Stephen Humphries
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Journalist (writer and editor) |
| Location | United States |
| Interests | Rugby, scuba diving, kayaking, travel, music (see below). TV shows (The Wire + Seinfeld + Battlestar Galactica + Veronica Mars + Firefly). |
| Favorite movies | Aliens, Almost Famous, Amelie, An Affair to Remember, The Battleship Potemkin, Brazil, Casablanca, Children of Men, 84 Charing Cross Road, Finding Nemo, The Godfather I+II, The Incredibles, Indiana Jones trilogy, James Bond series, L.A. Confidential, L'Apartement, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Rear Window, Run Lola, Run, School of Rock, Star Wars trilogies, Sunshine, Taxi Driver, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Toy Story, While You Were Sleeping, Wings of Desire. |
| Favorite music | My all-time favorite bands and musicians are: Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin, Marillion, Gary Moore, Porcupine Tree, Joseph Arthur, Neil Finn/Crowded House. I also love (in no particular order): Boards of Canada, Kate Bush, Coldplay, Love, Robben Ford, Elbow, Radiohead, Imogen Heap, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Van Morrison, TV on the Radio, Frank Zappa, Midlake, Rush,Doves, Ali Farka Toure, Bjork, Shawn Colvin, Tinariwen, Joe Satriani, Talk Talk, Air, Chris Isaak, PJ Harvey, Neil Young, The Stone Roses/Ian Brown, Jeff Buckley, Amadou and Mariam,Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Madonna, Interpol, Nick Cave, Sarah McLachlan, The Waterboys, Sting, The Police, Depeche Mode, Toni Childs, David Baerwald, Albert Collins, Robbie Robertson, Arctic Monkeys, U2, Rilo Kiley, Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, Ryan Adams, The Smiths, ZZ Top, My Morning Jacket, Jeff Beck, John Martyn, Albert King, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Modest Mouse, Edie Brickell, YES, Tom Waits, Oasis, The White Stripes, Robert Cray, The National, Otis Taylor, Flaming Lips, Joe Bonamassa, Francis Dunnery, It Bites, Cocteau Twins, Bloc Party And so on… |
| Favorite books | NON FICTION Human Action by Ludwig von Mises, The Constitution of Liberty by Friedrich Hayek, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. FICTION AUTHORS: Ian McEwan, Kate Atkinson, Jodi Picoult, Claire Messud. |