I love the Beatles and the Kinks and the Velvets and the Bonzos and the Beach Boys. I love Johnny Cash and Elvis and the Big O and Chuck Berry and Alex Chilton. I love Edwyn Collins and Stephen Duffy and the Lilac Time and the Bmx Bandits. I love the Cramps and Elvis Costello (between 76 and 86) and Al Green and Blondie, Otis Redding, Tom Waits, Nina Simone, The Specials, The Pogues, Squeeze. I quite like James Brown and the Bee Gees and The Fall. im not very keen on james blunt or david grey. my favourite singer is probably Kevin Rowland from Dexys Midnight Runners, my favourite band is probably The Blockheads and my favourite songwriter is probably Bob Dylan. I love Morrissey. i like pulp, i like run dmc, i love betty boo, i like bob marley, i love Jimmy Cliff, i like lloyd cole, i like chas and dave and madness and a few songs by Paul Weller and Paul Simon. Dusty Springfield had her moments. I love T-Rex ("put a bit of marc in your heart"), Hot Rod Stewart has made some good records, i like Fats Waller a lot, i like silly stuff like Denim, my friend Adrian R. Shaw is a very good songwriter. I don't think I could really like someone if they hated the Human League, I like Divine Comedy, Laughing Leonard Cohen, The The, Iggy & Ziggy. The best live acts I've ever seen were probably David Devant & His Spirit Wife in the 90's and Gallon Drunk in the noughties.
Movies
My favourite film is probably Broadway Danny Rose closely followed by Bedazzled. But like everyone there are a lot of films that have a place in my heart... Midnight Cowboy, Down By Law, Some Like It Hot, The Graduate and Dog Day Afternoon for example. The Producers is great. Shane, Butch Cassidy, Frank & Jessie James. I like soppy stuff like, It's A Wonderful Life and silly stuff like, The Jerk and Dodgeball. And I love great British films like The Third Man and the old Ealing comedies.
Television
Boys From The Black Stuff, G.B.H, The Singing Detective, A Dance to the Music of Time.
Books
"We Are Still Married" , "Remains of the Day" and "Harpo Speaks" are all great. The only book that has the power to always make me smile and always make me laugh is Raymond Briggs book about his parents... it gets me every time.
About me: I went to Winchester School of Art from 1992 to '95 and then I spent 5 years doing a fanzine called, Frank magazine. Three days a week I am a till monkey at the bookshop of Tate Britain. I write for an Estonian newspaper and have contributed interviews with artists to various magazines and fanzines. I love painting, usually in collaboration with friends. I organise art shows... I've curated shows in Paris and Edinburgh but most of my things have taken place in the East End of London. I put together a show where 100 artists did a painting of their mother. I organised another group exhibition that was a tribute to John Peel. I had my first ever solo show at The Sartorial Gallery in Feb 07 and it went really well. Last year I was lucky enough to go to Brazil and show my work in a gallery in Sao Paulo. My 2nd solo show at Sartorial is called, "Getting Better" and it takes place in March 2008 www.sartorialart.com
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After 20 years in show business I, LUDICROUS release yet another new single "WE'RE THE SUPPORT BAND" worldwide today. "WE'RE THE SUPPORT BAND" is available for download on I TUNES & all major on line music stores. You can watch the video on the I, LUDICROUS myspace site.....Thanks.
There will be a FREE screening of the latest work of Tom Estes at Whitechapel Art Gallery, on Thu 29 Oct, 2009. Whitechapel High Street, London E1. Nearest tube: Aldgate East, Open Screenings are FREE To book a place call: 020 7522 7888 / tickets@whitchapel.orgwww.whitechapel.org
Just to inform you of two important "happenings" in our own little world:
Firstly.....we release our debut single "The Contessa" / "Snake Charmer" on Sept 26 at, curiously, the celebration/launch shindig for our debut album in central London.
Copies of the ltd edition single will be available on the night at Crossfire 14 held at 229 The Venue in Gt. Portland Street, London (opposite Regent's Park) with the DCs on stage around 10pm followed by a blistering all-niter...
And.....this is our next BIRMINGHAM gig....coming up on SATURDAY SEPTEMBER12th @ the Sound Bar....hope you can make it:
Also we play a small home-town show in Tamworth on Sunday September 13 @ Bullit (about 9pm we think)....
Offset Festival 2009 - featuring The Horrors, The Slits, A Certain Ratio, The Futureheads, Future of the Left, Rolo Tomassi and 150 others.
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Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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