The Downward Spiral of Dick Swan

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Gender Male
Occupation writer, struggler
Location London, United Kingdom
Introduction I'm Dick Swan and I'm a man out of work and out of luck. I need to vent and word my struggles. You know that my name isn't really Dick Swan, but let's pretend that it is. This isn't fiction, this is my life and my struggles that I'm sure many of you will share, at least I hope so. Writing this might help me cope, reading it might help you cope, or might just be a modest little escape. Read on and wish me the best as I try and hold my life together.
Interests Literature, art, film, music, whisky, girls, despair, misery, losers, failure, chance, nostalgia, documentary, life, vintage clothes, classic hairstyles, mods, fiction, Dexter, Andy Warhol, video art, spontaneous prose, experimental writing, coffee, autobiographies, physics, fashion, Paris, Berlin, New York, London, Glasgow, Victorians, philosophy, narratology, cardigans, secrets, burlesque, escorts, obsolete things, writing, culture, indie, beat generation, conceptual art, installation, minimalism, journalism, erotica, author, street art, artists books, exhibitions, existentialism, suits, shoes, fashion, B Movies, retro t-shirts, 1950s, perverts, geeks, spoken word, performance, prostitutes
Favorite Music Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, The Strange Boys, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jackie O Motherfucker, Moon Duo
Favorite Books Charles Bukowski: Factotum, Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho, J.G Ballard: Highrise, Jack Kerouac: Big Sur, Michel Houellebecq: Whatever, Sean Condon: Film, Albert Camus: The Outsider, Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment, George Orwell: 1984