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Colonel Angus (Say it quickly)

I am here for Friends

About Me

My name is Angus
I’m 19
My favourite album (Jeff Buckley’s “Grace”) was released on my 6th Birthday
I share a birthday with Keith Moon of The Who (August 23rd)
The “Live at Slane” DVD by the Red Hot Chili Peppers was also recorded on my birthday in 2003
I’m vegetarian. I have to answer as to why at LEAST every second day. What’s it to you?
I take my coffee as a flat white with Irish crème
My ringtone is "Chaos" by Mutemath
My message tone is the intro to "Transformer" by Gnarls Barkley
Subway isn’t as fun a place to work at as you’d imagine
myspace.com/tentativeband – We rock
I’ve known my closest friends for fourteen years. One can’t spell my name and the other put her phone through the wash. I’m onto a winning thing, aren’t I!
I enjoy when middle-eastern guys use “my friend” in place of “mate”
I’ve been to Slovenia. Don’t go – The only things I remember were that it was grey, cold, and the whole place smelled like feet

My Interests

Playing, listening to, absorbing, recording, producing, arranging, sampling, witnessing, sharing, writing, writing about, reading about and furthering my knowledge of music.

I like a decent read too.

And friends. They go alright. Especially with coffee.

I'd like to meet:

The Sandman (I did when I was twelve, but I miss him)
Kevin Smith
Myf Warhurst
Henry Rollins
Ozzy Osbourne (Just so I could say that I did)
Noel Fielding and Julian Barrett aka. The Mighty Boosh
Bill Bailey
Anyone who wrote anything worth reading along with everyone, living or dead, on the music list.

Music:



Jeff Buckley
The Police
Coheed and Cambria
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gotye

And...
The Beatles
Elliott Smith
Karnivool
Damien Rice
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Bloc Party
The Smiths
Colin Hay
Soundgarden
Fishbone
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Parliament Funkadelic
Robert Randolph
Led Zeppelin
Sublime
Gnarls Barkley
The Cat Empire
Jackson Jackson
True Live
Smashing Pumpkins
Nirvana
Radiohead
Something For Kate
Incubus
Ben Folds (Five)
Govt Mule
Ozomatli
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
The Clash
Cog
Dave Matthews Band
Dead Letter Circus
Derek Trucks
Tool
Toto
System of a Down
Spearhead
Scott Matthews
The Roots
Reel Big Fish
Queen
The Prize Fighter Inferno
The Postal Service
Placebo
Phoenix
The Mars Volta
Neil Young
Nick Drake
Mutemath
Metallica
Live
Lamb
Kurt Elling
The Kooks
Killswitch Engage
Journey
Johnny Cash(Later Years)
Fourplay String Quartet
Fiction Plane (Sting's son's band)
Amy Winehouse (with Mark Ronson)
Powderfinger
Band of Horses
Sufjan Stevens
Jens Lekman
Kings of Leon
Death Cab For Cutie
The Basics
That One Guy
Silverchair
Matthew Santos
Kanye West
Lupe Fiasco
Josh Pyke
British India
Enter Shikari
Madeline Peyroux
Justice
Joy Division
Flight of the Conchords
Daft Punk
The Commas

Along with thousands and thousands of others. And I'm always looking for more.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost in Translation
Wayne's World
Sin City
Almost Famous
The first Star Wars Trilogy
The Rage in Placid Lake
Life is Beautiful
The Big Lebowski
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Royal Tenenbaums
Scarface
Fight Club
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Spinal Tap
Goodfellas
Babel
Apocalyspe Now

...and more.

Television:

Wednesday night ABC.
Apart from that: Simpsons, Scrubs, and some shit television I'm too proud to own up to.

Books:

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Black Coffee Blues by Henry Rollins
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
One Train Later by Andy Summers
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Pleasant Avenue by The Sandman
He Died With a Felafel in His Hand by John Birmingham

There are a lot more books on my shelf that I am yet to read. They taunt me every time I browse them. Those fuckers will get read one day, I tell you!

Heroes:

Anyone who can string a few decent words together on paper or in conversation or anyone who can impress and effect you musically.

My Blog

New Concept!!! (+old anecdotes)

"Quiet in the auditorium please. We are about to present the award for ’most inconsistent blog’. The nominees are& well& there’s only one. Therefore by default, the winner is& ANGUS...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:08:00 PST

My (almost) complete Life Gigography

James Brown Bluesfest 2004. This is the one I’ll claim til I die. Because I got to see him before he died. And yeah, it was as good as you’d expect but his band (the tightest band I’...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:53:00 PST

Part VIII: Sydney - 28/8 - 1/9, 2007.

Sitting in a sterile yet hidden corner of an airport lounge, it becomes painfully obvious that one is neither here nor there, home nor away. This sentiment of transience is not only echoed, but very m...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:02:00 PST

Part VII: Splendour... Took my time, didnt I!

I am well aware that this is a good couple of weeks late, but what you are about to read comes from a few different incarnations of emails I sent to friends in the wake of my most recent music festiva...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:57:00 PST

Part III: Rock and Roll

Why hello there anyone who gives half a shit. How are you? It hasn't been that long since my last blog-gasm as I'm going to so eloquently put it but I thought it would be about time for another. In...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:12:00 PST

Verbal meanderings: Part Deux.

May I request your permission to delve into some recounts, anecdotes and literary revelries? Good. During the course of what turned out to be one of my favourite days in recent memory, no less than ...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:42:00 PST

Bienvenue! (Welcome!)/Schoolies Part I

OK. Here we go. I've made the decision to join the cultural elite that includes everyone from Pete Townshend to Panic! at the Disco to John Mayer to one of my absolute favourite loudmouths, Henry Roll...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:24:00 PST

Part VI: Bluesfest 07 / EP Recording - Vol I

I'm going to make it my business to try and make this blogging thing somewhat of a more regular occurrence. So after last time's epic recount of V Fest 2007, I'll pick up exactly where I left off: Blu...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:17:00 PST

Part V: V Festival 2007

Aloha internet junkies! I trust everything is well in your respective camps. Anyway, I come today to regale you with stories of my most recent festival-going experience. Of course, I'm speaking about ...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:56:00 PST

Part IV: Sydney/Cultural Recommendations

Why hello there stranger! How goes? Good? Great. Although it has been some time since I last updated you all through this lovely medium for the time being, I'm going to shake it up and only give you t...
Posted by Colonel Angus (Say it quickly) on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:22:00 PST