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Ben

Le Roi des Fourmis

About Me

I am Ben. I am 28 (god that hurts). I used to work in a shop and once went to art college. I love columbo and felt pens. I hate latte sipping, careerist, new media fuckwits. I come from a place without culture, but have sorted that out, I left.

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My Interests

Looking, mainly at the odd "bit o' bleak".

I'd like to meet:

Kenneth Williams & Michel Polnareff for breakfast at Littlewoods cafe KIdderminster.

Music:

Chips & Salad.David Bowie. XTC. Air. Serge Gainsbourg. Francoise Hardy. Holly Golightly. Graham Coxon.Bob Hund. Bergman Rock. Talking Heads. Devo. Roxy Music. Jenny wilson. First Floor Power. The Knife. Honey Is Cool. Elliott Smith. Ed Harcourt. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Baby Birkin. France Gall. Brigitte Bardot. Sparks. Phoenix. B52's. Brian Eno. Dexy's Midnight Runners. Belle and Sebastian. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Bjork. Ima Robot. Euros Childs. Syd Barrett. Beastie Boys. Calexico. Blondie. The Breeders. Cat Power. Kate Bush. Sambassadeur. Elastica. The Concretes. Velvet Underground. Mew. Jenny Lewis. Rosie Thomas. The Lovers. Eels. Granddady. Beck. Kinks. Beatles. Beach Boys. The Pixies. The Shins. El Perro Del Mar. Stereolab.Scifi Skane.Triffids.Michel Polnareff.Bear Quartet.Jean-claude Vannier.Eggstone.Relaxed muscle.The Blow.Pavement.Philemon Arthur & the Dung.Super furry animals.Polysics.Jeffrey Lewis.Revl9n.Tindersticks.Jarvis Cocker.Camera Obscura. Blah fucking blah....... & The Brigadier

Movies:

Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Jean-Luc Godard, Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Michel Gondry, Christopher Guest, Ingmar Bergman etc.

Television:

Yes (just be selective e.g Twin Peaks - stick that in you pipe, you right-on TV hating bastards)

Books:

JG Ballard, Raymond Carver, Douglas Coupland, F Scott Fitzgerald, anything with pictures

Heroes:

Two Ronnies, Alfons Ã…berg & Wild Service