Music:
quite enjoy music, it's seen me through the good, the bad, the boredom, elation, depression, drink. it'll heal you, fuck you up, stay hidden for years then leap out & grab you when it wants you, take you where it wants, dump you somewhere else. here's a roll call of all those responsible; david bowie, bryan ferry , roxy music, kate bush, queen, scott walker, the beatles, prince, joni mitchell, led zep, pink floyd, bob dylan, rolling stones, prefab sprout, abc, associates, nick drake, eurythmics, john barry, bernard hermann, vangelis for the blade runner soundtrack, judee sill, duran duran, nik kershaw, beach boys, byrds, zombies, talk talk, hall & oates, john coltrane, miles davis, peter gabriel, wicker man soundtrack, frank sinatra, ella fitzgerald, roy orbison, joe jackson, michael jackson, john williams for the star wars music, wes anderson for his soundtracks, aha for the music and those early videos, talking heads, abba's the visitors album because it's the bleakest thing ever, the blue nile, holst's the planet suite, japan, david sylvian......just thought of some others, by no means second best, kd lang, jona lewie, the maisonettes, the korgis, fleetwood mac, serge gainsbourg. there'll be more. finally, much appreciation for johnny spitfire, love, respect & admiration for, the gilded palace of sin, may your reign be long & sinful.
Movies:
right movies, films, cinema, magic lantern show, nickleodeon etc. this is gonna be tough so it's a stream of conciousness of everything & everyone i love about the moving image with special mention to my media studies lecturers at university and love to mum & dad for taking me to see star wars, superman, flash gordon, raiders of the lost ark when it really mattered. it's myspace so i can be as pompous as i like, so here come my cinematic highs, heroes & heroines; vertigo, hitchcock ( everything he ever did), woody allen ( damn near everything he did ) james stewart, michael poweel, emeric pressburger, nick roeg, john schlesinger (day of the locust?), peter hunt for on her majestys secret service, georges clouzot, robertwise for the day the earth stood still, get carter and while we mention michael caine, the ipcress file, spy who came in from the cold, orson welles, the third man, fallen idol, our man in havana, the servant, the go between, accident, hats off to joseph losey and while were at it, dirk bogarde, wong kar wai for in the mood for love & 2046, alain delon, jean pierre melville, matt keane for pointing me in the right direction, going to keep adding to this.....