Aston Villa... yes, I like football. Music. Custard creams. Martial arts. Asian culture. Tattoos. Asian cinema. Anime. Gigs. Festivals. Egg in soup.
I'd like to meet:
Any man, woman, child or indeed liger because lets face it, I'm only here for one thing... but especially Ziyi Zhang, Solid Snake, Brian Blessed, Old Greeeggg and I would very much like to kiss Martin O'Neill.
Music:
Massive hip hop head as a youg'n, eric b and rakim/ public enemy/ krs one/ bel biv devoe/ a tribe called quest/ de la soul/ the pharcyde/ slum village/ jurrasic 5/ dj shadow/ nas/ the roots/ mf doom/ dalek/ slick rick/ pete rock & c l smoothe/ little brother etc, etc... these days I don't have the patience or time to search for decent underground hip hop, so please please feel free to make me aware of artists. Ska, punk & reggae:- bob marley & the wailers/ king blues/ sonic boom six/ capdown/ lightyear/ fishbone/ captain everything/ jaya the cat/ bedouin soundclash/ pama international/ billy talent/ anti flag/ alexis on fire/ the bronx/ dead kennedys/ the beat club/ the clash/ the specials/ the masons/ nofx/ less than jake/ aggrolites/ 3 minute warning/ grown at home/ failsafe/ millencolin/ sick of it all/ youth of today/ minor threat/ 7 seconds/ dead pets/ rancid/ left over crack/ drop kick murphys/ flogging molly/ subhumans/ pennywise/ conflict/ bad religion/ the toasters/ the slackers/ the filaments/ propagandhi. Post rock & alternative:- at the drive in/ the mars volta/ rage against the machine/ death from above 1979/ bloc party/ interpol/ the pixies/ arcade fire/ joy division/ radiohead/ the cure/ heavens/ tv on the radio/ unkle/ bright eyes/ death cab for cutie/ postal service/ I like trains/ sigur ros/ explosions in the sky/ god speed you black emperor/ a silver mnt. zion (you don't have a soul if you don't like those last 4)/ mogwai/ 65 days of static/ red sparrowes. The bands on my dads ska and reggae compillations which i have now claimed.
Movies:
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon/ hero/ house of flying daggers/ memoirs of a geisha/ old boy/ zatoichi/ the chinese connection/ legend of the drunken master/ enter the dragon/ the shaolin temple/ snake in the monkeys shadow/ super cop/ fist of legend/ american beauty/ the crow/ apocalypse now/ edward scissor hands/ amelie/ eternal sunshine of the spotless mind/ garden state/ donnie darko/ pulp fiction/ kill bill/ sin city/ 300/ the matrix (first one)/ terminator 2/ alien/ china town/ scar face/ trainspotting/ sexy beast/ laegaan/ city of god/ night watch/ star wars (fave one? empire strikes back. "Luke, I am your father.....")/ fight club/ pans labrynth/ lost in translation/ evil dead/ nightmare before christmas/ team america/ napoleon dynamite.
Television:
Anime, comedies and the odd sci-fi. Vampire Hunter D/ cowboy bebop/ ninja scroll/ samurai champloo/ afro samurai etc. The genious that is Garth Marenghi's dark place!/ the mighty boosh/ Partridge/ red dwarf/ man to man with dean lerner/ spaced/ peep show/ the comedy store/ brass eye/ curb your enthusiasm/ Doctor Who (fave dr? jon pertwee)/ planet of the apes/ miami ink!/ thundercats!
Books:
Not a big fiction fan. Anything about art, tattoos, anime, garffiti... basically pop-up picture books!
Heroes:
Ted Slesinger and Paul McGrath.
