Writing, watching Tottenham Hotspur FC, reading, Englishness and all its facets, architecture, arts, dirty words shouted loudly. Wasabi.
Music
Mekons, The Ex, Johnny Cash, Fugazi, ska, rocksteady, 2 Tone, Specials, Clash, Crass, folk, punk, Squeeze, Chas and Dave, Robert Wyatt, Hard Skin, Handsome Family, Jenny Lewis, girl groups. Hard to pin down and predict really. Marie Lloyd, Gus Elen, The Rivals, Sarah Silverman' songs and Pilot.
Movies
From Powell and Pressburger to John Waters and Russ Meyer. I was recently introduced to the wonderful Danger Diabolik. Holiday Camp, Gallivant, kitchen sink films of the 60s, anything where Rita Tushingham has a backstreet abortion. Those Glory Glory Days -- the finest football film ever. Grimey 80s realism, like Made In Britain or Meantime. Humphrey Jennings, This is England, Went the Day Well.
Television
The Wire, Sopranos, Match of the Day, Veronica Mars.
Books
Yes. Piles of them all over the place. Currently trying to find fiction where I enjoy more than two-thirds of the book [I am talking to you, Mr Delillo]. Bee Lavender's Lessons in Taxidermy, Stewart Home's skinhead books, True Grit. PJ O'Rourke before he got crap. Mine.
Recently enjoyed the new Martin Millar, Lonely Werewolf Girl, and Cathi Unsworth's The Singer as well as Norwood by Charles Portis.
About me: I am a writer and live in London.
I have a website at www.iainaitch.com.
I will write for money, food or spite.
We're British, Innit Citizenship Test!
Who I'd like to meet: Readers. Writers. The rich but stupid. People who buy their round. The obsessive and the obsessed. People who don't have hourly chimes set on their digital watches.
Thank you for having The Road Rash Blues Show as a friend.
This show and station is dedicated to the promotion of independent Blues and Blues Infected Music. Feel free to check out what we can do for you on air (check our blog)as a band and as a listener, the great line up of shows across the whole station.
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
Alright? Late shout as ever, but you fancy joining us for
our final London
show?
We’re playing our final London show on Saturday 20th at
Hope and Anchor in Islington. It will be a very messy affair, we promise. Print
off the flyer for cheaper entry on the door.
I nabbed them when he threw them out and was still wearing them for 5 a side in the early 90s. Just before the acid jazz boys 'discovered' them. They were great, all tread completely worn away, but eventually fell apart. I am wearing the best chocolate brown FP. Photo taken when I should have been revising for O levels.
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