Travel, graphic & web design, meditation & philosophy, property refurbishment
Hugely into The Jam, Madness, the Who, two-tone and Northern Soul as a teenager; totally dived into club music as a 20-something, most notably Orbital, Eat Static, System 7, The Orb etc. Now big fan of Plump DJ's, Krafty Kuts, Stanton Warriors, Meat Katie, Evil Nine and breaks and chill out. Along the way have had a lot of time for bands of the day -a quick scan in my iTunes recently played = Badly Drawn Boy, Alabama 3, Beth Orton, Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada, Erykah Badu, Fatboy Slim, Fluke, Labbi Siffre, Al Green, Hybrid, Jurassic 5, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Nightmares on wax, Scissor Sisters, Snow Patrol, UNKLE, William Orbit, Zero 7
Favourite films of last year...? Garden State, Good night and good luck, Sideways. A couple of all time faves are Contact (Jodie Foster) and Hotel Rwanda, both awesome IMHO.
Prison Break, Lost, Nip/Tuck, Six feet under, Cold feet, Sopranos, Big love, Entourage, Green wing, Extras, Have I got news for you. I know - I'm a sucker for the big crowd pleasers.
Naom Chomsky: Hegemony or Survival. Richard Bach: Illusions. David Mitchel: Cloud Atlas. Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife. Philip Pullman: Northern Lights trilogy. Can also do popular fiction / personal development fodder with equal ease!