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Alex

About Me

I shall try to sum myself up the best I can. I work in graphics both in moving image and web design. I fancy myself as a bit of a singer/songwriter, though it is only a hobbie it is still and will always be my first love in life. I come from the bueatiful countryside of Shrewsbury in Shropshire and I live and work in Portsmouth, I like both an urban and a rural life but my heart is back home. I suppose I could be categorised as a romantic (though some might argue), a poet, an artist. I love life and try to enjoy it to the full, I wish to travel someday but will eventually return to my roots.

My Interests

Music, Guitar, Song writing, Performing, Film, Moving media, 3D animation, Website design, cooking, entertaining, travelling, gym, live music, meeting new people, going out, clubbing, wildlife, the countryside, drawing, painting

Music:

Damien Rice, Donovan, Nick Drake, Love, Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Captain Beefheart, Neil Young, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Peter Green, Small Faces, Ian Dury, BlueHorses, Loosehounds, BB King, Manic Street Preachers, James, Kate Rusby, Seth Lakeman, David Bowie, Dire Straits, James Taylor, Crosby Stills and Nash, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, Jeff Buckley, Turin Brakes, Incredible String Band, Just to name a few. I like my music

Movies:

Blue Velvet, The Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Sideways, Pink Panther movies (Peter Sellers ones), V for Vendetta, The Shawshank Redemtpion, The Jacket, Private Parts, Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones, Syriana, The Constant Gardener, James Bond movies, I like all genres.

Television:

Dont watch much TV, must admit to watching Doctor Who, but would mainly be documentaries.

Books:

I like Horror, like my movies but horror films tend to be shit. James Herbert, Stephen King mostly.

Heroes:

Most my Heroes are related to Music, Musical genius Arthur Lee and Syd Barrett, Donovan, Sandy Denny, John Mayall, and more recently Damien Rice for enhancing my life with his great songwriting. Martin Luther King, John Lennon, Ghandi, Dali Lama. People that stand up against suppression and try to make a difference.