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Kenny

Beard alert!!

About Me

32 years old, hail from Clydebank, love playing guitar, listening to music, watching films, etc also tried jamming and getting a band going, didnt work out, but I'm giving acting a go up at Strathclyde Uni, its a great laugh, going to continue with that. PS. I no longer have that beard just now!!You Tube vids, Top: Dave Grohl of the Foos playing The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners, showing what a spangly guitar player he can be! 2nd down, just for a change, one of the funniest clips I've seen, Adam and Joe show, Crystal Maze. Third down its Graham Coxon doing That's when I reach for my revolver, Mission of Burma cover, pretty good. Finally Helmet again live earlier this year, Page plays tribute to a Helmet fan Dave who died, as he plays his Fender Strat, pretty cool vid.

My Interests

Music, playing guitar and jamming with musicians, tinkering with PCs, acting, reading, studying (how sad!), watching films, watching TV, playing games (Computer or console), playing a bit of golf, going out and getting munted (well occasionally).

I'd like to meet:

People, people and then some more people, followed by some more people who know people who are people (ok must stop now!) anyone who's up for a chat really, I'm not too fussed about the species.

Music:

Anything but the mountain of shite in the charts or in the mainstream at the moment (not that I'm bitter, perhaps I'm just getting old ;). But some of my favs are:The Fixx, Helmet, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, QOTSA, Graham Coxon, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Incubus, The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, Eels, The Breeders, Supergrass, R.E.M, Rush, The Smiths, Kyuss, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, P(eepers) J(eepers) Harvey, Sonic Youth, UNKLE, Living Colour, Talking Heads, Morrissey, Primus, Alice in Chains, Air, Chemical Brothers, Soundgarden, The Pixies, Blur, Ben Folds Five, Beck, Sons and Daughters, Mission of Burma, Uncle Tupelo, Jose Gonzalez, Tenacious D, Sebadoh, Yes, Mike Oldfield (yes, old Mike!), Creedence and the Chilis.(OK so some mainstream stuff).

Movies:

The Godfather, Godfather Part II, Big Lebowski, The Thing, Star Wars eps III, IV & V, LA Confidential, Memento, Alien, Aliens, Terminator, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, JFK, Goodfellas, Blade Runner, Batman Begins, The Prestige, Office Space, Superman the Movie, Superman II, Glengarry Glen Ross, This is Spinal Tap, Stander, The man with two brains, Swimming with sharks, Hot Fuzz, Casino, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Cliffhanger, Rocky II & IV, Collateral, Minority Report, Sideways, Lost in Translation, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, If...., Closer, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (Definitely NOT Jersey Girl, which by Kev Smith's own admission is a piece of shit lol!). Ermm that about it for now.

Television:

Doctor Who, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Peep Show, Firefly, The Office, Extras, Young Ones, Bottom, Black Books, Spaced, Futurama, The Simpsons, American Dad, The Day Today, I'm Alan Partridge, People Like Us, Blake's 7, GBH (Brilliant drama), Phoenix Nights, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Still Game, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 24 and King of the Hill.

Books:

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Life the universe and everything, The Wasp Factory, Espedair Street, A Clockwork Orange, Stark, High Fidelity, About a Boy, MOAB is my washpot, The Star's Tennis Balls, Who on Earth is Tom Baker?

Heroes:

Guitar wise, Graham Coxon, Jamie West Oram, Michael Einzinger, Page Hamilton. Lifewise hmmmm... anyone who knows they play life by the rules but don't. Acutal life heroes hmmmm, David Bowie, Stephen Fry, Chris Morris, Cy Curnin (The Fixx lead singer, creating the best music out there!) and Tom Baker.

My Blog

Jings crivens help me blog

I'm keeping and maintaining a new blog at this site here: http://kenny-gitars.blogspot.com/ So if you want to read my incredibly insightful and witty posts, then go ahead and have a look (only kidding...
Posted by Kenny on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:37:00 PST

Half Lifed

Well, I just finished playing Half Life 2: Episode One, and was it worth the wait?  Well yes pretty much.  I must admit though there's been plenty of hype been written about HL2E1 (for short...
Posted by Kenny on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:53:00 PST

What can I say?

Sill struggling to find the words.... emmm, bleeugghh, hmmm, ahhh!  Hello!  Well well well.  More shall follow after this.  Actually I maintain my own blog on MSN space, even thoug...
Posted by Kenny on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:56:00 PST

Hello there!

Hello all, this is my first blog on myspace, hmmm what else is there to say?  Hmmm sure I'll think of something later. :)    
Posted by Kenny on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:23:00 PST