What Defines You
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I am sure you can add categories to this, but here is my stab….
MUSIC: David Bowie (acted as a lightning rod for his time).. Second place is def Converge
FILM: Shawshank Redemptiom
BOOK: A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water - Patrick Leigh Fermor
CLOTHING: Levi's 501 STF 1972
SPORT: I fish (It's the closest I get to Zen)
FOOD: It's fuel, but if pressed, Curry
DRINK: A good English ale
RELATIONSHIP: Paula (God knows she is tolerant)
FAMILY: Alex - when I'm a twat, he is the first to tell me
BEST FRIEND: (and hero) Haraki
TRANSPORT: AMG C63 and Landrover Defender (Yes I'm schizo) & 1978 Yamaha XT500 (bored to 600) -
I'll take a stab…
MUSIC: The Runaways/Joan Jett ( old friends of mine )
FILM; Patton ( saw it in the theatre at 9 years old, changed my like forever )
CLOTHING:Schott Bros. 1977 One Star leather jacket and Levi's 501's ( same year or 1978's )
SPORT: Ice Hockey ( played from 1968 to 1996 and still suffering from it to this day ) Football ( English ) Second.
FOOD: Crisps, any and all.
DRINK: Coke.
RELATIONSHIP: DS, until the end of time. -
MUSIC: Mississippi hill blues or delta blues. Like Fred McDowell
FILM: Baraka
BOOK: A Confederacy of Dunces or Illuminatus! Trilogy
CLOTHING: Probably this flannel lined denim vest with tons of pockets I had as a boy
SPORT: weights and cycling
FOOD: BBQ pork spareribs
DRINK: Sazerac
RELATIONSHIP: who's next?
FOOTWEAR: Air Jordan I, ca 85. For boots my first pair of mil issue combat boots, all black leather. -
MUSIC: Clutch, Phish, NIN, Bruce Springsteen
FILM: Blade Runner, any Wes Anderson or Coen's Bros.
BOOK: Blood Meridian, Sutree, The Road I'm a Cormac McCarthy Junkie
CLOTHING: Dad's old fitted shirt
FOOTWEAR: Birkenstock's I'm a crunchy hippy at heart
TRANSPORTATION: Prius
SPORT: Skiing
HOBBIES: Hiking, Camping, Tenkara, Street Photography, Comics, BBQ'ing
FOOD: Sashimi, Dark Chocolate, Steak & Eggs, BBQ
DRINK: Green Tea, H2O
RELATIONSHIP: Laura (She evens me out)
THING I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: Jake (my greatest accomplishment and best friend)"Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"
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^^ Cormac McCarthy is an American treasure
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I am sure you can add categories to this, but here is my stab….
MUSIC: David Bowie (acted as a lightning rod for his time).. Second place is def Converge
FILM: Shawshank Redemptiom
CLOTHING: Levi's 501 STF 1972
SPORT: I fish (It's the closest I get to Zen)
FOOD: It's fuel, but if pressed, Curry
DRINK: A good English ale
RELATIONSHIP: Paula (God knows she is tolerant)shawshank redemption was filmed in the town i grew up in. good ole sunny mansfield ohio. tim robbins and morgan freeman stayed at a family friends 800 acre farm when they were filming. the prison is the mansfield reformatory and they have ghost hunts there now.
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@blackheart
you are friends with joan jett? you can't just slide that in there and not elaborate on it. -
I'll play.
MUSIC: The Smashing Pumpkins- Dark, hopeful, beautiful, angry and peaceful. Or Coltrane- A Love Supreme is my favorite album of all time. (sorry tatmantall- saw your post and immediately regretted leaving John Coltrane out of my list…)
FILM: Dr. Strangelove (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
CLOTHING: My lab coat- full length, blue, and my best friend at work
SPORT: The Chicago White Sox- baseball. My dad, my grandfather and I all love(d) this team. If it's a sport that I practice- fly fishing.
FOOD: My mom's spaghetti. Y'know- memories. Don't have it much anymore.
DRINK: A solid oatmeal stout will do...
RELATIONSHIP: Tatiana, my wife. I'm a sad bastard by nature, but not when I'm around her.
FOOTWEAR: My ancient Vietnam-era combat boots. Just wore a hole in the side of them after nearly 20 years, so I'm switching over to an old pair of 877s, but they'll always be important to me. -
MUSIC: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Beebop, Motown, outlaw country and bluegrass
FILM: Gangster movies (Godfather 1 and 2, Goodfellas, etc.)
CLOTHING: staples in my wardrobe are plain white t's, type III, brown boots
SPORT: Running
FOOD: Steak -n- taters
DRINK: Iced tea (Unsweet)
RELATIONSHIP: Divorced, None at the moment
Most importantly,
MY FAMILY: I have sole custody of my 5 year old son… I would say above all he is what defines me. -
MUSIC: lucero, otis redding, american nightmare, black flag (im a music nerd i could never say one band, i wanted to keep writting)
FILM: better off dead and the big lebowski
BOOK: on the road, blood meridian
CLOTHING: plain black pocket t, jeans
SPORT: muay thai (used to be bmx)
FOOD: so over that.
DRINK: jameson's and pbr or molson stock ale
RELATIONSHIP: i'm not a player i just crush a lot
FOOTWEAR: grey chucks
HOBBIES: i like to tinker with motorcycles, cars and 4x4's if and when i get the time -
I am sure you can add categories to this, but here is my stab….
MUSIC: David Bowie (acted as a lightning rod for his time).. Second place is def Converge
FILM: Shawshank Redemptiom
CLOTHING: Levi's 501 STF 1972
SPORT: I fish (It's the closest I get to Zen)
FOOD: It's fuel, but if pressed, Curry
DRINK: A good English ale
RELATIONSHIP: Paula (God knows she is tolerant)hahahahaha thanks giles
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MUSIC: X
FILM: The Breakfast Club crossed with Wild At Heart
CLOTHING: Vans Sk8 Hi and my Busters
SPORT: Skateboarding of course
FOOD: Mexican and Breakfast
DRINK: Black Coffee
RELATIONSHIP: My wife Liz is the only reason there is any stability in my life. I'm lucky. -
I'll play.
MUSIC: The Smashing Pumpkins- Dark, hopeful, beautiful, angry and peaceful. Or Coltrane- A Love Supreme is my favorite album of all time. (sorry tatmantall- saw your post and immediately regretted leaving John Coltrane out of my list…)ALS was something I considered adding as well
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@blackheart
you are friends with joan jett? you can't just slide that in there and not elaborate on it.for real! so awesome!
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Great thread G, I'll play….
MUSIC: Faith No More (Angel Dust), Guns N Roses (Appetitie For Destruction), The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses)
FILM: The Big Lebowski, Rambo, Robocop
BOOK: Underground (Murakami), Angry White Pyjamas (Twigger)
CLOTHING: My MBB's
SPORT: Football (Soccer), I both love and hate it.
FOOD: Breakfast Cereal
DRINK: Havana Club Sept Anios
RELATIONSHIP: My boy Tommy, Pam would say the same, he teaches me every day.
FOOTWEAR: OG Bathing Ape Skull Sta's
HOBBIES: Comic Books, I am a colossal DC super hero geek.
ICON - Superman, I don't do religion but Superman is the closest I get to worship. True inspiration.Side note - ohighyo - You're from Mansfield? I'm from Mansfield too (UK), we should do an exchange so you can see how lucky you are not to have been born in the Mansfield on the other side of the pond.
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What defines, not what is best.
MUSIC: Led Zeppelin
FILM: HEAT
BOOK: "The Andromeda Strain"
CLOTHING: Swim Trunks
SPORT: College Football
TEAM: Wazzu Cougs
LAST MEAL: Kumamotos & Dungeness
BEER: Pale
DRINK: Whiskey
RELATIONSHIP: Single
FOOTWEAR: Sandals
HOBBIES/PROF: Film -
MUSIC: Guns N Roses, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, The Gas Light Anthem, (Loads more from country to Hip Hop)
FILM: Raiders of the lost Ark, Goodfellas, Terminator 2
BOOK: Mr Nice
CLOTHING: Raw Jeans, white T-shirt
SPORT: Weight training, skateboarding, snowboarding
FOOD: Steak
DRINK: Vodka
RELATIONSHIP: Zara, we just work
FAMILY: Mum, pretty great really. Dad lives in Thailand so don't see him much. Never really had a great relationship with him.
FOOTWEAR: Sneakers mostly
TRANSPORT: Audi S3, Vorsprung Durch Technik -
MUSIC: anything that thinks of Christ as a bit of a ponce
FILM: anything from THERE WILL BE BLOOD to WHITE HEAT to PATHS OF GLORY. Anything with balls and brains.
BOOK: Céline "Mort à crédit"
CLOTHING: anything that Works
SPORT: the one where these blokes on skis launch 'mselves of a ramp and do like 150 meter jumps… Great stuff... I can watch that for hours...
FOOD: anything without bits of oinkers, grassers, rogerers, jumpers,...
DRINK: Belgian beer; as for wine I'm not picky ID-wise...
RELATIONSHIP: handyman
FOOTWEAR: chukka-sucka
HOBBIES: writing bullocks on forums -
MUSIC: Parquet Courts, Ice Age, new Daft Punk.
FILM: Bad Boy Bubby, most Disney, Evil Dead, too many come to mind.
BOOKS/PLAYS: King Lear, True West, Wheel of An Hero.
CLOTHING: rugged luxury; forthcoming Aero leather jacket, new IH 1955's, Loro Piana shirts, current William Lennon boots. I do have an illness/addiction I think with clothing.
SPORTS: played Ice Hockey, love MMA training and Judo, run and do natural strength training daily, stretching etc.
FOOD: besides Japanese and Lebanese, either roast beef or steak, salad and chips will put a smile on my face.
DRINK: Coffee is my only drug.
RELATIONSHIP: Lovely wife married of 24 years this 4th July, I was young but not foolish, two upstanding boys whom I love and berate daily.
HOBBIES/WORK: writing, directing, creating.
