All manner of things interest me: weird facts, nautical engineering (circa 1842-1867), beards (but not moustaches at all - au contraire mon chere)....I can't be bothered to write any more in this section thank you very much.
Anyone interesting I reckon. Except Lawrence. He's a ballbag.
To be fair, loads of people actually. Buckley, Ryan Adams, John Lennon, Bowie, The guy who invented Lucozade (that could be Glaxo, Smith or Klein or are they just the owners? I'll do some research) The Birdman of Alcatraz aka Robert Stroud - only because I only know him for his avian-stuff, he might have more to offer the world. Doubtful since he was in Alcatraz - but still, gotta give these crims a chance? Stuart Peace (my childhood idol), Ben Fogel (of Castaway and more recently Cash In The Attic Fame - he rowed across the world don't you know), Terence Trent D'Arby (best name ever - fact), the person who invented the cup holders in cinemas cos that is just genius - imagine that. Lord Rochester aka John Wilmot (this geezer is a sickead...and from the 17th century), Shakira - she'd be bang in trouble, Bonnie Prince Charlie (He sounds like such a jovial fella - sailed to Skye - not the one in the air nor BSkyB, but the island located to the west of the Scottish coastline - true dat), and saving the best till last, Brian Clough. Who it seems about every other fucker (rhyme) has met 'cept me. And there's little hope now - since he'd dead.
I'll develop some more ideas and throw them your way. If you don't like em, lob em right back at me. But mind my face.
Yeah, it's cool. Big fan of anything musical. So here goes - it no specific order, of course -...The Ramones, The Beatles, Blur, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Interpol, Spinto Band, Libertines, Al Green, New Order, Roni Size, Joy Division, Four Tet, Sigur Ros, Bloc Party, Supergrass, Talking Heads, Blondiem Stone Roses, RJD2, Queens of the Stone Age, Pixies, Zep, Mogwai, Turin Brakes, Lemon Jelly, Soulwax, Squarepusher, The Smiths, Death From Above, Weller, Velvet Underground, Louis XIV, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, The Stooges, Dirty Pretty Things, Wolfmother, The Cure, Kills, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Blondie, Arcade Fire, Futureheads, Morrissey, Aim, Pink Floyd, DJ Format, Tony Daley, Subways, Lou Reed, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, White Stripes, Mogwai, Wilco, Gomez, PJ Harvey, The Undertones, Nirvana, The Vines, Nick Drake, Turin Brakes, The Specials, Just Jack, The Rolling Stones, The Pistols, Razorlight, Lennon, The Kinks, The Small Faces, Prodigy, Four Tet, Boards of Canada, Nightmares On Wax, Zinc, Pendulum, High Contrast, Pigeon Detectives, The Clash, My Morning Jacket, Vines, The Rakes, Ian Brown, Belle & Sebastian, Ocean Colour Scene, Tom Waits, Mr Scruff aka Dr Chuff, Maximo Park, LCD Soundsystem, Kings of Leon, Jesse Malin, Hot Chip, Northern Soul in general, Woody Guthrie, Rufus Wainwright, Stone Roses, The Who, The Doors, Beach Boys, DJ Shadow, Razorlight, Love, Rae & Christian, Mark Rae.....My fingers hurt.
Mate, there are toooo many books. I've just done a hench list for music haven't I? I'll do 5 that were wicked when I was growing up instead - in no particular order.
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe - did you know that the title of The Arctic Monkeys album 'Whatever People Say I am, That's I'm Not' is a quote from this? That's not why it's a good book mind - it just is. And it's set in Nottingham - me second home like.
First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan,
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis,
American Dream by Norman Mailer and
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Bosh. Have that.