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matt611â„¢

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room

About Me

Dazzling socialite that spends his time plotting with fellow conspirators, propping up grotty North London bars and driving around on a scooter pretending to be Phil Daniels in Quadrophenia. Am a Man Utd fan but live about 10 yards away from the new Arsenal stadium (Gah!..)

By day I accumulate filthy lucre by writing PR lies on behalf of "The Man"; by night I rage against the machine by drinking lots of lager-topped and making jokes about paedos.

However, underneath all this bravado, I’m a sensitive and deep-thinking soul who cries over films about penguins; In fact, I’m like a multilayered film that requires a few viewings to discover its hidden depths (think: Dodgeball, Sister Act 2.)

My Interests

The usual male stuff: football, girls, music, cow-tipping..

I'd like to meet:

Superheroes, doomsayers and social terrorists. Members of the territorial army who can kill people at ten paces. Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall.

Music:

Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder, White Stripes, Blur/Damon Albarn, Herbie Hancock, Neil Young, Stone Roses, The Smiths, The Shins, Pavement, Beck, Quantum Sheep, The Specials, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Libertines, Ruben Gonzalez, Scott Walker, Supergrass, Teenage Fanclub, Yo La Tengo, The Fall, Aphex Twin, Artic Monkeys, Ben Folds, Bob Marley, The Breeders, The Clash, Captain Beefheart, The Coral, The Dorktones, Elliot Smith, Elton John, Guns N Roses, Dinosaur Jr, John Holt, The Lemonheads, Kings of Leon, The Maytals, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Nancy Sinatra, The Pixies, PJ Harvey, Jackson 5, Iggy Pop

Movies:

The Coen Brothers (esp: The Big Lebowski !), Kubrick, Star Wars, Pedro Almodóvar, Borat

Television:

Match of the Day, Newsnight, Alan Partridge, documentaries about 80s pop phenomena, the Queen's Speech

Books:

Down and out in Paris and London, 1984, The Wasp Factory, Luds Heat/Suicide Bridge, Post Office, A Confederacy of Dunces, Junky

Heroes:

Peter Cook, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Eric Cantona, George Orwell, Oliver Reed, William Burroughs, Muhammed Ali, Johan Cruyff, Steve McQueen, MP David Amess MP, Marlon Brando, Stevie Wonder, Jack White, Quentin Tarantino, Freddie Flintoff, Marilyn Monroe, Kurt Cobain, Andy Kauffman, Joe Strummer, Oscar Wilde, Stanley Kubrick, Batman, Chris Morris, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Rotten, Vic Reeves, that South African golfer who pissed and gambled all his money away...

And, of course, "Red" Nev...

I may be born again, but I wasn't born again yesterday...

Holy hand-grenade!!

Some mean blues guitar...

Ace clip from Extras...

"amateurs!, amateurs!"

My Blog

The 611 London pub guide (part 1)

I don't know much but I do know a decent pub when I see one. Indeed, much of my leisure time, not to mention hard-earned wages, is spent wasting valuable time in some pub or other.   There are,...
Posted by matt611" on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:36:00 PST

'sleb spotting Chelsea-style

I happen to work on the Kings Road in London (right next to Stamford Bridge, in fact, home of the Chelsea rent boys); While Kings Road has long since shed its "swinging London" vibe it supposedly once...
Posted by matt611" on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:19:00 PST

One of those survey things...

Yes, I know, everyone does this one and its crap. But, hey, I can't resist a good survey. Here goes: TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey Name: Matt Birthday: 16th October Birthplace: Bra...
Posted by matt611" on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:39:00 PST

New stalking device!!

Ask anyone what their two favourite things are and they'll invaribly say "looking at maps on the internet" and stalking... With this is mind I have have added a new map thing that tracks exactly where...
Posted by matt611" on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:00:00 PST

32 today...

...though I'm not in a party mood, I must say. I've got no hang-ups about notching up another year (32 is fairly innocuous right?), but my powers of recovery are definitely fading as my birthday party...
Posted by matt611" on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:20:00 PST

Its difficult being popular

50 friends up!! Its one milestone after another this week. Now I have 50 "friends"; one of which is Michelle Bass. That must make me the coolest person in the Western Hemisphere, surely Its also means...
Posted by matt611" on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:01:00 PST

500 profile views...

506 to be precise.... shucks, i'm flattered... one day i'll put something worth reading on here...
Posted by matt611" on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:16:00 PST

Man-colds from hell...

I'm currently trying to keep a grip on life as I find myself in the death throes of a fully-fledged Man-Cold (girls, you wouldn't understand).   However, I can handle the snot-rags, lung butter ...
Posted by matt611" on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:10:00 PST