I suppose I should talk about my hobbies and interests a bit shouldn't I? Well, I'm mainly into indie/rock music. My favourite bands are (in no particular order) Suede, Supergrass, Radiohead,Belle and Sebastian, King Adora, Idlewild, Placebo, Marion, Gene, Charlatans, Blur, SFA, Mercury Rev, Kent, Verve, At The Drive In, Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Punpkins, Green Day, Marylin Manson, The Smiths, Garbage and loads more like that...! More recent bands include System of a Down, Hundred Reasons, Lost Prophets, Linkin Park, Alien Ant Farm, Sum 41, The Electric Soft Parade, The Strokes, The Hives, Mull Historical Society, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Music, The Streets, The Coral,The Polyphonic Spree....and bands in their ilk. Plus old punk like The Buzzcocks, The Sex Pistols, Ramones plus glam like T-Rex, Bowie etc Deep Purple, Pink Floyd.....Depeche Mode, Soft Cell..... Go to the link to my journal near top of page for more recent info.....
I like festivals like 'V98,V99 and Reading 2000/2002. Went to Leeds 2001 and Reading 2003 was the best so far. Maybe I'll make it to Glasto one day! I'm quite fanatical about my music. Well, any music I deem to have talent behind the writing and performing, especially if done by the same people! I hate groups that just perform, can barely sing, and/or are built on the talent of other people. Hello Steps! Well - hey!- they''ve split now! So Hello Hear'Say instead! Therefore, most guitar based bands, innovative dance/big beat DJ's, most R'n'B/Hip Hop and decent pop are my favourites or if not my kind of music I can respect it and the musicians.
I`m a caring sort of person - my value system is one of "do unto others as you`d like done unto you" E.G Trying my best not to cause someone physical or emotional pain or stress. So therefore I believe totally in equality, and do my best to support the gay rights groups, animal welfare and as many other charities and alturistic concerns as I can with my no money!! I am very passionate about my beliefs and will argue them to death...!! I hate selfishness where there is no selflessness (obviously everyone is selfish, but you can counteract that with selflessness to an extent). I hate manufactured pop acts and Baroness Young, and the negative parts of Christianity. I am not at all religious. Otherwise I have no other strong negative feelings, only positive and reserved judgements! I`m usually very honest - some people get offended but I never mean to offend or hurt if I do so accidentally. The only time I`d be intentionally nasty is if someone was nasty to me. I do form opinions about people - but they are always written in pencil (can always change). Generally I`m a laid back guy with a serious side!! [More....] |