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chris

"That's Numberwang"

About Me

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www.layoutpimper.com OK - I'm a complete media whore. I spend most of my spare time either at gigs, listening to music, watching movies/tv or gaming. I've been in and out of ropey bands over the last few years, and i'm still searching for one that will truly shine (preferably before i get my pension book).

My Interests

See "about me" - I also love travel, and in the last year have been to Valencia, Budapest, Copenhagen, Stockholm, California, Rome, Trieste, Paris and San Marino. These are the side effects of having a travel obsessed Aussie wife!

I'd like to meet:

Any like-minded individuals, male or female, anywhere in the world (i travel a lot) who have something interesting to share.

Music:



Yay - Currently obsessed with, The Arcade Fire, The Wrens, Blonde Redhead, The Boy Least Likely To, Dresden Dolls, British Sea Power, Beulah, Death Cab, Scarce, Nada Surf, Adam Green, Annie, Mew, Brendan Benson, Bobby Conn, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Buck 65, Boss Hog, Metric, JSBE, The Dears, Daft Punk, Absentee and loads more,.Classics inc Chameleons, Gang Of Four, Joy Division, Kitchens of Distinction, Bauhaus, pretty much anything on Factory or 4AD.

Movies:

Zero Effect, Spirited Away, City of God, The Usual Suspects, Chinatown, Requiem For A Dream, Eternal Sunshine, Leon, Battle Royale, Donnie Darko, Run Lola Run and hundreds more.

Television:

Perfect Hair Forever (RIP), Six Feet Under, The Mighty Boosh, Peep Show, Green Wing, Freaks And Geeks, Wonderfalls, Monkey Dust, The Office, Seinfeld, Family Guy, Anything that Fox cancel mid-season (Fools)

Books:

..or rather Authors. Carl Hiassen, Iain Banks, Christopher Brookmyre, Colin Bateman, Brett Easton Ellis

Heroes:

Scott Walker, My Nan (RIP), Dixie Dean.... Quality rather than quantity.

My Blog

Insomnia

The heat is crazy. Another week of 30+c weather ahead of us - It's like living in a goddam sauna. Great in a nation that doesn't really have any air conditioning (one or two weeks in the mid-twentys i...
Posted by chris on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:55:00 PST

Knackered

Ah, Finally a night in. The last week or so has been crazy, with 4 days in Hyde Park for Wireless (even i couldn't bear to go on Saturday - James "Bland" Blunt - The mere thought of possibly hearing h...
Posted by chris on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:48:00 PST

The best thing about the clocks going forward is....

....the timer on my video is correct again. Hey, it's only taken 6 months.   That is all.  
Posted by chris on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:03:00 PST

It's gearing up to be a good gig year

We're only just into March and already the gigs are coming quick and fast. This year i've so far consumed Maria McKee, Secret Machines, Boy Least Likely To and Broken Social Scene - All of whom have b...
Posted by chris on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:05:00 PST

Been a while

So, it's been a while since i bothered to write anything at all - my last blog being when i was getting ready to head off to Coachella 2005 (which was quite awesome) - Now planning the 2006 trip after...
Posted by chris on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:14:00 PST

Coachella

So, I'm off to sunny California in less than a week. Getting fairly excited about my second Coachella in a row. Will be rudely pushing my way to the front for The Arcade Fire, Dresden Dolls, Rilo Kile...
Posted by chris on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST