""The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes
a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself"" -Henry Miller
I'd like to meet:
chorlton and the wheeliesCURRENT MOON moon info
Music:
ian brown, stone roses, maximo park, the futureheads, snow patrol, the reindeer section, editors, charlatans, bloc party, the rakes, libertines, babyshambles, dirty pretty things, the maccabees, amy winehouse, sons and daughters, the whitest boy alive, joy division, kings of leon, foals, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, the killers, the jam, the white stripes, the raconteurs, radiohead, the vines, nirvana, hole, garbage, verve, the coral, the zutons, the beatles, the kinks, the animals the departure, (!!!), we are scientists, the ting tings......
jeff buckley, martha wainwright, tom mcrae, damien rice, jose gonzalez, pete yorn, the smiths, willy mason, stephen fretwell, rufus wainwright, jefferson airplane, bjork, the sugarcubes, goldfrapp, portishead, beth orton, the smiths, elliot smith, matthew jay, the delgados, joanna newsom, turin brakes, the mamas and the papas,pulp, blondie.....
stevie wonder, marvin gaye, joe tex, ray charles, the temptations, sly and the family stone, otis redding, the soul children, millie jackson, camille yarbrough...lots of other funky/soul stuff.....
i also think click astly is pretty damn cool ....
Movies:
pan"s labyrinth, the orphanage, rear window, memento, donnie darko, the machinist, control, fight club, taxi driver, dog day afternoon, shawshank redemption, seven, red dragon, vertigo, brighton rock, harvey, rope, the philladelphia story, blithe spirit, rebecca, the shop around the corner, one flew over the cuckoo..s nest, the edukators, napoleon dynamite, garden state, bubba ho tep, fargo, reservoir dogs, true romance, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the science of sleep, being john malkovich, the aviator, the whickerman, the fog (original), everything tim burton, the secret window, amelie, it..s a wonderful life, all about eve, whatever happened to baby jane? - all bette davis.. films (especially the ones where she..s a bitch), everything james stewart has ever done (barring the westerns), laurel and hardy, brokeback mountain, i love hitchcock, film noir, whistle down the wind, snow white and the seven dwarfs, spirited away, howl..s moving castle, the wizard of oz..... ....
Television:
the mighty BOOSH, peep show, my name is earl, king of the hill, columbo, twin peaks, dexter, kath and kim, alan partridge, coogan's run, family guy, black books, the IT crowd, i am not an animal, marion and geoff, the keith barrett show, human remains, brass eye, the day today, father ted, simpsons, derren brown, that peter kay thing, pheonix nights, louis theroux, q.i, the smoking room.....
twin peaks....i also love a bit of natural history- anything david attenborough is involved with is a pretty safe bet. ..
Books:
the picture of dorian gray, the bell jar, brighton rock, grimms fairytales, wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west, confessions of an ugly step-sister, alice in wonderland, patrick mcgrath..s spider and asylum, gogol's diary of a madman, edgar allan poe, kafka, empire of the ants by bernard werber, something wicked this way comes by ray bradbury, wild sargasso sea, interview with the vampire, about grace by anthony doerr, set this house in order by matt ruff, the dark paintings by hugh fleetwood, the girls by lori lansens, veronika decides to die and seven minutes by paulo coelho.... now you see me, the private parts of women, honour thy father, trick or treat, easy peasy by lesley glaister, probably my favourite author. all her stuff is brilliant. valley of the dolls, brokeback mountain, i loved the curious incident of the dog in the night time and a spot of bother by mark haddon. i also love, love, love the no. 1 ladies detective agency series and are you dave gorman? by dave gorman and the philosophy of andy warhol, by andy warhol ..
Heroes:
man ray, ian brown, paul weller, donnie darko, travis bickle, james stewart, columbo, henri matisse, bette davis, katherine hepburn, dave gorman, hank hill, paula rego, louise bourgeois, napoleon dynamite, vincent vangogh, david shrigley, caravaggio, auguste rodin, james dean, marilyn monroe, andy warhol, earl hickey, HOWARD MOON and VINCE NOIR........some of my art heroes.....
