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I'd like to meet:

This may seem fairly obvious, but I would like to meet good people. Those who given the opportunity to do the right thing, do it.

I'd like to meet them people.

Also any of the cats below

I can't believe I didn't include Bryan Ferry in that list.

Sorry Bryan.

Music:

Despite spending 10 years studying art, and being a professional photographer, music be my main love.

I could probably listen to Gillian Welch alone for the rest of my life.

Of late, these lot are never far from my stereo-MODEST MOUSE-Bowie-Talking Heads-Vashti Bunyan-James Carr-Baby Huey-The Hold Steady-The Shins-Patrick Wolf-Bobby 'Blue' Bland-Super Furry Animals/solo Gruff-Curtis Mayfield-Billie Holiday-Blondie-The National-Ride-The Loves-Gillian Welch-Bobby Gentry-Throwing Muses-The Jam-Sam Cooke-Lucinda Williams-Rolling Stones-Big Star-M Ward-Proclaimers-Teenage Fanclub-Kinks-Wedding Present-JAMC-BRMC-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Johnny Cash-Kris Kristoferson-Camera Obscura-Nick Cave-Tom Waits-Scott Walker-Arcade Fire-dEUS-Dexy's-The Fall-Tim Hardin-Mark Lanegan-Smokey Robinson-Bruce Springsteen-Solomon Burke-White Stripes-Loretta Lynn-Nick Drake-Nina Simone-Ryan Adams-The Clash-Cat Power-Bill Withers-Gram Parsons-The Pogues-Al Green-Sam Cooke-RL Burnside-Pulp-Roxy Music-Spiritualized-Wilco-Neil Young-Velvet Underground-Martha Wainwright-Afghan Whigs-Guillemots-Serge Gainsbourg.

I am also honour bound to adore the Manic Street Preachers for the rest of my life. Bless 'em.

Movies:

INLAND EMPIRE. 6 stars, three thumbs up. Say no more.

Television:

Wonderful album

Books:

Just read Albert Camus' The Plague, made me love people again in the same way that the bus driver who handed in my lost camera made me love people.

Other life enhancers include Cormac McCarthy (Blood Meridian) Ken Kesey (Cuckoo's Nest) Joseph Heller (That's some catch, that Catch 22) Niall Griffiths (Sheepshagger) James Ellroy, Milan Kundera, Louis de Bernieres, JD Salinger, Hunter S. Thompson, Capote, Camus, William Golding, Orwell, Henry Miller, Elmore Leonard, Philip Larkin, Dylan Thomas.

Heroes:

At the moment the biggest influence on my life is that guy who presents 'How to Look Good Naked'.

What a lovely man.

Also artists who believe in what they do. People who help people.

Richey will always be up there, inspirational valley boy.