I studied Art and Design and still paint and sketch when the mood strikes. I absolutley love the photographer Martin Parr's work, his photos are gorgeous.My favourite artists are, Gilbert And George, Andy Warhol,BANKSY, Tracey Emin, Claude Monet, Edward Hopper, Picasso and Van Gogh.
I'd like to meet:
Morrissey! i lurve him, also The Rolling Stones, David Bowie,Johnny Rotten, David Tennant, Johnny Marr, Pete Townshend, Stella McCartney and Vivienne Westwood ( the latter two have talent AND strong independance, which i admire)and loads more. I'd like to meet Russell Brand (not necessarily to chat with!!) and i would love to go for a pint with Alan Carr and Stephen Fry--too funny! I'd like to meet people who i can have a conversation with on a deeper level....people like this are lacking in my life!
Music:
I am obsessed with music!! and I love driving my car with my music on loud, singing at the top of my voice! Music is my main passion, i love indie, punk and alternative esp, Morrissey/The Smiths. I also love Joy Division, The Buzzcocks, Pulp, Sex Pistols, The Who, The Kinks,Babyshambles, Janis Joplin,The Strokes, David Bowie, The Beatles, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blondie, Paul Simon,Happy Mondays and loads more. I like to chill out to Moby, The Small Faces, Massive Attack, Bob Dylan, Kasabian and some blues/Jazz.
I am sad/cool(depending on how you see it) enough to own every Morrissey track as far as i know.
Also lovin' - The Howling Bells, The Long Blondes, Blood Red Shoes, The Gossip, Arcade Fire and Maximo Park- ACE!Top ten fave songs of all time,1. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles.........2. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie..........3. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths.......4. Come Back To Camden - Morrissey........5. Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix..........6. Tangled up In Blue - Bob Dylan...........7. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols.............8. Lola - The Kinks............9. Porcelain - Moby............10. Thunder Road- Bruce Springsteen.......
Movies:
I love American Beauty, Withnail and I, Napoleon Dynamite,American Psycho, Coffee and Cigarettes, Magnolia,Kill Bill ,Vanishing Point, SpongeBob Squarepants,Death Proof, Happiness, Trainspotting, Amelie, Clerks ( all Kevin Smiths films are ace),Sid and Nancy, Hard Candy, A Taste of Honey, High Fidelity, Enter the Dragon (loads of 'em basically). I like independant art films and the odd subtitled film too as i like films that open your mind and make you think long after you have left the cinema. I saw Fight Club (second fave film of all time after Donnie Darko) and it blew my mind so much i threw a sickie off work for a few days!
Kevin Spacey,Robert De Niro ,Brad Pitt ,Clive Owen and Edward Norton are my favourite actors. Spacey in American Beauty is THE best acting i have ever seen.
Television:
Lovin' Doctor who and Gavin and Stacey at the moment and I tend to watch comedies mostly. Ricky Gervais is a legend and I love Extras -his sense of humour and his writing has me in stitches. I like screwy stuff like Manstrokewoman, Pulling, Nighty Night, The Smoking Room, Kath and Kim,The Green Wing, Mitchell and Webb, Little Miss Jocelyn and My name is Earl. I also watch Shameless,Ashes To Ashes ,Life On Mars,QI (Stephan Fry and Alan Davies are really funny). Sex and the City is my all time fave programme ever - so there!
Books:
Memoirs of a Geisha, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, The wrong boy, Valley of the dolls, Human punk, Half a world away, How to be good etc. I love reading and some of my fave authors are Mike Gayle,Nick Hornby,William Sutcliffe and Meera Syal. I also like short stories, alternative therapy books and contemporary fiction.
Heroes:
Animal rights activists, Morrissey for his intelligence and integrity and Stella McCartney. Also John Lennon, Germaine Greer, Tracey Emin, John Peel and Micheal Moore. I also admire people who can stand up for themselves and are willing to go against the grain to hold onto their principles. I'ts easy to sit back and have an opinion... what about doing something?
