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Music:

The Who, The Jam, XTC, Buzzcocks, Magazine, The Stooges, MC5, Wayne Kramer, Radio Birdman, The Saints, Sunnyboys, The Sports, Presidents Eleven, The Go-Betweens, The Clash, The DKs, The Ramones, REM, Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, Echo & the Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Joe Jackson, Ian Dury, The Cars, The Blue Hearts, Star Club, Shonen Knife, Sandii & the Sunsetz, Frank Zappa, Cheap Trick, Dr Feelgood, X, Gang of Four, Cream, The Yardbirds, Creation, Ed Kuepper, The Cult, Billy Bragg, Kirsty McColl, Paul Kelly, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Rory Gallagher, Hound Dog Taylor, Robert Jr Lockwood, Lightnin' Hopkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, John Mayall, Sugar Cane Harris, Tom Waits, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Mose Allison, Can, Wire, Aimee Mann, The Go-Gos, Joe Jackson, Husker Du, Jonathon Richman, X-Ray Spex, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Television, Sex Pistols, The Damned, George Thorogood, Guided By Voices, The Monkees, The Easybeats, New York Dolls, Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, Jethro Tull, Status Quo, The Pixies, Hush, Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Christie Allen, Noosha Fox, Samantha Fox, Jackie Fox, John Foxx, Sweet, The Runaways, The Cramps, Blues Explosion, y'know, that sort of thing really. .. width="425" height="350" ..

Movies:

A Clockwork Orange, Dr Strangelove, The Party, Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, Seven Samurai, Tampopo, The Funeral, The Big Chill (just tryin' ta keep the conversation lively), Apocalypse Now, Amadeus, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill

Television:

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My Blog

Sounds like.....

Inspiration for songs comes from all sorts of places - the mood you are in, something that you need to get off your chest, a great chord or riff you make up, or the desire to write a song that sounds ...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:04:00 PST

Slam dancin in a zimmer frame

Normally, these days, when I go to a gig, my mere presence raises the average age of the audience by at least several whole numbers. Not so last night - The Stems, Radio Birdman and the Hoodoo Gurus ...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:16:00 PST

Not happy, Rihanna

I write songs.  Not a lot these days, admittedly, but a few.  I get around to recording some of them, but not nearly as many as I'd like.  I have had one I've been working on for years ...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:34:00 PST

The Accidental Public Servant - 3

The key to finding anything of value out in government is to find someone at a high enough level to know but at a low enough level that they'll tell you.
Posted by Chris on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:36:00 PST

The Accidental Public Servant - 2

I love flying.  I do.  I love the idea of walking onto a plane and being transported at incredible altitudes and amazing speeds, getting off again in another country.  I love the sensat...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:29:00 PST

The Accidental Public Servant - 1

I have always loved the feeling of walking through cities early in the morning.  There is a special feeling about a city before commerce begins, when people are walking around, getting coffee, ju...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST

Pachinko

(I wrote this about nine years ago, about the Japanese fascination with a version of pinball called pachinko)   "With all the neon lights and noise, I was expecting something more int...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:20:00 PST

The Trip Was To Europe

(This was a diary I kept when I visited Europe in November 2000 for a week.)   I have decided to write a little something each day.  Having said that, I am prepared to accept that this might...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:58:00 PST