Y'know, stuff and that.
I'd like to meet:
Totally radical dudes, man.
Music:
I love all sorts of music these days. As a kid it was all indie rock/ britpop.. but my musical tastebuds have grown in all kinds of directions since then - be it pop/ experimental/ hiphop/ jazz/ heavy/ weird/ poignant/ funny/ emotional/ whatever... just some kind of interesting spark I guess.
I'm not really into slating a band just because they're 'pop', or sell a lot of records
Likewise I'm not into loving a band just because they're 'punk', or cool in a scene.
To me, great music transcends all that malarkey.
Some acts doing it for me right now are:
Regina Spektor
Mew
Beck
Mansun
Super Furry Animals
These Arms Are Snakes
Shellac
Fugazi
Acoustic Ladyland
Dub Trio
Steve Reid
Terris
The Velvet Teen
Beta Band
The Pipettes
Roots Manuva
Curtis Mayfield
The Doors
Smoosh
Ojos De Brujo
Joanna Newsom
YouthMovie Soundtrack Strategies
Super Numeri
Cinematic Orchestra
Beyonce
Primal Scream
Blur
Matthew Jay
At The Drive-In
Four Tet
Illustrate
Resonate
Martin Grech
Squarepusher
Alpha Males
John Martyn
Mystery Jets
Amon Tobin
Biffy Clyro
Mars Volta
Soulwax
Boom Bip
Asian Dub Foundation
Sole
Kill Kenada
MIA
The Charlatans
Mogwai
Urusei Yatsura
Lamb Quartet
Shystie
Ian Dury
Herbie Hancock
Cable
Radiohead
Edan
Reeko
65 Days Of Static
Miles Davis
RATM
Jaga Jazzist
My band (acidjazzfunk-rock-soul-grooves - The Doors V Herbie Hancock V Cinematic Orchestra... or summink) - www.madlibrary.co.uk .
The gigs I promote: www.loneshark.co.uk (badly needs updating, mind)
Movies:
La Haine, Y Tu Mama Tambien, One Flew Over The Cookoos nest Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Love In The Afternoon, Amelie, The Big Lebowski, House Of Flying Daggers, Spinal Tap, Shallow Grave, Blues Brothers, City Of God, The Life Aquatic, Broken Flowers, Flight Of The Navigator, Team America, Human Traffic, Withnail & I, A Clockwork Orange, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Old Boy, Napoleon Dynamite, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, A Summers Tale, Quadrophenia, Man On The Moon, Dogma, The Doors, Pirates Of The Caribbean, 24 Hour Party People
Television:
Mostly comedy...
Nathan Barley/ Brasseye/ Chris Morris in general
Garth Marenghi/ The Office/ / Charlie Brookers Screenwipe,Big Train/ Peep Show
Family Guy... SimpsonsAnd the odd documentary.
Decent music programmes (bit of a rarity, mind)
Eastenders since Phil 'Parklife/ Quadrophenia' Daniels joined.
Books:
The Third Man (Flan O'Brien). Enduring Love (Ian McEwan). Paddy Clarke Hahaha (Roddy Doyle). White Merc With Fins (James Hawes). Filth (Irvine Welsh). On The Road(Jack Kerouac).Havent read a book in ages, mind. I probably should!
