exploring the cave of the unknown overthrowing regimes, paddling my thought canoe through the white waters of the English Language, occasionally to dip in my net and catch the crayfish of lyrical delights, the whiting of writing or the elusive salmon of songcraft, before weiging anchor and heading to the deep oceans of pure thought, and landing upon a fragrant isle where tall grasses sway and women wear very little garmentation.
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I'd like to meet:
.. "slash"
Music:
.. "clinton"bob log III, cocorosie, ooioo, vashti bunyan, didarul alam, voodoo drumming, cap'n beefheart, bill frisell, bob brozman, the late great eddie 'maggot brain' hazel and all permutations of the noble p funk, kraftwerk, devendra banhart of course, aphex twin, neko case, john lydon, john frusciante, jeff alexander's 'come wander with me' from the brown bunny soundtrack, helmet, jane's addiction and perry farrell's multifarious outpourings, especially 'song yet to be sung', jimi hendrix goddamn, johnny guitar watson, johnny dowd, ben weaver, gillian welch, the flying burrito brothers, the black crowes, kings of leon, james iha, a perfect circle, lard's last temptation of reid album, JB lenoir, neil diamond, the fall, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Leonard cohen, Alice in Chains, shibusashirazu, ozomatli, indonesian guitar players, turkish ambient dance music, simon siddol, the b52's, iggy pop, the clash etc
Tom Waits reciting Bukowski. This is great.
Movies:
The Italian Job, Stella Street, Napoleon Dynamite
Television:
probably best not to watch too much of this.
Books:
I like old medical encyclopaedias and have one which contains instructions on preparing cups of tea.
