Avid supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC, lover of bad movies, and compulsive reader - that about sums young Savile up.
If we are talking all time, ever, living or dead in a roundtable chit chat, then I would life to sit down with the likes of Kafka, Bogart, Bacall, Bergman, and more 'fantastic' folks like Lord Dunsany, Lewis Carroll, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkein, Mervyn Peake.I've been lucky enough to meet a lot of the people I would class as heroes, but if there was one, top of the pile, that I wish I had had the chance to shake hands with it would be Peter Cushing - how can you not make a hero out of a man who wrestled Dracula with only two candlesticks and won?
Because Ten is Never EnoughI'm a curious kind of guy. I always wonder what other people read and listen because it is so unique to them, to so I thought I'd share a few of my favourite things with you. Think of it as one long out of control Desert Island Discs. You get the idea, 5 songs you couldn't live without… or 10, or okay, 30 because I am greedy. I admit it. So much of my life has been tied to music that I can hear a tune and place myself instantly back to someplace, sometime, where that song first became important to me.So without further, or even much ado, music to live by:Now and Then15. Bend and Break - Keane 14. Yellow - Coldplay 13. Good Riddance - Green Day 12. Wisemen - James Blunt 11. Strange & Beautiful - Aqualung 10. Superman - Five For Fighting 9. Red - Martha Tilston 8. Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter 7. Man of the Hour - Pearl Jam 6. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall 5. Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla 4. Smoke - Ben Folds 3. Stupid Thing - Aimee Mann 2. Babylon - David Gray 1. Black Lucia - Roddy Frame15. Big Country - Chance 14. Tears For Fears - Mad World 13. Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle 12. Scritti-Politti - Absolute 11. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen 10. The Teardrop Explodes - Reward 9. The Day The Ravens Left The Tower - The Alarm 8. After Me - Marrillion 7. Chocolate Girl - Deacon Blue 6. The Blue Nile - Tinsel Town in the Rain 5. Icicle Works - Love is a Wonderful Colour 4. Talk Talk - It's My Life 3. The Bitterest Pill - The Jam 2. Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven 1. Oblivious - Aztec Camera
It's a rumble between classics like The Third Man, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon and the likes of Star Wars (the original stormtrooper banging his head off the closing door version pre Lucas madness), Magnolia, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Crash, Singles, Big Fish, and Batman Returns. The list could regularly change...
Recently I have loved Shameless by Paul Abbot, a chavtastic British drama. Before that, I've been highly impressed by Tim Minnear's work on Buffy, Angel, and Wonderfalls. Dr Who has been a long time love of mine, and I adore the new vision inspired by Russell T. Davis.
Last of the Savages, Jay McKinnery Losers, David Eddings Thomas Convenant, Stephen Donaldson Manhattan Ghost Story, TM Wright A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, David Eggars Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon Carter the Great, Glen Duncan Gold I, Lucifer, Glen DuncanAlso a big admirer of Lee Child, David Gemmell, and so many other great writers. It's an occupational hazzard I think, writing for a living, seeing all these great books by other people.