Music, books, nooks, cooks, spirituality, architecture, Neolithic monuments, art, people, rocks, the sea, writing, Dada, Zen, soccer, family, friends, humour.
I'd like to meet:
Those who are still with us of course especially Mo Tucker, The Handsome Family, Robyn Hitchcock, Sid Griffin, The Sadies, Nelson Mandela, my plumber, Lucinda Williams, Ken Dodd, Paul Merton, the guy who didn't indicate in front of my daughter when she failed her driving test, Mark Radcliffe, Homer Simpson, Victoria Wood. (that's enough, ed.) "; I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
Music:
Where to start? Afro-american roots music, world, folk, R'n'R, alt country, experimental, roots country, trash pop, Western swing, Northern soul, reggae, Eastern drones, Mr Zimmerframe, surf twangarama; this doesn't exclude Hanky Williams, The Velvets, The Searchers, The Soft Machine, The Soft Boys, Chuck, Bo, Lee Perry, The Fall, Don Van Vliet, The Beatles, The Kinks, Gorkys, Mean Vincent, The Self Righteous Brothers, Tommy Tucker, Jonathan Richman, The Residents, The Sadies, Terry Allen, Petula Clark, The Bonzos, Christian Marclay or anyone named after a root vegetable (except Jasper Carrot).
Movies:
Directors: Coens, Herzog, Wenders, Altman, Mike Leigh etc.
Hopeless weepies like Hi Fidelity. Comedies like the Marx Bros or Hellzapoppin'. Music biopics.
Television:
The Simpsons, Have I Got News For You, Match of the Day, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pobl Y Cwm, Monarch of the Glen (RIP).
Books:
Oh, Malcolm Pryce, Paul Auster, David Ashworth etc etc, now read on dot dot dot dot
Heroes:
My mum and dad, Alys and Lucy Cawley, John Peel, Nelson Mandela, Bob Dylan, AW Wainwright, Jonathan Meades.