Jon Thompson
Hi all! Just getting to grips with Virb.
39 years old
Penrith
Male
OctoberOct 18 Sunday Sun 09
“I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit.”
Red Harvest, Dashiell Hammett, 1929
Gulf Islands: Taken from the ferry returning from Vancouver Island to the mainland May 2008.
Aloutte River, British Columbia: Alouette river, British Columbia. Taken on a trip to my sister's in 2008.
OctoberOct 17 Saturday Sat 09
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Aldous Huxley, "Music at Night", 1931
madmanwitheels: Withnail: This place has become impossible. Nothing to eat, freezing cold and now a madman on the prowl outside with eels.
addersatlarge: Withnail: Aargh! Peter Marwood: I told you. You've been bitten! Withnail: Burnt! Burnt! The ****ing kettle's on fire! Peter Marwood: There's something floating up. Withnail: FORK IT!
wfst: Look at that. "Accident Blackspot"? These aren't accidents. They're throwing themselves into the road gladly. Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness.
Hi all! Just getting to grips with Virb.
About
I'm an independent soul about to enjoy my fourth decade on this crazy planet. Regrets, Ive had a few; But then again, too few to mention. My way has always been paved with my passion for music, cinema and books. And that's why I am here, too share that passion with like-minded souls.
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Music
Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Jack White, Andrew Bird, British Sea Power, Modest Mouse, Jarvis Cocker, The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Neko Case, Laura Marling, Seasick Steve, Kelley Stoltz, Lou Barlow, Jacob Golden, King Creosote, The Young Knives, Frank Turner, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, The Doors, The Who, Willy Mason, Super Furry Animals, Euros Childs.
Directors
Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Leigh, Shane Meadows, Nic Roeg, Werner Herzog, Martin Scorcese, Stephen Frears, Jim Jarmusch, Pedro Almodovar, Jean Luc Godard, Michael Winterbottom, Howard Hawks, John Huston, Orson Welles, Roman Polanski, Darren Aranofsky, The Coen Brothers.
Movies
Chinatown, Withnail and I, Ratcatcher, Detour (1945), Once Upon A Time In America, LA Confidential, A Room For Romeo Brass, Twenty Four Seven, Naked, Don't Look Now, Almost Famous, La Mala educación, The Grifters, If, Brighton Rock, Bande à Part, Breathless, City of God, Man On Wire, Grizzly Man, Small Faces, After Hours, Serpico, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Double Indemnity, The Killing Fields, The Wrestler, State of Grace, I'm Not There, No Country For Old Men.
Authors
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Graham Greene, Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, James Ellroy, Cormac McCarthy, George Pelecanos, Elmore Leonard, Lawrence Block, Martin Amis, David Peace.
TV
The Wire, The Sopranos, Entourage, Lost, Flight of The Conchords, Black Books, Northern Exposure, Homicide Life On The Street, The Corner, Louis Theroux, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Later With Jools Holland, documentaries.
On My Nightstand
There's A Riot Going On (Revolutionaries, rock stars and the rise and fall of 60's counter-culture) by Peter Doggett, Lost In Music by Giles Smith, Drama City by George Pelecanos.