Rock'n'roll, cool movies, good literature and trashy pulp fiction, food and beer, food and wine, vodka and whisky, and some more rock'n'roll. I also love my bicycle.
Music
The Sonics, The Sex Pistols, The Monks, Little Richard, The Buzzcocks, Cannibal and the Headhunters, Eddie Cochran, Sam and Dave, Thee Midniters, The Beat ("Rock'n'Roll Girl"), Wilson Pickett, Mitch Rider, Billy Childish, The Mummies, Hollywood Sinners, The Branded, Muck & the Mires, Los Peyotes, Thee Vicars, The Federals...
Movies
Mama Roma, Psych Out, I Vitelloni, anything with Mae West, Klaus Kinski, Peter Lorri... Erm... Anything directed by Aki Kurismaki, most Fellini, some Pasolini. I need to do this stuff when I'm not hungover. Hmmm...
Television
The Simpsons. Er... Family Guy. That's about it. The new Dr Who was okay actually. None of that so-called 'reality' nonsense.
Books
All sorts. I've rather enjoyed my 1951 edition of HV Morton's "In Search of London". "Die Mittle Der Welt" by Andreas Steinhöfel was rather good. A guide on bicycle maintenance has come in useful. "Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock'n'Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood" by Dominic Priore (Jawbone Press) is fascinating... Going back to Dickens every now and then is always rewarding. Not to mention my collection of trashy pulp fiction from the 40s, 50s and 60s.
Heroes
I'm pretty much a misanthrope, I think, actually. I tolerate other people and sometimes come to like them. But I wouldn't look up to anyone as a hero. There are people who I admire. But that's not the same thing at all as "hero". But I agree with Mr David Viner that Austin Vince is one cool dude.
About me: The DIRTY WATER CLUB nights used to be every Friday night at THE BOSTON in TUFNELL PARK (conveniently located just across the street from the underground station of the same name) in NORTH LONDON from October 1996 until the summer of 2009. (Note that there is no connection to other clubs, in Australia and Italy, of the same name. We were there first!) However, The Dirty Water Club ended on Friday 19 June with legendary sixties garage band GONN supported by The Masonics and Speak & the Spells... There will be occasional gigs happening after that, organised by Dirty Water Records instead (who have taken over this Myspace for their live events), and then mostly as showcases for bands on our label. To receive emails with information on gigs or new releases on the record label please join the mailing list by using the form below...
.... how's christmas been for you up to now ??? i got a radio controlled r2d2 and a some 3d socks (!),... i gave little frank a captain scarlet selection box from 1993,... (only the box,.. i eat the chocs back in '93,.. but he likes cardboard). my mum got a tin of choc bisks,.. but i ate the bottom layer first,... and i also gave here some homemade bath salts (put a bar of soap and a cup of salt in your mums blender !!)
tonight at the salutaion pub in m/cr ( higher chatham street, off oxford road, behind the university..) .. they are having a "gotham night" for charity,... ... it's free to get in,... with prizes for the best fancy dress ( me and little frank are going as " batbottom and bobbins" !!!),... there's a live band on called "the henchmen" ... with "the joker" singing,... and i might sing a song,.. or 2,... or 7 aswelll !!!! ,... they've built at "bat cave" outside !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and there are dj's "inky",... "jimla",... "jmac",... and "hypnotist",... playing music into the (dark) ni
here's a clip of me chatting with paul ryder of the mondays,....
i'm doing my "radio timperley" 1 hour live show today,..... tune in on www.manchesterradioonline.com @ 12 noon in california @ 2pm in texas @ @ 3pm in new york @ 7pm in the uk @ 8pm in germany @ 10pm in the ussr @ 4am (monday morning) in mongolia !!!! and in japan it's your monday morning breakfast showshow @ 8am
there will be a big blog later,... with the next weeks events.... (subscribe now)
thank you to all who came to see me and little frank and cahrlie in wolverhampton last night,... what a wonderful evening it was !!
A few weeks ago I backed up Don Woody at the 1st Rockabilly Bash. I did that with the Tri-Tones from Estonia. Here’s a video clip with his song “Barkin’ Up The Wrong Tree”.
At the same evening I released my 2nd album ‘Mixed Up”. I recorded this album with The Neva River Rockets from Russia, the Tri-Tones from Estonia and did two duets with U.S.A singer Karling Abbeygate.
i'm writing a letter to paul mccartney today,... to see if he'll come and do an interview on my "radio timperley" show.... what are you up to this thursday ????
listen in on sunday @ 7pm uk time, @ 3pm in new york, @ 8pm in berlin or @ 11pm in the ussr,.. live online ~~~ www.manchesterradioonline.com
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