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northern boy

northern mind northern body northern soul

About Me

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp henry miller

hello and thanks for joining me.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/26/2006
Band Website: haventfinisheddesigningityetwillsoon
Band Members: gary bell attempts to play everything
Influences: nina simone, stone roses, daft punk, stevie wonder, st germain, redhotchilipeppers, chic, martin scorsese, lalo schifrin, jerome k jerome, marlena shaw, angelo badalamenti, george benson, chuck berry, the strokes, norman cook, pet shop boys, bill withers, plump djs, portishead, marvin gaye, burt bacharach, shades of rhythm, small faces, george orwell, buddy rich, chemical brothers, metallica, jurassic 5, clyde stubblefield, beethoven, oasis, tom middleton, hendrix, johnny cash, the beach boys, john barry, air, guns n roses, the pogues, otis redding, stephen fretwell, delasoul, jackie wilson, 808 state, billy cobham, the clash, aretha, queen, sigur ros, gangstarr, ian pooley, herbie hancock, john coltrane, jackie mittoo, jill scott, royksopp, the beatles, minnie ripperton
Sounds Like: someone please tell me!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

knocky door danger

i can't understand people of today. in the 10 or so years that i've flown my parents nest i have never fell victim to the ancient ritual of knocky door danger*. i blame the parents, schools and the in...
Posted by northern boy on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:07:00 PST

DD RIP

desmond dekker. i hope angels have taken you to some beautiful place where you can sit back and watch the world go by knowing that you made people happy.  ...
Posted by northern boy on Sat, 27 May 2006 01:40:00 PST

kids from fame

'kin hate celebs. hate the sun and various magazines for promoting their fame. these magazines are always in my line of sight at work and it makes me angry. granted, i'm not forced into reading t...
Posted by northern boy on Mon, 08 May 2006 07:56:00 PST

clyde stubblefield at cluny

clyde stubblefield, john 'jabo' starks with their soul power band are on at cluny in byker on Friday may12th.  my god, clyde's the man who single handedly got me into soul, funk, hip hop, br...
Posted by northern boy on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:58:00 PST

songwriters

there was a time when my middle name was french house, and all that i could buy, borrow and breathe came from parisian suburbs. mashed up 70's disco samples and fucked up beats and scratches ...
Posted by northern boy on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:09:00 PST

graffitti

graffitti spotted in the free trade in byker by ewan "penis envy is a phallusy" i pissed myself at that one...
Posted by northern boy on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:39:00 PST