Blues, Jazz, Folk, Psychedelic Rock & 60's Garage, Writing, Physics, Cooking, Beat Poetry, Post War Brit Lit, SiFi & Fantasy, Boxing and Windsurfing.
I'd like to meet:
Richard Feynman, Graham Greene, Malcolm Muggeridge, Ted Hughes, Jack Trevor Story, Yukio Mishima, Jack Kerouac, John Osbourn, Muddy Waters, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington so better wait til I'm dead then !!
Music:
Jazz
Albert Ammons, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Evan Parker, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Bill Evans, Tal Farlow, Grant Green, Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Karou Abe, John Surman, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Charlie Parker, Marion Brown, Keith Tippett, Stan Tracey, Bobby Wellins, Red Garland, Willie The Lion Smith, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Henry Red Allen, Tomas Stanko, Enrico Rava, Kenny Wheeler, Derek Bailey, SME, Company, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Nat Adderley, Cannonball Adderley, George Coleman...Blues
John Mayall, Alexis Korner, Long John Baldry, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Tommy Johnson, Charley Patten, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Lacy Gibson, Sunnyland Slim, Guitar Shorty, Johnny Guitar Watson, Mat Murphy, Jimmy Rogers, Howlin Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon, Eddie Vinson, Pat Hare, Walter Horton, Magic Sam, Magic Slim, Albert Collins, Albert King, Freddie King, BB King, Little Freddie King, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimborough, T-Model Ford, Super Chikan, Paul Wine Jones, Aise Payton, Robert Cage, Cedell Davis, Cootie Stark, Otis Taylor, Etta James, Koko Taylor, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Lightning Hopkins, Shakey Jake, Cyril Davis, Peter Green...Folk
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, The Watersons, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Odetta, Maria Muldar, Joan Beaz, Richard & Mimi Farina, Woody Guthrie, Pete & Peggy Seeger...Pyschedelic Rock & Garage
Love, Doors, Velvet Underground, Seeds, Clear Light, Chocolate Watch Band, The Mothers, The Stooges, Sopwith Camel, Byrds, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Creation, The Standells, The Barbarians, The Lemon Pipers, Pete Brown and the Battered Ornaments, Cream, The Count Five, The Greatful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Great Society, Big Brother and The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Troggs, The Times, The Bulldogs...
Movies:
Bladerunner, The Caretaker, The Servant, Peeping Tom, Ringu, Ichi The Killer, The Nightporter, Death In Venice, Last Tango In Paris, The Third Man, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Wild Bunch, Django, Blue Velvet, Drowning By Numbers, A Zed and two naughts, The Baby Of Macon, The Pillow Book, Eraserhead...
Television:
Twin Peaks, The first three seasons of the X Files, Dark Angel, Firefly,The Prisoner,The Saint, Dr Who (Tom Baker), The Water Margin, Monkey, CSI, Later
Books:
Graham Greene : Brighton Rock, Yukio Mishima : The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea, Ernest Hemmingway : Death In The Afternoon, George Orwell : A Homage To Catalina, Gunter Grass : The Tin Drum, Kobo Abe : The Woman In The Dunes, James Joyce : The Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Man, Dylan Thomas : Under The Milkwood, Samuel Beckett : Murphy, Jack Trevor Story : Live Now Pay Later & Screwrape Lettuce, Allen Sillitoe : The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Keith Waterhouse : Billy Liar, Kingsly Aimis : Lucky Jim, John Osbourne : Look Back In Anger...
Heroes:
Graham Greene, John Martyn, John Mayall, Alexis Korner, Muddy Waters, Richard Feynman, William Golding, Lee Konitz, Charlie Mingus, Buddy Rich, Keith Jarrett, Gunther Grass, Miles Davis, Stan Tracey and Tubby Hayes etc etc
