music,both playing and listening,most genres really,but shall i entice you with some current favourites? ok,joanna newsom,belle and sebastian,larrikin love,rasputina,tori amos,radiohead,patrick wolf,the knack,the plague monkeys(not to be confused with the arctic monkeys)autamata,the tycho brahe(although i believe that now they're known as tychonaut),april march,charles mingus,the dandy warhols,nina simone,stephane grappelli,edith piaf,all old french jazzy stuff really,the smashing pumpkins,bach cello suites,coco rosie,regina spektor,joan as police woman,the moldy peaches,the white rose movement(great tunes,great hair!)leonard cohen,basement jaxx,daft punk,ryan adams(NOT bryan!),tom waits,gorkys zygoyic mynchi,julie feeney,imogen heap,ladytron,goldfrapp,air,weezer,republic of loose,paul simon,harry belafonte,suzanne vega,the velvet underground,the pixies,les garcons de la plage(!)(some will get that reference!),david bowie,kraftwork,declan o'rourke's quite good,jeff and tim buckley,joe jackson,sum 41(say what you will,i have fond memories of my formative punk inclinations!),bob dylan,owen palletts"final fantasy",satie,prokofiev,handel(especially the harpsichord suites,and imeneo(thanks kev!)),dinosaur jr.,juliana hatfield,mi phi mi,camera obscura.......and rest...so yeah,everything!i study fine art so i should probably throw the general art thing down,although i'm very partial to marcel dzama and the royal art lodge at the moment,would strongly suggest checking out their work if you're art orientated(but please,no posers!)also enjoying travelling,reading,attempting to write,but suffer from an affliction that inhibits significant pursuit of the last three there,it's commonly referred to as being flat fucking broke!...and lazy,laziness is is another factor!
oooh,the exciting possibilities....realistically,rufus wainwright,patrick wolf,martin grech(again,he's a bit of a legend),alicia witt(red headed daughter from that coma inducing show "CYBILL"),don conroy(terrible irish artist,i find him offensive and wish to provide him with an acrylic paint enema),cyndi lauper(!),cathy bates(i'd say she's gas craic),billy corgan,paz lenchantin,joanna newsom,ringo starr(some one has to love him best!),louise bourgeois(any 90 year old french woman who raps has to be a legend!).....and in an ideal world,i would not only like to meet but possibly stalk johann sebastian bach,jeff buckley,dante gabriel rossetti,the marquis de sade(think of the novelty value!)and gilles de rais,otherwise known as "bluebeard"(i identify with pirates,it's a bloody life,but it's such fun...and the clothes!!!)...oh,and YOU!..obviously!
eh...see above,although this provides me with a showcase for my instruments!i play violin,viola,cello,piano,bass guitar,organ,and some other incidentals,well,i have the other incidental instruments,i'm presuming i can play them,they consist of a trumpet,glockenspiel,guitar,autoharp,various flutes and whistles,a bodran,an accordion,a gong and a ukulele.at some point a harpsichord will be added to that list(swoon...!)
das cabinet des dr.caligari,nosferatu,sirens,the life aquatic with steve zissou,the royal tennenbaums,napoleon dynamite,the libertine,amadeus,rushmore,v for vendetta(surprisingly,i was captivated!)four rooms,eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,i heart huckabees,bram stokers dracula,mean girls(yes seriously,incredibly well written for a teen chick comedy!),ghostbusters,hilary and jackie,ghost world,the waterboy,the howling,a room with a view,jet li's "unleashed",crash(the kronnenberg title,purely for the "vaughans salty semen" sequence,i laughed for about two days about that.i had smoked alot,mind!),frankenhooker,leprechaun in the hood(starring ice-t,no less!),the company,salems lot 1 for atmosphere,salems lot 2 for pure unintentional hamming-it-up hilarity,edward scissorhands,a midsummer nights dream,idle hands,all bad schlock horrors(havn't seen it yet but there's a copy of "death warmed up" in lazer with my name on it,caption;"i'll get you......I'LL GET YOU ALLLLL...",dvd rental;£4.50...,dope with which to get stoned;about £30...my probable laughter induced incontinence while watching "death warmed up"; priceless!)
anything shit really,you know,it passes the time,but favourites would include the day today,brass eye,jammed,peep show,big train,black books,father ted,the simpsons,family guy,the brak show,aqua teen hunger force,the venture brothers,robot chicken,monkey dust,around the twist(it was just far too creepy for pre teens,am i right?!),southpark,daria,wondershowzen,and sadly americas next top model,it's sickeningly addictive!
currently reading burrough's "naked lunch",difficult text to assimilate but satisfying nonetheless,"human mutants" by armand marie leroi,"to the lighthouse"by virginia woolf,"the divine comedy"by dante,"the rules of attraction" by brett easton-ellis(the one instance i can think of off hand in which the filmic adaptation surpassed the book!),"the goban saor"(no idea who wrote it,remember loving it when i was a young 'un),"nto dance in the wake;a biography of lucia joyce" by carole loeb scloss,"i like biographies,they satiate the voyeur in me,and anything that can conjure vivid mental imagery,regardless of how abstract and non-linear the results of that alchemy are(read burroughs,talk about a mindfuck!but in a good way)
be your own hero,methinks!