Taking pictures, Music and music, playing my Fender telecaster (just for me), motor racing and cycling (the sport), reading and movies. I love my kids but soon they will pass me by. Hello goodbye.
.... If you took all the girls I knew when I was single And brought them all together for one night.. Paul Simon 1973
Neil Young, Van Morrison, Jackson Browne, Dan Hicks, Slaid Cleaves, Chris Smither, Lucinda Williams, Jeff Foucault, Jack Johnson, Dave Alvin, Little Feat, The Band, Bob Dylan, Jim White, Mary Gauthier, Karl Broadie, one for Alex Ryan too, Anthony & the J's, of course the fabulous Rolling Stones, David Grey, the COSMIC Cosmic Rough Riders, Crosby Stills & Nash, White Stripes, The MONUMENTAL Nick Drake, Eric Bibb, Carlos Santana, Albert Lee (look at those fingers fly), Joan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd. Wolfgang Amadeus was OK for his time too. Gabriel Faure (a dab hand at a requiem) Pink Floyd, Amy Winehouse, Kevin Montgomery, Kate Walsh, Mark Knopfler, Mr Alegri, Gram P & Emmylou, I could go on...
The Third Man, The Big Sleep, Unfaithful, The Right Stuff, Tin Cup, Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill (2), Bladerunner, Alien, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Jamon Jamon, The Dam Busters of course, Casablanca, The Pianist, City of God, Central Station, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Whale Rider, Babel, Master & Commander, Dark Star, Silent Running, the list is endless
The Sopranos, NYPD Blue (always), Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Ripping Yarns, Black Adder, Green Wing Oh yeah! Shark the fabulous Deadliest Catch (it's all aboutr crabs)and Grand Designs (crack a joke that's funny Kevin!) (all ad infinitum),
John Dos Pasos 'USA' John Steinbeck 'Grapes of Wrath' Any Eagle Annual
John Betjeman, Tim Hunkin (google the man and be amazed!), Helmut Newton, Robert Altman, Albert Lee (guitar hero), my missus. Sir Michael Jagger, 'cos he's older than me and he still rocks! Anyone who flew a Spitfire, in the Battle of Britain, died in the trenches missing their loved ones or drowned in the cold cold sea for me and my family...