Profile Hit Counter
Travelling, gardening, good conversation, cooking, music, Guiness, African art, history and geography, photography, those sorts of things......
I'd like to meet:
People who enjoy the absurdities and wonderment of life, pop culture, and have interesting experiences, anecdotes and insights to share. I started this page to better stay in touch with all of the many scattered friends I already have, as well as to new meet folks from all over the world......
YouTube Video Resizer ..
YouTube Video Resizer
Music:
My all time fave album is 801 Live! Of course there are always The Four "B"s (Bowie, Beatles, Brazilian Girls and Boards Of Canada), and off the top of my head: Kokusyoku Sumire, Aural Vampire, Brian Eno, Thievery Corp, Rutles, Xymox, DAF, YMO, Interpol, Talk Talk, Alec Empire, Echo And The Bunnymen, Nico, Bill Nelson, Brian Brain, Kraftwerk, Chameleons, Peter Murphy and Bauhaus, Nitzer Ebb, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, John Foxx and Ultravox, The Ex, Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, Gary Numan, Laibach, Cabaret Voltaire, Chet Baker, Miles Davis with Coltrane, Billie Holiday, PiL, ABC, Ravi Shankar, Astrud Gilberto, Clash, Wire, Buzzcocks, Gang Of Four, In The Nursery, Heaven 17, Jimi Hendrix, She Wants Revenge, Monkees, 801 Live, Meat Beat Manifesto, Roxy Music, Beck, Butthole Surfers, Sheep On Drugs, Test Dept, Burning Spear, Joy Division, Delerium, Monsoon, Art Of Noise, Erik Satie, Phillip Glass, Bjork, DJ Cam, Cocteau Twins, Front 242, Rat Pack, Legendary Pink Dots, Dead Can Dance, Moody Blues, anything on 4AD, Factory, Wax Trax!, Projekt, 18th Street Lounge and IRS labels; Indian, rai, dub, downtempo, 60s psychedelic, electronica, britpop, lounge, exotica, so many, many styles.....
YouTube Video Resizer..
YouTube Video Resizer..
YouTube Video Resizer
YouTube Video Resizer..
YouTube Video Resizer
Movies:
GO SEE SWEENEY TODD! My all time fave movie is THE LION IN WINTER (which I can practically recite by heart), but can't wait to see the new British film Control! Then there's: The Illusionist (or is Prestige better?), 300, Pan's Labyrinth, Borat, Bubba Ho-Tep, Donnie Darko (original!), Blade Runner (Final Cut!), Canival Of Souls, Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy, City Of God, Exorcist, Apartment Zero, Koyaanisqatsi, Matrix, Dogs In Space, all X-Men, Batman Begins, Spun, Clockwork Orange, Another Country, Pi, Blue Velvet, Fast Runner, Lord Of The Rings, Magical Mystery Tour, La Cage Aux Folles, Taxi Driver, Wild Zero, 2046, Lawrence Of Arabia, Run Lola Run, 2001, Gandhi, Almost Famous, Raising Arizona, Silent Running, Gone With The Wind, Hero, Sin City, Lost In Translation, A Boy And His Dog, Shining, Something Wild, Beetlejuice, Forbidden Zone, both Kill Bills, Hunger, Rocky Horror, Walk The Line, Godfather 2, Clerks, Empire Strikes Back, Rear Window, Psycho, Seven Year Itch, Lion In Winter, Man Who Fell To Earth, From Hell, Audition, Das Boot, 24 Hour Party People, Urgh! A Music War, Amelie, Brazil, Guys And Dolls, Seven, Ghost World, Fifth Element, Vanilla Sky, Hero and House Of The Flying Daggers, Micheal Collins, Basquiat, Spirited Away, Perfect Blue, Laputa, Yello Submarine, and so many more.....
YouTube Video Resizer
YouTube Video Resizer
YouTube Video Resizer
Television:
My current faves are Rome and Dexter! Otherwise: The Prisoner, Six Feet Under, Married With Children, Sopranos, Monty Python, Young Ones, Batman, Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres, Gilligan's Island, Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, I Love Lucy, The Munsters, Original Star Trek, Avengers, Lost In Space, National Geographic Specials...I'll watch these shows over and over again!..
YouTube Video Resizer
Books:
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, Gunga Din, Treasure Island, Beau Geste, Fast Food Nation, Helter Skelter, Interpretation Of Dreams, Great Expectations, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintainance, anything by Joseph Campbell, Lonely Planet Guides, and National Geographic Magazine.
YouTube Video Resizer
YouTube Video Resizer
Heroes:
Joseph Campbell!!! Plus the three Armstrongs: Neil, Louie, and Lance. Oh yeah, and TE Lawrence, and while I'm at it why not throw in Reinhold Messner, as well?
YouTube Video Resizer
