..IN GENERAL:-............THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES, AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND WHAT MADE THE BRITISH NATION AND WAY OF LIFE; MY ANCESTORS; THE LEGEND OF MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS NINE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MY MUM AND DAD, MY BROTHER AND TWO (IDENTICAL TWIN) SISTERS, A LONDON CHILDHOOD, WHEN I WAS A KID LISTENING TO MY DAD PLAYING THE PIANO, LEARNING THE PIANO FROM MY DAD, LISTENING TO MY MUM SING, BEING CONSCIOUS AT AN EARLY AGE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE, AND THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN PEOPLE, SLUM CLEARANCE, BOMBSITES, PREFABS, BEING RESCUED FROM A FIRE WHEN I WAS A KID, BEING DRAGGED ALONG THE ROAD BY A BUS, MY STREETGANG, STREETFIGHTS, BRUSHES WITH GANGLAND, PLAYING FOOTBALL AND RUGBY, BOXING, BRITISH BULLDOG, SURVIVAL TRAINING CAMPS, WIDE GAMES, WAR GAMES, RAVENSAIT TRAINING CAMP, ARMY CADETS, NEARLY DROWNING (TWICE), PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR THE SCHOOL, VARIOUS GIRLFRIENDS, THE BIRDS AND BEES, LEARNING TO PLAY GUITAR, BEATING UP THE SCHOOL BULLY, SEEING PEOPLE COMMIT SUICIDE BY JUMPING OFF TOWER BRIDGE WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, RACE RIOTS, DOCKLAND STRIKES AND MASS MEETINGS WHEN THE PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY EXISTED AROUND TOWER BRIDGE, THE 'COLD WAR' CRAP- 'THERE'S THE FOUR MINUTE WARNING NUCLEAR ATTACK SIREN, KISS YOUR ARSE GOODBYE', MEETING BOXER FREDDIE MILLS AND GETTING HIS AUTOGRAPH, PLAYING RUGBY FOR THE SCHOOL, GETTING EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL, GOING TO THE FIGHTS, (LICENSED AND UNLICENSED), GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS- DUSKY, SABRE AND SILVER; MY DAD GETTING SECTIONED, BECOMING A MOD, HACKNEY, BETHNAL GREEN, BERMONDSEY AND SOUTHWARK, DEVELOPING MY DRAWING, PAINTING AND SCULPTURAL ABILITIES, AND PRODUCING TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL ARTIFACTS AT ART COLLEGE, A TUTOR CALLED PATRICK BURKE, HAVING EXHIBITIONS OF MY WORK; LEARNING TO PLAY MUSIC BY EAR, PLAYING IN SEVERAL LOSER BANDS, GOING TO AUDITIONS, BEING SHOT AT, BEING STABBED, BEING BEATEN UP, FIGHTING BACK AND GETTING RESPECT, FINDING OUT I HAVE ACUTE ASTIGMATISM IN BOTH EYES, LEARNING TO DRIVE SCOOTERS AND MOTORBIKES, LAMBRETTA, VESPA, TRIUMPH, ARIEL, WORKING AS A CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION LABOURER, A GENERAL LABOURER, DUSTMAN, POSTMAN, WORKER, COUNCIL PARKS AND GARDENS LABOURER, BECOMING A SKINHEAD, PLAYING PIANO IN PUBS IN EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTH EAST LONDON, PICKING FRUIT AND HOPS IN KENT, WORKING ON A FARM, WORKING FOR A FURNITURE MANUFACTURER, WORKING AS A PICTURE RESTORER AND RELINER, CONTINUING TO PRODUCE FINE DRAWINGS AND MULTI MEDIA IMAGES, DISCOVERING THAT A LONDON WORKING CLASS ACCENT IS A HINDRANCE TO SUCCESS IN THE 'ART GALLERY UNIVERSE', DISCOVERING THAT MOST PEOPLE IN THE 'ARTWORLD' ARE COMPLETE TWATS, AND SO ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE 'MUSIC INDUSTRY'...PLAYING AND PERFORMING MUSIC IN THE UK, EUROPE, SCANDINAVIA AND THE USA, EXPERIENCING RIOTS AND BOMBS IN LONDON, SUPPORTING WEST HAM UNITED F.C., GOING TO FOOTBALL, RUCKS AT FOOTBALL, GOING TO PETTICOAT LANE AND EAST LANE MARKETS, WORKING AS A JOURNALIST, KEEPING A WRITTEN DAILY JOURNAL, THE DEATHS OF MY PARENTS, THE DEATHS OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS;...... MY BEAUTIFUL BRAVE WIFE, MY LOVELY DAUGHTER, SON IN LAW AND GRANDCHILDREN, MY BROTHER AND SISTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, MY OTHER BLOOD RELATIVES AND EXTENDED FAMILY; MY MATES, MY CITY, MY NATION, THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE AND HISTORY, THE ODINIST FELLOWSHIP, PREMONITION, THE DIVINATION OF THE RUNES, ASTROLOGY, NUMEROLOGY, THE OI! AND STREETCORE SCENE, TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FOOD, PROPER OLD FASHIONED PUBS, GUINNESS, BECK'S, JOHN SMITH'S, BODDIGTON'S, SPITFIRE, LONDON PRIDE; CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, THE PRIDE OF LONDON-WEST HAM UNITED F.C.; DERBY DAY, THE GRAND NATIONAL, ENGLAND FOOTBALL; WRITERS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, CHARLES DICKENS, DANIEL DEFOE, F.RIDER HAGGARD, GEORGE ORWELL, ALDOUS HUXLEY, KINGSLEY AMIS, LAURIE LEE, STEVEN KING, JOHN LE CARRE, GARRY BUSHELL, EDRED THORSSON, JULIA LINE, HANS TENDAM, R.E.CAMPION, LIZ GREENE, HAROLD SASPORTAS; VISIONARIES- PYTHAGORAS, JOHN DEE, NOSTRADAMUS, FREDERICK NIETZSCHE, MADAME BLAVATSKY, ALEISTER CROWLEY, GEORGE ORWELL, ALDOUS HUXLEY, R.D.PEARSON, DEREK ROLL; ......... 'BRAVERY AND/OR BEAUTY'----...BOUDICCA, ALFRED THE GREAT, WAT TYLER, ROBIN HOOD, KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, ELIZABETH 1, DRAKE, RALEIGH, LEONARDO DA VINCI, MICHELANGELO BUONAROTTI, PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA, GIACOMO MANZU, GHIBERTI, ALBRECHT DURER, GALILEO GALILEI, GIORDANO BRUNO, CHRISTOPHER WREN, ISAAC NEWTON, ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL, CARAVAGGIO, RUBENS, REMBRANDT, JAMES WHISTLER, WILLIAM TURNER, THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, PAUL CEZANNE, VICTOR PASMORE, FRANCIS BACON, R.B.KITAJ, ALLEN JONES, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT SMITH, JOE TILSON, PETER BLAKE, EDUARDO PAOLOZZI, ........ MANFRED PORSCHE, WERNER VON BRAUN, HENRY FORD,................... FILM DIRECTORS ALFRED HITCHCOCK, KEN RUSSELL, FREDERICO FELLINI, LENI RIEFENSTAHL, MARTIN SCORSESE, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, THE BOULTING BROTHERS, NICK LOVE, GUY RITCHIE, JULIAN GILBEY, SHANE MEADOWS, MACE NEUFELD, WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, MARTIN SCORSESE, MIKE STONE; BOXERS DON COCKELL, TOMMY GIBBONS, FREDDIE MILLS, BRIAN LONDON, BILLY WALKER, HENRY COOPER, TERRY DOWNS, JOHN STRACEY, TERRY MARSH, ALAN MINTER, DAVE BOY GREEN, RICKY HATTON, JOE CALZAGHI; AND THE GREAT WEST HAM AND ENGLAND FOOTBALL HERO
BOBBY MOORE; IN GENERAL THE LIST IS ENDLESS.........BUT,IN PARTICULAR- (IN MUSIC)- PIANO AND KEYBOARD MUSIC, SIXTIES POP, MOD BANDS THE SMALL FACES, THE WHO, THE KINKS, AMEN CORNER, LOVE AFFAIR, THE UNTAMED, GRAHAM BOND;....... ROCK N' ROLLERS EDDIE COCHRAN, GENE VINCENT, EARLY ELVIS WHEN HE SANG LIKE A HILLBILLY, JERRY LEE LEWIS,
BILLY LEE RILEY;....... COUNTRY ARTISTS HANK WILLIAMS, JIM REEVES, JOHNNY CASH, MERLE HAGGARD, FLOYD KRAMER, AND OTHERS;......... THEN 70'S GLAM BANDS SLADE, GEORDIE, THE SWEET;...... THEN PUNK AND OI!, INCLUDING THE SEX PISTOLS, THE CLASH, SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS, CONFLICT, BLITZ, UK SUBS, THE DAMNED, THE RAMONES; THE COCKNEY REJECTS, THE 4 SKINS, COCKSPARRER, THE GONADS, JOEY TEEN, FRANKIE AND THE FLAMES, THE BLOOD, THE LAST RESORT, THE BUSINESS, SLADE THE LEVELLER, STRAW DOGS, RESISTANCE 77, ARGY BARGY, RETALIATOR, CONDEMNED 84, DROPKICK MURPHYS, CRASHED OUT, REDUCERS SF, THE WORKING STIFFS,
DARKBUSTER, ANOTHER MAN'S POISON, PURE BLOOD, KILLING JOKE, AND OTHERS,......SOME METAL- MOTORHEAD, AC/DC, OZZY, DIO; INDIE BANDS INCLUDE-THE ICICLE WORKS, THREE COLOURS RED, CRASHLAND, SUPERGRASS, AND OTHERS;.......
FOLKIES- RALPH McTELL, DONOVAN, PENTANGLE, ALL ABOUT EVE, BERT JANSCH AND JOHN RENBOURN, THE DUBLINERS, FIDDLER'S BID, SHOW OF HANDS, ANGLO SAXON;........ PUB ROCK- CHAS N' DAVE, KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROADS, IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS, AND PUB PIANO PLAYERS LIKE ME (!)....PLUS, BUSKERS, FOOTBALL CHANTS, PUB SINGERS, ACOUSTIC TROUBADOURS LIKE MY MATE MARTIN 'THE MOD' REYNOLDS, AND MY MATE DAVE MORRISON WHEN HE'S PISSED OUT OF BRAINS AND TRYING TO SING 'JUMPING JACK FLASH'; PLUS OF COURSE- SIR EDWARD (ENGLAND IN MY BONES) ELGAR, DELIUS, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, THOMAS ARNE, GUSTAV (HOOLIGAN) HOLST, VIVALDI, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (BASSLINE BOSS) BACH, FRANZ (PIANO A-GOGO EXTRAORDINAIRE) LISZT, STRAUSS, LUDVIG (I LIKE IT LOUD) VON BEETHOVEN, RICHARD (I LIKE IT LOUDER THAN BEETHOVEN COZ I'M WELL'ARD) WAGNER, CHOPIN, MOZART, HANDEL, CARL (CARMINA BURRANA WAS MY PENSION) ORFF, GORETZSKY, JOHN (IPCRESS FILE) BARRY, ENNIO (SPAGHETTI WESTERNS) MORRICONE, JERRY (OMEN) GOLDSMITH, MICHAEL (THE EXORCIST) OLDFIELD...............IN PARTICULAR, FILMS-....RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER, LORD OF THE RINGS, END OF DAYS, CHRISTINE, THE STAND, SNATCH, LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, TOMMY, QUADROPHENIA, THE WHICKER MAN, THIS IS ENGLAND, JUBILEE, THE FILTH AND THE FURY, REVELATION, SCROOGE, THE 39 STEPS, OMEN 1,2,3,4, THE GODFATHER 1,2,3,4, LOVE HONOUR AND OBEY, SEXY BEAST, ZULU, TROY, THE KRAYS, GANGSTER NUMBER 1,THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY, BRASSED OFF, THE BELIEVER, HIGHER LEARNING, GLADIATOR, AMERICAN HISTORY X, FIGHT CLUB, THE BUSINESS, GREEN STREET, THE FOOTBALL FACTORY, THE FIRM, I.D., SCUM, ROMPER STOMPER, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE EXORCIST, IF, TAXI DRIVER, MEAN STREETS, GOODFELLAS, RAGING BULL, RONIN, PATRIOT GAMES,THE FOURTH PROTOCOL,
APOCALYPSE NOW, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, THE IPCRESS FILE, BLOW UP, QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, THE DEVIL RIDES OUT........AND TELEVISION?-.............. I DON'T WATCH MUCH...ITS MOSTLY CRAP NOW, BECAUSE ITS A 20TH CENTURY MEDIUM AND LOSING VIEWERS, SO THE EXECUTIVES ARE INCREASINGLY DESPERATE TO KEEP THEIR JOBS, AND PUT ON PROGRAMMES WHICH ARE LITERALLY THE SHIT OF THE VIEWING UNIVERSE, THE BOUNDARIES OF BAD TASTE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING EXTENDED.......... THE NEWS IS PROPOGANDA, THE SOAPS ARE POLITICALLY CORRECT, FULL OF PROPOGANDA AS WELL AS THE NEWS, AND HAVE AN AGENDA TO DEPICT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMILY AND ETERNAL GRIEF, BETRAYAL, AND HATRED BETWEEN PEOPLE...REALITY TV SHOWS LIKE BIG BROTHER AND WIFE SWAP ARE ABSOLUTE DROSS AND THE DESPERATE GESTURES OF PEOPLE PRODUCING SO CALLED 'ENTERTAINMENT' IN A MEDIUM THAT THEY KNOW HAS HAD ITS DAY...... THEY HOPE TO GET RATINGS AND ADVERTISERS BY DOING THIS........BUT NOW, IN THE 21ST CENTURY, THE DOMINANT FORCE IN THE MEDIA IS THE INTERNET... WHICH GIVES POWER TO THE INDIVIDUAL,
AND NOT TO TELEVISION EXECUTIVES, (WHO UP UNTIL NOW HAVE HAD CONTROL OVER WHAT WE SEE ON A SCREEN).......THE FEW TV PROGRAMMES I LIKE AND MENTION HERE ARE:- BLOOD OF THE VIKINGS, THE SOPRANOS, LIFE ON MARS, MORSE, MIDSOMER MURDERS, BUSHELL ON THE BOX, THE NATIONAL ALF, AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET, MINDER, ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, EARLY DOORS, LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE, FATHER TED, THE KATHERINE TATE SHOW, PETER KAY LIVE AT BLACKPOOL, PHOENIX NIGHTS, THE GREATEST BRITON, SOME OF THE PANORAMA SERIES, THE WHO LIVE, LIVE FOOTBALL AND BOXING, UKTV HISTORY, (A HISTORY OF BRITAIN-EXCELLENT), THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL, TOM AND JERRY ............... AND PLEASE DESCEND BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG IN THE BOWELS OF HELL AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO;- .......NEIGHBOURS/HOLIDAYS/ BUILDERS/WIVES/HUSBANDS/ FROM HELL;....... AND THE SOAPS, WHICH ARE NOWADAYS JUST HALF AN HOUR OF PEOPLE SOBBING OR SNARLING OR SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER; I'M A CELEBRITY/I'M A POPSTAR/ GET ME OUT OF HERE; ........THOSE TWO SAD LOSERS ON LITTLE BRITAIN,........ SIMON COWELL AND THE X FACTOR;....... THE SENSATIONALISTIC PRESENTATION OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM OBESITY/ ANOREXIA/BULIMIA/ AND 'LOOK AT THIS POOR FREAK' PROGRAMMES;........ NOEL EDMONDS AND HIS SMUG, SLIMY INSINCERITY ON DEAL OR NO DEAL;............ AND THAT OTHER TWAT NICKY CAMPBELL ON THE NEW 'WE'VE GOT TO KEEP YOU WATCHING SO HERE'S ANOTHER PROGRAMME WHERE WE OFFER YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN LOTS OF MONEY' SHIT;.......... ENDLESS REPEATS YEAR AFTER YEAR OF THE SAME FILMS AT BANK HOLIDAYS, CHRISTMAS AND EASTER;......MTV CRAP;...... RED NOSE DAY;...... RICHARD AND JUDY;........THE MINT AND ALL THE OTHER PHONE IN RIP OFFS..........'LETS MAKE INNOCENT PASSERS BY LOOK LIKE COMPLETE IDIOTS' PROGRAMMES;....... HELL'S KITCHEN;.......... ALL THE CHEAP AMERICAN IMPORT SHOWS;......... AND THE BIGGEST 'N-O - W-E -D-O-N-'T W-A-N-T I-T' IS RESERVED FOR THAT FESTERING, USELESS, CHANNEL 4 /ENDEMOL STINKING PILE OF HYPED UP TV TURD- BIG BROTHER. ..............HEY!!!!! NETWORK TELEVISION!!!!!, YOUR TIME IS UP!!!!!...CLEAN UP AND SHAPE UP!!!!! - MAKE SOME MORE QUALITY VIEWING OR JUST FADE AWAY, BECAUSE WE, THE PUBLIC, HAVE VASTLY MORE 'ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE' OPTIONS NOW, AND INCREASINGLY WE REALISE WE 'JUST DON'T NEED YOUR CRAP ANY MORE', HAHAHAHAHA................SO,YOU USELESS DESPERATE TWATS, UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF TV PROGRAMMING OUTPUT OR TRY LIFE ON THE DOLE;.....YOUR HYPNOSIS OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC IS AT AN END!superyob
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