Only atoms and the void
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Freelance Writer |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I'm a first class hons grad of K-. I went on to post grad study (MPhil philosophy)and gained a place at B- but failed to complete because of funds. Have since been a sporadic reader and freelance writer. Whilst my academic aspirations were thwarted I feel I gained a great deal from studying the great philosophers of the Greek and Germanic periods. |
| Interests | Heroin, music (see below), not thinking, happiness, DH Laurence, books, Happy Mondays, dictionaries, notebooks, decent prints, good weather, bad weather, fog, mist, the Larousse, Robinson Jeffers, Elizabeth David, Guy de Maupassant, Private Eye, cooking, good cocktails, keeping a diary, philosophy, old-school pens, The Smiths, wikipedia, hi-end hi-fi, Sly & The Family Stone, vinyl, outdoor swimming, dinner parties, dominating conversation, particularly in large groups, myself, knives (for cooking of course), knife sharpeners, orderly bowels, cheap hi-fi |
| Favorite Movies | Robocop, Repoman, Spinal Tap, Withnail and I, Midnight Cowboy, Midnight Express, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Bad Taste, The Deerhunter, Woodstock, M, Crumb, This Is England, 24 hr Party People, Trading Places, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original), Rope, Halloween II, The French Connection, Cruising, Chinatown, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Blood Simple, The Long Good Friday, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Driller Killer, Alien and Alien (Director's Cut), Aliens (Directors Cut), Blade Runner (Director's Cut), The Hitcher, Nosferatu, Enter The Dragon, Get Carter, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Scarface, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining |
| Favorite Music | Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Donovan, Nick Drake, Beastie Boys, George 'Harmonica' Smith, Herbert Sumlin, JB Hutto, Eddie Boyd, JB Lenoir, Bukka White, Son House, Hank Williams Sr, Van Morrison, Leadbelly, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Elmore James, Peg Leg Sam, Charlie 'Specks' McFadden, Dr. Octagon, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Otis Spann, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Haydn, Mahler, Handel, Clash, Sex Pistols, Germs, Black Randy and the Metrosquad, Bob Marley, Black Uhruh, Lee Perry, King Tubby, Biggie, Snoop, Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Tupac, NWA, Ice Cube, Easy E, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Muddy Waters, Charlie Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Skip James, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, The Fall, The Smiths, EPMD, Eric B and Rakim, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Zappa, Johnny Cash, Rolling Stones, The Who, early RHCP, early Floyd, Syd Barrett, The Libertines, Brian Eno, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Johnny Griffin, Capt. Beefheart, 'Cannonball' Adderley, Fats Navarro, Tricky, Massive Attack, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus, Charlie Parker, Sidney Bechet, Tadd Dameron...the list is too extensive |
| Favorite Books | Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, Death of a Salesman, Mayor of Casterbridge, Frankenstein, Catcher in the Rye, Paradise Lost, The Great Gatsby, Discourse on Inequality, Republic, Devils of Loudun, The Outsider, Hunger, Crime and Punishment, Phaedo, Ham on Rye, Long Days Journey into Night, Dead Souls, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Canterbury Tales, Richard 3, The Crucible, Guy de Mau.'s The Necklace, A Room Of One's Own, Sons and Lovers, A Streetcar Named Desire, More Pricks Than Kicks, Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, Dubliners, can't think at moment but again there are many . However I find the whole book affair infinitely frustrating. Unless a book is a classic, i.e. of exceptional caliber, I'll discard it after about 20 pages. Thus I tend to read papers and magazines which is why I write poorly. |
Why do you do it? Because I can't be bothered to help myself.