New experiences. Prolonging pleasure, wherever, whenever and however possible! Graphic design, drawing, painting. Making things (I'm very practically minded and have to always be creating something daily). Driving out in the countryside, music on... My cat and other cats. Growing ferns, and also moss which arrives by accident in my naturally shaded garden, fungi and other architectural plants & trees. Walks in forests. Going out for meals and drinks, art galleries, National Trust stuff, clubbing and going to gigs on the industrial and hard dance scene. Listening to Resonanace FM - It's great and you should all try it sometime - 104.4, or via the web at www.resonancefm.com. Old sitcoms of the '70s :o) The Hammer Horror movies. Comedy (any on TV, film or live). Horror and Sci-fi. Vintage TV and film related toys. All thought provoking films e.g - Donnie Darko, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind...that kind of thing. Volcanoes! Travel generally. Iceland is my favourite country. Eating out. Eating in. Eating strange new foods. Just eating generally is good :o) Walking (near volcanoes - ok that's enough on the volcano thing). Countryside. Healthy food/nice wine. Clothes. Lounging around at home/or being very active at home working on the house and the garden. Landscapes. Photography. Visiting pubs with friends and having a laugh! LOVE Cinema (who doesn't?) and TV. Radio 4 - ALL OF IT (yes, even woman's hour sometimes... Haha) Trying to DJ at home for fun (I've fairly recently started this so not very good at it). BMX - (I used to ride and do tricks but now it's mainly only in my dreams, I do have 2 bikes but they don't see so much action these days :o)
Weird, fascinating people, with slightly sordid minds Haha :o) Artists, Graphic Designers, Fashion Designers, Musicians, Comedians, Writers - just any creative people. And Botanists, Geologists, Biologists, Volcanologists! :o) Anyone out there into growing mosses and/or fungi? Oh, and ferns too? If you are an expert in any of these items I'd like to hear from you... Anyone who likes electronic music that really excites the mind and body - so think Lab4, Combichrist, Fleshfield, Cenobita, Noisuf-X etc... and DJs like Proteus and Hellraiser... I've followed Industrial and EBM music since 1988. Goldfrapp and Bat For Lashes are superb too, oh and Muse, love them. I like cats and have a tabby at home called Yo-Yo. If you are a Ricky Gervais fan... I like comedy in general. Felix the Cat and Betty Boop cartoons. Hoarders and collectors - they are usually bizarre people and I really like bizarre types!
Industrial, Goth, Metal, Electro/Electro Pop, Avant Garde/Experimental, Electronica, Hard Dance/NRG//Industrial Dance such as Lab4, Combichrist, Fleshfield, Cenobita, Noisuf-X etc, and DJs like Proteus, Hellraiser. Old School stuff like House, Acid House, Belgian New Beat and Detroit Techno... also EBM groups like Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, or Ministry, NIN, The Killers, The Cure and a bit of Depeche Mode when the mood is right - that's quite often ;o) I also like Goldfrapp (the music and the sultry Ms Goldfrapp!), Bat For Lashes, Tiger Lillies, Muse, White Stripes, ABBA (yes, abba), Portishead, Massive Attack, anything quirky. Experimental, Ambient, Classical. Clannad, Enya, Boards of Cananda, Sigur Ros, for calming moments... James Bond, Sergio Leone and John Carpenter soundtracks, Brian Eno, 80s pop music: Duran, Frankie, Human League, Visage...etc.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Amilie, Annie Hall, Manhatten, Sleeper (any Woody Allen actually), Any David Lynch, Donnie Darko, Elvira, all the Hammer Horror films, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes back, Spiderman 1, 2, and 3, all the James Bond films, Carry on Screaming, Elvira mistress of the dark! The Thing, The Shining, Alfie (1960s original please!), Abigails Party, Nuts in May, Groundhog Day, The Wicker Man (original with Edward Woodwood), Alien, Aliens, 2001, .......
I mostly prefer to live life on the 'other side of the glass', but when it's time to watch telly, some of the following stuff I like: Extras, The Office, Rising Damp, Chris Morris stuff... any comedy with a certain class about it, mainly UK comedy because it's so unique - The League of Gentlemen, Alan Partridge etc. But also some American comedy such as Seinfeld. Natural History documentaries.
The English Dictionary. Time Out magazine. The Grey Area (Sean Hughes), Love all the people (Bill Hicks), The meaning of Liff (Douglas Adams), old stuff: Dickens, Wilde, Austen, Hardy, Poe, Wells. Art books. Vintage toy books, Gardening books! Mushroom and Toadstool spotters guide :o) High fidelity, Sun boiled Onions (Vic Reeves). factual books fill the majority of my shelves...
Artists of all kinds. My parents. My friends Adam and Lez (of Lab4) and Harri (DJ Proteus) :o) :o) :o) Kym and all of the Queen of Clubs gang! YOU KNOW WHO U ARE! :o) All the people at Resonanace FM, especially Ed Baxter - I just love what you do! Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais, Woody Allen, Monty Don(!), Bill Hicks, David Bowie, Dave Gahan, Trent Reznor, Russell Brand, Noel Fielding, Eddie Izzard, Chris Morris, Sacha Baron Cohen aka BORAT! Leonard Rositter, Peter Cook, Vic Reeves, Jarvis Cocker, Elvira (in character - she's so funny!!!).....And my friends and family I think are fantastic and are all real heroes to me (hiya everyone!) :o) Jamie Bestwick, Dave Mirra, Jay Mirron and Matt Hoffman - u are legends.And finally, there isn't an actual section for this, but in case you were wondering, I think the following women have that X-factor: - Alison Goldfrapp, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Elvira, Kirsten Dunst, Dita Von Teese, oh, and Madeline Smith (circa 1970s/early 1980s) - mixed with the mind of Lucinda Lampton or Helena Bonham Carter and possibly Aunt Sally! - sort of your typical English eccentric I guess ;o) xx