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Est. 1985

I am trying to believe

About Me

I'm Tom aka Wils aka many other nicknames too offensive to write here. I've just finished reading for a Media Studies degree at the University of Chichester.

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My Interests

Music, movies, moshing, mates and Man Utd.

I'd like to meet:

A tribute to Dan; rest in peace, buddy. You're a legend and we'll all miss you. Bad Boyz 4 Life...

Music:

Ade Fenton, Alec Empire, Aphex Twin, Beastie Boys, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Cabaret Voltaire, A Certain Ratio, Cinematic Orchestra, The Clash, Clint Mansell, Coil, Coldcut, Combichrist, The Cure, Damian Marley, Danzig, Dave Gahan, David Bowie, DeathBoy, Death In Vegas, Deftones, Depeche Mode, DJ Shadow, The Doors, Explosions In The Sky, Faith No More, Filter, Gary Numan, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Happy Mondays, Ian Brown, Icon Of Coil, Iron Maiden, Jeff Buckley, Jerry Cantrell, Jesu, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Kasabian, Killing Joke, KMFDM, KoRn, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Kyuss, Ladytron, The Mars Volta, Massive Attack, Meat Beat Manifesto, Metallica, Ministry, Misfits, Mogwai, Mono, Mortiis, The Music, My Vitriol, Nebula, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, One Inch Punch, Opeth, Orgy, Pearl Jam, Pendulum, A Perfect Circle, PIG, Pigface, Pink Floyd, Pitchshifter, Pixies, Placebo, The Police, Pop Will Eat Itself, Primal Scream, The Prodigy, PiL, Puscifer, Queens Of The Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rammstein, Ramones, Rico, Rob Zombie, Saul Williams, The Sex Pistols, She Wants Revenge, Skinny Puppy, Slowdive, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Soft Cell, Static-X, Stone Roses, The Streets, Sulpher, Sunna, Syd Barrett, System Of A Down, Team Sleep, Thom Yorke, Throbbing Gristle, Tool, Tubeway Army, Unkle, Venetian Snares.

Movies:

Adaptation, Almost Famous, American Beauty, American History X, Apocalypse Now, Being John Malkovich, Buffalo Soldiers, Cicade De Deus, Clerks, Clockwork Orange, Donnie Darko, The Doom Generation, The Doors, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Ghostbusters I and II, Kids, Kill Bill I and II, La Haine, The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, Magnolia, Mysterious Skin, Natural Born Killers, Nowhere, Oldboy, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Party Monster, Pi, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Requiem For A Dream, Shaun Of The Dead, Spun, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, This Is Spinal Tap, Totally F***ed Up, Trainspotting, True Romance, Twelve Monkeys, Twenty Four Hour Party People, The Virgin Suicides, Waking Life, Walk The Line.

Television:

Lost, Nip/Tuck. Loads of alternative comedy like The Mighty Boosh, Brass Eye, The Day Today, Ideal, The League Of Gentlemen, Peep Show, Spaced, Nathan Barley, Nighty Night, Jam, Monkey Dust, Saxondale, Modern Toss, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Lead Balloon. Neighbours!

Books:

Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas, Dear Dead Person, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. The Red Dwarf books are a guilty pleasure. EVERYONE should read Ben Elton's 'High Society'. Also Eric Schlosser is an amazing writer, check out 'Fast Food Nation' and 'Reefer Madness'.

Heroes:

Ian Curtis, Bill Hicks, Maynard James Keenan, Tony Wilson, Martin Hannet, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Sir Matt Busby, Eric Cantona, Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister, Chris Morris, Daniel Bishop, Darren Aronofsky, Greg Araki, Trent Reznor, The Ethnogen Defence Fund, ZEE BAR.

My Blog

'And All That Could Have Been' by Nine Inch Nails

Breeze still carries the sound Maybe I'll disappear Tracks will fade in the snow You won't find me here Ice is starting to form Ending what had begun I am locked in my head With what I've done I know ...
Posted by Est. 1985 on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:01:00 PST

Has it come to this?

Dissertation. It's only a small word yet somehow it has the power to take over your life and cause more angst than listening to Nick Cave in a darkened room. I'm roughly half-way through mine now...
Posted by Est. 1985 on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:26:00 PST

I used to think that the day would never come...

New Order, LIVE @ Wembley Arena, Friday October 27th 2006   'Sorry we took so long...we couldn't figure out what songs to play...'   As much as I love New Order, I still had my reservations ...
Posted by Est. 1985 on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:59:00 PST

Reading Festival 2006

What a seriously kerrazy weekend! Pills and thrills all round! Much love and respect to Kyle, the Ballard Bros, Dan, Liz, Jez, Emma, Wallace, Chris, Nikki, Ollie, Kat, Lash Man, Jonny, Jack, Tom, Step...
Posted by Est. 1985 on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:33:00 PST