Music.
Going to concerts, watching music dvds, playing bass guitar and just simply listening to my favourite records!
Painting and drawing.
Digital photography/Manipulating images.
The Internet/computers.
Travelling.
Sightseeing, both abroad and here in my native Britain. Drives through the countryside.
Visiting historic houses, castles, gardens, nature reserves etc...I became a member of The National Trust a couple of years ago.
Theatre...although I don't go very often!
Music
I've Never Been In Love - Suzi Quatro ..
Mainly classic rock/pop music...
Suzi Quatro, Bryan Adams, Texas, Cher, Tina Turner, Lita Ford, Manic Street Preachers, Amy Winehouse, Blondie, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams, The Runaways, AC/DC, Pet Shop Boys, Jimmy Somerville, Roxy Music, Abba, Queen, Culture Club, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Rock Goddess, ZZ Top, Van Halen, Girlschool, The Beatles, T-Rex, Status Quo, Bette Midler, Sweet, Pink Floyd, music from the 60s and 70s, Merseybeat, Glam rock etc, etc.
TV shows I've enjoyed, past and present, include...
Life on Mars, Afterlife, Gavin and Stacey, Life Begins, Sea of Souls, Fat Friends, Ashes to Ashes, X-Files, Invasion, Holby Blue.
Period dramas such as Cranford, Lark Rise to Candleford, Lilies.
Comedies...
Will and Grace, Jam and Jerusalem, Kath and Kim, French and Saunders, Ellen, Catherine Tate, Two Pints of Lager, Little Britain, Absolutely Fabulous, Love Soup etc.
Anything by Victoria Wood & Julie Walters.
Factual programmes about everyday life such as Paddington Green. (Whatever happened to Jackie McAuliffe?)
Documentaries...
Psychology, Nature, History, Crime, Medical, Space Exploration, Egyptology, Aviation, The Unexplained, UFO investigations, Conspiracy Theories etc, etc.
I'm not always parked in front of the telly though...honest! :o)
About me: Okay, maybe not to my world...just this "myspace" page, but you're welcome anyway! :-) This is strange...trying to put down in writing what I'm all about!
Here goes...I'm gay. Never really embraced the stereotype "gay" lifestyle, but my sexuality is undoubtedly a big part of what makes me who I am. I live with my partner. We've been together for twenty years now. We're mainly non-scene...although it can occasionally be fun in the right company!
I love rock music. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Suzi Quatro fan!
A friend of mine once said "Derek and Suzi Quatro, now there's a marriage that will never end!". He wasn't wrong. I've been following Suzi since I was 13 years old. Over thirty years later I'm still seriously hooked! What can I say. She's the best!
Another of my favourite bands is Texas. Sharleen Spiteri...what a voice!
I used to play bass guitar in a rock band myself once upon a time. We got together in the local church hall every Sunday afternoon for years. Although we only ever played three gigs in that whole time, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!
I spent a lot of time writing and recording songs in those days.
That's all in the dim and distant past, but I do still enjoy writing, I still have my guitars, four and six strings, and I play "unplugged" to the bedroom wall now and again!
I love animals, especially dogs. Border Collies and German Shepherd types are my favourites. But I'm a pushover for most of 'em! :-)
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