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Bob

Be excellent to one another

About Me

I'm a rocker, I'm a roller, I been a-boogyin' since I ditched the stroller....I dig Power-Pop, Punk, Psych, 60's, 70's, indie + too much more to mention...Totally nuts about music, that's me. I am also a guitar player of no fixed ability - my most recent gig was being Steve Jones in a Sex Pistols tribute band.

My Interests

Music (see "about me"), guitars, movies, reasoned debate, single malt whisky

I'd like to meet:

Steve Jones, Helena Bonham Carter, Naomi Watts (for starters)

Music:

STOP THE PRESS - Have you heard Albert Hammond Jr's. new album? It sounds terrific! ... Raspberries, Shazam, Ramones, The 88, Silver Sun, Kelly's Heels ... and ... THE MIGHTY ... KISS !!

Movies:

Tim Burton's work, Spaghetti Westerns, all sorts of stuff

Television:

Green Wing, Peep-Show, Footie

Books:

Nathaniel's Nutmeg, The Dirt (Motley Crue bio), American Psycho, Please Kill Me (history of U.S. punk rock)

Heroes:

None in particular

My Blog

Mellowmen - Live in Liverpool

I picked up these guys' album (Tomorrow's Sound Today) recently, and was really stoked about seeing them live.  But nothing prepared me for the tour-de-force of their performance at the Cavern Cl...
Posted by Bob on Mon, 28 May 2007 10:39:00 PST

Comic Relief, please curl up and die.

Crikey you'd not believe how much I hate-hate-HATE the overblown celebrity backslapping "charridee" event that is ... COMIC RELIEF.For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the event, it consists of...
Posted by Bob on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:54:00 PST

Oscars

Caught the news this morning and sho' nuff, there was whatsername from BBC in her £8,000 rented frock standing outside trying to catch celebs heading of to celeb parties. There really does exist a cla...
Posted by Bob on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:03:00 PST

Annual Review at work

So ... I had my final review the other day and my boss handed me a piece of paper  with feedback from my colleagues.  My favourite comment:"The pace at which he works is something I'd have l...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:31:00 PST

Broadband

Broadband internet access coming up for renewal, the question now is whether to stick or to switch.  All companies rely on customer inertia, so I am determined to be proactive about this.  B...
Posted by Bob on Tue, 09 May 2006 02:23:00 PST

Chicago (my kind of town)

Hot Sauce and Stuff Ah, just spent 10 days in Chicago, living on beer, ciggies, red meat and fried grease.  Heart attack Heaven!  Actually found a splendid new cheap eaterie this year call...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 03 May 2006 12:56:00 PST