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hoops

I am here for Friends

My Interests

Music:

Brian Wilson harmonies, desolate gay disco anthems, bearded Americans in waistcoats, electronic noodling, McCartney/Hooky basslines, faceless Teutonic robots, plastic mods, hip hop b-sides, Northern English grimness, anyone who's had a song covered by Dexy's

Movies:

A mixture of: The Beast, Sunset Boulevard, Carlito's Way. So a fading Puerto Rican Hollywood star stuck in a tank in Afghanistan would do it.

Television:

A continuous loop of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore giggling.

Books:

John Fowles, Graham Greene, David Peace, Gavin Hills, Neil Tennant, Black Type

Heroes:

Curtis Mayfield, Brian Clough, Stuart Pearce

My Blog

Reet Champion

I am now in the world of 'contract' publishing. Huzzah. Plus doing the odd bit of freelance which is going pretty well so far. And gardening. And reading up on trees. Amazing things, you know.I am sli...
Posted by hoops on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:11:00 PST

Catching up

HelloSo, I haven't been on here for a while and when I last did it was all frankly quite depressing.So, here's what I've been up to:Listening: to the Morrissey/David Bowie versions of 'I Know It's Gon...
Posted by hoops on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:38:00 PST

I see a rainbow

Well, there's a thunderstorm hovering right above our house but I'm feeling a bit more hopeful we can keep the rain on the outside from now on. Neighbour is fixing his roof as we speak, and it seems l...
Posted by hoops on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:42:00 PST

Bad/Bad

So. Not a great week. Mate Died.Kitchen flooded (twice)Cat we were about to buy to cheer oursleves up died.:-(( x a lot
Posted by hoops on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:45:00 PST

Good/Bad

My neighbour's got a new washing machine. It's quite annoying. On the plus side, that goal by Lampard was rather good wasn't it?
Posted by hoops on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:59:00 PST

Dear 'Vikki'

Thanks so much for your kind offer. Sadly I live outside of the USA too so I won't be able to meet your friend. She sounds charming though. x
Posted by hoops on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:41:00 PST

I don't mean to be an arse but..

I was getting really bored of getting thousands of bulletins and spam from the same couple of people I didn't know, so I de-friended them. Sorry if you're one of them, but I don't know who you are and...
Posted by hoops on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:00:00 PST

I should explain

That the comment below from indie starlettes 'Sing-Sing' (note the hyphen) is in fact a humorous gag and not in anyway an attempt to abuse my accordian player. Just so we're clear.
Posted by hoops on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:25:00 PST

Little bit annoying

Isn't it a little bit annoying how these fake myspace glamma girls are now posing in indie get-up to fool you into clicking on their profile before you approve them, hence welcoming even more spam int...
Posted by hoops on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:10:00 PST

Some questions

If a man is tired of Big Brother, is he tired of life?Is it OK to say the new Justin Timberlake song is rubbish?Why is Angus Deayton back on TV, being sardonic about horses?Will anyone ever accept the...
Posted by hoops on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:37:00 PST