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    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined:

      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)

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • BlackheartB
        Blackheart
        Joined:

        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.

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        • Mild7M
          Mild7
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          ^ I think we could add SHOES/BOOTS?

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          • mclaincauseyM
            mclaincausey
            見習いボス
            Joined:

            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.

            Think it, be it.

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            • derivative666D
              derivative666
              Joined:

              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"

              "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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              • mclaincauseyM
                mclaincausey
                見習いボス
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                ^^ Cormac McCarthy is an American treasure

                Think it, be it.

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                • ohighyoO
                  ohighyo
                  Joined:

                  @Giles:

                  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.

                  Slipping gradually into senility

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                  • ohighyoO
                    ohighyo
                    Joined:

                    @blackheart
                    you are friends with joan jett? you can't just slide that in there and not elaborate on it.

                    Slipping gradually into senility

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                    • Adman103A
                      Adman103
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                      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.

                      Guitars, denim, and astronomy

                      666PD, Vulcans, 666SII, 666D, and 666XHS

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                      • tatmantallT
                        tatmantall
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                        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.

                        "I know to you it may sound strange, but I wish it would rain…"- The Temptations

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                        • natehateN
                          natehate
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined:

                          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

                          don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                          • riffblaster generalR
                            riffblaster general
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined:

                            @Giles:

                            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

                            PUT DOWN THAT STARBUCKS, PICK UP THAT GNARBUCKS!!

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                            • riffblaster generalR
                              riffblaster general
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined:

                              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.

                              PUT DOWN THAT STARBUCKS, PICK UP THAT GNARBUCKS!!

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                              • mclaincauseyM
                                mclaincausey
                                見習いボス
                                Joined:

                                @Adman103:

                                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

                                Think it, be it.

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                                • riffblaster generalR
                                  riffblaster general
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined:

                                  @ohighyo:

                                  @blackheart
                                  you are friends with joan jett? you can't just slide that in there and not elaborate on it.

                                  for real! so awesome!

                                  PUT DOWN THAT STARBUCKS, PICK UP THAT GNARBUCKS!!

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                                  • Megatron1505M
                                    Megatron1505
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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.

                                    Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                    • seanoconoS
                                      seanocono
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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

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                                      • spitfiredealerS
                                        spitfiredealer
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined:

                                        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

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                                        • SeulS
                                          Seul
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                                          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

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                                          • simoncS
                                            simonc
                                            Banned
                                            Joined:

                                            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.

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