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I'm Merlin, 20, from England. I like a lot of music, night time, satire, black comedy, rain, wine, conversation, black coffee, roll-ups, whiskey and good food. I dislike cold wind, but if I'm wrapped in a large scarf and an enormous overcoat and it's pissing with rain, which is, incidentally, my favourite thing in the world, I'm very happy.
A full-time Lord of the Rings/Legend of Zelda enthusiast, but Irish and Scottish accents, red hair, tattoos, Sigur Rós, Black Books, Thom Yorke, Andy Hull, The Antlers, cooking, gigs and festivals will also do, O best beloved.
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Freelance music journalist for The Fly, The Line of Best Fit, AU Magazine and my own site, Little Sparrow.

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Merlin’s Bucket List.

Thank you Quinn for the inspiration. I’ve crossed off a few of these already, but I have a long way to go before I kick the bucket. I will most likely add to this relatively often.

  1. Visit the following countries:
  • Iceland
  • New Zealand
  • India
  • America
  • Africa
  • Germany
  • Australia
  • Ireland
  • Russia
  • France
  • Italy
  • Canada
  1. Meet Simon Pegg.
  2. Have an article published in the Guardian.
  3. Play a piece of my own composition in front of an audience that knows the words.
  4. Have an article written about me in a national magazine.
  5. Watch the Extended Lord of the Rings trilogy back-to-back with no breaks.
  6. See Sigur Rós live.
  7. Return to the farm in the Pyrenees mountains where my family used to go on holiday.
  8. Get a tattoo.
  9. Meet Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke.
  10. Interview a musician I love.
  11. See an orchestra perform music from The Legend of Zelda series.
  12. Publish a printed magazine.
  13. Meet a Beatle.
  14. Learn to play violin.
  15. Be a good dad.
  16. Release an album that’s sold in stores internationally.
  17. Completely solve my issues with my father before one of us dies.
  18. Shave my head.
  19. Meet Ewan McGregor.
  20. Have an article printed in a national magazine.
  21. Get a piercing.
  22. Build an igloo.
  23. Snowboard.
  24. Fall in love again.
  25. Meet Andy Hull.
  26. Learn to sight-read music.
  27. Complete Majora’s Mask.
  28. Be completely happy with myself.
  29. Learn to play gypsy jazz guitar properly.
  30. Meet the writers and cast of Blackadder.
  31. Own a car.
  32. Finish The Silmarillion.
  33. Repay my parents for everything.
  34. Meet Dylan Moran.
  35. Act or be an extra in a film or TV show.
  36. Hug Peter Jackson.
  37. Make a poppyseed cake as good as my Mum’s.
  38. Interview Dave Grohl.
  39. Kiss a Scottish girl.
  40. Kiss an Irish girl. 
  41. Own a ‘Baby’ Taylor guitar.
  42. Read the entire A Song of Ice and Fire series.
  43. Interview Jónsi. 
  44. Meet a Ukrainian girl, as I’m told I’m missing out on something good.
  1. allsun-fong reblogged this from merlinthegrey
  2. dovahrryn reblogged this from merlinthegrey and added:
    No I want to do one.
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  4. bigscarytiger said: This has the bigscarytiger seal of approval.
  5. emilywylde said: When you interview Dave, can I take the photos? And also, you need to add ‘meet Emily properly because I never at Milton Keynes as it was too busy and we had terrible phone signal’ to this list.
  6. heaventakethysoul said: This was lovely to read, but where is ‘become Jess’ BFFL’?
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