: About Me

I am a Mature Student who is currently studying Sports Management at the University of Teesside. I have passed my first two years and am still standing strong! I cannot wait to get stuck into my dissertation.

I Can speak a little Mandarin, French. Occasionally I play poker and also like keeping in shape. I appreciates independent film, likes golf and recently has got back into ice skating.

Likes to relax from all these activities by going to some of the lovely places in and near the Tees Valley area - Saltburn, Whitby, North York Moors and Redcar.
Also likes photography.

Has work featured on ciao and dooyoo. And has a number of poems published in various books.

More info on my writing can be found here:
http://www.writesight.com/writers/thebluehippo/

And my information on more photography can be seen here:
http://thebluehippo.deviantart.com
Please visit I would be happy to get the extra page views.

My passion is ...

My Health

I know too much about ...

I still have a lot to learn

My parents always told me ...

Be true to yourself not to others

My childhood ambition ...

Anything that makes money and is fun

My favorite memory ...

Hanging with the fellas

Why I write ...

I like it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Bouncing Souls

My first job ...

Medical Records Clerk

My best moment ...

Changing my life

My inspiration ...

My Brother

Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Sing Loud, Sing Proud, by the Dropkick Murphys

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The Dropkick Murphys are a band that combines the sound of Irish Folk music with punk rock. Listening to the music you can hear how the band has been influenced by the likes of the Pogues, Cock Sparrer and the Clash. The end result is a unique style of punk that in itself has influenced other American-Irish Punk bands. The bands lyrics are heavily influenced towards their Boston, American, Irish and working class roots. In 2001 the Dropkick Murphy's (DKM) released Sing Loud, Sing Proud an album filled full of rowdy, drunken sing-alongs and a few sentimental pieces that reflect on friends a...

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