Asides from whaling, scoffing and astronomic contemplation I lead a bunch of good-for-nothing musical tearaways who assemble under the moniker The Old Dolphin Brigade. The idea alone has already caused governments to rise and fall. I am attending art college in Farnham, Surrey for the next few years to make stuff. I envigilate and erect exhibitions from time to time, walk hills by day, sleep heavily, drink tea, dream of my always eventual return to Bexhill and frazzle every fibre of my being by having the insumountable honour of being able to call the very lovely Ms Suzy Dunford as my other half. Oh and if you diss Cliff Jones, I'll bust a cap in yo' ass.
The concept of boredom personified. I'd get my mighty wand of pink glitter and subterranean lava and stab him in the heart I would before he could suck my eyes into dust!!!! Except boredom is an important tool so I change my mind... I'd like to meet Dick Valentine and record a sexy-raga-rock EP.
There really are too many to list here so I'm just gonna put some vitals down.10 albums i couldnt do without... in no order1. "B-sides, Seasides and Freerides" by Ocean Colour Scene 2. "Transmission" by Gay Dad 3. "The Decline of British Sea Power" by British Sea Power 4. "The Beatles"/The White Album by the Beatles 5. "( )" by Sigur Ros 6. "Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your ear to the ground" by Bright Eyes 7. "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel 8. "Switzerland" by Electric Six 9. "Drunken Happy Accidents" by Gintis 10. "He Poos Clouds" by Final Fantasy(this may need reviewing)best gigs ever1. Ocean Colour Scene at the Brighton Dome in 2004 2. Ravi Shankar at the Royal Opera House in 2002 3. The Pixies at Alexandra Palace in 2005 4. The Flaming Lips at Brighton Centre in 2006 5. British Sea Power at Freebutt in 2007 6. Vorderman at Freebutt/Forum in 2007 7. The Old Dolphin Brigade at the Forum in 2007 8. Gintis at Bar Blu in 2006
SUNSHINE...BRICK...METROPOLIS...THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES...BLADE RUNNER...THE FEARLESS FREAKS...LA JETEE...PI .. THE FIFTH ELEMENT .. KOYAANISQATSI/POWAAQATSI .. TWELVE MONKEYS .. MOULIN ROUGE .. BEFORE SUNRISE .. ROMEO AND JULIET .. THE RING .. THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS .. X-MEN .. ED WOOD and yes, like books i dont watch nearly as many films as other people seem to manage but these are the ones that have stuck to my brain indelibly.
BLACK BOOKS .. FATHER TED .. KING OF THE HILL .. REN & STIMPY .. FAMILY GUY .. QI .. interesting documentaries aboiut space and whatever nonsense is overdue to kill us all etc etc etc etc et cetc etc etc etc etc etc etc et cetce oh! and POPPED IN CRASHED OUT! AND FREESCREEN!!!! AND TAKESHI'S CASTLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty much anything by Mervyn Peake is amazing but the Gormenghast trilogy are the greatest books and one of the greatest experiences I have had the privalege to dive into. I've also read a fair amount of James Joyce which I loved massively and whilst I read Ulysses and loived it I have, for the while, fallen afoul of Finnegan's Wake. What else?? 1984's a classic, Go-between, Color Purple... tragically I'm not much of a book person but I 100% demand you read gormenghast - go now!!!!
cliff jones / wayne coyne / ravi shankar / eugene hutz / mervyn peake / nifty eagu / rachel arguile / petra gent / cornelia parker / edvard munch / carl gintis / hugh fearnley-whittingstall / albert kahn