass as a seventeen year-old I...
Posted by Joco on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:49:00 PST

VALENTINES DAY

Please note Joco fans that when sending my cards this year you remember not to lick the seal on the envelopes. A tucking action will do just nicely. I'll re-use them for Christmas. This is all I ask. ...
Posted by Joco on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:08:00 PST

YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT

As you may have noticed, my hair is blonde. In some regions of the country, being blonde can constitute for being dumb. I'd love to argue this theory but in all fairness, I can't. And here's why. Be...
Posted by Joco on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:03:00 PST

JANUARY SALES

If you look up the term 'January Sales' in the Oxford Dictionary you will find the definition: "A time of year when cold weather and dark nights affects people's state of mind giving them the urg...
Posted by Joco on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:06:00 PST

DO I NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR?

Right, I'm slightly worried. And I blame technology. I was having a conversation with someone the other day and they said something that I found amusing. So I starting laughing but then out of no...
Posted by Joco on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:01:00 PST

NORFOLK AND FLIES (say it quick)

Last week I spent a week away in Norfolk. I'd never been there before, but I knew it had some Broads. That was as far as my knowledge went. I can confirm they do exist and it's not just some pl...
Posted by Joco on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:38:00 PST

'YOU CANNOT SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR OWN BLOG'

Ok, so this was the message I was faced with after clicking on the 'subscribe to blog' button on my profile. Frankly, I think it's absurd that you can't subscribe to your own blog.  I find ...
Posted by Joco on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:31:00 PST

JO'S TIPS ON STAYING YOUNG AND HIP

This may come as quite a shock to most people because I know I have the energy of a ten year old and the skin of a Russian supermodel but this week I actually turned twenty-four. Don't ask how or why...
Posted by Joco on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:40:00 PST