Music, football (Grimsby Town FC), politics, literature, cinema, magazines etc.
Matt Tees. Joe Waters. Tommy Briggs.
2020 Soundsystem, A Guy Called Gerald, A Mountain of One, A Taste of Honey, A Tribe Called Quest, A.B. Skhy, Abaco Dream, Aaron Neville, Abba, Above Average Black Band, Average White Band, Adam Goldstone, Al Green, Alan Price, Alan Parsons, Alexis Korner, Alexander Robotnick, Alfredo De La Fe, Alicia Myers, America, Amboy Dukes, Ame, American Gypsy, Amerie, Amon Duul, Amp Fiddler, Amy Winehouse, Andwella's Dream, Angie Stone, Annette Peacock, Archie Whitewater, Aretha Franklin, B-52s, Babe ruth, Ballin' Jack, Barrabas, Barrett Strong, Battered Ornaments, Barry White, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bee Gees, Betty Davis, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Preston, Blackalicious, Blaze, Blossom Dearie, Blue Mitchell, Blues Magoos, Bob Marley, Bomb The Bass, Booker T & The MGs, Brainticket, Brian Auger, Brick, Brown Sugar, bubba Sparxx, Buddy Holly, Bugz In The Attic, Candi Staton, Carlos Dafe, Cerrone, Chaka Khan, Chas Jankel, Chic, Chicago Transit Authority, Chris & Cosey, Chubby Checker, Chuck Brown, Cluster, Cold Blood, Coldcut, Common, Cornershop, Cosmic Jokers, Crown Heights Affair, Crystal Mansion, Curtis Mayfield, Cymande, D-Train, Danielle Baldelli, David Axelrod, David Byrne, De La Soul, Dean Parrish, Deee-Lite, Defunkt, Dennis Bovell, Dennis Coffey, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Dick Hyman, Digital Underground, Donald Byrd, Dr Dre, Eddy Grant, Eg & Alice, Elkie Brooks, Elvis Preseley, Eno, Eric B & Rakim, ESG, Etta James, Eurythmics, EU, Fab Five Freddy, Fats Domino, Fela Kuti, first Choice, Fleetwood Mac, Flying Lizards, Gary Wilson, Gang Starr, Gentle Giant, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Gil Scott-Heron, Grace Jones, Groundhogs, Har Mar Superstar, Helio Matheus, Hot Chocolate, J5, James Brown, Jay-Z, Jestofunk, John Martyn, Jorge Ben, Jurassic 5, Kazimierz Lux, Kelis, Kings of Tomorrow, Kraftwerk, Lemon Jelly, Loleatta, Louis Jordan, Luke Vibert, Manfred Mann, Marvin Gaye, Method Man, Missus Beastly, Missy Elliott, Muddy Waters, Mungolian Jet Set, Mr Scruff, Nas, Ned Doheny, Osibisa, Outkast, Paul Simon, Playgroup, Prince, Prins Thomas and Lindstrom, Rare Earth, Ray Munnings, Ray Charles, Redbone, RDJ2, Rotary Connection, Roots, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Roy Ayers, Seatrain, Serge Gainsbourg, Steve Wonder, Supermax, Swag, Taj Mahal, Tamiko Jones, The Beloved, The Beatles, The Carpenters, The Clash, The Cure, The Coasters, The Equals, The Isley Brothers, The Nextmen, The Pharcyde, The Temptations, The Waitresses, Todd Terje, Tom Jones, Tower of Power, Tweet, Undisputed Truth, Vanessa Daou, Willie Colon, Willie Bobo, Yello, Young MC, Zero 7, Zoo
Bronco Bullfrog, Memento, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, A Kind of Loving, Trading Places, Kes, Dirty Dancing, North by North West, City of God, Key Largo, Paris Is Burning, Don't Look Now, The Wicker Man, Something Wild, A Man Called Horse, Planet of the Apes, This Sporting Life, Pirates of the Carribean, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, Bringing Up Baby, The Man In The White Suit, The Lavender Hill Mob, Quadrophenia, His Girl Friday, Au Bout De Souffle, To Catch A Thief, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Slapshot, The Great Escape, Battle of Britain, Bullitt, Dirty Harry, Papillon, The Godfather, little Big Man, Kelly's Heroes, MASH, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, Dr No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, The Pink Panther, The Ladykillers, Passport to Pimlico, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, The Grifters, Crocodile Dundee, Men In Black, After Hours, Mean Streets, The Last Seduction, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Paris, Texas, Riff Raff, Letter Brezhnev...
Tenspeed & Brownshoe, Nightingales, Fairly Secret Army, Steptoe & Son, The Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Green Wing, Desperate Housewives, Cold Feet, This Life, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, Match of the Day, News At Ten, University Challenge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Royle Family, Cracker, Clocking Off, Porridge, Danger Mouse, The Saint, The Avengers, Only Fools And Horses, Comic Strip Presents..., Play for Today
Paul Auster, Robert Tressell, Stan Barstow, David Mitchell, Barry Hines, Albert Camus, Boris Vian, Leon Trotsky, Matthew Sweet, Chris Heath, David Ritz, Simon Garfield, Walter Greenwood, Harry Shapiro, Geri Hirshey, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson (before he turned into a self-parody) and, of course, Last Night A DJ SAved My Life and How To DJ (Properly), the books wot I did wrote with Frank Broughton.
Anyone who plays for Grimsby. The Bolsheviks. The Clay Cross Councillors, The Shrewsbury Two, The Minneapolis strikers of 1934, the striking Miners of Great Britain 1983-84. Prince.