Rock'n'roll, cool movies, good literature and trashy pulp fiction, food and beer, food and wine, vodka and whisky, and some more rock'n'roll. I also love my bicycle.
Cool people. Bearing in mind that only square people think it's cool to be cool... But - if you want to send me a friend request and we don't actually know each other then send a message saying why you're sending the request. If you are in a band, check out our booking policy . I only click on "accept" when it's from someone that I would be happy to have a beer or two with or if it's a band that I'd be happy to see, if not on my stage, at least on someone else's on a night out.
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The Sonics, The Sex Pistols, The Monks, Little Richard, The Buzzcocks, Cannibal and the Headhunters, Eddie Cochran, Sam and Dave, Thee Midniters, The Beat (the American ones, not the English ones), Wilson Pickett, Billy Childish, The Mummies, Hollywood Sinners, The Branded, Muck & the Mires, Los Peyotes, Thee Vicars, The Federals...
Mama Roma, Psych Out, I Vitelloni, anything with Mae West, Klaus Kinski, Peter Lorri... Erm... Anything directed by Aki Kurismaki, most Fellini, some Pasolini. I need to do this stuff when I'm not hungover. Hmmm...
The Simpsons. Er... Family Guy. That's about it. The new Dr Who was okay actually. None of that so-called 'reality' nonsense.
All sorts. I've rather enjoyed my 1951 edition of HV Morton's "In Search of London". "Die Mittle Der Welt" by Andreas Steinhöfel was rather good. A guide on bicycle maintenance has come in useful. Currently I'm on "Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock'n'Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood" by Dominic Priore (Jawbone Press).
I'm pretty much a misanthrope, I think, actually. I tolerate other people and sometimes come to like them. But I wouldn't look up to anyone as a hero. There are people who I admire. But that's not the same thing at all as "hero". But I agree with Mr David Viner that Austin Vince is one cool dude.