Mainly music orientated. Playing Drums, Bass, Keyboards, going to gigs
Things computer.... Dabbling in Web design, programming and high user of Micrsoft Office software (Excel, Powerpoint, Access, etc)..sounds like 'geek' territory I know, but can be fun.lol
On the backburner/when time: Watercolour Painting, song writing and photography (this Page's background is one of mine that I shot during a flight to Italy late last year)
Like good food (..especially chinese, thai, indian, italian)...eating out or cooking it
and wine (usually red) or Guinness/Murphys..amongst others, also coffee...Mmmmm coffee ... and coffee related ..cake and other desserts ...yummm... ;o)
Going out to historic places, museums (especially the London ones like ..V&A, Science, Natural History)
Walking, cycling, cinema, going to the coast ...sunsets and rises are especially good times ..can't really lay on a beach for hours like some; thunderstorms; stars; travelling, especially flying (particularly like that bit where you leave a dull/wet day and shoot through the clouds into the sunshine); hot-air ballooning; gliding; abseiling; 10 pin bowling; meeting people from different countries - although find learning other languages very challenging, but it's good to have a go!! ...although can get into interesting territory with trying to translate on line..ha.ha
All my friends ;o)
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Very wide taste, especially having been in various cover bands for many years ...
Favorite genre is Prog Rock - Genesis; Peter Gabriel; Rush; Yes; The Flower Kings; Transatlantic; Neal Morse; Marillion; Dream Theater; Porcupine Tree; It Bites; Francis Dunnery; Liquid Tension Experiment; OSI; IQ; Kino; Pink Floyd; Steve Hackett; and friend of local excellent prog band Hollow Earth..check them out!!
On the subject of Local bands, check out 'Lot 55', great Indie/Rock ...quality
Other eclectic taste:- Iona; Thomas Dolby; Duke Special; Bowie; Eddi Reader; Kate Bush; Judie Tzuke; Simon Phillips; Whitesnake; The Cure; Toto; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Bon Jovi; Tom McRae; Thea Gilmore; Seal; John Mayer; John Martyn; The Blue Nile; The Divine Comedy; Level 42; Brian Setzer; Al Di Meola; Air; U2; Muse; The Smiths; Coldplay; All About Eve; Chet Atkins; Mark Knopfler Dire Straits Gwen Stefani; Mull Historical Society; Goldfrapp, Police & Sting; One Giant Leap; Massive Attack, Ambient; Siouxsie and the Banshees; The Creatures; Cocteau Twins; Keane; Manic Street Preachers; Supergrass; Christopher Franke; Prince; Madness; Sparks; The Sweet; Mike Oldfield; ELO; Ryuichi Sakamoto; Kings of Convienience; Howard Jones; The Delays; The Beatles; Van Halen; Norah Jones; Emiliana Torrini; Matt Redman; Tim Hughes; Stuart Townend; Snow Patrol; JK; Ghosts; They Might Be Giants; Bryan Adams; etc...
lotta 70s & 80s...some Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Gothic; Punk; Classical; House; Techno ..and just so much more!!! .... but depends on mood
Mostly action / thriller / SciFi ...not really a horror fan though - did that in teens and does nothing for me now...most are slash and no plot
Fantasy Type: Lord of the Rings extended Trilogy
SciFi Type: Matrix; Star Wars & Star Trek; 5th Element; Bablyon 5; The Core; Day After Tomorrow; Contact...etc..
Marvel Type: (comics of youth, now in widescreen ...leave brain at counter when collecting popcorn... ha ha!) X-Men; Fantastic 4; Spiderman
Martial Arts: (Subtitles only - loathe dubbing) House of Flying Daggers; Hero; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,; Kill Bill ...undesided on 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
Others: Constant Gardner; Local Hero (mainly for music); Shawshank Redemption; Space Cowboys; Heat; Fugative; Finding Nemo; Ice Age; 300
It's finding time...and finding the gems...most seem to be 1/2 hour type rather than glued for an evening ...too many other great things to do!
But when I do it tends to be music progs - esp. Jools Holland and Buzzcocks
or
Comedies like Have I got News; Who's Line is it anyway; Scrubs;
In General: House (is current fave); Shark; Top Gear; Grey's Anatomy, Scrapheap Challenge is a family favorite along with Time Team...occassional West Wing and CSI (but there's just tooo many!!!)...also documentaries...about our world & space, or how things work / came about...history / nature ...caught most of Ewan McGregor And Charley Boorman - Long Way Round series, was great fun.
In the Past: Babylon 5, This Life, ThirtySomething
Again, It's getting the time....but when I do, like Dessert Island Discs ...I would have the Bible (has everything!) and Shakespeare
...followed by John Le Carre ...then JRR Tolkin, Tom Clancy; C.S.Lewis; Stephen Hawking, Philip Yancy;...also Shiela Davis; Alison Batler, Robert Heller, Que (Reseiman&Peasley)!! and of course Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, ha ha
Jesus, although a strange term to apply... not really any mortal heroes...but admire inspirational people, particularly those that strive to be the best at what they do or doing the best with what gifts/resources they've got, in all walks of life...:
Examples in the world of percussion that have helped me think and work harder for many years are drummers like: Neil Peart and Mike Portnoy
Of late: Gavin Harrison; Andy Edwards
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