carrom, backgammon, anti-fashion, coffee houses, exhibitions, hand luggage, having fun with my children, love all food, hate menus, medical furniture, scribing poetry, cycling through the woods with my fizzing lurcher
Pete Townshend, Jennifer Rush or a pre-dental Esther Ranson, Leonard Cohen (for his address book), Walter Carlos (go on, have a swipe at me for $66 million), Dieter Meier, Kim Fowley, Andrea Kanchelskis, that most over-rated one trick pony of all time which is Morrissey (just so I could tell him what part of the washing machine that HE is), Michael Foot, Lawrence, Alan McGee to ask him whatever did you of all people see in them, Kevin Wright, Kahimi Karie (I know I have, but i want to see her again, okay!), Tony Wilson (unfortunately I'm the flip side to his coin), in my fiercest wildest abandonment Miss Grace Jones , George Bush as to exact retribution on behalf of all those pre-carnated souls, Bob Geldof to shake his hand, not before asking him why he celebrated a schoolgirl killer with a promotional video.
Okay, this is exhaustive and why should you be interested, but if you are, here are my favourite albums, painfully limiting each act to one body of work. Good for Simon Warner but a bit tough on Momus.Tommy - The Who. Tearing Up The Album Charts - Go-Kart Mozart. Feed Me Wierd Things - Squarepusher. The Only Fun In Town - Josef K. Funeral - Arcade Fire. Folktronic - Momus. Wild & Lonely - Associates. Waiting Rooms -Simon Warner. Cloudy Cloud Calculator - Takao Minikawa. Stella - Yello. Vincent - M Ward. 10,000 Mhz Legend - Air. Closer To Heaven Soundtrack - Pet Shop Boys. A River Ain't Too Much To Love - Smog. Shabini - Bhundu Boys. Want One - Rufus Wainright. Mission Impossible - Combustible Edison. Pure Mania - Vibrators. Machine Gun Etiquette - Damned. Cuckooland - Robert Wyatt. Rhythm Of Life - Paul Haig. Fegmania - Robin Hytchcock. Cigarbox Palnetarium. The Smiths. Soft Commands - Ken Stringfellow. Republic - New Order. Why Be Blue - Suicide. Hawaii - High Llamas. More Songs About Buildings & Food - Talking Heads. Hello Is Anyone Out There - Mr Wright. Denim On Ice - Denim. With A Twist - Todd Rundgren. Having A Party With - Jonathan Richman. Casanova - The Divine Comedy. Neu York - Anthony. Discovery - Daft Punk. A Year Of Meteors - Laura Veiers. The Secret Migration - Mercury Rev. The Wonder Of It All - Louis Philippe. Una Faccia In Prestito - Paolo Conte. Sextet - A Certain Ratio. Let The Madness In - Kim Fowley. Chill Out - KLF. Obey The Time - Durutti Column. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk. Portrait:Robot - Bertrand Burgalat. Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourg. Movies - Holger Czukay. Death Of A Ladies Man - Leonard Cohen. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits. Painted From Memory - Costello & Bacharach. Here Comes Everybody - The Wake. Scott 4 - Scott Walker. Fear Yourself - Daniel Johnston. Space Oddity - David Bowie. Mi C'yan Believe It - Michael Smith. Total Pop - Stereo Total. The Life Persuit - Belle & Sebastian. One Afternoon In A Hot Air Balloon - Artery. Fantasma - Cornelius. Forever Breathes The Lonely Word - Felt. Year Zero - 18 Wheeler. Look At The Fool - Tim Buckley. Forever Changes - Love. Long Term Side Effect - Vic Godard & Subway Sect. Love Zombies - Monochrome Set. Autogeddon - Julian Cope.
Brazil, WithNail & I, The Devil & Daniel Johnston, The Low Down, Waterfront, Delicatesent, Down By Law, Solaris (Tarkovsky), To Kill A Mocking Bird, Brazil
Mighty Boosh, Ray Mears, Columbo, Galapagos, Extras, Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perin, Have I Got News For You, Newsnight, Kath n Kim, Marion And Geoff, Coronation Street and I don't mind saying so.
The Forgotton Soldier, Lusts Of A Moron, A Fistful Of Gitanes, Stalingrad, Mutiny On The Globe, Pet Shop Boys Verses America, Skeletons Of Zahara, What A Carve Up!, The Fatal Shore, Birdsong.
Lord King for his political humour, Lawrence for his steadfastness, Andrea Kanchelskis for his pride, Momus for having an imagination the size of the universe, Vic Godard for his oneness, Tony Benn for his honour, Lionel Bart for his resolve over ability, Serge Gainsbourg for his sex appeal, the late dub poet Michale Smith for his expression of freedom which sadly lead to his death.