Live Music, Pubs, Cabaret, Beer gardens, Dancing, Berlin
MEN IN TIGHTS AND KNOTTED HANKIES!!
The Ramones, Alma Coogan, Flaming Lips (HAVE SEEN ABOUT 4 TIMES NOW, ALWAYS AMAZING), Cilla Black, David Bowie, Elvis (WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE MET, MY NEIGHBOUR MRS HILL DID, LUCKY, LOVELY LADY), Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Chaz n Dave, Russ Conway (CHAZ,DAVE & RUSS WERE ALL FAVORITES OF MY DADS), Blonde, Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators, Elvis Costello & The Attractions (MADE FRIENDS WITH HIM IN SELECTADSIC, GREAT MAN), Marlena Shaw, Tom Waits, Iron Maiden, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Sade, The Clash, Morrissey, Pink Martini (HANG ON LITTLE TOMATO AND HEY EUGENE! ARE BOTH MUST HAVE LPs), Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Johnny Cash (THE KING OF COUNTRY), Bent (SIMON & NAIL ARE BOTH GREAT GUYS), The Tindersticks (EVEN LIKED THEM WHEN THEY WERE THE ASPHALT RIBBONS AND THE DESSERT BIRDS), Erma Franklin (JUST DISCOVERED HER IN THE KANE BAR - WICKED), Rufus Wainwright, Anthony & The Johnsons (LIKE TO LISTEN TO ON A SUNDAY MORNING AFTER A HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT), Scott Walker & Jacques Brel (SCOTT DOESN'T SWEAT AS MUCH!!), Northern Soul, SPARKS (one of the best bands I'v ever seen live).........to be continued
Must start with ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST, MUPPETS IN SPACE (cried when he had to decided whether to go with his family or stay with his friends), THE X-MEN, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, HARVEY, CASINO ROYALE & DR STRANGELOVE (the Peter Sellers versions), THE STATION AGENT, ZOOLANDER & DODGEBALL (laughed out loud at both of these), ALL PINK PANTHER FILMS, MURIEL'S WEDDING, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, AMELIE, ET (a must), CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, THE FIFTH ELEMENT (fell in love with Bruce Willis when watching this, how sad), LADY VENGEANCE & OLD BOY (both recommended to me by my mate Karl), GET CARTER, THE ITALIAN JOB, ALFIE, RITA, SUE & BOB TOO (reminds me of life in Barnsley), DOUGAL & THE BLUE CAT (a must for all Magic Roundabout fans), ALL OF ME, THE JERK, PLANES TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, got to add THE SURE THING
At the moment my favorite programme is HOUSE, RISING DAMP (saw my one of my favorite episodes last night - it's the one with the sports car, the cat and the fur wrap), DESPERATE HOUSEWIFES, GREYS ATATOMY, MORECOMBE & WISE (all episodes), PHOENIX NIGHTS, MIDSOMER MURDERS (it's the only who dunnit, were I can guess who's dunnit, and that's only because it's always the most famous person on the show), THE CULTURE SHOW, THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (used to watch this with my dad. He always used to say he was only watching it because he was waiting for the news to come on), SOAP (used to come home early on a Friday night to watch this), THE GOLDEN GIRLS, THE SIMPSONS, QI (I'm a Stephen Fry fan).
Have laughed out loud to all DAVE GORMANS books, APPLE (this was recommended on The Culture Show, OLD BOY, WHITE POWDER GREEN LIGHT (very funny), WIND IN THE WILLOWS (this was read to me by my mum), LEONARD COHENS POETRY, STITCH 'N' BITCH (a must for all knitters of the world!!), A TASTE OF DEATH (this was read to me by Kieran who I worked with, unfortunately he left before the end so I had to buy it to find out what happened - well worth it), THE FAMOUS FIVE (oh to be back at school)
The one and only JOHN PEEL (rip), MARILYN MONROE, as I already said STEPHEN FRY, ANDY WARHOL & DAVID HOCKNEY (both great artists), HELMET NEWTON (worth going to berlin just to visit his photography museum), SUPERMAN & SUPERWOMAN!!