| Influences | LOADS MISSING... WILL ADD AS I GO)
MUSIC
10cc, 13th Floor Elevators, 23 Skidoo, 4ad Record label, Abstract Truth, A Certain Ratio, Sarah Aderholdt, The Adverts, Steve Ainsworth, Albinoni, Amm, Amon Duul, Laurie Anderson, A Primary Industry, Arrested Development, Attrition, Kevin Ayers, Aztec Camera, Angelo Badalamenti, Bauhaus, BBC Radiophonic workshop, The Beatles, Beaver & Krause, Be Bop Deluxe, Jeff Beck Group (especially "Rough & Ready"), The Birthday Party, Blah Blah Blah, Bleach Boys , Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bonzo Dog Band, Bootleg history & culture, David Bowie, The Boys, Tim Buckley, Carter Burwell, Kate Bush, Buzzcocks, John Cage, Can, Captain Beefheart, Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters, Caravan, Johnny Cash, Cassette Culture, Nick Cave, Census of Hallucinations, Charisma Record label, Chicago Transit Authority, John Cooper Clarke, The Clash, Cleaners from Venus (especially the diy tape years), John Coltrane, Comus, Countless obscure library albums from the 60's & 70's, Cressida, The Cure (first three or four albums plus a few later trax), Current 93, DAF, Roger Daltrey (Had to give him a separate entry because of the version of "I'm Free" backed by the London Symphony Orchestra), The Damned (Up to and including "The Black Album"), Miles Davis, The Dead Students, Sandy Denny, Delia Derbyshire, Devo, Djam Karet, The Doors, Durutti Column, Ian Dury & the blockheads, Bob Dylan (Cherry pick about 30 songs), Earthquake, Echo & the Bunnymen, Eden's Children, Egg, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Electric Light Orchestra, The Electronic Sylvia Plath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brian Eno, Everything but the girl, Eyeless in Gaza, The Faces, Factory Records, John Fahey, Fairport Convention, The Fall, Family, Fanzines '79 - '85 too many to mention, they were lifeblood at the time for the struggling underground musician., Faust, The Flock, Focus, Peter Frampton (Frampton Comes Alive - How uncool is that!), Free, Gang of Four, Genesis (especially pre-Lamb lies down on broadway), Gentle Giant, Philip Glass, Gnidrolog, Goblin, Godley & Creme, Gong, Gracious, Peter Hammill, Herbie Hancock, Francoise Hardy, Steve Harley ("Sebastian"), Roy Harper, Don "Sugar Cane" Harris, Harvest Record label, Hatfield & The North, Hawkwind, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Hebb ("Sunny"), Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pierre Henry, Henry Cow, The Hiding Place, Steve Hillage, Allan Holdsworth, Freddie Hubbard, Human Condition, Human League (Pre- "Dare"), Husker Du, If, I'm Dead, Imogene, Indian Summer, Island Record label, Isley Brothers, Chad Jackson ("Hear the drummer get wicked"), The Jam (selected mostly early singles), Bert Jansch, Jar, Jellyfish, Jethro Tull, Robert Johnson, Johnny 7 Combo, Jon & Vangelis (especially "I hear you now"), Quincy Jones, Joy Division, Juicy Lucy (well, just for the stirring version of "Who do you love?"), Paul Kelday, Killing Joke, King Crimson, Kraan, Kraftwerk, Krokodil, Led Zeppelin, Legendary Pink Dots, Keith Levene, Libra, Liliput, Long Hello, Lori & the Chameleons, Loving Awareness, Magazine, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Major Lance, John Martyn, Jasun Martz, Matching Mole, Curtis Mayfield, Mellotron, Moog and vintage synths, Mellow Candle, Minutemen, The Modern Art, Ennio Morricone, May Blitz, Moby Grape, Modern English, Modern Man, Thelonius Monk, Monochrome Set (especially the early singles), Muslimgauze, Nanook of the North, National Health, Bill Nelson, Neu, New 7th Music, Martin Newell, Naz Nomad & the Nightmares, Non, Michael Nyman, Occult Chemistry, The Old man and the sea, Beth Orton, Os Mutantes, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Charlie Parker, Parrot Records (Balkerne Passage, Colchester RIP), Harry Partch, The Pastels, Patto, John Peel (From 1979 - 1987), Pierre Peret, Pink Floyd , PFM, The Pop Group, Sylvia Powell, The Prisoners, Public Image Ltd., Pure Hell (Riotous cover of "These boots were made for walking"), Purrkur Pillnikk, Queen (well, actually "Sheer heart attack" plus a couple of tracks), Queens of the Stone Age, Rabbits Hat, Radiators from Space, Radio Caroline (1975 - 78), Rain Tree Crow, The Ramones (First four albums plus "It's Alive"), Raw Material, Red Crayola, Otis Redding, Red Noise, Renaissance, The Residents, Boyd Rice, Rolling Stones (About 30 awesome trax...the rest ar e pretty mediocre really :-), Sonny Rollins, Rough Trade record label, Rush (selected tracks), Sade (silky smooth voice), Ryuichi Sakamoto, Erik Satie, SBB, Scars, Scientist, Scritti Politti (Early singles plus "The word girl"), Sex Pistols, Adrian Sherwood, Shub-Niggurath, Sibelius (Finlandia), Slapp Happy, The Slits, Soft Machine, The Sonics, Spooky Tooth (First album plus Ceremony with Pierre Henry)Steel Pulse, Stiff Records (visonary record label), Still Life, The Stranglers (First three albums plus an odd later track), Style Council (a few perfect pop moments), Suicide, Donna Summer (From Love to love you baby to Macarthur Park), Supercharge, Swell Maps, Tangerine Dream, T-Connection (Do anything you wanna do - crucial 12"), Teardrop Explodes (Kilimanjaro), Television, The Temperance Bus Boogie band, Thin Lizzy, Third Ear Band, This Mortal Coil, Timmy Thomas ("Why can't we live together"), Richard & Linda Thompson (I want to see the bright lights tonight), Throbbing Gristle, Tonight (one hit wonder "Drummer man"), Tonto's Expanding Headband, Mel Torme (Comin' home baby / Right Now ...what a perfect single), Robin Trower, The Tubes, Tubeway Army, Ugly Custard, James "Blood" Ulmer, Upp, Van der Graaf Generator, Vangelis, Van Halen (First three or four albums, ha ha I'm gonna get hammered for citing this), Velvet Warrior, Vertigo Record label, Virgin Prunes, waiting for Bardot, War (Me & baby brother), Warm Dust, Wayland, Web, We Be Echo, White Noise, White Speed, White Stripes, The Who (Meaty beaty big and bouncy is definitive), Wire, Jimmy Webb, Jah Wobble, Stevie Wonder (Music of my mind, Talking Book & Innervisions), Robert Wyatt, X-Ray Spex, XTC (Early singles and first couple of albums), Neil Young, Young Marble Giants, Frank Zappa
FILM
Ghost Dance, La Cabina, Amelie, Billy Liar, Brighton Rock, Any Marx Brothers film, Pulp Fiction, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, One from the heart, Psychomania, Snatch, Lock, stock & two smoking barrels, The old man and the sea, Most David Lynch stuff, Zabriskie Point, Walkabout, The first men on the moon, Walk the line, The Time Machine (original)
TELEVISION
The Simpsons, Twin Peaks, Jacques Cousteau, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, The Comic Strip presents, Picture Box, Tom's midnight garden, Magic Roundabout, Rock Follies, Ripping Yarns, Rutland Weekend Television, Krtek (The Little Mole), The Young Ones, Match of the day, BBC coverage of the FA cup final 1973 - 1978, The Office (UK), Only fools & horses, Extras, Happy days, Marine Boy, Survivors, Planet of the apes, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Trigger Happy TV, Old Grey Whistle Test
LITERATURE
The Bible, The complete works of Sylvia Plath, The silence of Adam, Poet & Peasant, Waking the dead, Smart Questions, The victory of surrender, Rubaiyat, The Prophet, Stig of the dump, We didn't mean to go to sea, How to be a no limit person, Pulling your own strings, An hour for magic, Not bosses but leaders, Overcoming the dark side of leadership, Surrealist poetry in English, Wilderness, Driving over lemons, No one here gets out alive, Dead men walking,
ART
Jean Tinguely, Salvador Dali, Roberto Matta, Yves Tanguy, Paul Klee, Claude Monet, M.C. Escher, Rene Magritte, William Blake, Paul Delvaux, Roger Dean, Max Ernst, Paul Whitehead, Loads of great artists on My Space
PLACES
Goldhanger Creek, Tollesbury & the River Blackwater, Montenegro, Coastal areas, India, Egypt, Turkey, Lake District, Orkney, Cleadon Hills, Huncote, Peak District, North Wales, Cornwall, Trossachs, Finland, Norway, Forests, Cyprus, Athens, Ireland, Mountains
OTHER STUFF
Theology, Middle Eastern culture, History, Geography, Studying and observing human nature and relational interaction, Psychology, Conflict Resolution, Family Dynamics, Leadership, The life & teachings of Jesus Christ, Football (Ipswich Town, also been going to England home games), Sailing, Hanging out, Going to the gym (well, it's a kind of love / hate relationship), Indian Food (Especially real authentic stuff), New eating experiences...well, new experiences in general! |
