Animal rights, Fair Trade and ethical consumerism, diet and fitness, music and films.
Noone really, and certainly not weirdos! Mainly here to keep up to date with the bands I like, some of their fans, and a choice few surprise and welcome faces from the past. Though Horst Buchholz lookalikes VERY welcome to get in touch! ;-)
Blondie, Deborah Harry, a-ha, The Everly Brothers, Magne F, Savoy, Morten Harket, Voice of the Beehive, Dollshouse, Veldt, Franz Ferdinand, Pulp, Space, The Divine Comedy, Morrissey, The Lightning Seeds, Kula Shaker, The Jeevas, The Delays, Then Jerico, T'Pau, Skin Games, Perfect Day, River City People, Tracey Ullman, Madonna (espec Patrick Leonard era, and Evita era), Exhibit-1, bippy boppy girly pop, proper guitar bands, and some electronic if it's quality - like Depeche Mode or Gary Numan style! And music from films or musicals such as Blood Brothers, My Fair Lady, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fiddler on the Roof, The Jungle Book, Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Sweeney Todd, etc
Desperately Seeking Susan (and how much do I love the musical with Blondie songs?! Totally! :-) ), Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Miracle on 34th Street (both). Anything starring Hayley Mills (espec Tiger Bay, The Parent Trap, and Whistle Down The Wind), John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Christopher Buchholz, Con O'Neill, Julianne Moore, Ralph Fiennes, classics with Doris Day, Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Maureen O'Hara, Marilyn Monroe, etc. Music biopics like The Birth of The Beatles, Backbeat, and Kurt Russell playing Elvis. Timeless classic kids films and some of the modern day masterpieces too, such as the Toy Storys and the Shreks. Or quirky films - on the verge of reality, but with a slight edge. Or directed by M Night Shyamalan, Tim Burton, Alan Parker, etc Or anything with a scene with wet men, I'm thinking Christopher Reeve's Superman in Lex Luther's swimming pool - wet black hair... mmm...
The Simpsons, Futurama, Desperate Housewives, Frasier, Friends, The Muppet Show, The Flintstones, Countdown, last 3 series Doctor Who, Still Game, Saturday morning kids TV from the 80s, and all those 80s and 90s shows with acts like Sean Hughes and The Doug Anthony Allstars on.
Anything by Willie Russell - his plays, his novel, his music, his shopping list! I used to empathise with Linda in Stags and Hens, but find I feel more like the grown up Linda in Blood Brothers and Shirley Valentine (well without the desire for Greek sex!). That's what's so great about Willie, he writes amazing female characters, considering he's never been one, that touch you, wherever you're at in life.
My brother Scott who I've always looked up to, my second cousin David Narey who played football for Scotland in the 80s, and Peter Michael Marino who probed my brain and came up with a masterpiece! :-D Plus all of the above, and all the animal rights liberators who have the balls to film and rescue in places I wouldn't dare to go!