Music, basically. I have a shitload of vinyl LPs and listen to them too. I like to roller skate and go thrifting and play scrabble and have meat-free BBQ's (Ok, I eat fish...so kill me) and watch movies and read a lot and enjoy the carnal arts.......Oh, and make a little music too.
I'd like to meet:
...to meet Pop-sters......musicians who play pop and beyond. XTC, Costello, John Cale, Who, Kinks, Small Faces, Flaming Lips, Bee Gees, Can, Harrison/Lennon, Robyn Hitchcock, Badfinger, Bowie, Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, Lee Hazlewood, Paul Williams, Syd Barrett...............music is key. ...to meet Film Buffs with a penchant for the odd, beautiful, daring and obscure. And I'd like to have dinner with the Marx Brothers; drinks before and afterwards with Nick and Nora. I'd like to smoke herb with Shel Silverstein in the great beyond and have a lost weekend with Julian Cope. Let's not forget Dr. Winston O'Boogie!!
IF I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW YOU I PROBABLY WON'T ADD YOU.
I'm sick of all you Whoring Sea Donkeys!!
Music:
THE OLDIES WOT NEVER LEAVE ME:
The Who
The Move
The Nazz
The Love
The Kinks
The Stones
The Beatles
The Zombies
The Bee Gees
The Badfinger
The Neil Young
The Pink Floyd
The David Bowie
The King Crimson
The Velvet Underground
The Buffalo Springfield
SOME NEWER BANDS I DIG:
Wilco
The 88
Interpol
Dolorean
The Shins
The Minus 5
The Redwalls
Rainer Maria
Cash Brothers
Webb Brothers
Blonde Redhead
Autumn Defense
The High Strung
Franz Ferdinand
The Decemberists
The Flaming Lips
Pernice Brothers
The Bigger Lovers
The New Pornographers
SOME KRAUTROCK I'M GIVING HEAD TO:
Can
Neu!
Amon Duul
Cosmic Jokers
ENO:
Eno
GIVE IT TO ME REAL LOUD:
Sugar
Hawkwind
Buzzcocks
The Stranglers
IT'S THE SONGWRITER AND THE SONG:
John Cale
Tom Waits
Nick Drake
Scott Walker
Harry Nilsson
Paul Williams
Lee Hazlewood
Leonard Cohen
Jesus Rodriguez
STIRRING...ON THE SENSITIVE SIGHD:
Kate Bush
Aimee Mann
Nick Drake
Margo Guryan
David Sylvian
Eric Matthews
American Music Club
THE ODD MAN OUT IS SO IN:
Syd Barrett
Frank Zappa
Robert Wyatt
Todd Rundgren
Anthony Newley
Robin Hitchcock
Captain Beefheart
Loudon Wainwright III
ROAD TRIP MUST HAVES:
Television - Marquee Moon & Adventure
Genesis - Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
The Who - Quadrophenia
GROOVY TRACKS:
Funky Situation - Jimmy Ponder
GENRES SCHMENRAS:
Moog stuff
Lounge-core
Soundtracks
Celebrity vocals
French Pop o' The '60s
Cosmic Cowboy Music From the land beyond beyond
HOMETOWN ODDITIES THAT CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE:
AMC
CVB
Eskimo
Translator
The Residents
ETC. ED SAID HARRAH:
RTZ
XTC
P.I.L.
TMBG
Sparks
The Jam
Split Enz
Talk Talk
Pere Ubu
The Move
The Clash
Nick Cave
Pentangle
Klark Kent
The Sweet
Patti Smith
Roxy Music
Julian Cope
World Party
Elliott Smith
Elvis Costello
Don Van Vliet
Talking Heads
The Jayhawks
Bonzo Dog Band
Senseless Things
Marianne Faithfull
Jonathan Richman
The Holy Mackerel
The Carrie Nations
Fairport Convention
Echo & The Bunnymen
GREAT SINGLES:
Magic - Pilot
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Fancy - Bobbie Gentry
Magnet & Steel - Walter Egan
Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers
Absolute Beginners - The Jam
Yesterday's Rain - Spanky & Our Gang
Jane B. - Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
Shadows On The Wall - The Poppy Family
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Bros.
FAVOURITE FILM SOUNDTRACKS:
Get Carter - Roy Budd
Logan's Run - Jerry Goldsmith
Planet Of The Apes - Jerry Goldsmith
Exorcist II: The Heretic - Ennio Morricone
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three - David Shire
Profundo Rosso - Goblin
Phantom Of The Paradise - Paul Williams...if you haven't guessed already.
SOME JAZZ:
Monk
Mose
Miles
M.J.Q.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
SONGS I PUT ON ENDLESS REPEAT:
I'm Not Losing Sleep - Julian Cope
Heaps Of Sheeps - Robert Wyatt
Ghost Story - John Cale
60 Second Interval - The Vapors
UNSUNG HEROES AND VILLAINS:
Dennis Wilson ("Never Learn Not To Love")
Rodriguez ("Sugarman")
THE NUTSHELL
Chopin-Can-Steely Dan-Japan
Movies:
FILMS I'VE SEEN LATELY: SYBIL: Man, this creeped me out (in ways I enjoyed) when I was 10. Having just seen it again after 31 years I realize how deeply the images had stayed with me. It's still pretty good. Ajejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain: A psychedelic trip into the rabbit hole of spiritual misguidance. Heavy on the symbolism - each scene strung together by a composite of allegorical theatre artfully wedded to stunning and thought provoking cinematography - this film does demand a commitment from its viewer. That said...They just don't offer enough Malformed Dwarfage in film these days, do they?
Misc: ZABRISKIE POINT**Zardoz**Santa Sangre**Wicker Man**Rings Trilogy**The Loved One (Most Rod Steiger films)**Phantom Of The Paradise**H&M**Monty Python & The Holy Grail**All Warren Oates (Cockfighter, Race With The Devil, Two Lane Blacktop, etc.)**Wings Of Desire (Ich weiß jetzt, was kein Engel weiß)**Visions Of Light**Delicatessen**Chaplin's City Lights (It's beautiful and always makes me cry)**Grand Illusion (another weepy one)
Directors: Kubrick, Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, John Houston (Asphalt Jungle for sure, Terry Gilliam (I actually wept the last time I saw 12 Monkeys)...Sci-Fi, Horror, Exploitation, Biker, Schlock, Oddball and Drug Culture films...This list could go on and on.......
Television:
If it ain't on tape or DVD I don't see it. I don't subscribe to your cable, baby. Given that.......I've recently gone through the first season of Love American Style. That was a kick. I adore all four seasons of the fucking-fantabulous Mr. Show w/Bob & Dave. A "must own" if I must say, and I do. Lesse...Freaks & Geeks was a nice 4 day marathon. MST3K is always an option. Keep circulating those tapes!! Did I forget to mention In Search Of, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and Night Gallery? Add The Larry Sanders Show, The Office (UK), Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Kolchack: The Night Stalker, Little House On The Prairie (don't laugh), Python, Cosmos and great made for TV features like The Boy In The Plastic Bubble ("What would they say if we up and ran away?" P. Williams again!!). I saw it when it first aired and now I need to see it at least once a year. I'm such a softy.
Books:
I dig those by English blokes like Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, and Nick Hornby for their humor. Vladimir Nabokov and Jerzy Kosinski for the heavier reads. Charles Bukowski, just because. Kurt Vonnegut and JD Salinger for getting me to actually enjoy reading. I have also read a shitload of Perry Mason Mysteries by Erle Stanley Gardner. Yes, I like those quite a bit. John Fante too. '50s and '60s pulp porn with alott uf typoes.
BOOKS I'M CURRENTLY READING: The Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien), Collected Works (Edgar Allan Poe), Timequake (Kurt Vonnegut) & Hit Men (Fredric Dannen).
Heroes:
Pete Townshend - Andy Partridge - Nick Hornby - Nina Simone - Charles Bukowski (anti-hero) - Bobby Darin - Frodo - Rod Serling - Carl Sagan - Logan Grey Robinson
