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James

The closest I get to contentment is when all of the barriers come down

About Me


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"Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge, because the art of a warrior is to balance the terror of being a man with the wonder of being a man." from Journey To Ixtlan - Carlos Castaneda
Former English (major), Film, Philosophy and Photography student. Musician (Guitar / SEASON: 1998-2006. Bass / ONEIRONAUT: 2004-2005. Bass / THE BLACK HUNDRED: 2006-current). Business Manager. Typical Cancerian. Avid Reader. Aspiring Writer. Future Business Owner. Funny sod (when I want to be). Good with my hands. Reasonable cook. Quick learner. Lover of many things. Cheeky cunt. Do not suffer fools gladly. Right now... I'm where I'm meant to be at this point in time. I am an empty vessell, awaiting many many things. And they will come. They will come.
I play in a band:
THE BLACK HUNDRED
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/theblackhundred

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My Interests

Music, Film, Art, Touring, Travelling, Philosophy, Politics, Ancient and Medieval History, Other Worldy Phenomenon, Mythology, Native American Culture, Photography, Film Noir, Poster Art, Books - Fiction and non-Fiction, Changing myself to something I'm happy with, The usual suspects...

I'd like to meet:

Nice people.
Bill Hicks.
John Lennon.
Gene Wilder.
David Lynch.
Darren Aronofsky.
Umberto Eco.
The Dalai Lama.
Dave Matthews.
Alex Grey.

Music:



WEEN, Clann Zu, Okkervil River, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, TV On The Radio, At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Mew, ISIS, Death Cab For Cutie, Bluebottle Kiss, Shearwater, Firekites, Biffy Clyro, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Midlake, M.Ward, Bright Eyes, The Cure, Elbow, Peter Gabriel, My Disco, SWANS, Sigur Ros, Tortoise, Battles, The Decemberists, Dirty Three, Trans Am, Soundgarden, King Crimson, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, The Instant, John Vanderslice, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Flaming Lips, Swerverdriver, Turing Machine, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Dears, !!!, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Rage Against The Machine, The American Analog Set, Helmet, Sonic Youth, Non-Intentional Lifeform, VAST, Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire, Barry Adamson, Do Make Say Think, The Secret Machines, New Order, Teenage Fanclub, The Mountain Goats, Poor Rich Ones, Primus, Wilco, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears, Modest Mouse, Tom Waits, Propagandhi, etc

Movies:


Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain, Requiem For A Dream, Pi ), Tim Burton, Lost Boys, Donnie Darko, Lost In Translation, Shaun of The Dead, Studio Ghibli films: Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Laputa: Castle In The Sky, etc, Amelie, Lord of The Rings, Superbad, Almost Famous, Gene Wilder movies..

Television:

The Mighty Boosh, The IT Crowd, My name is Earl, Black Books, Futurama, Twin Peaks

Books:

Hermann Hesse, Umberto Eco, Shantaram, The Spear of Destiny, The Twelfth Planet, Lord of the Rings, The Master and Margarita, High Fidelity, Albert Camus, Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Franz Kafka, Neil Gaiman, Thomas Pynchon, JG Ballard, Charles Bukowski, Saul Bellow, books on Lost Civilisations, Medieval History, Knights Templar, Atlantis, and books esoteric in nature

Heroes:

Victor Wooten, Bill Hicks, John Lennon, Friends and family

My Blog

Latest review

latest review I've written (during my lunch break yesterday at work, on my MacBook while eating a ham/salad sandwich). Should be up on the Dwarf's website in the next day I guess.*Also a happy birthda...
Posted by James on Thu, 22 May 2008 08:13:00 PST

You’ve Gotta Spend Some Time, Love

Nup. I didn't mean it. Consider it a moment of weakness. I do love you, but I no longer want you. Since the psychic last monday, reaffirming many thoughts in my mind, each day that has gone by has all...
Posted by James on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:37:00 PST

It’s Beauty and the Angry Beast

It's time away from work that gives me the space to think. Allows many thoughts to float around, soak up what small knowledge may lay in my skull, and attempt to begin to form something akin to a soli...
Posted by James on Sat, 10 May 2008 11:49:00 PST

IRON MAN

Fucking awesome. Go see it. Robert Downey Jr. is perfectly cast as Tony Stark. Not much else to say except work shit going on. I had Saturday off. Jade worked the day shift so I didn't have to and the...
Posted by James on Sun, 04 May 2008 08:41:00 PST

Sold

Strange mix of feelings lately. I think overall I'm feeling optimistic, but at the same time I'm really over work. The news of the moment is that Mojo's has been sold. In one month's time I could pote...
Posted by James on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST

No Listening

What's with the Blog feature of what you're listening to or wathing being fucked off?? Gone.. not here.. no more... BOOOOO!!! That was half the reason I wrote blogs. Ha!Anyway... not much going on. B...
Posted by James on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:24:00 PST

Black Mountain album review

Black Mountain - In The Future (Album) by McGauz | Wednesday, April 9 In The Future opens with perhaps one of the greatest intro riffs in modern history. ’Stormy High’ couldn’t ...
Posted by James on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:19:00 PST

Boosh

More Mighty Boosh Season 3 at work tonight after we finished up. Journey to the center of Punk. Awesome. Work was busy tonight but I felt good, and was happy for it to be busy, to keep me busy and on...
Posted by James on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:46:00 PST

The Moscow Mule

Awesome day today. No work, except to post off the paperwork to the bookkeeper. Drove to work and did this after the gym this morning, then came home and chilled out online and on the couch for the a...
Posted by James on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:54:00 PST

Have a read - my first published review

http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/paradise_my_disco Here’s my first album review for The Dwarf. It’s the first review I’ve done in a long time, and no doubt I’d do it d...
Posted by James on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:12:00 PST