stuff i like to do:
cooking, healthy eating when poss, eating crap the rest of the time, exercise (gym, running, tennis, squash), singing slightly off-key, writing songs, playing instruments badly, listening to old music, having a good boogie, hosting radio show with me old mate earl grey
boys and girls who are:
happy and can laugh at themselves; take an interest in things; can hold a conversation (preferably two-way!) and make me smile, intentionally or otherwise...who aren't:
self-obsessed (*yawn*); don't mistake having an attitude for having a personality or speak to people (at people!) like they`re the only one with problems.who have:
a nice smile, which they use on regular basis. :-)bonus points for:
1. reading this far
2. having opinions and listening to other people`s
3. keeping yourself in shape
4. teaching me something about anything
5. washing before leaving the house
I'd also like to meet:
The Fat Man
and
The Killer
and
The Godfather of Soul RIP -alas!
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Some Cool 50s Artists:
Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Professor Longhair, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Big Joe Turner, The Everly Brothers, Jimmy Reed, Jim Reeves, Dean Martin, Mahalia Jackson, The Soul Stirrers, The Swan Silvertones
Some Cool 60s Artists:
Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, The Temptations, Ike & Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke, James Carr, Buddy Guy, Joe Simon, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Lee Dorsey, Percy Sledge, Etta James, Stevie Wonder, Joe Tex, Rufus Thomas, Edwin Starr, Charlie Rich, The Beatles
Some Cool 70s Artists:
Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Bill Withers, Dolly Parton, The Staple Singers, Freddie King, The Band, BB King, Jim Croce, Candi Staton, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Albert King, Kenny Rogers
Some Cool 80s Artists:
The Pointer Sisters, Prince, Johnny Copeland, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie
Some Cool Recent(!) Artists:
The Thrills, The Kings of Leon, The Coral, Scissor Sisters
Some un-Cool Recent Artists that I like anyway:
Girls Aloud, McFly, Joss Stone, Busted, Lemar
Goodfellas, Fargo, The Blues Brothers, City of God, Bad Education, The Big Lebowski
Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Spaced, Dad's Army, I'm Alan Partridge (2nd series only!), Phoenix Nights, The Office, Peep Show, The Jeffersons
Also like documentaries, football, rugby and boxing. Can't be arsed with dramas or American series that go on for 24 fkn episodes --I'm never going to watch them all!
Read almost exclusively biographies and music- or history-related stuff but some novels I like are:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov (how can a foreigner use English so amazingly well?), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Who remembers early WWF legend The Junkyard Dog? ("Another one bites the dust!")Musical heroes: see above!