michael
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Gemini
- Industry: Non-Profit
- Occupation: artist
- Location: cheshire : United Kingdom
About Me
I grew up in the home counties around London during the 50's and 60's. Went to several art schools including Southend and Manchester. Trained as a painter and printmaker but now mostly using collage. Living in Cheshire with my partner and teenage son. Collect novelty songs and old mail art. I have always written poems and prose but never thought it worthy of public consumption until relatively recently. Thanks go to Roger Stevens for his encouragement and help with some of them that needed tweaking.
Interests
- Collage
- mail art
- novelty music
- rubber stamps
- ecology
- animation
- films
- comedy
- fluxus
- poetry
- literature
- computer games
- thrift stores
- charity shops
- fleamarkets
- etc.
Favorite Movies
- Amelie
- Alien quadrilogy
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Radio days
- KInd Hearts & Coronets
- anything by the
- Coen Brothers
- the Marx bros
- Laurel & Hardy
- Woody Allen
- Shrek
- Delicatessen
- Monty Python
- etc. etc.
Favorite Music
- Novelty
- jugband
- skiffle
- blues
- folk
- reggae
- psychedelia
- Captain beefheart
- Richard Thompson
- Spike Jones
- Spike Milligan
- African
- Indian
- Bonzo Dog band
- Viv Stanshall etc. etc. Spike Jones
- Hoosier Hotshots
- Captain beefheart.Richard Thompson. Ivor Cutler.John Hegley. etc. etc. lots of novelty music too numerous to mention.
Favorite Books
- Lord of the Rings
- Gormanghast trilogy
- Now We Are Six
- Wind In The Willows
- John hegley
- Ivor Cutler
- Beano
- etc. etc. etc.
