Music, Travel, Fun, Clubbing, Footy and any amusing situations involving dwarves (fighting, acrobatics, tossing and general tomfoolery)
I'd like to meet:
People who've got soul, "The Face", Mr Wahabu (see below), Biz, Kenny Dalglish, Brian Blessed and get him to say "Gorden's Alive!" in a big booming voice, Purple Aki to feel my muscles and Danny Dyer to see if he is a cheeky geezer all the time or does he put it on???
Music:
Quality cutting edge electronic house and techno that excites me... maximal more than minimal is my bag when i play out and attempt to make when i get let loose in a studio.
But the older you get the wider your tastes become and the need not to look that cool increases, so you can admit to liking stuff that you wouldn't dare say 10 years ago...
anyway here is a list of favourites and influences that have meant something to me at some point... The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Happy Mondays, The Cure, The Jam, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Pixies, New Order, Joy Division, The The, James, Northside, Flowered Up, Rod Stewart, The Faces, The Fall when Mark E Smith was married to that American bird, Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Oasis, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Keith Hudson, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Hendrix, The Monkees, Grace jones, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Smiths, Madness, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Blancmange, U2 pre 1992, The Bee Gees, Slade, Frank Sinatra and Nancy, Elvis, Neil Young, Yazoo, Sly & The Family Stone, The Velvet Underground and Nico! (died falling off a bike in Ibiza!!), Burt Bacharach, Ennio Morricone, John Barry, The Coral, The La's, Dexy's Midnight Runners...
Movies:
I probably judge most of my favourite films are the ones that you have on DVD and you still watch them when they come on the tele... here are some of my choices
Comedy - Big Lebowski, Cannonball Run, Life Of Brian, Trading Places, Airplane, MASH, Rushmore, Holy Grail
Crime - Goodfellas, Casino, Miller's Crossing, Usual Suspects, True Romance, The Conversation, Once Upon A Time In America, Godfather parts 1 & 2 - come on Francis what the hell happened to 3!!, Get Carter and a soft spot for Ronin and Midnight Run!!
Adventure, Westerns, War and Nonsense!! - Sergio is the main man here... Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon A Time In The West, Fist Full Of Dynamite (Duck You Sucker!!), Outlaw Josey Wales, Two Mules For Sister Sarah, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Zulu, Kelly's Heroes, Cross Of Iron, A Man Called Horse, Point Break, Enter The Dragon, Conan The Barbarian and this rare film starring James Brolin, Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Quinn and James Coburn called "High Risk" - absolutely brilliant!! trouble was came out the same day as Raiders Of The Lost Ark, so became a proper forgotten film - so if anyone has a copy - send me it!!
