THINGS I LIKE: Music, Sarah, Derbyshire, Whisky (Laphroag, Talisker, Glenlivet & Oban are the best), Jukeboxes, Rain, Susanna Hoffs and her crazy eyes, Pubs, Cheese and Salad Cream Sandwiches (no butter), my new recording studio, Lighthouses, Hotels, Going Out with a Huge Bunch of People, Vinyl LPs, Nice Beds, Playing Gigs, Pineapples (fresh, not tinned), the history of the English language, Old Spectrum Computers, Girls, the Scottish Highlands, Finishing a Song, Paper Aeroplanes, David Attenborough DVDs, Days when I don't have to do anything, Listening to music with the lights off, drizzle on a hot day, The Bless, Early Recorded Sound, Train Journeys, Scarlet Johanson, Winter, Photography, Power Cuts, The British Coast, Being Let Loose on my Own in a Recording Studio, Making Lists, Steve Bloomer, Curry, Cups of Tea, Winter Evenings, Ebay, The Sea, discovering a brilliant new album, Christmas, The World Cup, Sarah, Music.
Anyone that is a decent human bean.
(deep breath, in alphabetical order:)Abba, Air, Dan Arborise, Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, BT, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Chicane, Clannad, Leonard Cohen, Nat King Cole, Counting Crows, Crowded House, The Cure, Daft Punk, Death Cab for Cutie, Debussy, The Delays, Doves, Nick Drake, Earth Wind & Fire, EMF, Emily Moon, Brian Eno, Faith No More, Fun Lovin' Criminals, The 45 Rebellion, Marvin Gaye, David Gray, Guillemots, Richard Hawley, The Innocence Mission, Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album, James, Jewel, Jones Radio, Howard Jones, The Killers, Kings of Convenience, Lorna, Mansun, John Mayer, M.Craft, Mozart, New Radicals, Nightmares on Wax, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Pogues, The Police, Postal Service, Radiohead, Rae & Christian, REM, Rolling Stones, Royksopp, Sensation, Sigur Ros, Simon & Garfunkel, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Spiritualized, Candi Staton, The Streets, Sufjan Stevens, Supergrass, Take That, Travis, U2 (1978-1997), The Unwanted, Verve (1992-1993), Rufus Wainwright, Wham, Wildhearts, Neil Young (acoustic stuff like Harvest Moon), Zero 7.........I also reserve a strangely mighty passion for 70s disco and mid/late eighties pop.And I've started downloaded examples of early recorded sound from like 1898 and stuff.
Kodak 35m.
I like anything about music. And anything with David Attenborough. I like Coast. And The Day Today. Documentaries are the best.
Indeed, I have too many to read. I have several books in the go; one of which has been "on the go" since 2002. I can't bring myself to finish it so I've left it four-fifths of the way through. I don't read fiction although people keep telling me how lucky I am to be able to approach Harry Potter from a fresh point of view, so I'm a bit intrigued.
David Attenborough. Steve Bloomer. George Martin. My folks. Dave Grohl and Phil Collins - not big fans of their music but they are fellow ex-drummers that are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters too. Also, anyone who is true to themselves and has a bit of time for others.