MUSIC Football - Reading Football Club The Sea Countryside Italian art Old books Middle East and Europe Vintage clothes and underwear Triumph Spitfire's - esp. Jeannie Mack Vaudeville Warhol French furniture Bernini - particularly The Ecstasy of St Theresa and most of all living my life like a mayfly xxxxxxx
Anyone who is passionate about music, film, art etc. I love all music and after working for a variety of record stores, record companies and writing for music magazines I have a pretty eclectic taste although my heart really sits in the sixties.
Curve, CSS, The Kinks, Wanda Jackson, Lesley Gore, The Supremes, Booker T and the Mg's, Vanessa Paradis, Joni Mitchel, Explosions in the Sky, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Hanoi Rocks, The Lemonheads, The Wonder Stuff, Swans, Cabaret Voltaire, Jamie Lidell, Skid Row, Peaches, Devo, The Temptations, YYY's, Peggy Lee, Velvet Underground, Vernon Girls, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Zombies, Travis, Otis Redding, Pantera, Anthrax, The Sugababes, Tom Jones, Wilco, The Verve, Kate Bush, The Yardbirds, The Mama's and the Papa's, The Byrds, The La's, Sister Double Happiness, Goodnight Mr McKenzie, The Pixies, The White Stripes, Joy Division, Thin Lizzy, New Order, The Fall, Patsy Cline, Toploader, Vikki Carr, Texas, Super Furry Animals, Tears for Fears, The Kooks, Orbital, White Zombie, The Levellers, Talking Heads, Oasis, The Zutons, Kosheen, The Subways, Ozzy Osbourne, Skid Row, Underworld, Paulo Nutini, The Strokes, The Merton Parkas, Oghre, PWEI, Praga Khan, Stereophonics, Juliette and the Licks, Bobbie Gentry, Stevie V, Kula Shaker, The Lambrettas, Sneaker Pimps, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, The Pipettes, The shebeats, Ultravox, Tricky, Michael Buble, The Small Faces, Stabbing Westward, Just Jack, Mesh, Jack Penate, Massive Attack, Portishead, Type O Negative, Pet Shop Boys, Soundgarden, Petula Clark, Maximo Park, KMFDM, Spandau Ballet, Sisters of Mercy, Prodigy, Faithless, Turin Brakes, Lou Rawls, Marc Almond, Pointer Sisters, The Specials, Squeeze, Tammi Terrell, Soft Cell, Marianne Faithfull, Slade, Procul Harum, The Psychadelic Furs, The Marvellettes, Skinny Puppy, The O'Jays, Ocean Colour Scene, NIN, Pride and Glory, The Magic Numbers, The Ordinary Boys, Sigur Ros, Simon and Garfunkle, Primal Scream, Sister Sledge, Marvin Gaye, Manic Street Preachers, Mansun, T Rex, Edith Piaf, France Gall, Twinkle, The Who, Elbow, Kasabian, ELO, Marilyn Manson, Elton John, Madness, Madonna, The Puppini Sisters, The Beatles, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Pulp, Sia, Beck, BRMC, Mr Scruff, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Shy FX, Mudhoney, 2 many Dj's, the 5,6,7,8's, Motorhead, The Action, Public Image Limited, Nina Simone, Lords of Acid, Morcheeba, George Michael, The Lightning Seeds, The Nice, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Killers, Embrace, Scissor Sisters, Richard Ashcroft, The Steinway's, Ricky Valans, Elvis Presley, Sham 69, Sheep on Drugs, Air, Molocko, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Al Green, Bob Dylan, Eurythmics, Salt n Pepper, The Ramoes, Radiohead, Muse, Razorlight, Faith No More, Roberta Flak, Shed 7, Bob Marley, Alexander O'Neal, Amy Winehouse, The Shirelles, Roseanne Cash, The rolling Stones, The Seekers, The Shining, Dave Davies, The Shadows, Milli Vanilli, Roy Orbison, Nancy Sinatra, Ray Davies, Alice in Chains,The Dubliners, Faithless, Dusty Springfield, Duran Duran, The Raconteurs, The Farm, Counting Crows, The Creation, The Crystals, Johnny Kid and the Pirates, Curtis Mayfield, The Cure, D-Train, Asylum Abstract, Feeder, David Bowie, The Feeling, David Guetta, Dead or Alive, The Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Dionne Warwick, Alien Sex Fiend, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Angelo Badalamenti, The Buzzcocks, The Animals, Dirty Pretty Things, The Libertines, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, The Distillers, Divine Comedy, QOTSA, DJ Shadow, Herman's Hermits, Ian Brown, Babyshambles, Finley Quaye, The Jam, James Brown, Jill Scott, Paul Weller, The Style Council, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Jeff Beck, The Hollies, Fischerspooner, Artic Monkeys, Blondie, Blur, Happy Mondays, Hard Fi, The Coral, Cameo, Cast, Carl Orff, Catatonia, Hot Chip, Ce Ce Penniston, INXS, Jack Johnson, Vera Lynn, Aretha Franklin, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Iggy Pop, Bay City Rollers, Frank Sinatra, Inspiral Carpets, James, Interpol, Dean Martin, Frank Zappa, Guns n Roses, Ground Zero, Zero 7, Lamb, Freda Payne, The Gossip, The Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, Green Day, Green Velvet, Brenda Holloway, Freddie and the Dreamers, Garbage, Fugazi, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, Hanoi Rocks, motley Crue, Chaka Khan, The Charlatans, The Chiffons, Dodgy, Dolly Parton, St Etienne, Foo Fighters, Gene Pitney, Emma Bunton, Girls Aloud, Lily Allen, Goldfrapp, Goldie, Lemon Jelly, Tricky, Roni Size, Goldie lookin' Chain, Gorillaz, The Four Tops, The Four Seasons, Donovan, Doris Day, The Fratellis, Franz Ferdinand, The Doves, Idlewild, The Chordettes,Reverand and the Makers, Digitlaism, Cassius, DJ Hype, Scroobius PIp, The B52's, Kings of leon, ..the good stuff - anything u can shake ur lil tailfeather too
QUADROPHENIA - the greatest film ever, A Guide to Recognising Your Saints, Lost Boys, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Happiness, Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, Stand By Me, Jaws, Halloween, Psycho, The Birds, Blow Up, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, La Dolce Vita, Teaserama, Weird Science, Watership Down, All the carry On films but esp Carry On Doctor and Carry On Up the Khyber x
The Good Life, Rising Damp, Till Death us do Part, Some Mothers do 'ave em, Porridge, Open All Hours, Only Fools and Horses, Faulty Towers, The Two Ronnies, Monty Python
Great Expectations and Far from the Madding Crowd - the two best books ever written
Mum and Dad, Holly and NannyJean Shrimpton, Julie Christie, Brigette Bardot, Jane Birkin, Twiggy, Elizabeth I, Winston Churhill, Irish Jack, Trent Reznor, PAUL WELLER - the ModFather, Liam and Noel Gallagher - greatest musicians of our generation, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Bernini, David Starkey, Cardinal Wolsey, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy