Frank Zappa, Beach Boys, Beatles, Tom Waits, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Mahler, Beethoven, Lisa Germano, Kate Bush, Bjork, Kono Michi, Stina Nordenstam, Fiona Apple, Cocteau Twins, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Imogen Heap, Regina Spektor, Gershwin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Betty Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli and the four Seasons, Wacko Jacko, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Red Army Choir, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Stones, Led Zep, Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack, Dawn of the Replicants, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Willie Nelson, Tompal Glazer, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Big Star, Veruca Salt, Dillon Fence, The Posies, Alison Krauss, Radiohead, Human League, Sonic Youth, Stone Ghost Collective, Komeda, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Henryk Gorecki and some other bits and bobs!
Movies
Anything with Cary Grant, James Stewart, Katherine Hepburn or Myrna Loy, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Godfather, JFK, Thirteen Days, El Dorado, Rio Lobo, Pretty Much all Sci-Fi, Tora Tora Tora, The Great Escape, The Sting, All the President's Men, All David Lynch Films, all Hitchcock films, pretty much all Scorsese, Spike Lee and Tarantino films, The Life of Brian, The Birdcage, Buffalo 66, High Fidelity, Dogma.
About me: As the name would suggest I'm one of the people responsible for the group/recording project The Stone Ghost Collective. I write the songs with Brendan McAndrew and there's loads of other people involved who sing and play various instruments. We record and produce all of the songs at my little Stone Ghost Studio in Galashiels!
Our current EP is called 'The Unrequited Love EP' and it's available for download from ITunes, Napster, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody and other stores.
Brendan and I were two of the people behind the short lived but much loved underground music magazine Sun Zoom Spark. When we packed that in a bunch of us were signed up by Warner Bros as the group Dawn of the Replicants. I helped write and record 5 studio albums with DOTR!
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hey mikey, saw you were playing in the big 'carl', sorry i can't get as i am still in thailand(three years withoot the doddle)even if i wanted to i can't leave the country at the moment as the anti government protesters have blocked all int'airports, people being shot etc etc,looks like another coup on the cards,all at the start of the tourist season ! great for buisness,(lol) hope all well with you,really enjoyed the clips on youtube,speak soon, peace and love frae chiang mai
wow, someone over in Scotland was singing my song! that's a nice thought. thanks for the compliment! what exactly was the failed cooking experiment? i'm curious...
GOOD MORNING SIR MICHAEL OF DODDLESHIRE, GOT A COUPLE OF NEW TRACKS UP, SCOTT WALKER'S 'NO REGRETS' AND SNAKESKIN REVOLUTION, ,ITS A BIT DRAWN OUT, BUT ITS A ROCKER, HOPE YOU LIKE
mornin mike , you're up early for your paper round, or was it a busy night in the bakehouse,just havin' a toffee doddle piece....mmmmm bloody delicious ,,awl love frae at chiang mai
HIYA MIKE.....CHECK OOT NEW TRACKS AND VIDS ON OUR PAGE ....HOPE YOU JIM DANDY AND ALSO HEEL AND SHOE...JAMIES PAGE SHOULD BE UP THIS WEEK....REALLY LOOKIN' FORWARD TO THAT ONE....SPEAK SOON ....NICK