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James Harrison

For the Buoyancy of Hope

About Me

I am James Harrison.MySpace Profile Editor

My Interests

Music:

PINK FLOYD , THE ALIENS , Syd Barrett, The Beta Band, Cornelius Cardew, Wendy Carlos, Lonnie Donegan, Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson, King Biscuit Time, Black Affair, Spiritualized, Marvin Gaye, Joe Meek, John Cage, Phil Spector, Duran Duran, Manic Street Preachers, The Shadows, The Rutles, David Bowie, Basil Kirchin, Reginald Dixon, Moondog, Primal Scream, Scott Walker, The Bee Gees, Dr. Feelgood, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, T-Rex, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Prince, Giorgio Moroder, Brian Eno, Johnny Cash, John Barry, Chuck Berry, Elton John, Nirvana, Jim Steinman, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Frank Zappa, Ivor Cutler, Cat Stevens, Alice Cooper, Kate Bush, Madness, The Stranglers, The Carpenters, Squeeze, Robert Wyatt, Dire Straits, Chris Rea, Bernard Hermann, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Herbie Hancock, Roxy Music, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Langley Schools Music Project, Jerry Goldsmith, The Polyphonic Spree, Status Quo, Tangerine Dream, Slade, Devo, Madonna, The Pet Shop Boys, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Bonnie Tyler, King Creosote, KT Tunstall, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Blondie, Led Zeppelin, Jean Michel Jarre, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, The Rolling Stones, Harry Nilsson, Philip Glass, Elvis Presley, The Pretenders, The Who, Electric Light Orchestra, Joy Division, New Order, Robert Johnson, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sun Ra and his Arkestra, Popol Vuh, The Beastie Boys, Mike Oldfield, Roy Orbison, John Carpenter, Air, Fleetwood Mac, György Ligeti, Vangelis, Supertramp, Public Enemy, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Iron Maiden, Igor Stravinsky, Abba, ZZ Top, Paul Robeson, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, U2, REM, Talking Heads, Take That, The Doors, The Fall, Kula Shaker, Genesis, Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, etc. etc. ... Plinky Plonky Winky Wonky Marky and Derek (I just made that up), and more.

Movies:

Favourites: O Lucky Man! (Lindsay Anderson), Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog), Duel (Steven Spielberg), Star Wars (George Lucas), Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick), Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman), Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti), Transformers The Movie (Nelson Shin), Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger), The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again (Robert Fuest), The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming) ... O Lucky Man!, This Sporting Life, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Theatre of Blood, Metropolis, Ghostbusters, Quatermass, Scanners, Robocop, Midnight Cowboy, The Third Man, The Trial, Don't Look Now, Death in Venice, James Bond films, some films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, all Kubrick films, Herzog films with Kinski, most Woody Allen films, Spielberg, Hitchcock, Welles, Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, Eisenstein, Buñuel ... Star Wars, Chinatown, Barbarella, Blade Runner, Alien, Aliens, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Eraserhead, The French Connection, Tron, Animalympics, Dark Star, The Passion of the Christ, Godzilla Vs Megalon, Django, Duel, Deliverance, Fahrenheit 451, Evil Dead 2, Mad Max, Witchfinder General, Planet of the Apes, Lord of the Rings, Easy Rider, Dawn of the Dead, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Transfomers The Movie, TRANSFORMERS, Watership Down, Straw Dogs, The Wild Bunch, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Westworld, The Poseidon Adventure, Psycho, The Birds, The Night of the Hunter, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Dark Crystal, This is Spinal Tap, The Wizard of Oz, Flash Gordon, The Wicker Man, Jason and the Argonauts, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Pufnstuf, Superman II, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Naked Gun, Yellow Submarine, The Black Hole, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, if..., Britannia Hospital, Supergirl, Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, Back to the Future, The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, CLOVERFIELD, and more.

Television:

DOCTOR WHO, Robin Hood, Terrahawks, Eastenders, Police Squad, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley, Mr Benn, Bagpuss, Thundercats, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf, The Fall Guy, Star Trek, The Prisoner, Lost, The Muppet Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, Rutland Weekend Television, Ripping Yarns, The League of Gentlemen, The Office, Extras, Peep Show, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Alan Partridge, Saxondale, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Red Dwarf (III - VI), TMWRNJ, The Day Today, Brass Eye, Jam, Nathan Barley, Reeves and Mortimer, Harry Enfield, The Fast Show, Have I got News for You, The News, The Trap Door, The Moomins, Jamie and the Magic Torch, and more.

Books:

Favourites: The Castle (Franz Kafka), America (Franz Kafka), The Trial (Franz Kafka), At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien), The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien), Under Milk Wood (Dylan Thomas), Gaudete (Ted Hughes) ... Anything by Franz Kafka, Ted Hughes, James Joyce ... At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien, Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim, Samuel Beckett - The Complete Works, Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard, The Complete, Works of Samuel Beckett, Unto This Last by John Ruskin, The Topper book 1975, A First Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes, A Second Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes, A Third Ladybird Book of Nursery Ryhmes - illustrated By Frank Hampson (the creator of Dan Dare), The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris, The Primal Scream by Arthur Janov, The New Babel by Peter Mullen, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Mythologies by Roland Barthes, The Mighty Marvel Heroes Strength and Fitness Book, Scratch Music by Cornelius Cardew, and more.

Heroes:

Lindsay Anderson , Amos from Emmerdale Farm, Humpty Dumpty, Superman, Jimmy Saville, Prince Charles, Mark E. Smith, Robin Hood, Karl Marx, Ghandi, Jesus, Peter Duncan, Franz Kafka, Stanley Kubrick, Werner Herzog, Orson Welles, Rod Hull, Shakin' Stevens, Columbo, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Hugo Chavez, Homer (not Simpson), Heironymous Bosch, Tony Benn, Peter Cook, Gene Wilder, Paul Robeson, Leslie Nielsen, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, George Galloway, Raymond Briggs, Dennis Potter, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Martin Luther King, Matthew Smith, Optimus Prime, Charlie Brooker, The A-Team, Big Daddy, and more. Villains: George Bush, Ron Paul, Thatcher, Hitler, Skeletor, Satan, and more.

My Blog

WORLD OF SPECTRUM

WORLD OF SPECTRUM (officially endorsed by Amstrad plc)
Posted by James Harrison on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:01:00 PST

One day I shall write a blog

When that day comes - what shall I write?
Posted by James Harrison on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:25:00 PST

TELEPHONE

TELEPHONE JAMES HARRISON HERE
Posted by James Harrison on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:16:00 PST

JAMES HARRISON THE MOVIE

STARRING JAMES HARRISON (CLICK TO VIEW)...
Posted by James Harrison on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:58:00 PST

The Garden of Earthly Delights

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Posted by James Harrison on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:35:00 PST