I love to make Art, especially photography and collage.I am heavily influenced by kitsch, retro and vintage styles.I have my own studio above a retro clothes shop. It's ace, looks like a set off Trainspotting.I love collecting toys and figures, raiding charity shops is fun! Other stuff I like to do make clothes and personalize them. Go to gigs, go to galleries, films, I adore cheesy detective dramas. I love to be by the sea and like to walk round country side, living in the city makes me appreciate natural beauty loads more.My favourite artisits are Tracey Emin, Liza Petrucci, Liz McGrath, Niagara, Camille Rose Garcia, Tim BIskup, David La Chapelle, Gil Elvgren, Sarah Lucas and I am sure there are many more but thats it for now!
All of these guys!
Lots of grunge style stuff Foo Fighters, The Pixies, Pearl Jam, Mouldy Peaches and Sonic Youth. Bloc Party, Juliette and The Licks, Tiger Army, The Smiths, Sprung Monkey, Led Zeppelin,Incubus, Sublime, A Perfect Circle,Silver Mount Zion, Deftones, Manu Chao, Smashing Pumpkins, Porcupine Tree, Chillis.Recently discovered the delights of 'Spock Music' too!
True Romance, Heathers,(Christian Slater!) Requiem for a dream, City of God, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Run Lola Run, Kalifornia, Amores Perros, Little Miss Sunshine, Trainspotting, The Basketball Diaries, Spun, The People vs Larry Flynt, Fight Club, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Lots of Disney too.
Diagnosis Murder, oh yeah baby! Monk, Murder She Wrote, Lost, CSI, Lots o cheesy soaps especially Neighbours. Simpsons though Futurama is better, Lots of comedy Brasseye, Father Ted, Red Dwarf, Peep Show, Spaced, Black Books.
All of Douglas Coupland works 'Girlfriend in a Coma' and 'All Families are Psychotic' are my favourites. I also collect Taschen books though these are more about aesthetic visuals than literature. As I work with children I have a number of kids books too Disney, Tin-tin, 'The Anti-Colouring Book' series is ace!
All my family friends and Barry!