getting out and mooching about, hot rock and seacliffs, indulging in a bit of DWS, scottish mixed and persuit of the gnarl. Ben Nevis in late march, wild camping and tea in a cave, science, toothsome animals, photography, banjos, the brain, Piracy and treasure hunting, Ill-fated adventures and dangerous things in the great outdoors, Archery, busking, taking stuff to bits, Electronics, philosophy, cider, Greek myths, john butler's fingernails, Chopin, dadaism and Bauhaus, explosives. when a girl says no it means no!
Led Zeppelin get top marks. Dire Straits and Steely Dan...J.J. Cale and Thin Lizzy... Brahms, Bach, Chopin. old stuff: Beatles, Stones, Cream, Doors, AC/DC, Stooges, Grateful Dead, Small Faces, Cat Stevens, Yardbirds, Zombies, Hendrix, CCR, Kinks. Old folk.. bert and john, fleetwood mac, Davy Graham, pentangle, martin carthy, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, nick drake, adrian legge, modern folk: Iron and Wine, Leadbelly, Nickel Creek, CSN, Willy Mason, Turin Brakes, Ane Brun, John Martyn, John Mayer, John Butler Trio, My morning Jacket, .Rockabilly: SRV, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Modest mouse, Chris Rea, ZZ Top, Nitin Sawhney, Oi Va Voi, Jimmy Cliff, Seu Jorge, Manu Chao, Bob Marley.Otis Taylor, Blues Traveller, Ian Siegal, Black Keys, Taj Mahal, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Soul, Otis Reading, Bill Withers, Parliament, Jamiroquoi, funkadelics, King Curtis, Rick James, Dr. John, Meters, Brand New Heavies, Grant Green, Temptations, Sly and the Family Stone. Dizzy, Miles, Mingus, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Mr Scruff, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, John McLaughlin
Pirates/Zombies/gangsters/horrific climbing stories... They WILL come, learn from the films and be ready!, Alien films, Wallace and Grommet, indiana jones, Serenity, james bond, dog soldiers, touching the void, F L in LV, I came to see angels, Vor! Nightwatch, Spinal Tap, From hell, Pirates of the Carribean- best ever.Russian animation and films from the 70s, Adaptation, 'nam films... the list goes on
Futurama, scrubs, dead ringers, Mighty Boosh, Brainiacs, Scrapheap Challenge, old Dr Who and Blake's 7
Sherlock Holmeses, Dante's Inferno, Robert Harris, Solzhenitsyn, fathers and sons, J.B. Priestly, John Wyndham, The Rhyme of the ancient Mariner, The old man and the Sea, Earthsea, The Dark is Rising, Kidnapped, and Treasure Island. Nothing comes close. Byron. John Le Carre, Defoe and his pirates. the chemistry of poisons, alice in wonderland
J.J. cale, Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Page, my Dad, Andy Cave, Mick Fowler for being a 9-5 taxman and climbing gnarly shit all over the world before dropping his kids off at the pool.