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About Me

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Where I'd like to go:
boston, new york, philadelphia, barcelona , toronto, paris , new jersey, ontario, montreal, moscow , denmark and oslo.

My Interests



international love.

it's all about the pass out game, lucky service stations, amazing t-shirts, looking good, growing a beard, warped tour aspirations, revday, acey-deucey, my great dane, the truth and polo mints.
Food french toast, tofu chilli, burritos, pepperoni pizza, red onion and red pepper toasties, spicy veggie burgers all served with a nice apple juice on the rocks.

I'd like to meet:

enough people that love the movielife so much that they reform.

Music:

when i'm with the boys i listen to every time i die.
when i'm with sofie it's regina and hot club.

right now i'm listening to;

Movies:

the goonies
living dead trilogy
300
evil dead trilogy
die hard trilogy
the boondock saints
the breakfast club
pretty in pink
sixteen candles
say anything
high fidelity
Photographs polaroids and four different down.

Television:

orange adverts
scrubs
desperate housewives
csi
csi:ny
ncis
the x files
twilight zone
peep show
are you afraid of the dark?
chappelles show
twin peaks
star trek:tng

tvlinks.

Books:

“great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” - jack kerouac.

now reading : entire preacher anthology

Heroes:

neil pirie is my sound guy hero.
joe cannetti is my facial hair hero.
oise is my van driver hero
big des is my diy hero.
joey newsom is my hookup hero.

My Blog

Growing up.

I first got into the whole alternative scene about 6 years ago in my first year of secondary school. At weekends I'd see all the kids in Central on my way to skate. Then I got more into music than ska...
Posted by patches on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:17:00 PST

Goals for '07.

-Play some shows.-Tour with the boys.-Have fun with Sofie.-Go abroad.-Write an albums worth of songs.-Make some new friends.-Make sure I keep the old ones.-Do some more artistic stuff.-See awesome ban...
Posted by patches on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:51:00 PST

Top 10 of '06.

New albums. (no order)1. The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand NewThis album was worth 3 years of nothing, rumours about deaths, rumours about break ups and rumours about not being good. If y...
Posted by patches on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:50:00 PST

"Unite and take over."

A recent estimation concluded that me and my friends, in less than a year, stole upwards of five thousand pounds worth of goodies from major stores. We were young and stupid and reckless but we don't ...
Posted by patches on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:43:00 PST

2006!

So 2006 is almost at an end and it has been the best year of my life so far, as I am sure next year will be, and the year after that too. But those years won't be made special by all the fucking amazi...
Posted by patches on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:16:00 PST

How to go to shows.

Jonny Snee's guide on how to go to shows.Shows or gigs as they are sometimes referred to as are gatherings on people to watch bands play songs. It may sound simple, but believe me, it's as complicated...
Posted by patches on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:46:00 PST

Christmas list.

I want... (I don't need any of this)A new record player.To find my Gallows t-shirt.Calvin And Hobbes Complete Collection.A black Harrington jacket.As many polaroid catridges as possible....
Posted by patches on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:10:00 PST

Collect.

I am not an artist. I am a collector. Is collection a form of art? Is the hoarding of visual and audio masterpieces a creative act?Let us first decide what art is. It is defined in the dictionary as :...
Posted by patches on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:01:00 PST

Cultural geography.

It's wierd. I've always had hometown pride. I've always been unashamedly Glaswegian. But I'm 18 now and I find myself craving a life outside this city, this city that made me who I am. ...
Posted by patches on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:25:00 PST

Four down!

I started skateboaring in 2000 when my Dad bought me a Variflex board. Looking back on it now it was a pretty humble beginning to something that would influence my life so much from that moment. The f...
Posted by patches on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:13:00 PST