writing and filmmaking. bartending. music. simple joys . watching people. walking with no purpose. creating things. photographs. the hair. it's all about the hair. and the stripe. whisky. wham bars. irn bru bars are pretty tasty too. collecting all kinds of things. millions of peaches, peaches for me, getting the banter. the endless search for a tub of creamola foam. music. i love music. the real glasgow. being by the sea. thunderstorms. words.
I'm happy to meet anybody. People who can make me smile, make me laugh. People who are aiming high. People who have questions. People who want to change things. People who can teach me new things. People who can introduce me to new things and get me excited about things I never knew would interest me. If these things apply to you, I'd be more than happy to have you as a friend. But send me a message first, please. Because polite and courteous people are high on the list too :)If you give me some of your time then I will give you some of mine.You can get a better idea of who I am at Simple Joys .
Aerogramme, Arab Strap, Ash, Associates, Aztec Camera, Badly Drawn Boy, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beck, Ben Christophers, Ben E King, Ben Folds Five, Ben Webster, Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, Beth Orton, Bettye Swann, Bic Runga, Bill Evans, Bill Withers, Billy Bragg, Billy Preston, Bitch Magnet, Blind Melon, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, British Sea Power, Bruce Springsteen, Buffalo Tom, Caitlin Cary, Cannonball Adderly, Carl Perkins, Carter USM, Chappaquiddick Skyline, Chet Baker, Chris Bell, Chris Cornell, Chris Mills, Cinematic Orchestra, Compulsion, Corries, CSNY, Curtis Mayfield, Damien Jurado, David Ackles, David Olney, Deacon Blue, Dean Martin, Death In Vegas, Delgados, Dennis Wilson, Devendra Banhart, Divine Comedy, Drugstore, Duke Ellington, Eddie Cochran, Ed Harcourt, Elliot Smith, Ennio Morricone, Erin McKeown, Evan Dando, Explosions In The Sky, Faith No More, Fantomas, Faultline, Flaming Lips, Four Tet, Frank Black, Fred Neil, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Gram Parsons, Grant Lee Buffalo, Hamell On Trial, Idlewild, Incredible String Band, Interpol, Jackson Browne, James Brown, James Yorkston, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Scott, Jim White, JJ72, Joe Hisaishi, John Coltrane, John Martyn, Johnny Boy, Johnny Cash, Johnny Dowd, Johnny Harris, Josh Rouse, Judy Henske, Kevin Tihista's Red Terror, King Curtis, Kings Of Convenience, Lambchop, Leonard Cohen, Lift To Experience, Link Wray, Little Richard, Low, Lush, Magnet, Magnetic Fields, Mark Eitzel, Mark Lanegan, Mark Mulcahy, Martin Grech, Martyn Bennett, Marvin Gaye, MC5, McAlmont & Butler, McCoy Tyner, Mercury Rev, Merle Haggard, Mew, Miles Davis, Misfits, Mogwai, Mull Historical Society, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Otis Redding, Paddy McAloon, Palace Music, Paul Weller, Pernice Brothers, Pixies, Phil Ochs, Proclaimers, Quincy Jones, Rachmaninoff, Rage Against The Machine, Ramones, Rasputina, Ray Charles, Red House Painters, Refused, REM, Replacements, Robert Johnson, Robert Wyatt, Roddy Frame, Rollins Band, Rufus Wainwright, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sam Cooke, Sandy Denny, Scott Walker, Shack, Sigur Ros, Silver Mt Zion, Simon & Garfunkel, Slumber Party, Smiths, Smog, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Solomon Burke, Sons & Daughters, Soundgarden, Spiritualized, Stan Getz, Stiff Little Fingers, Teenage Fanclub, Terris, Terrorvision, The Band, The Carter Family, Thelonious Monk, The Minus Five, The Reindeer Section, The Sound, The Zombies, Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin, Tom McRae, Tom Rush, Tom Waits, Turin Brakes, Urusei Yatsura, Van Halen, Van Morrison, Wheat, Whisky Town, Wilco, Woody Guthrie, Wreckless Eric, Yer Maw, Yo La Tengo...
Dolls, In The Mood For Love, Edward Scissorhands, Chungking Express, Willy Wonka, Kikujiro, Hana-Bi, The Shawshank Redemption, Mystery Train, Donnie Darko, The Wild Bunch, The Dark Crystal, Seven Samurai, Ed Wood, Big Trouble In Little China, The Last Waltz, Beetlejuice, Stand By Me, Near Dark, Carlito's Way, Legend, LA Confidential, The Goonies, Platoon, Princess Mononoke, Cannibal: The Musical and anything else by Troma, Tokyo Drifter, Kentucky Fried Movie, Oh Brother..., Dark City...and so many more. Old school martial arts movies. Bad horror movies (the more genetically mutated insects/fish/liards the better), bad sci-fi movies (the more crazed killer robots the better), and just bad movies in general (especially if they have a role for Brad Douriff or Clint Howard).
Weirs Way, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Black Books, Mythbusters, Millennium, Catterick, Big Train, Quantum Leap. Anything that involves building or digging up stuff. And lots of discovery channel stuff. Forensics shows and Austin Stevens. The IT Crowd, Sorry, Dog Borstal...
Danielewski - 'House Of Leaves', 'The Whalestoe Letters', Craig Thompson - 'Blankets', Rod Mckuen, Denis Johnson - 'The Name Of The World', 'Jesus' Son', Rilke, Richard Powers - 'The Time Of Our Singing', Coupland - 'Hey Nostradamus', 'Girlfriend In A Coma', George P Pelecanos - 'Soul Circus', Knut Hamsun - 'Growth Of The Soil', Lorca, Rumi, Kurt Vonnegut - 'Slaughterhouse 5', Jim Dodge - 'Fup', Tom Perrotta - 'Bad Haircut', anything by Chris Ware, Nick Cave - 'And The Ass Saw The Angel', Art Spiegelman - 'Maus', Philip Pullman - 'His Dark Materials', John Kennedy Toole - 'A Confederacy Of Dunces', Edwin Morgan, Ed McBain, Elmore Leonard, DBC Pierre - 'Vernon God Little', Jasper Fforde's 'Thursday Next' series, Carl Lombard - 'The Disappearance Of Rory Brophy', Neil Gaiman, Carl Hiaasen...
johnny cash, bill hicks, mr t, emma.