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LEON's Interests
General
Photography and music.
Music
Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Alexander 'Skip' Spence, Jackson C Frank, Phosphorescent, Donovan, M Ward, Thad Cockrell, Elliott Smith, Dave Van Ronk, Sun Kil Moon, Band Of Horses, Smog, Whiskeytown, Son Volt, Pavement, Ron Sexsmith, Fred Neil, Uncle Tupelo, My Morning Jacket, Randy Newman, Iron & Wine, Richard Buckner, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Doug Sahm, Justin Rutledge, Death Cab For Cutie, Sonic Youth. IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS:
Movies
The Life Aquatic (fucken a), George Washington, All The Real Girls, Undertow, The Brown Bunny, The Royal Tenenbaums, Kitchen Stories, Les Vacances De M. Hulot, Playtime, Mon Oncle, Hafid, Le Diner Du Cons, The Magician, The Seventh Seal, Be Here to Love Me, A Room For Romeo Brass, Noi the Albinoi, The 400 Blows, Wild Strawberries, The Lifeboat, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, Heartworn Highways, Whisky Galore!!! ANYTHING LIKE THIS:
Television
Match of the Day, The Simpsons. Period.
Books
Only ones on / or about pictures. Oh, and that one book JD Salinger wrote.
Heroes
My uncle Wally. Jon Clee. Robert Millar, who I chased up Caerphilly mountain in the Milk Race.
About me: I was born in Caerphilly, lived in a castle. I now live in Cardiff. Got 4 kids (3 my own, one inherited), take pictures with 19th century cameras, make records, like having a beard, being my own boss, cream converse all stars (since 14 year old - nothing else will do) and flecktarn jackets. Stephen Malkmus once touched me. As has Bob Geldof.
Who I'd like to meet: Alive guys; Stephen Shore, Joel Sternfeld, Vincent Gallo, Richard Misrach, Thurston Moore, Joel Meyerowitz, David Gordon Green, Randy Newman, Gregory Crewdson, Jim James, Don Van Vliet (my uncle was his friend - so I kinda met him), Gibby Haynes, Shane Meadows. Everyone else alive I have wanted to meet I have met. Dead guys; Jacques Tati, Alexander Spence, Eliot Porter, Dean Brown, Richard Avedon, Townes Van Zandt, Big L, Elliott Smith, Fred Neil, Cliff Burton, Dave Van Ronk, Jesse Pintado, Tim Hardin, Jackson C Frank, Edward Weston. The rest I can wait until I'm dead again to meet. Oh and....
Great live tracks featuring a 6 Music Hub session from Death Cab For Cutie, a 1968 John Peel session from Jackson C Frank and concert highlights from The White Stripes.
Unbelievably a year has passed since we lost our dear son. Hope one day the pain will go, leaving only good and proud memories. Just a message to all his many friends, please remember him today, if not any other time, and raise a glass to his memory.
Hello my beauty, just a quick hello to you and to let you know i aint forgot my lovely bearded uncle don fisher...have a good christmas if i dont hear from you before then. X. Rich&family.
Get a ticket man!!!!!! Hope to see you this weekend, it's been ages! Pete's got a thing on in Chapter.
Don’t forget you can book in advance today for the PENTANGLE Sweet Child 40th Anniversary Concert on Sunday 29 June 2008 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Friends of Bert can book today from 10.00am by telephoning 0871 663 2500 and quoting the password 'Sweet Child'. Tickets (£30/£25/£15) will go on general sale at 10.00am (UK time) tomorrow, Thursday 8 November, from the Southbank Centre Ticket Office (0871 663 2500 or www.southbankcentre.co.uk). (Southbank Centre members ONLY can book online today. Transaction fee will apply to all bookings except for Southbank Centre members).
PENTANGLE Sweet Child 40th Anniversary Concert Sunday 29 June 2008, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Doors 7.00pm.
alright butt, long time no see! hope all is well - good to see you still alive. going to be a dad soon shitting planks. take care keep in touch xxxxxxx
i forget how much of my life still has our history intertwined throughout it i don't have those chairs, they got lost somewhere but i still have the sofa ah the memories oh yes, steal away :)
Actually me briefly in Cardiff tomorrow to pick up some stupendously long trousers! Gimme a bell on 07939 057809...no more kids as far as I know, have been married and sadly divorced since those halcyon days on the Taff...moral - never marry a circus girl, theyt are all mad... CDs suck, me stick with shellac and vinyl...never heard from Bev, tried to locate her but my leads dried up...
Just about to buy a blad now. It has a Classic Hasselblad 500CM Body (Black) SN: UE1223968. Stored since serviced by Camera Service Center in Culver City, CA (Authorized Hasselblad)-5/25/06
· Hasselblad A-12 Film Back (Black) - Serial Numbers match – unused since refurbished by Camera Service Center in Culver City, CA (Authorized Hasselblad)
· Waist-level finder & standard focusing screen plus insert cropper.
· Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm C f/2.8 T* Lens + caps (Black) SN: NR6129341. This lens has a Bay 57 front end. Stored since tested and met specs 5/25/06 by Camera Service Center.
· NPC Polaroid MF-1 Back
· Hasselblad 55mm Extension tube (Perfect length for extra close portraits with the 250 mm Zeiss Sonnar or 180 Sonnar or very close with shorter lenses. Will work on all Zeiss T* lenses on all 500c, cm, El, Elm 2000 series models.
· Spirit Level
· 57 Bay to 52mm Step-down adapter
Sorry about that but i couldn't be arsed writing all that down so o pulled it off the page.
Its a snip under £400. Sound good to you?
we gotta get out there this week and snap away bro.
I found some killa deals on some Blads. Gonna buy me one tomorrow me thinks. Its off the yanks so is there any questions i need to ask? you mentioned about tax and shipping? I found some great lens deals too, a good priced 250mm sonnar and a tip-top 50 wide angle ( i believe its the same as yours)
