Football (Watford FC, although they are doing their best to make me hate them) and Family. Oh, and music of course!
People who actually have an opinion. Apathy is depressing. Politics is dead in the mainstream and so the chattering classes force the pages of "Hello" et al onto the front pages as there is no-one left to vote for.But I really believe that there are people out there who care, have opinions that make sense and want to make a difference. However, we are all too dissipated around the place to have a consolidated voice. We live in hope.
Roy Harper, Ben Harper, Jont, Bob Marley, Beth Orton, Nick Harper, Van Morrison, Josh Rouse, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Polly Paulusma, Rory Gallagher, Nick Drake, Otis Redding, Pavlovs Cat, Speedvark, Kate Rusby, Led Zeppelin, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Elton John, John Martyn, Gavin Moore, Incredible String Band, John Lee Hooker, Kate Bush, Natalie Merchant, Al Stewart, Badly Drawn Boy, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, The Cure, David Gray, Michelle Shocked, Muddy Waters, Barenaked Ladies, Billy Bragg, Jack Johnson, Springsteen, New Model Army, Stereophonics, Carole King, Levellers, Lou Reed, The Magnetic Fields, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Snow Patrol, Soloman Burke, The Stone Roses, Tom Baxter, Tom McRae, Show of Hands, Yes, Jefferson Airplane, The Tragically Hip, Pavlovs Cat, Pat Orchard, Emily Smith, Josh Ritter, Magic Numbers.
Withnail and I, The Doors, 13 Days, The Insider, Sideways, Almost Famous, Blue Brothers, O Brother where art thou, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, A Mighty Wind, Arlington Road, This Years Love, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting
Got kids? Not a great deal of time, hey!Mainly read web based political stuff like Greg Palast, Michael Moore and BBC Political Blogs. Just got the new Chomsky book. Maybe I'll get time to read it. Finally read the most recent Tony Parsons one though.I love Doug Brimsons books. Gritty stuff. Tony Parsons, Tony Hawks, James Patterson & Dan Brown are worth a read.
Graham Taylor, Roy Harper, JAD my old English teacher, Fr Norman (my University Chaplin who married my wife and I - whos first heart-attack I inadvertently caused by a very long session on the whiskey) and my Grandad