My heritage is Zimbabwean and Irish, and I live in the Southern outskirts of London in the place I like to call C-Town, otherwise known as Croydon.
I have an unhealthy interest in CAKE, but my conveniently cooperative metabolism has been a good friend to me thus far. I'm extremely fond of CATS , but I would like to get married one day.. so I've limited myself to one cat for now; imaginatively named Tigger.
I love all food, [particularly sweet potato, PLANTAIN, and Starbucks CHEESECAKE], provocative ART, BEAUTIFUL things and places, and wordplay. I love reading anything worthwhile. EGYPT. Beaches/the sea. NEW PLACES. Eastern philosophy. Chess. Intriguing doses of 'crazy'. Orange lillies. BLUE roses. AMBER stones. Giant, soft cookies. FULL MOONS. Staring into night skies. Diversions from the ordinary.
I have a lot of 'weird' experiences with 'weird' people. I hate cameras when pointed in my direction. I have a dark sense of humour, along with cold hands and feet. They seem to go together, maybe it's just me..
I don't pay much attention to fashion because a) writers are poor, and b) I spend too much time with my eyes shut pleasuring my ears, to worry about whether my belt is this season or not. But I do love high, pointy shoes and colourful bags.
I'm just going to return to where I began: WRITING and MUSIC. I like them. Lots.
-Editors, writers, journalists, music press & pr, really good artists, anyone who needs the [paid] services of a writer.
-Those that breathe music
-A passion, for anything
The creatively inclined
-A hairdresser that understands exactly how little I mean by "trim"
I'm a soul-funk-hiphop bass junkie.
Sly. MARVIN. Stevie Wonder. Al Green. Donny Hathaway. A TRIBE Called Quest. Amy Winehouse. Mos Def. JAMIROQUAI. PRINCE. Coltrane. Nas. Tupac. Ray Charles. D'Angelo. MC Ricky D. Bee Gees. KanYeezy. Luther. LAURYN. KC & The Sunshine Band. OUTKAST. Curtis Mayfield. Lupe Fiasco. Sam Cooke. SLUM VILLAGE. Bilal. PHARCYDE. Bobby Caldwell. Otis Redding. Amel Larrieux. Pharoahe Monch. Rick James. Common. BLU. Flying Lotus. AFTA-1. Muhsinah. Eric Benet. The Roots. Maxwell. Glenn Lewis. Raphael Saadiq. Jilly from Philly. ERYKAH. RES. Chaka Khaaan. The Jacksons. Erro. Maroon 5 [Songs About Jane]. Raheem Devaughn. Talib Kweli. Floetry. Anthony David. Sade. Pink Floyd [Dark Side Of The Moon]. Dire Straits [Brothers In Arms]. MJ. Fiona Apple. Missy Elliott. Aretha. Zap Mama. KC & The Sunshine Band. VAN HUNT. Lewis Taylor. NERD. Skunk Anansie. Nina Simone. Beethoven. India.Arie. Bach. J-Dilla. Mozart. The Perceptionists. Amp Fiddler. Ludacris. Jnr Gong. Anthony Hamilton. Foxy Brown. Timbaland. Maroon 5 [1st album]. Jay-Z. Mary J Blige. Wu Tang. Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Ray LaMontagne. Roots Manuva. Bilal Salaam. Minnie Ripperton. Andre 3000.
American Beauty.
Brown Sugar.
Twelve Monkeys.
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind.
Sin City.
One Hour Photo.
Se7en.
Secret Window.
There'll always be a place in my heart for Sesame Street.
Dave Chappelle
House MD
Boondocks
Scrubs
Fawlty Towers
Brass Eye
Nighty Night
The Office
SnuffBox caught my heart via YouTube clips here and here .
I read everything by Haruki Murakami.
-I tried to make someone understand me with 'The Zahir' [Paulo Coelho].
-I procrastinate with my pen due to the greatness of '1984' [George Orwell].
-I find solace in nerdy delights with 'The Name of the Rose' [Umberto Eco].
-I didn't get it the first time but wanted it many a time since - 'Catch-22' [Joseph Heller].
-I smile reading 'American Psycho' [Bret Easton Ellis].
-I wish I'd written 'Angry Black White Boy' [Adam Mansbach].
-Abstract wordmanship, just how I like it - 'The Castle' [Franz Kafka].
-I cry reading 'Desert Flower' [Waris Dirie].
I despise Catcher In The Rye.
All the tortured souls whose bleak self-sacrifices created necessary pieces of audio/visual/intellectual art.