music, photography, baseball (Go Giants !), Aussie Rules Footie (Go Dee's !), drinking Jack Daniels (and although Jim Beam is a poor cousin when the needs must...).......i really need to get out more..
a 6ft 5" left handed, Jack Daniel's loving, artistic, adventurous Australian with interesting hair, glasses and a gentle soul (non-smoker preferred)...or is that just too darn specific ?
Failing that, folk, roots, blues, bluegrass, americana, alt.country, acoustic bands/artists and people who like such music......or, you know, interesting people
off the top of my head and in no particular order : Martin Harley, Jimi Hendrix, Rory Ellis, Josh Ritter, David Gray, John Martyn, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Carol King, the King, Jesse Sykes, Ben Harper, Joan Baez, Bela Fleck, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, the Black Keys, Cream, Ray LaMontagne, Scott Matthews, Allman Brothers, Leadbelly, Big Mamma Thornton, Odetta, RL Burnside, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Bessie Smith, Simon & Garfunkel, Beatles, Tracy Chapman, Fleetwood Mac, Jewel, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Neil Young, CSN&Y, Eagles, Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, Little Feat, Creedence, Grayson Capps, Stephen Fretwell, Townes Van Zandt, Muddy Waters, Christy Moore, Roberta Flack, REM, Sarah McLachlan, BB King, Mamas & the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Chris Isaak, Gillian Welch, Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Patsy Cline, Dire Straits, The Doors, all the Rat Pack, Carly Simon, the Dubliners, Bernie Leadon, Skip James, Bo Diddley............i've decided this list is actually endlesssssss
Oh Brother Where Art Thou ?, Some Like it Hot, any Marx Brothers, Aliens, the Searchers, Stagecoach, The Castle, Amadeus, My Cousin Vinny, Thelma & Louise, Almost Famous, Jaws, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, The Natural, Dirty Harry, Galaxy Quest, Pulp Fiction, High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather I/II, Maltese Falcon, Sunset Blvd....actually, this list is endless as well
The Simpsons, Frasier, Friends, Supernatural, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, 8 Simple Rules, MASH, Foyle's War, George & Mildred, Bless This House, ER, Porridge, Open All Hours, Dad's Army, QI, Two and a Half Men........
anything by Bill Bryson, Peter Matthiessen, Karen Blixen, Elspeth Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon, P G Wodehouse
anyone who paves the way