"To Generalize is to be an Idiot. To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit—General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess"
I have a few obsessions in life: These two boys here
These four lovely welshmen
Drinking a lot of TEA and occasionally the odd tipple.
Taking photos at gigs...
Reading, writing, music, sitting in cemetaries and visiting dead people in general, writing letters, philosophy, politics, singing too loudly, making collages, glamour and drawing.
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adopt your own virtual pet!
This is FRANK. He is an anti-drugs helpline in Panda form. However he appears to be quite drunk and falls over whenever you feed him...hmmm...maybe FRANK has been taking all the drugs....
I'd like to meet:
Mostly this one:
But as that is kind of unlikely, what with him disappearing and everything, then this one quite a lot too:
Arcadia? The realm of the infinite? It's a poet's corner... It's not a cult or a religion – it's an awareness of your surroundings; you're not going to force yourself on anyone and, equally, no one's going to force themselves on you. And it's about community and pleasure. It came from a whisper through the trees. It came from a crack in the pavement. It can also come when you open a bag of crisps, or when you kick a football against a goalpost. Even if I was winding you up, it would still be true, because Arcadia and the Arcadian Dream is so deep, is so true to our hearts... It can be as powerful as your imagination can allow it to be. But, it can also be as dark and twisted as your soul... Arcadia encompasses the infinite, and that's why it comforts me.
Also many dead people...
Aneurin Bevan, Ian Curtis, Tony Hancock, Kenneth Williams, Sid Vicious, Marilyn Munroe, Joe Strummer, Vincent Van Gogh, J.P. SARTRE, Oscar Wilde, Michael Foucault, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Barry John, Emily Dickenson, Sylvia Plath, Nico, Dylan Thomas, Dostoyevsky, William Blake, Philip Larkin, David Hume, Siegfried Sassoon...
And many who are still alive...
Debbie Harry, Billie Joe Armstrong, John Barrowman, David Tennant, Kate Moss, Bob Dylan, Ewan McGreggor, Patti Smith, Ray Davies, Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Amanda Palmer, Tre Cool, Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Paul Heaton, Jarvis Cocker, Richard E. Grant, KYLIE, Christian Bale, Simon Pegg, Mike Dirnt, Alison Goldfrapp, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Paul Draper, Brian Molko, Tom Jones, Cerys Matthews, Bryan Ferry
Quote Of The Day
"I try not to burn up my world with rage.
It is so hard."
- Jeanette Winterson; Weight.
picture of the *moment*
Music:
"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."I'm sure this is obvious from the rest of my profile, but in short...the Manics, Suede, The libertines, dirty pretty things, babyshambles, the Dresden Dolls, The Velvet Underground, Rilo Kiley, Bernard Butler, The Modern Lovers, Girls Aloud, Adam Green, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Network, Bert Jansch, Patti Smith, Catatonia, Placebo, The Clash, Joy Division, Polly Jane Harvey, The Smiths, Goldfrapp, Sex Pistols, Morrissey, David Bowie, Blondie, Duran Duran, Mansun, The Horrors, The View, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Kinks, Charlotte Hatherly, Pulp,Green Day, Kristeenyoung, Kylie, Jarvis Cocker, The Futureheads,
The Streets. The Cooper Temple Clause, Bob Dylan, The Eels, Marilyn Manson, Sons and Daughters, Daisy Chainsaw, Client, Ladytron, The Long Blondes, James Dean Bradfield, Graham Coxon, Lamb, Nicky Wire, Ash, Kenickie, Cocteau Twins, Bjork, Ruby Throat, The Specials, Queen Adreena,
Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, The Raconteurs, Dire Straits, No Doubt, Babyshambles, The Tears, Tilly And The Wall, The White Stripes, The Fratellis, The Rumble Strips, Huski, The Beautiful South, Kristeenyoung, The Pipettes, Kimya Dawson, The Moldy Peaches, Franz Ferdinand, Patrick Wolf.
Movies:
Withnail & I
Also...the Good Girl, Happiness, Welcome To The Dollhouse, Lavendar Hill Mob, The Matrix, Billy Liar, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas...
Television:
"Baby it seems sometimes we're lost in TV/Caught in a dream, lost in a scene..."
Pretty much old comedies; Hancock's Half Hour, Open All Hours, Porridge, What Ever Happened To The Likely Lads, Steptoe and Son, Hi-De-Hi, Dad's Amry....but also newer ones like Fraiser and Cheers.
But also (and most importantly)...BLACK BOOKS!!
Father Ted, Lost, Desperate Housewives, TORCHWOOD, Dr. Who, Neighbours, Easties, Top Gear, ER
Art
This is my favourite painting in the world
Ophelia, by John Everett-Milas
Books:
Anything and everything by Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho is one of my favourite books),
most Dostoyevsky,
Philippe Djian - Betty Blue,
Jeanette Winterson - Weight,
Ken Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,
Frank McCourt - Angela's Ashes,
Luke Rhinehart - The Dice Man,
Nick McDonell - Twelve,
Henry Miller - The Tropic Of Cancer,
Michael Moore - Stupid White Men,
Yukio Mishima - Confessions Of A Mask,
George Orwell - 1984 & Animal Farm,
Elizabeth Wurtzel - Prozac Nation,
Hubert Selby Jr. - Last Exit To Brooklyn,
Simon Price - Everything (A Book About Manics Street Preachers),
Anything and Everything by Oscar Wilde,
Graham Greene - Brighton Rock,
Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar,
Vincent Bugliosi - Helter Skelter (The Shocking Story Of The Manson Murders),
Donna Tartt - The Secret History,
J. G. Ballard - The Conrete Island,
Primo Levi - The Truce & If This Is A Man.
Heroes:
Richard James Edwards & Nicolas Allen Jones
Carlos Ashley Raphael Barat
Peter Patrick Doherty
Oscar WildeAneuran BevanSteven Patrick MorrisseyKylie MinogueKate Moss
