Music, art, literature, nature and all forms of self expression.
I'm a bit of a '50s gal, I like classic cars and drive ins, Elvis and Marilyn, Liz and Richard, Olivia and John.
I'd like to meet:
Someone who'll buy me a Cadillac ;)
Music:
It's my life, and its ever-changing.
This month: MORRISSEY - I never got him much before but love the new single, SANTOGOLD - they just rock
My top 10 all-time fave live shows: BRIAN WILSON @ Royal Festival Hall - Pet Sounds & Smile, NINA SIMONE @ Royal Festival Hall, PRINCE @ O2 Arena, RADIOHEAD just about anywhere, but Nimes Bullring Arena and Hammersmith Apollo were mighty fine, MARY MARGARET O'HARA @ Brooklyn Chapel, GLADYS KNIGHT @ Albert Hall, NIRVANA @ Reading Festival, FLAMING LIPS @ Razzmatazz Barcelona, PRIMAL SCREAM & THE ORB @ Sheffield Arena, BECK @ Manchester Academy, GLASTONBURY - any year, any time
Blondie, Nick Drake, David Bowie, Beck, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Carole King, Beach Boys, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Flaming Lips
Q O T S, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, Ella Fitzgerald, Stone Roses, Ride, Cocteau Twins, Primal Scream, DJ Food, My Bloody Valentine, FAC15, George Clinton
Outkast, Gladys Knight, Leonard Cohen, Explosions in the Sky, Jackson 5, Jeff Buckley, Redjetson, Clearlake, Field Music, Basement Jaxx
Radiohead, The Czars, White Stripes, Tom Vek, Marvin Gaye, The Dears, Beastie Boys, Nick Cave, Bent, Sigur Ros, Devics, Joy Division, Mistys Big Adventure, Lo Fidelity Allstars
Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Cure, Tom Waits, Rage Against the Machine, Chilli Peppers, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Lift To Experience, Josh T Pearson, Al Green, Sly & The Family Stone, Funkadelic, and on and on ...
Movies:
Some Like It Hot, The Wizard of Oz, The Misfits, The Rope, Harvey, Cinema Paradiso, La Heine, Sin City, Jacobs Ladder, Withnail & I, Shaun of the Dead, Edward Scissorhands, Best In Show, Spinal Tap, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Postman Always Rings Twice, A Simple Plan, Kingpin, any Hitchcock, James Stewart, Jack Nicholson, Pacino, DeNiro, Johnny Depp or Marilyn Monroe. All the tip of the iceberg since I watch more films than is good for anyone.
Television:
MARION AND GEOFF
Sopranos, The Riches, The Mighty Boosh, Shameless, Six Feet Under, Peep Show, Heroes, Family Guy, The Day Today, The Simpsons, The Fast Show, Father Ted, Catherine Tate, Julia Davis, CSI Miami, 24, History, Art, Nature and Sci-Fi Documentaries, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Wonder Woman; I'm basically a big kid.
Books:
The God of Small Things, A Fine Balance, Morvern Callar, The Alchemist, Behind the Scenes at The Museum, The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test, Head On, Nick Hornby, Alan Warner, Anais Nin, Graham Greene, Henry Miller, Wally Lamb, Jeanette Winterson, Arundhati Roy
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Heroes:
My Beautiful late Mommie www.anitarivera.co.uk
My Grandad - check him out!
give it up for Stevie G
BILL!
John Peel, Johnny Cash, Howard Hughes, Leonardo DaVinci, Emmeline Pankhurst, Alfred Hitchcock, Brian Wilson, Patti Smith, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Vivienne Westwood, Jack Daniels
