About

37, invariably grumpy, listen to music, go to festivals, Married (Left) with one daughter (Right). That is me in a nutshell.

Private: That’s me, in the middle!

My blog really tends to have pictures, music, video, and stuff that I find on the internet, and between all of that, rants about work and my commute to work plus dull stuff about the telly that I watch.

I listen to a whole load of music, Its pretty inconsistent on the whole, I really like Neil Diamond you see, but also I have a liking for what could be broadly described as indie. I like NOFX a lot and a couple of female fronted bands The Evangenitals and Pullover. I listen to hip hop when alone, but only really hip hop from the 90’s. I was raised on twee indie and the Ramones and for the most part, I still like that. My favourite ever band is probably the family cat or the senseless things, and on the bus I listen to country. Oh and Tenacious D are possibly the best band in the world. I used to really like hefner, and I like Ant, the drummers stuff now.
I work in IT, not it, IT and I test software, I am married happily to my soulmate, and thats corny but she is. We have one child who isnt a child, called Pippa, and she is the Texas Ranger to my Ricky Bobby.
I like to read, mainly biographies and the like, but mainly biographies about people I dont like to make sure that I really dont like them and its not a misconception. A case in point that Roy Chubby Brown really is a misogynistic twat.
I go to music festivals in the summer, it used to be the big ones like V and reading/leeds but I ended up spending more time complaining about the line up, people etc that I started going to ones that I would actually enjoy over ones which the music press tell me I should go to. I dont go to Glastonbury, I went 4 times, and hated the last 2 times as it appeared to be a holiday camp for the middle classes.
I dont mind middle classes, I have friends who are just that, its more a dig at the punter Glastonbury attracts, than the british class system.
I dont drive because I dont want to, I take the bus because I want to and not because of anything else.
I like reality shows a bit too much to the point I download religiously from the states The Amazing Race, Survivor and Americas next top model.
I like Will Ferrell, Jack Black and Steve Carrell. My favourite film maker is Kevin Smith. My favourite film is still its a wonderful life but I also love chasing amy.
My favourite song ever is a toss up between One man guy by Rufus Wainwright, Nobody loves you when you’re down and out by John Lennon or What do I do now by Sleeper.