Facts and stuff about me. How incredibly pretentious! ;)   Pastimes outside of work: Listening to music through headphones, listening to music very loudly, walking around town whilst listening to music, playing guitar, playing feedback via effects and pedals, pretending to play the piano, photography, adding noise, unnatural gradiants and strange borders around photos, cooking, drawing, sound sample destruction, computer tweaking 'till it breaks, exploring the city, cycling, exchanging useless knowledge with friends, vegetables, pear juice and/or chocolate milk, being obsessed with Constelation Records, being lazy, on-purpose foot-in-mouth phrases, cruel and/or black humour, writing in fluent typo, laughing at the weirdest thing (Rejected's 'I am a banana!' anyone?), meaningless yet in-depth conversation, gig bootlegging, 4-hour long-distance phonecalls, sometimes at midnight, airdrumming, cel animation, indie film, complaining about mainstream film Dislikes: Greed, hypocrisy, l33t speak when it's not to make fun of itself, mainstream obsession and idea of perfection, fundamentalism, intolerance, aggression, ignorance, racism, sexism/misogyny, homophobia, abuse, irrationality, and war. Favorite musicians/bands: A Silver Mt. Zion, Sonic Youth, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hrsta, Boards of Canada, Sigur Ros, The Microphones, Aphex Twin, Radiohead, The Beatles, Múm, Bjork, Fly Pan Am, Joy Division, M83, Liars, Nine inch Nails, PJ Harvey, Slowdive, Autechre, Young Marble Giants, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Delgados, Vivaldi, Steve Reich, Spiritualized, Slint, Clinic, 54 Square Foot Trampoline, Rachel's, Einsturzende Neubauten, Portishead, Beck, Polmo Polpo, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, King Crimson, Hangedup, Flying Saucer Attack, Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Crescent, Black Heart Procession, and many more.. Favorite films: Dr Strangelove, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Clockwork Orange, The Royal Tennenbaums, Waking Life, The Shining, Edward Scissorhands, Blade Runner, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, 12 Angry Men, Pi, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, many more..
Tools of the trade: (warning: geek material ahead!) You have just witnessed how incurably geeky I am. To laugh and make fun of me, the contact page is here! copyright 1999 / 2006 Etienne Blythe |
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