Juri Nummelin
- Age: 37
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Taurus
- Zodiac Year: Rat
- Industry: Publishing
- Occupation: non-fiction writer
- Location: Finland
About Me
Finnish non-fiction writer and editor, born in 1972. Has written books about pulp fiction, the history of cinema, Mika Waltari, rare first names, Western writers and food and edited lots of short story collections and anthologies. Too many interests to get a good overview. Edits the crime paperback series for Arktinen Banaani. Father to two (Ottilia, Kauto), husband to one (Elina).
Interests
- collecting various items
- collecting books pulps and paperbacks
- vintage sleaze
- bad pornography
- vintage sneakers
- vintage suit jackets
- vintage swimming trunks
- vintage handkerchiefs
- vintage ties
- old VHS cassettes
- vintage stuffed toys
- doing flea-market trips with his wife
- publishing magazines that purport to be old school pulp mags
- won't consider going to the gym a hobby but a necessity
Favorite Movies
- Zerkalo/The Mirror
- Le Samouraï
- Reservoir Dogs
- The Touch of Evil
- Babel
- Norman McLaren: Blinkity Blank
- Len Lye: Free Radicals
- Warner and MGM cartoons (Tex Avery
- Chuck Jones
- Friz Freleng etc.)
Favorite Music
- The White Stripes
- The Black Keys
- Pere Ubu: Dub Housing
- NoMeansNo
- The Dead Kennedys
- Paavoharju
- postpunk-funk
- old school hip hop (Eric B. & Rakim)
- funk
- go-go funk
Favorite Books
- hardboiled and noir literature
- Scott Phillips: The Ice Harvest
- anything by Jason Starr
- Kevin Wignall: Who is Conrad Hirst?
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Waste Land and The Four Quartets
