Art, drums, music, burlesque, camping, hiking, the occult and all things macabre and mysterious, anything olde-worlde, highwaymen, pirates, gentleman roguery, tornadoes, thunderstorms, autumn, transgender girls, lycanthropy and hirsuteness, castles, graveyards, Victorian London, folklore, galleons, moonlight and moonbathing, animals, forests, mist, tea, chivalry, ghosthunting, Pan, libertines, coffeeshop philosophising, reading and cycling.
Anyone who also shares my love of the strange and peculiar, the magical and mysterious and the dark and macabre. Fellow libertines, artists, musicians, writers, poets, anarchists, freethinkers, vagabonds, fairies, satyrs, nymphs, transgender girls, witches, and anyone who appreciates beauty beyond the confines dictated by the tyranny of fashion. I'm also looking for musicians to form a folky punky ragamuffin band of pagan vagabonds! Anyone interested?
New Model Army, Finntroll, Ensiferum, Wintersun, Rhapsody, Windir, Eluveitie, Moishe's Bagel, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Arcana, Sepultura, Orphanage, Les Crogs, Within Temptation, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Anaal Nathrakh, Toyah, Adam and the Ants, The Pogues, Vader, Suede, Loreena McKennitt, Hedningarna, Notre Dame, Danny Elfman, Apocalyptica, Therion, The Vision Bleak, Dimmu Borgir, Leave's Eyes, Falkenbach, Grip Inc., The Damned, Mr Bungle, Satyricon, Louis Bellson, Gene Krupa, Emperor, The Creatures, Ennio Morricone, Moho Pack, Fantomas, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jethro Tull, Calexico, Taraf de Haidouks, The Psychedelic Furs, Dead Can Dance, David Bowie, Conflict, Dead Kennedys, The Kinks, Rammstein, Muse, High On Fire, Faith No More, Steeleye Span, Blondie, Kaiser Chiefs, Beck, Scissor Sisters, The Cult, The Meads of Asphodel, Corvas Corax, Nox Arcana, Yann Tierson, Clannad, PJ Harvey, Enya, Mediaeval Baebes, Arch Enemy, Crowded House, Foo Fighters, Fairport Convention, Blur, Acoustic Ladyland, Carl Orff, Howard Shore, Prokofiev, NIN, Françoiz Breut, Hans Zimmer, Supergrass, Szeki Kurva, black metal, 80's punk, swing, bluegrass, classic rock and wild folk music... from Irish jigs and reels to Eastern European Klezmer and gypsy music.
Lord Of The Rings trilogy, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Harold and Maude, Photographing Fairies, Irreversible, The Princess Bride, Beowulf, The Company Of Wolves, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Amelie, Pan's Labyrinth, The Elephant Man, The Wicker Man, Braveheart, Leon, The Wicked Lady, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Hero, Cyrano de Bergerac, Belleville Rendez-Vous, The Long Riders, The Dollars trilogy, Legend, Conan The Barbarian, Interview With The Vampire, Kill Bill 1+2, Dead Man, Plunkett and Macleane, A Knight's Tale, Unforgiven, Nightbreed, Pumpkinhead, La Reine Margot, Baise Moi, Natural Born Killers, Hope And Glory, Saving Private Ryan, Sleepy Hollow, Wizards, Dragonslayer, Spirited Away, Dangerous Liasons, Caligula, La Bête, The Sentinal, The Assassination Bureau, Mark Of The Devil, The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Crimson Pirate, The Devils, The Wizard of Oz, If...., A Clockwork Orange, The Dark Crystal, Good Will Hunting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Silent Running, Life Of Brian, King Kong, Sommersby, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jaws, Cool Hand Luke, Badlands, Rosemary's Baby, Hair, Forrest Gump, Dog Soldiers, An American Werewolf in London, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Delicatessen, Murder By Decree, The Naked Civil Servant, Twins Of Evil.
The Storyteller (Jim Henson), The Office (the original British version), Extras, Gormenghast, Casanova, Frasier, Merlin, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Spaced, The League Of Gentlemen, Scrubs, Robin Of Sherwood (with Michael Praed), Friends, Eurotrash, The Simpsons, The Kenny Everett Television Show.
Anything Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, Lila Says- anon, Lord Of The Rings- J.R.R Tolkien, Tersias- G.P Taylor, The Narnia Chronicles- C.S Lewis, The Prophet- Kahlil Gibran, Winnie The Pooh- A.A Milne, The Lord Of The Forest- BB, The Little Grey Men- BB, Emmanuelle- Emmanuelle Arsan, Into The Wild- Jon Krakauer, The Alchemist- Paulo Coehlo, Exquisite Corpse- Poppy Z Brite, The 120 Days of Sodom- The Marquis de Sade, The Satanic Bible- Anton La Vey, The Secret Life Of A Satanist- Blanche Barton, The Diceman- Luke Rhineheart, The Little Country- Charles de Lint, Forests of the Heart- Charles de Lint, A Walk In The Woods- Bill Bryson, Stardust- Neil Gaimon, fairytales and folktales from around the world, and anything by Ray Mears.
Sofia, Tania, Robert Heaton (my favourite drummer of all time- sorely missed. R.I.P), Toyah Willcox, Anton La Vey, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, hirsute Sandra, Peter Jackson, Chris McCandless, Jojo Mayer, Benny Greb, Budgie, Igor Cavalera, Ray Mears, Samwise Gamgee and all those who show me kindness and give me encouragement to pursue my art. YOU are my true heroes, because you save me from giving up and fading to nothing. Your faith in me keeps me carrying on when i feel i'm not good enough to succeed. Thank you. I'll never forget it.