Looking out the window (he never explains why but the consensus of opinion is that he is really looking out for tits as he is an avid ornitholigist....), dictating poetry, being rude, reading poetry, being rude, French films, ragdolls, being rude, theology, gambling, drinking French brandy, being rude, philosophical debate, being rude, eating grilled sardines (although he would have you believe his favourite food is oysters), being rude....
I'd like to meet:
CS Lewis, Dr Frank N Furter, Nelson Mandela, Gérard Depardieu and that great French philosopher Peppi Le Pui......
Music:
'Je Ne Regret Rien' by Edith Piaf
'Nevermind' Lee Rogers
'Long Gone days' Lee Rogers
'Prince Igor' Borodin
'Time Burns' Zhel
'Save the Children' Marvin Gaye
'The Last Time I Saw Richard' Joni Mitchell
'You're Not' Boz Scaggs
'Wonderous' by Airbiscuit
'Fiore Del Deserto' Giangi Sainato
'I Was Thinking Of You' Maighread Neligan
'Forgiveness' Don Henley
'Tracey' Prince
'Red Rose' Lee Rogers
Movies:
Jean De Florette and Manon De Source, Cinema Paradiso, La Vita e Bella, The Godfather, As Good As It Gets, Thelma And Louise, Amarcord, Bladerunner, Black Cat White Cat, Tea With Mussolini, Angel Heart, Dog Day Afternoon, Willow.
Television:
Alphonse is not a great telly addict (unless there happens to be some obscure French film on or anything about bears or the Soprano's)
Books:
Iron In the Soul by Jean Paul Satre (dont think hes actually read it). The Great Divorce by CS Lewis - say's it changed his life. Archie and Mehitable by Don Marquis - never was there a greater free verse poet cockroach, all the Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi, all the plays of Eduardo di Phillipo, Book Of The Dun Cow (can't remeber who wrote it), The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night by Mark Haddon, Most things by Nick Hornby, The Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, millions of poetry books, . (Sorry about that - he's a pompous bastard when it comes to books - I doubt if he's ever really read any of them but it is his site, I can do nothing about it. Best. Nicolettex)
Heroes:
Napolean Bonaparte, Jean Paul Satre, Delaquin the minstrel Panda (aka Lee Rogers), Gandi, Tony Soprano, Olivia (Tony's mother - the most fierce of all bears), Emma Thompson, Dame Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, Don Marquis, Edward Lear, ....
