GUITAR, GUITAR, GUITAR!! Anything music related. I also love to travel! I've been through quite a bit of South East Asia inc. Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China and I went to the US for the SXSW music festival in 2005.
Other things I do to keep me busy: Social research (I'm really interested in talking to fans/bands and seeing how they view fame. Email me if you have any comments / thoughts / stories), writing, sketching, Wing Chun (even though I broke my arm during practice!), photography, making jewelery, tshirt printing, dancing (I subscribe to the go-go / robot / charleston fusion school), photoshop, eBay, old school gaming like Baulderdash, Commander Keen and anything c64 or ATARI, procrastinating, hanging about with my friends and finding time to do absolutely nothing! And naps, I like naps.
Things I'm interested in: Sociology, history, politics, impressionist/post impressionist art, architecture esp. American contemporary (eg. Frank Lloyd Wright), Art Deco, 50s/60s retro, Buddhism and theology in general, satire, the ABC , frighteningly psychedelic children's tv shows like Boobahs - you have to try their games here ... (I think I had acid flashbacks and I've never taken acid in my life), children's toys (what is the next generation going to be like?? AARGH!! Bratz by name, Bratz by nature - little sh*ts!), Engrish , stupid animal clothes (they're just too funny!). See Chihuahua Chic , Calling All Dogs and Cuddly Cavies for some sublimely ridiculous examples.
I'm sure there's more to mention... I'll add stuff as I think of it.
Music:
At the Drive-In, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Radiohead, The Mars Volta, Interpol, The Music, The Cure, Joy Division, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Sleater-Kinney, The Strokes, Sarah Blasko, The Departure, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Gossip, Giant Drag, Till , Sparta, Batrider, The Shins, Le Tigre, The Refused, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Divinyls, Blondie, New Order, The Futureheads, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Kasabian, Explosions in the Sky, the (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Chemical Brothers, The Streets, The 22-20s, Mogwai, The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Massive Attack, Portishead, The B52s, Blur, Pulp, Cake, Tool, Shihad, Custard, Pavement, Yungchen Llahmo, The Who, Yes (especially around the 'Fragile' & 'Close to the Edge' albums = awesome!), King Crimson, Santana (around Abraxus), Split Enz and anything Finn brothers, Midnight Oil, The Police, Led Zepplin, 70s salsa/funk/jazz/fusion goodness (eg. Eddie Palmieri, Fania All Stars, Joe Bataan, Cymande, Bob James, Ramsey Lews Trio, Willie Colón...) etc etc etc.
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My fave local act would of course have to be MY BAND 200 MOTELS!!!
But I also like (in no particular order) PHARAOHS (RIP - *sniff*), Wolf & Cub , Quiet Child , Assassination of Martha (RIP), Aviator Lane , Mr Wednesday , Straight to Video , Line Honours , NO THROUGH ROAD (their new album is GOLD!!), Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! , Artax Mission , Lady Strangelove , All Made of Rubies , Morals of a Minor , Antony of the Future , Jello Sheriff , Belittle League , Winter's Lament , Taught by Animals , Tony Font Show and the amazing talents of Ferret LeBat and Sweet Raxxx .......
Brief pause for breath!! Also check out Munchkin , Brillig , Running with Horses , LeighStarDust , Poly & the Statics , Tokyo City Sex Shooters , Trixie Plain , Kasavett , Day On Fire , Booster and last but not least Clue to Kalo .
Movies:
Midnight Cowboy, Quadrophenia, Breaking Away, A Hard Days Night, The Science of Sleep, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Motorcycle Diaries, Amores Perros(yes, I'm a fan of Gael GarcÃa Bernal...), Spirited Away (I'm just a general fan of anime), Spinal Tap, Tootsie, Getting Straight, Young Frankenstein, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Fargo (I love the Coen Brothers!), Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Wayne's World, 24 Hour Party People, Sideways, Garden State, Almost Famous, Trainspotting, The Graduate, Alien/Aliens, original Star Wars (not that new crap), Love Letter (Japan), The Long Road, In the Mood For Love, Chungking Express (Tony Leung rules), early Jackie Chan movies (the Hong Kong ones like Police Story) etc etc etc
Television:
BRITISH COMEDY!!! The Office, Little Britain, Father Ted, Black Books, Spaced, 3 Non Blondes, Still Game, Red Dwarf, Hyperdrive, The Royle Family, IT Crowd, The Extras... Also anything by the Chaser team, Chappelle's Show, the Adventures of Lano and Woodley, Spicks and Specks, We Can Be Heroes, Kath & Kim, Takeshi's Castle, Carnivale, Scrubs, This Life, The Lakes (first series), Life on Mars (John Simm rules), Wire in the Blood, Silent Witness (the Tom Ward/Emilia Fox ones) Daisy Does America, anything by John Safran, Louis Theroux, Michael Moore, Antiques Roadshow, Collectors, Grand Designs and Grand Designs Abroad, the new Doctor Who (I'm obsessed, sadly!) and RAAAGGE!!
Books:
The God Of Small Things - Arundhati Roy, The Razors Edge - Somerset Maugham, To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee, The Quiet American - Graham Greene, George Orwell - 1984 (as relevant now as ever), The Good Women Of China - Xinran, The Catcher In The Rye - JD Salinger (as cliched as that sounds), Portrait of A Lady - Henry James (some things never change. Isobel is a throughly modern woman), Fruits Magazine (Japanese crazy street fashion!) etc etc
Heroes:
Anyone who gets to make a living doing what they really love, and anyone who tries to make the world a better place. KUDOS TO THEM!!!
