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Welcome to the website of Jonathan Kay, a.k.a. Shoes (why?). Here you'll find a collection of my writings and a whole bunch of other stuff. New! - Dull and Dullards: The death of rock and roll in Britain and America. |
This really is the only decent picture of myself I have. I'm accompanied by Verne Troyer of Austin Powers 2 fame, who I bumped into at San Jose airport, California.
About me I have just had another relapse of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. For a full statement on my present condition click here. I am 23 years old and can juggle with three balls, but not four. Recent likes: New hi-fi separates and CDs from Burning Heart to play on them. Deliverance and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest on DVD. Playing the gee-tar. Recent dislikes: Turntables that break down after an hour's use, courier companies that leave expensive hi-fi equipment on patios in cold and rain I used to work in web design, but I'm out of that game now (hence the minimalist look of this site). I was training as a journalist until my recent bad news. I got a letter published in The Guardian! |
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Columns for Fracture fanzine I've written for Fracture, the UK's finest bi-monthly independent music publication for a couple of years now. I've written about many things, but strangely never bands or anything to do with music whatsoever. A selection of my articles can be found here. |
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A short story I wrote this story, 'The Classifieds Information' whilst in hospital with my second bout of leukaemia. Contains strong language and weak characters (I'm told). html version download Word document |
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Reviews Book: The New Journalism by Tom Wolfe (ed). Music: Fugazi - The Argument |
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Sausages What does PearlJamiroQuietRiot mean to you? This is a stupid game which is great for wasting time in the office, postponing that essay and so on. Here's how to play. |
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My Dissertation I was an awarded a first class degree by the University of Greenwich for this little number. I never received any feedback from my tutors however and I suspect they never bothered to visit it. It's all about online and digital broadcasting issues, if you're interested in such things take a look. |
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Links The inevitable links page. |
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