Andy

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who was at Woodstock...while they were there. Alternatively, someone who could invent a time machine and send me to Woodstock (with wellies)

Music:

Music's kinda my 'thing'. Here's who I like, in no particular order, except the kings of Detroit - the one, the only MC5 - are at the top of the pile!

MC5; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Rolling Stones; Jefferson Airplane; Fairport Convention; Small Faces; The Who; The Byrds; Super Furry Animals; Doves; Elbow; Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin; Chas N Dave; My Morning Jacket; Sigur Ros; Neil Young; Buffalo Springfield; Moby Grape; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Joan Baez; Sly & The Family Stone; Ten Years After; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Sleeper; Echobelly; Kirsty MacColl; Oasis; The Pogues; Faithless; Massive Attack; The Smiths; Morrissey; The Sundays; Etta James; Janis Joplin; The Band; Flying Burrito Bros.; Gram Parsons; Johnny Cash; Echo & The Bunnymen; Delaney & Bonnie; Ladytron; David Bowie; Curtis Mayfield; Wilson Pickett; James Carr; Cocteau Twins; Skip James; Son House; 'Blind' Willie Johnson; Canned Heat; Calexico; British Sea Power; Buffalo Tom; Grant Lee Buffalo; Booker T & The MGs; Led Zeppelin; Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band; Black Box Recorder; Dinosaur Jr.; Beta Band; Beth Orton; The Beau Brummels; The Auteurs; Arcade Fire; Johnny Winter; Mountain; Cream; Joy Zipper; Joy Division; New Order; Stone Roses; Happy Mondays; Inspiral Carpets; The Killers; Kings Of Convenience; Kings Of Leon; The Kinks; Lamb; Magic Numbers; Manassas; Martha & The Vandellas; Mooney Suzuki; Montrose Avenue; Muddy Waters; Mull Historical Society; Pink Floyd; PJ Harvey; REM; Richie Havens; Robert Johnson; Rocket Science; Saint Etienne; Engineers; Secret Machines; Sha-Na-Na; Sia; Simon & Garfunkel; The Sleepy Jackson; The The; Specials; Spiritualized; The Stranglers; Sub Sub; The Sugarcubes; Suzanne Vega; Talking Heads; They Might Be Giants; Zero 7; Tim Hardin; Tindersticks; Turin Brakes; Tony Bennett; UNKLE; The Verve; White Stripes; Yardbirds; The Zutons; I Am Kloot; Roxy Music; Depeche Mode; James; Quicksilver Messenger Service; Primal Scream; My Bloody Valentine; The Polyphonic Spree; The New York Dolls; The Velvet Underground; Moloko; Louis XIV; Bloc Party; Bjork; Black Mountain; John Sebastian; Jimi Hendrix Experience; Jesus & Mary Chain; Ike & Tina Turner; International Submarine Band; Ian Brown; Hot Club Of Cowtown; Django Rheinhart; AC/DC; Hayseed Dixie; Grateful Dead; Groove Armada; The Beat; Avalanches; Grandaddy; The Flaming Lips; Gin Blossoms; The Go! Team; Frou Frou; Emmylou Harris; Dusty Springfield; Blondie; Delays; Cracker; The Clash; Cat Stevens; The Cardigans; Buddy Guy; Magic Sam; Beach Boys; The Bees; The National; 13th Floor Elevators; Paul Butterfield Band; America; Amen Corner; Arctic Monkeys; Arlo Guthrie; Woody Guthrie; Bert Sommer; Billy Bragg; Black Grape; Iron & Wine; Aberfeldy; Metric; Hidden Cameras; Band of Horses; The Dears; The New Pornographers; Wolf Parade; The Hold Steady; Death Cab For Cutie; The Decemberists; Persephone's Bees; Howling Bells; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!; Tapes 'n Tapes; Under The Influence Of Giants; Silversun Pickups; Beachwood Sparks; Cold War Kids; The Shins; The Shirehorses and, of course, the theme from 'Minder'...

Movies:

The best filums:

Ghostbusters; Goodfellas; Casino; Godfather pts I & II (although I like the ending of III); M*A*S*H; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; The Life Of Brian; The Italian Job (the original, naturally); Airplane!; Woodstock The Movie; Message To Love: The Isle of Wight 1970; Festival Express; The Hudsucker Proxy; Barton Fink; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; The Thin Red Line; The Longest Day; Das Boot; Some Like It Hot; Once Upon A Time In America; Full Metal Jacket; Grosse Point Blank; The Breakfast Club; 24 Hour Party People; Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark; Belleville Rendez Vouz; Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind; Raging Bull; Withnail & I; Wayne's World 2; Dumb & Dumber (no, really); Shaun Of The Dead; Little Miss Sunshine; The Three Amigos; Fletch (and indeed Fletch Lives) and, last and probably least, Rocky IV - take that, Communism!

Television:

If TV shows were real, which one would you live in? I'll say Futurama.Anyway, what to get in your telly (if I'm coming round):The Sopranos; The Mighty Boosh; The Colbert Report; Futurama; Spaced; The Simpsons; Black Books; Reno 911!; Ren & Stimpy; Dangermouse; Nathan Barley; American Dad!; Family Guy; Big Train; Father Ted; Only Fools & Horses; M*A*S*H*; Band Of Brothers; I'm Alan Partridge; The Day Today.

Books:

'Showbusiness' by Mark Radcliffe; 'The Greatest Story Every Sold' by Frank Rich; 'Imperial Life In The Emerald City - Inside Iraq's Green Zone' by Rajiv Chandrasekaran; 'Lies & The Lying Liars Who Tell Them' by Al Franken; 'Monte Cassino' by Matthew Parker; 'Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Richard Winters' by Dick Winters; 'Lost In The Funhouse: The Life & Mind of Andy Kaufman' by Bill Zehme; 'Catch-22' by Joseph Heller; 'On The Road' by Jack Kerouac; 'Brighton Rock' by Graham Greene; 'The Thin Red Line' by James Jones; 'D-Day' by Stephen E. Ambrose; 'Six Armies in Normandy' by John Keegan; 'Tragically I Was An Only Twin' by Peter Cook & William Cook; 'STARK' by Ben Elton; 'Facts & Fancies' by Armando Ianucci; any 'Colemanballs' book from Private Eye; 'Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon' by Tony Fletcher; 'Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful' by Paolo Hewitt & John Hellier; 'A Riot Of Our Own: Night & Day With The Clash' by Johnny Green & Garry Barker; 'Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance' by Johnny Rogan; 'Timeless Flight: The Definitive Biography of The Byrds' by Johnny Rogan; 'Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall' by Spike Milligan; 'Rommel? Gunner Who?' by Spike Milligan; 'The Old Testament According To Spike Milligan' by Spike Milligan; 'Robin Hood According To Spike Milligan' by Spike Milligan (I like Spike Milligan);

Heroes:

Georgie Best, Johan Cryuff, Marco Van Basten, Mats Sundin, Danger Mouse & Penfold (obviously), Mutley, Ian Brown, Keith Moon, Howard Moon, Andy Kaufman, Keith Richards, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, Johnny Marr, Richard Winters, Bernard Black of Black Books, David Crosby (rehab's for quitters!), Mr. Fozzie Bear (see right), Dean Martin, Charlie Croker, Silvio Dante, Calvin & Hobbes and Ferris Bueller.