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 vic's Profile |
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Resident in the Corridor of Uncertainty |
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| Age: | 43 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Zodiac: |  Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19) |
| Last Login: | Oct 24, 2008 (406 days back) |
About Me |
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| I be the drummer for the world's premier punk rock outfit Armitage Shanks, the well-known (currently dormant but not moribund) pop combo, Sportique, and the blues boogie act, Spitfire 4. I is also a writer. My novel, Taking Candy from a Dog, is finished after 3 years work (although parts of it were begun in 1989) and you can read it when it's published. I put together CD comps and re-issues for Joe Foster's Rev-Ola label. I were also once the drummer with Auntie Vegetable, Ye Ascoyne d'Ascoynes, the Dentists, the Rubberman 12, JTQ (true, sort of) and almost the drummer on St Etienne's debut album, Foxbase Alpha (also true). I am hopelessly naieve and gullible which is probably why I retain eternal optimism that things will one day get better. As my uncle Mac says, you never know what's around the corner. Oh, I nearly forgot, I was a private detective for 2 months in 2006. That was fun. | |
My Interests |
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| Cricket and lying around in the sun. | |
I'd like to meet:Christian the Lion |
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Music:The Kinks, Scott Walker, Sammy Davis Jnr, The Fall, Vaughan Williams, Subway Sect, Howlin' Wolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Rolling Stones (like before 1971), The Masonics, Dusty Springfield, Paul Robeson, The Fifth Dimension, Billy Nicholls, The Claim, Terry Hall, Art Brut, Bacharach, The Speed of Sound, Alan Price, The Zombies, Lou Christie, Tamla-Motown, Sibelius, Toots & the Maytals, Chuck Berry, Magazine, The Specials, Jacques Brel, Billy Fury, Slade, T. Rex, Small Faces, Polnareff, Leadbelly, Roxy Music (pre '78), The Damned (first album), Django Reinhardt, Jake Thackray, The Milkshakes, Supergrass, Pulp, Pavement, Blur, Gainsbourg, The Ken Ardley Playboys, The London Dirthole Company, CeeBeeBeaumont, Sinatra (on Capitol), The Prisoners, The Gruffmen, The Mummies, Matt Deighton, John Barry, David Bowie (pre Scary Monsters, but esp Deram years), Prokofiev, Thee Mighty Caesars, ELVIS(of course), Gene Clark, The Byrds, Chrysalis, Bernard Cribbins, the songs of Randy Newman (providing he's not singing them!), The Left Banke, Pil (early stuff), Air, Portishead, Radiohead, Broadcast, plus Jackie Wilson, Dexys (pre-dungarees) & Northern Soul, soft rock & ska in general. |
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Movies:The King of Comedy, Bedazzled, Sexy Beast, Get Carter, Billy Liar, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Dead of Night, Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Elvis that's the way it is, Spring & Port Wine, Wicker Man, It's a Wonderful Life, The Glenn Miller Story, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Tampopo, The Servant, Accident, Mifune, the Hairdresser's Husband, Amelie, Ghost World, Goodfellas, Casino. |
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Television:In Bed with Medinner, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Sweeney, Pogles Wood, Saxondale, How. And why isn't there a category for radio? |
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Books:In the process of compiling my Top 10 books in the following categories: fiction, general non-fiction & cricket. Billy Liar, Saturday Night & Sunday Morning, John Fante, Knut Hamsun, Orwell (esp Aspidistra, 84 & Wigan), Chuck Palahniuk, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, Orton, Pinter, Childish. Paul Auster Emmanuel Carrere - The Adversary Restless by William Boyd. Modern-day Greene. Prefer non-fiction these days (cricket, polar exploration & Captain Cook especially). Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' plus his Aussie book. Fergus Fleming's 'Barrow's Boys' is a great introduction to polar madness! The Damned Utd by David Peace The Dead Fathers Club & Last family in England by Matt Haig Renegade by Mark E Smith |
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Heroes:Peter Cook, Brian Clough, Captain Cook, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Tony Benn, George Orwell, Ray Davies, Scott Walker, John Fante, Jack Regan, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Schwitters, MES, G. Best, Keith Waterhouse, My Dad, My family and too many cricketers to mention. |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | In a Relationship |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Chatham, Kent. |
| Religion: | Atheist |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | Yes |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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I salute the Norwegian Army |
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| I have a bit of a soft spot for the Norse people; the land that gave us the world's second greatest explorer (1. Capt James Cook 2. Roald Amundsen 3. Sir Ernie Shackleton) and one of my favourite writ... Posted by vic on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:15:00 PST |
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Vic Godard v Dick Scum |
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| Fans of Armitage Shanks will no doubt be acquainted with our 'new' bass player Clive Shite aka Capt Rex Standish. He's been at the helm since coming on the 2006 tour as a tourist and was thus recruite... Posted by vic on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:37:00 PST |
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Theres a Ghost in my Garden |
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| "Looking down in my tea cup, I see your sweet face looking up."
It's not quite R Dean Taylor nor even MES, but this is what happened last night.
Dick came round for his weekly cuppa. For those who ha... Posted by vic on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:08:00 PST |
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My Family Know None Of This |
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| I come from a close-knit loving family. My childhood was pretty wonderful. I love the people in my family very much and have spent three years writing about them and the fun we all had way back in the... Posted by vic on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:52:00 PST |
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To All My Friends |
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| Yesterday I posted the following bulletin and got several concerned replies (plus requests to feast on my record collection should anything untoward happen) from chums in America. (I can only ass... Posted by vic on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:36:00 PST |
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Alan Price - The Most Underrated Man in Music |
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| I'm at work, so I'll keep it brief, but it's got to be said.
I bought Alan Price's 'Best Of' about a year ago. I bought it because I needed to have Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear, which i... Posted by vic on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:30:00 PST |
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Just wanted to clear something up |
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| I've just bought a new camera and got a bit excited about posting up new snaps (and some old ones) on flickr. Extending my creative energy into another medium.
You'll find me under Bud Smith (possibly... Posted by vic on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:09:00 PST |
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Women’s Frog Race |
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| Last January i was looking through my notebook that I use to jot flashes of inspiration and long-semi-forgotten fragments of memory for later use, I came across a really bizarre phrase.
I'd written th... Posted by vic on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:05:00 PST |
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Aren’t Ryvitas Wonderful? |
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| Just on a whim, just for the sheer hell of it, eaten a ryvita from a packet that I've had in my desk drawer at work from way back in the summer.
Dark Rye, I fully expected it to be soggy, but it wasn'... Posted by vic on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:53:00 PST |
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Peanut Duck |
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| That song I've been playing has been a fave since Kevin Halpin did me a tape a coupla years back. (Eli's Coming by Laura Nyro and Les Fleurs by Minnie Ripperton were both on it too. It was a win... Posted by vic on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:13:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Standish, DICK SCUM, Lucasius, ARMITAGE SHANKS, hilda, Scott Free, the Mummies, THE MASONICS, Delia, jeff, Iain Aitch, The Fallen Leaves, Bob, The Nuns, Alvin Purple, wolf, Bash, GLAM CHOPS (Eddie Argos [Art Brut] / David Devant), THE LONDON DIRTHOLE COMPANY, Spitfire 4, Spoon-Unit / Dollyhead Books, Shindig! Magazine, Pete Molinari, Christina, Moogie Wonderland, THEE TEMPLARS, PROXY MUSIC, Grand Wazeau Recordings, GARAGE BOY INFORMATION, Dantanian, *** the JimJonesRevue ***, Komeda, TWEE AS FUCK, saccharine queen, Ernie Fuckin' Taintsniffer, The Bus Stop Label, Phil Dillon, Autoharp Tony, SMASH, Pete Discord, FUNTASTIC DRACULA CARNIVAL, Big Bands Swing !, Ian Harris, Sweet Fanny
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