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Oliver

About Me

I take lots of photographs. I like filling in forms except tax returns.

My Interests

Photography, music, current affairs, books, books with stuff in (like hidden keys), nature, David Attenborough, films, real actual people, places, images from mars, science. Antiques Roadshow. Radio 4. Quiet.

Music:

I love so much music so much. 10,000 Maniacs, M. Ward, The Beach Boys, The Beautiful South, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Belly, Ben Folds, Betty Wright, Bic Runga, Björk, Blonde Redhead, Bob Corn, Bob Dylan, Bob Mould, John Frusciante, The Breeders, Brian Wilson, Bright Eyes, Broadcast, Bucky, Busdriver, Candi Staton, Captain Beefheart, Carole King, The Carpenters, Charlie Parker, cLOUDDEAD, CocoRosie, Cornelius, Count Basie, Cracker, The Cure, Daniel Johnston, Shellac, Danielson Famile, David Bowie, De La Soul, Deerhoof, Devo, Dinosaur Jr., Dr. John, Drugstore, Duke Ellington, Dusty Springfield, Edith Piaff, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, The Faint, Faith No More, Fantômas, Fela Kuti, Fishbone, The Flaming Lips, Fog, The Folk Implosion, Frank Black, Frank Sinatra, Fugazi, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Gravenhurst, Hüsker Dü, Jacques Loussier, James Taylor, Jane's Addiction, Jeremy Smoking Jacket, Nellie Mckay, Regina Spektor, Mars Volta, Rilo Kiley, Camille, most things on Saddle Creek, At The Drive In, Roberta Flack, Scout Niblett, Sugar, Tony Allen, The Velvet Underground, Why?, They Might Be Giants, Hymie's Basement, J Mascis + the Fog, Ivory Springer, 50 Foot Wave, Aimee Mann, Air, Al Green, Alias, Art Garfunkel, Astrud Gilberto, Azure Ray, Barry White............and 12 other secret artists.

Movies:

Woody Allen, Hitchcock, Ealing comedies, Frank Capra films, old screwball comedies, Le Diner De Cons, Being There, Kubrick, Coen Brothers, rubbish films, Lovers of the Artic Circle, Happiness, Adam's Rib, Bombon El Perro, The Edukators, Festen, big films, little films, Jungle Book. Ach.

Television:

I like Antiques Roadshow. I heart the BBC quite a bit actually. I can never harm my love as long as I watch the CORRECT programmes for my exact demographic. Arrested Development was best. So is Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Northern Exposure and Family Guy and South Park and all the other things that are good according to me.

Books:

Currently reading Tony Benn's autobiography. I am sick of listing things.