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Matthew Thornhill

Dumb Wizard

About Me

Chumpy. Poor Skills.

My Interests

Gaming

Music:

Unrest, Eggs, Rachels, Built To Spill, Slant 6, The Halo Benders, Boyracer, RLF, Young People, Deerhoof, LFO, Luke Vibert, Seefeel, Drexciya, Team Dresch, Ghostface Killah, Aerosmith, Archer Prewitt, Aztec Camera, Animal Collective, Whirlwind Heat, Black Sabbath, Bobby Birdman, The Mae Shi, death sentence: PANDA!, Dungen, Champion Jack Dupree, Hella, be your own PET, Good Shoes, Cat Power, Matt Elliott, Third Eye Foundation, Elvin Jones, The Lilac Time, James Taylor, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Devendra Banhart, Minotaur Shock, Movietone, Crescent, Hot Snakes, Part Chimp, Jay Z, B B King, Albert King, Carole King, Capitol K, Caribou, King Honey, Matmos, Michael Nyman, Arvo Part, Mighty Flashlight, The Kingsbury Manx, Phoenix, Plaid, Sam Prekop, Ratatat, The Wedding Present, Kitchens Of Distinction, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, The Books, The Fucking Champs, The High Llamas, The Unicorns, The Sea & Cake, Two Dollar Guitar, Slowdive, Portishead, E*Vax, E*Rock, Superchunk, Lambchop, Kicking Giant, Kelley Polar, Dr. Higgins, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Robyn, Jenny Wilson, Final Fantasy, Seefeel, Robyn, Neil Young, Todd Rundgren, White Flight, Average White Band, Led Zeppelin, Go Sailor, Heavenly, Blueboy, Talulah Gosh, Lambchop, The Spinanes, The Go Betweens, Varnaline, TV On The Radio, The Dirty Projectors, Fridge, Four Tet, isan, East River Pipe, The Breeders, Smog, Mouse On Mars, Stereolab, Broadcast, Jimi Tenor, DJ Spooky, Tarnation, Lush, Plumtree, James Kochalka Superstar, Velocity Girl, Philistines Jr., Gag, The Kenny Process Team, Sisterhood Of Convoluted Thinkers, Hot Snakes, Mary Lou Lord, Liquorice, The Flatmates, Boards Of Canada, Van Morrison, Yann Tiersen, Jacques Brel, Think About Life, Buffalo Springfield, Albert Collins, Yo La Tengo, The Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Blitzen Trapper, The City, Steely Dan, The Magnetic Fields, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, The Blue Nile, Julian Cope, The Band, The Besnard Lakes, The Postal Service, The Box Tops, The Shins, Todd Rundgren

Books:

Auster, Houellebecq, Greene, McEwan, Sedaris, Carey, Dunn, Sillitoe, Gray, Leroy, Korine, Bulgakov, Tartt, Spark, Akunin

My Blog

Inheritance

To begin with I should clarify that no-one died here. My Aunt is alive and well, living in Peterborough, and if I'm honest, this is actually a sorry excuse for a much belated thank you letter. My inhe...
Posted by Matthew Thornhill on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:39:00 PST

Napkin

I hoard a massive amount of shit, I'll hold on to absolutely anything. Just in case. I'm not sure I ever want to have kids, but I feel like I'm keeping all this stuff just in case my sister gets one i...
Posted by Matthew Thornhill on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:16:00 PST

Feel free to mess with my shirt

I ran into Ed on Wednesday and Tom on Thursday, both of them wearing what turned out to be memorable shirts. Neither shirt made an instant impression, it was only after a few moments that I had to dis...
Posted by Matthew Thornhill on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:07:00 PST

To quote New Bad Things, 'I Suck'

Good to see Tim over the weekend. He lives in Missouri.Also good to learn that there are placards and posters all over St. Charles County, Missouri promoting 'Thornhill For Judge'.Tim sadly hadn't pic...
Posted by Matthew Thornhill on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:52:00 PST