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ben

l'enfer, c'est les autres

About Me

ummm....

My Interests

Music, Sound Engineering/Production, Psychology, Liverpool FC (5!), Athiesm and Secularism, 1970s Design and Typography, Recycling, alcohol (purely academic reasons), the feasability of living on cheese alone, the health consequences of living on cheese alone and the related funeral costs...

I'd like to meet:

Feral Children (before they are ruined by language and knee pads), people who can dance like robots and can teach me, a good hairdresser, any domesticated pet, cowboys and cowgirls, french people, american-jewish comedians - I can't think of anymore.

this badass...

...a ski jumper...

Flat Eric...

Music:

Zero 7, Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, Jamiroquai, Daft Punk, ABBA, Beth Orton, Dixie Chicks, Camera Obscura, Ragtime, Dolly Parton, Fleetwood Mac, Goldfrapp, I Am Kloot, Drum'n'Bass (Clown Step & Wobble!), Karine Polwart, Kate Rusby, Funk/Rare Groove, Disco, KT Tunstall, Morcheeba (Skye era), Brand New Heavies, Polly Paulusma, Pendulum, Stevie Wonder, Scissor Sisters, Public Enemy, Sophie Barker, Sia, Led Zeppelin (pre Stairway), The Police, Bluegrass (Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs etc), John Denver, late 90s French House (Cassius, Alex Gopher, DJ Falcon, Alan Braxe & Fred Falke etc), Groove Armada, Air, Beck, Mylo, Ray LaMontagne, Emiliana Torrini, Feist, Olivier Desmet, Donny Hathaway, Elton John, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Nickodemus, Plump DJs, Paul McCartney (MULL OF KINTYRE!), Pepe Deluxe, Sheryl Crow, Randy Newman, The Beta Band (3 EPs period), all the usual 60s/70s stuff, old TV Theme Tunes (Grange Hill, Rhubarb and Custard, Tales of the Unexpected) loads more etc etc etc etc etc etc

Movies:

Withnail and I, Dig!, Magnolia, American Psycho, David Lynch Films, Mike Leigh Films, Clerks, Spinal Tap, Pans Labyrinth, Best in Show, Sex and Lucia, Betty Blue, Amelie, Tarnation, O Brother Where Art Thou, Requiem for a Dream, Series 7:The Contenders etc

Television:

Football, Sopranos, Curb your Enthusiasm, Twin Peaks, Big Brother, Spaced, The Office, Extras, Peep Show, The Simpsons, Futurama, South Park, Nighty Night, Anything by Chris Morris, Alan Partridge etc

Books:

Secret History and Little Friend by Donna Tartt, books on psychology and criminology, true stories, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Bill Bryson, biographies, books on football & atheism, magazines on microphones and speakers.

Heroes: