minor laceration of the left ventricle.

About Me

"So I'll accept we'll occasionally cross paths.
It's a reminder that these things don't last."
The Moral Majority - Fear Of Loss
+ hi. my name is kit.
+ i'm 21.
+ i'm a waster student at the university of manchester.
+ i'm a huge computer games geek.
+ i also watch lots of movies and read lots of books.
+ i'm still a filthy little hardcore kid. honest. ask rollins, he knows.
+ i once got into a fight with ian brown at a manics gig.
+ call me arrogant but i didn't feel like dancing to his lo-fi indie shite.
+ pigman is god. you should add him.
+ i have herpes.
+ just kidding, but i find it adds a little flavour to my character somehow.
+ seriously. i don't have herpes.
+ i *do* however sing and play guitar in little bars all over manchester.
+ and i've finally got that band going i've been trying for these past few years.
+ i get lots of hugs because i have lots of friends.
+ i love them all very dearly.
+ without them i'd be nothing.
+ basically i live for them.
+ and for my art, obvs.
+ add me if this interests you.
+ fuck off if it doesn't.
+ just kidding. love youse. xxx 3.

My Interests

Music, writing, reading. All forms of all three.

I'd like to meet:

Amanda Palmer/Brian Viglione (done :) ), Jessicka, Nicky Wire (done :) ), Fidel Castro

Music:

Forward, Russia!
Acrimonie
alexisonfire
Anasarca
An Embrace Of Angels
Anathema
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Antony and the Johnsons
A Perfect Circle
Apparat
Apoplexy Twist Orchestra
Babyshambles
Bauhaus
Be Your Own Pet
Belle & Sebastian
Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five
Big Japan
Bikini Kill
Bill Bailey
Bill Hicks
Bjork
Bloc Party
Blood For Blood
Bob Dylan
boysetsfire
Brand New
Brian Wilson
Bright Eyes
Bullet For My Valentine
Calexico
Can
Casino Vs. Japan
Catena Collapse
Catherine Anne Davies
Cease Upon The Capitol
Chimaria
City Of Caterpillar
Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah
Coheed And Cambria
Cradle of Filth
Creel Commission
Damien Rice
DangerDoom
Dashboard Confessional
Death Cab for Cutie
Death From Above 1979
Deftones
Dimmu Borgir
Dir En Grey
Disturbed
Dream Theater
Dresden Dolls
Durutti Column
Eels
Einsturzende Neubaten
Eric Laubinger
Eminem
Explosions In The Sky
Fear Before The March Of Flames
Franz Ferdinand
Funeral Diner
Fugazi
Funeral For A Friend
Gackt
Gang Of Four
Marvin Gaye
Gazette
Glassjaw
Goldie Lookin' Chain
David Gray
Hide
HIM
Hole
Hope Of The States
Hot Rod Circuit
Human Waste Project
I Am Heracles
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
ICP
Natalie Imbruglia
InMe
Interpol
Jack Off Jill
Michael Jackson
James Brown
Jeff Buckley
Jimi Hendrix
John Cale
Joy Division
KC Milian
Peter Kay
Kill 'Em Dead In Your Head
Kinetic Crash Cooperation
Kinks
Kittie
L7
La Quiete
Le Tigre
Louise Cyphre
Louis XIV
Luna Sea
Magazine
Malice Mizer
Manic Street Preachers
Marilyn Manson
Meatloaf
Minus The Bear
Moi Dix Mois
Alanis Morissette
Morrissey
Moss Icon
Movielife
My Bloody Valentine
My Ruin
Nellie McKay
Neutral Milk Hotel
New Order
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Drake
Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Nizlopi
Pantera
Parliament
Pere Ubu
Peter Doherty
Pg.99
Phoenix Bodies
PiL
Pink Floyd
pj harvey
Placebo
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Prince And The Revolution
Queen Adreena
Raein
Rage Against The Machine
Rasputina
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Regina Spektor
Rites Of Spring
Ryan Adams (And The Cardinals)
Satyricon
savedbyzero
savestheday
scarling.
Scissor Sisters
Semisonic
Sex Pistols
Shikari
Sigur Ros
Nina Simone
Slayer
Eliott Smith
Patti Smith
Snow Patrol
Suicidal Tendencies
Sunny Day Real Estate
Switchblade Symphony
Taking Back Sunday
Talking Heads
tATu
Team Sleep
Tens And Units
The Arcade Fire
The Arctic Monkeys
The Ataris
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bravery
The Cure
The Distillers
The Early November
The Ex
The Fall
The Get-Up Kids
The Go! Team
The Hurt Process
The Jayhawks
The Killers
The Libertines
The Mars Volta
The Number 12 Looks Like You
The Paddingtons
The Pine
The Polyphonic Spree
The Saddest Landscape
The Smiths
The Streets
The Strokes
The Vaselines
The Who
Thrice
Tom Waits
Tool
Tori Amos
Tupac
Velvet Underground
Veruca Salt
The Verve
Vidoll
Visage
The White Stripes
U2
Warsaw
White Rose Movement
Willy Mason
Wire
Xiu Xiu
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yoko Kanno

...and many more besides...

(if it's in bold I can't live without it) [Updated 4th Apr '06]

Movies:

Amores Perros, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries, Ghost In The Shell, Ichi The Killer, Akira, Perfect Blue. Loads more. Ask me.

Television:

Little Britain, Peep Show, The Office, Happy Tree Friends, South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, Monkeydust, BrassEye, Phoenix Nights

Books:

I'm re-reading Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe at the moment. It'll probably take me til January.

Heroes:

I hold no-one up as a paragon of virtue anymore. Doing so only leads to disappointment. [/emo]

My Blog

One Of Those Days

... You know when you've just done an hour's work and made real progress on a project and forget to save then a massive human error (like clicking "No" when Excel asks you if you want to save the d...
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Interpol

I know a lot of you know Interpol, but they don't get enough mention. So yeah. Interpol are my recommended band of the week. Buy: Antics (Album) Sample Download: Evil/Slow Hands
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Neutral Milk Hotel

Such an underexposed band - I'm not sure if they're even still together. Even so, everyone should check out their second album, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, especially if you're a fan of Tom Waits/C...
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

More New Music

I have heard the future of hip hop. An insanely talented collective called TRP/NME Wreckidz from Boston, Mass.. Please check them out, they are fantastic....
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Kitty's Log: Supplementary

Sorry, I forgot *d'oh* Please also check out Miss T and the Japanese Tourists. Very cool band.
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Big Whoop

So it's been a while since I've updated. Sorry about that - combination of exams and personal problems have kept me away. But I'm back now, focussed on my mission of tracking down the best new music f...
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New Music Update

Everyone please check out Eric Laubinger here on MySpace - his brand of folkish acoustic alt.rock is something special. Make sure you listen to all the tracks! In other news...SFII is still licking...
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Aha!

The SFII trick seems to be to keep moving all the time, going for combos and specials sparingly...I shall crack it yet... In new music news - everyone be sure to check out The Treliks - some inter...
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ARGH!

Frustration at Hyper Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition...it's so hard! I can't get anywhere on it. So have decided to take a break and kick around on the scarling. and Dresden Dolls forums (fora?)...
Posted by minor laceration of the left ventricle. on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST