Sports include Football(Soccer),Rugby Union, Boxing, Judo, Tennis, Badminton, Snooker and Pool. Cymru/Wales. Cardiff City. Manchester United. Music and dvd collector but have cooled down in my old age lol! Love of films and avid cinema goer with the odd theatre visit sometimes. Art and Galleries- favourite artists include Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Joan Miro, Roy Lichtenstein, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol , Salvador Dali, Peter Blake and John William Waterhouse. Also Pop Art etc. Portmeirion village in North Wales. Slate Mines and the beauty of Gogland! Interest in 1960's/1970's Mod culture and design including Italian Scooters but don't own one now sadly! Welsh/Celtic/Native American/Patagonian/Maouri history and culture. Pagan and Spirituality. Standing stones and Druids. Buddhism. Travelling to as many countries as I can and reading books including some poetry. Love comedy especially The Mighty Boosh and visiting comedy clubs now and again. Member of Greenpeace and interest in politics and world news. Interest in welfare of all animals. Go to gigs to see bands about twice a month or more and still the odd rave if the right DJ's are playing etc.
I'm from Wales as you can guess lol! I'm a genuine and likeable guy into all kinds of music, sport, travel, cinema, art and walking the countryside, mountains and sea. I love all animals especially dogs with bad breath and cats with paws lol!I am also fluent in Welsh and love my Celtic heritage! Used to be a Mod/Scooterist for many years and always will be in my really!Love the 60's culture and used to have a few Lambrettas and Vespas through 1982-95. My first car was a Volkswagon Beetle which will also have a place in my heart because I passed my driving test in it lol! Travelled the World in 2006-07 - amazing time!! Been involved mainly in music through the years as a career but looking for something new now etc. Looking for my soulmate and new friends but use Myspace mainly for music etc! Cheers, Bolo.
Seriously into Paul Weller, The Style Council and The Jam music since 1978 and would regard myself as a major fan or saddo obsessive (delete which one lol!). Wide knowledge of music and genres but here are my favourite bands as eclectic as possible. The Who, The Clash, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Small Faces, Sex Pistols, Oasis, The Kinks,The Beatles, Bob Marley, The Smiths/Morissey, New Order/Joy Division, Bob Dylan, The Yardbirds, Blondie, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Jeff Buckley, The Cure, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Action, Patti Smith, Leftfield, Nick Drake, The Pixies, The Ruts, The Stone Roses, The Creation, Primal Scream, Artic Monkeys, Prince, Aretha Franklin, Roni Size, Blur/Graham Coxon/Gorillaz , Syd Barrett, Prodigy, Carl Cox, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cult, Black Flag/Henry Rollins Band, Tori Amos, Fluke, Curtis Mayfield, Spencer Davis Group, Rage Against the Machine, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Neil Young, Frank Sinatra, Spear of Destiny, Super Furry Animals. Manic Street Preachers, The Stereophonics, Catatonia/Cerys M, The Heights, The Specials, The Verve, Happy Mondays, Madness, Julian Cope, The Buzzcocks, Hard Fi, Otis Redding, Foo Fighters, James Brown, Public Enemy, Razorlight, The Stranglers, Franz Ferdinand, early Stevie Wonder, Hybrid, The View, Love, Desmond Dekker, Radio 4, Eric B and Rakim, Juliette Lewis and the Licks, Dead Kennedys, Kasabian, The Coral, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Secret Machines, Pink Floyd, The Zutons, the White Stripes, Stiff Little Fingers, Paolo Nutini, The Libertines, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Faith No More, Prince Buster, Chemical Brothers, Flying Burritto Brothers, Johnny Cash, P J Harvey, The Killers, Underworld, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dexys Midnight Runners, Damien Rice, Milburn, Editors, Deep Dish, Doves, Kings Of Leon, Queens of the Stoneage, Green Day, The Sights, BRMC, Jet, The Black Keys, The Fall, The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Velvet Underground, The Doors, Misty in Roots, David Holmes, Gil Scott-Heron,The Roots, Gangstarr, Marvin Gaye, Mars Volta, The Prisoners, The Chords, The Rolling Stones(60's/70's), Purple Hearts, The Beat, Chocolate Watch Band, The Artwoods, The Birds, Edwin Starr, George Clinton, The Sonics, Jackie Mittoo, Chairman of the Board, Chris Clark, Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity, early U2, The Pretty Things, Booker T and the MG's, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Incubus, Cream, (Hooker), The Smears, The View, Peaches. Northern Soul/, 60's/70's Soul/funk and Ska/Reggae. Acid House, Progressive House, Techno/Trance and US Garage. Some Hip Hop especially Old Skool, Drum and Bass and Trip Hop. Sorry for the long list got carried away!!
Have similar passion for movies as I have music so here goes, deep breath! Favourite Directors - Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorcese, Peter Jackson, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone, Terry Gilliam, Jean Pierre Jeunet, David Fincher, David Lynch, Sam Mendes, Tim Burton, Steven Speilberg and Sam Peckinpah. All have done films I have loved and too numerous to mention etc. -City of God, Man on Fire, Secretary, Quadrophenia, Sideways, A History of Violence, Lost in Translation, Its A Wonderful Life, State of Grace, The Warriors, Get Carter, Zulu, Switchblade Romance, Audition, Amores Perros, Chopper, Oldboy, Memento, The Big Lebowski, Donnie Darko, Downfall, Angel Heart, The Wicker Man, The Italian Job, Hostel, Cabin Fever, As Good As It Gets, Twin Town, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Crash, Grand Theft Parsons, Enter the Dragon, Collateral, Walk the Line, American History X, Ichi the Killer, Gangster No1, Cabaret, Once Upon a Time in America, The Godfather 1/2, The Green Mile, Kids, Human Traffic, The Machinist, On the Waterfront, The Exorcist, Shaun of the Dead, House Of America, Harold and Maude, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, Withnail and I, The Gift, Slums of Beverly Hills, Magnolia, Royal Tenenbaums, The Deer Hunter, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Team America, Midnight Express, Once Were Warriors, Apocalypse Now, Some Like it Hot, Monster, Pirates of Caribbean, Evil Dead, Ghosts of the Civil Dead, The Wizard of Oz, Shrek 1/2, Sexy Beast, Very Annie Mary, Irreversible, Shawshank Redemption, Jacobs Ladder, Little Nicky, 21 Grams, The Incredibles, My Left Foot, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , Blow Up, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, King of New York, Dirty Harry, Good Bad and the Ugly, Romper Stomper, Vanilla Sky, Donnie Brasco, The Motorcycle Diaries, Garden State, The Butterfly Effect, Small Faces, Glastonbury The Movie, The Kids Are Alright, Performance, Life is Beautiful, Bronco Bullfrog, Silent Hill.
Without doubt and hands down at this moment, my favourite tv show is the bbc comedy The Mighty Boosh, hence my Bolo name and the photo "king of the mods". Try and see it either on dvd or re runs ukgold2 as it is pure genius, takes a while to get into the characters but once it clicks you will find it hilarious, I hope. Here is my fave tv and comedy shows throughout the years- The Sopranos, Life on Mars, The Simpsons, HR Pufnstuf, Marine Boy, Banana Splits, Starsky and Hutch, DR WHO, Six Feet Under, League of Gentlemen, The Sweeney, Big Brother, South Park, Batman, Monty Python, Little Britain, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Hong Kong Phooey, Scooby Doo, Top Cat, Wacky Races, Planet of the Apes, The Bionic Man, Blackadder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Father Ted, Blackpool, Dennis Potter, The Man From Uncle, Monkey, Later with Jools Holland, The Tribe, The Tube, Trigger Happy TV, The Water Margin, Kung Fu, Phoenix Nights and the Office, Knowing Me Knowing You, Desperate Housewifes, Ready Steady Go, Mash, The X Files, The Apprentice, Last Man Standing, Gavin and Stacey. These are my favourite comedians - Derek and Clive/ Peter Cook, Tommy Cooper, The Marx Brothers, Billy Connolly, Laurel and Hardy, Eddie Izzard, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Abbot and Costello, Peter Sellers, Spike Mulligan, Woody Allen, Bill Hicks, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, The Jerky Boys.
My favourite books are - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson Illusions - Richard Bach The Beach - Alex Garland The Collector - John Fowles Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks On the Road - Jack Kerouac Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh Jonathon Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach Modesty Blaise- Peter O'Donnell The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield The Football Factory - John King American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk 1984 - George Orwell Absolute Beginners - Colin MacInnes Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving The Modfather: My Life with Paul Weller - David Lines Billy Liar - Keith Waterhouse Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner - Alan Sillitoe Long Firm - Jake Arnott Sawdust Caesar - Howard Baker No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs - John Lydon Your Face Here: British Cult Films - Simon Wells Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon - Tony Fletcher Moab is My Washpot - Stephen Fry The Modern Antiquarian/ Head On - Julian Cope The Alchemist - Paolo Cohelo
Paul Weller, John Lennon, George Harrison, Steve McQueen, Jimi Hendrix, Mohammed Ali, Dylan Thomas, Richard Burton, Howard Marks, Owain Glyndwr, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Keith Moon, Steve Marriott, Johnny Cash, Dafydd Iwan, Syd Barrett, Brian Jones, Johnny Depp, Noel and Liam Gallagher, Frank Sinatra, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorcese, Robert de Niro, Debbie Harry, Bruce Lee, Ray Davies, Steve Irwin, Mary Quant, Mani, Syd Barrett, Che Guevara, Joe Strummer, Marilyn Monroe, Kate Bush, Eric Cantona, Mark Hughes, Ryan Giggs, Diego Maradona, Robin Friday, George Best, Jo Calzaghe, Johan Cruyff, John Charles, Barry John, Gareth Edwards, Gareth Thomas, Arthur Lee, Otis Redding, Pele, Kurt Cobain, Mario Kempes. And lastly Rhys Ifans, Super Furry Animals and Catatonia, all who I know and done very well for themselves so keep it up guys! Finally and most important, my Mam and Dad!