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Armchair Hero

What the eye doesn't see is goose for the gander.

About Me

Good day to you, sirs! I am Sam Barnes, a student at Lancaster University, studying History and Politics, soon to be just History, with a disposition for modern British political history - a 'political historian' not an 'historical politician', one might say.I play Lead and Rhythm guitar in a rock band and sing a bit, sometimes.Currently savouring the brilliance that was Scunthorpe United's promotion to Division 1.

My Interests

Guitars, the playing of, and music generally. Politics - explicitly; Socialism, it's origins and it's relevance today in an increasingly 'middle' England, education and health care policy, History, real ale, fine wine and sports. I also like people who converse with me, rather than talk at me. Anyone who gives alternative music the time of day and isn't an imbecile.Scunthorpe United.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who has the time of day to devote to bearing my inane ramblings.

Music:

Judas Priest, Iron Maiden,Bruce Dickinson, Hammerfall, Nightwish, Blind Guardian, Anthrax, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, , Dio, Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, Saxon, Scorpions, Thin Lizzy, Within Temptation, Rainbow, Pink Floyd. The Hoverchairs, Dan Dare, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Beautiful South, The Undertones, The Jam, The Buzzcocks, Clash, Dio, Genesis, Inspiral Carpets, Lightning Seeds, Jeff Beck, Soul, Lighthouse Family, Suede, Madness, U2, Sex Pistols. Carlos Santana, Gary Moore, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Johnson Al Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Tommy Hunt (Soul) Nerina Pallot, Vanessa Carlton

Movies:

Comedy type efforts starring Peter Sellars, Python films - I'm not very good at remembering films, as a rule.

Television:

Comedies: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Have I got News for You, Yes, Minister Classic Doctor Who Crime: Columbo, Touch of Frost, Inspector Morse, Taggart, Cracker. Sharpe.

Books:

All of the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwall and all of the Morse books by Colin Dexter. Plus others - funny stuff by Harry Hill or the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake, Stuff by Noam Chomsky, Tony Benn and other Socialist literature, Harry Hill funny books, Douglas Adams' stuff, Tolkiens stuff.

Heroes:

John Hilton, Dave Murray, Gary Moore, Bruce Dickinson, Michael Schenker, Tony Benn, Caroline Benn, Carlos Santana, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, all of those family types - special mention for those no longer with us.