Name: Chris Hanretty Tries to escape conviction as:Obscure Reference Age:Young Address:Withheld for his own safety E-mail: 100720.1325@compuserve.com |
Also, he plays the flute to Grade 5/6 standard, and doesn`t play the guitar at all. At least, he shouldn`t. He also takes part in debates, using his persuaviveness and roguish good looks to... <Hey you, get out of here!>.
Highlights of his short and mostly un-interesting life include:
He tries desperately to convince people he can act and sing. He can`t
Chris Hanretty first met the Amiga sometime circa 1990 (it was all so long a go now..), when Commodore still had a (relatively) good name. He met his 500+ by reason that it could "do games and also serious stuff". This was the first mistake made by his father.
His 500+ died in 1995, just as he was beginning to discover that he could fill up floppy disks with modplayers, and use it for serious stuff too.
Then, by lying cheating and stealing, he convinced his parents to get him an Amiga 1200HD in the Escom era. Then of course, he realised that he couldn`t do much without more memory, and also why not, a faster processor. This led him to getting a Viper MkII 33 Mhz with 4Mbs of Fast RAM. And for a short while milk and honey flowed verily in the land of 1230/33/4Mb/170MbHD. And then, things started to go wrong
If you see this man, be wary. He is not armed, but is still considered extremely dangerous. He would kill to get his hands on a 4000T.
Oasis:Be Here NowSometimes dirgelike, never innovative, but I like it all the same. Best songs? I Hope, I Think, I Know, and It`s Getting Better, Man | |
The Verve: Urban HymnsA stunning album: it's obviously a case of third time lucky for Richard Ashcroft et al. The two chart toppers are Bittersweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, but the rest is extremely good, apart from Neon Wilderness, which is a pile of pants. | |
Ocean Colour Scene: Marchin` AlreadyAbsolutely beautiful subtle guitar dadrock. Yes, it might be retro, but when it`s this good, who cares?Only downers - the last track It's A Beautiful Thing is pants. It sounds like some 80`s with Michael Bolton and Tina Turner. Well, maybe not
| |
Note:Obviously, if I had more money than I do have, I would also have Radish`s Restraining Bolt, Radiohead`s OK Computer, which I frequently say to my own temperamental machine, U2`s Pop, Travis`s debut album....... | |