Being interested! The freedom of the Tibetian people, jeez the freedom of the chinese people! ...Zimbabwe and sadly so many, many others...... art & music, which of course includes such a rich and varied panorama of great stuff! Food, cooking, women, drink, travel, friends, film, photography, poetry, theatre, exhibitions, books, great TV - rare... but all the better for it!, performance art, poetry, the myriad glory of wild and tamed nature. Rime ice, winter light, summers in love, the rush of Spring, the rich colour palette of autumn, wnter sensuality, Irish countryside and coasts, good galleries and museums. Devon & Cornwall, watching the rain fall on clean windows while staying dry inside. Taking photographs, all the while discovering. Cooking dishes of the world, fishing in rivers and the wide blue sea. building fires on the beach. BDSM, fetishism, hard core...all the usual!
Music
elementals...wind, rain, waves, fire, the cries of birds and animals.
Alongside a soundtrack of: - Leonard Cohen. Bob Dylan. Tom Waits. Rufus Wainwright. Velvet Underground & Nico.
John Cale. Rachel Unthank & The Winterset. Beirut. BDK - Bourne-Davis-Kane. Talking Heads / David Bryne. Arcade Fire. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds/ Conway Savage. Coldplay. David Sylvian / Japan / Rain Tree Crow / Nine Horses. Magazine. Danielle Dax. Brian Eno / Harold Budd / Jon Hassel. King Crimson / Robert Fripp. Yes. Gabriel Yared. Thomas Dolby. Mercury Rev. Dresden Dolls. The Fall. Joy Division / New Order. Radiohead. Buena Vista Social Club. Jeff Buckley. Jason Webley. The Cramps. Eric Satie. The New York Dolls. Handel. J.S.Bach. Ralph Vaughan Williams. The Fall. Thomas Leer. Shostakovitch. Ray Lamontagne. Bjork. Faithless. Coldplay. Maurice Ravel. Cashierno9. (H+)M.S.G. Klimek. Fiktion. Katiee Page. Harry Connick Jr. John Martyn. Tanger. The Nice. Syd Barrett / Pink Floyd. Iggy & The Stooges. Chemical Brothers. Nirvana. Cabaret Voltaire. Transistor 6. The Smiths / Morrissey / Johnny Marr. Pulp / Jarvis Cocker. Godspeed You Black Emporer. A Silver Mt Zion. Nico. Tangerine Dream. Peter Sinfield. David Bowie. DeVotchka. The Lemon Kittens. The Residents. Sigur Ros. Kate Bush. Virgin Prunes. Gavin Friday & The Man Seezer. Carter Burwell. Swell Maps. This Heat. Camberwell Now. Throbbing Gristle. In The Nursery. Lemon Chill. The Blue Nile. Bauhaus. The Cure. Hawkwind. The Doors. The Sex Pistols. PIL. The Clash. Toumani Diabate. Cellophane. The Stranglers. Flaque. Black Mountain Transmitter. Joni Mitchell. Patti Smith. Nick Drake. Smog / Bill Callahan. Echo & The Bunnymen. 5&4 piece - Genesis/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett. Joni Mitchell. Paul Simon / Simon & Garfunkel. Nina Simone. Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Van Morrison/Them. Beth Orton. The Frames / Glen Hansard. The Psychedelic Furs. Will Dailey. Jethro Tull. Eliza Gilkyson. Chris Squire. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of invention. Captain Beefheart. T-Rex. Early Roxy. The Buzzcocks.
St Germain. Snow Patrol. Muddy Waters. ELP. Renaissance. Johnny Cash. Devo. Death In Vegas. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. This Mortal Coil. Rob Zombie
Movies
MOST RECENT: In The Loop - Armando Iannucci. The Boat That Rocked (Radio Caroline)- Richard Curtis. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button' (from F.Scott Fitzgerald story)I've Loved You So Long' - Phillipe Claudel. 'Of Time And City - Terence Davies.
The Edge Of Love (dear Dylan, Caitlan Thomas & friends...) In Bruges - Martin McDonagh. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Julian Schnabel. Heima (Sigur Ros)- Dean DeBlois. No Country For Old Men - Coen Bro's. I'm Not There (Dylan)- Todd Haynes.
I Am Legend - Francis Lawrence. Once - John Carney.
30 Days Of Night - David Slade. Perfume - Tom Tykwer.
The Consequences Of Love - Paolo Sorrentino. The Lives Of Others - Florian Henckel. Paris J'T'aime - various directors. Sideways. Prospero's Books/ The Cook,The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover' / Drowning By Numbers/ The Belly Of An Architect/ The Draughtsman's Contract' - Peter Greenaway. Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro.
Withnail & I - Bruce Robinson. Orlando - Sally Potter. Trainspotting - Danny Boyle. The Future Is Unwritten (Joe Strummer)- Julien Temple. A Clockwork Orange / 2001 a space odyssesy - Stanley Kubrick. Control - Anton Corbijn. The Lover - Jean-Jaques Annaud. Wuthering Heights - Wm. Wyler. The Sheltering Sky / Last Tango In Paris/ La Luna / The Name Of The Rose/ The Last Emporer - Bernardo Bertolucci. The Silence Of The Lambs - Jonathan Demme.
The English Patient - Anthony Minghella. Lawrence Of Arabia - David Lean. Mrs Parker & The Vicious Circle - Alan Rudolph. Il Postino - Michael Radford. Secretary.
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being. Oh Brother Where Art Thou - Joel Coen. The Nightmare Before Christmas / Corpse Bride / Edward Scissorhands - Tim Burton. Betty Blue - Jean-Jacques Edward Beineix.
Ridicule/ The Hairdresser's Husband - Patrice Leconte.
The Apartment - Billy Wilder. Shawshank Redemption - Stephen King/Frank Darabont. The Cremaster Cycle x 3 - Matthew Barney. The Snows Of Kilimanjaro - Henry King. The African Queen - John Huston. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest/ Amadeus - Milos Foreman. Angelheart - Alan Parker.
The Piano - Jane Campion. Seven - David Fincher. Meet Joe Black - Martin Brest. Time Bandits - Terry Gilliam. The Alien/s Quartet. Blade Runner - Ridley Scott. Event Horizon. Lifeforce. The Thing. Amelie / A Very Long Engagement - Jean Pierre Jeunet. Gregory's Girl. The Bridges Of Madison County. Wings Of Desire. Ai no corrida. 9 1/2 Weeks. Henry & June. Sin City. The Elephant Man. Constantine. Almost all versions, B&W and Colour of A Christmas Carol (Scrooge!) ..I feel a warm glow inside and out
Television
The a r t e r y on the World Wide Web / Feile FM / NvTv & wherever next..............
The Mighty Boosh boys, God bless 'em! Catherine Tate Show. Little Britain.
The League Of Gentlemen. The Fast Show. The Simpsons. Harry & Paul. Black Books. Dylan Moran / Brian Bailey / Tamsin Greig. Harry Hill. Black Adder. Mock The Week. and oh how I miss the insanely wonderful Vic & Bob and their eclectic cast of curious characters......Monty Phython's Flying Circus. Absolutely! Rab.C.Nesbitt. Red Dwarf. The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (BBC/Douglas Adams). Anything made by or presented by David Attenborough. River Cottage - Hugh F-W. The Frost Report. That Was The Week That Was. History programmes - WWI / II. Spanish Civil War...................................
Below you will find for your delectation and delight, several full editions of the ' a r t e r y > ' TV programme, dip in! Right here, right now...
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You Travel Further When You Travel Lightest (6 minutes)
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Une Vue d'Irlande (7 minutes)
Books
A Blessing On The Moon - Jakob Skibell. The Collector Collector (W-O-W)/ Don't Read This If You're Stupid - Under The Frog - Tibor Fischer. Identity / Slowness / The Unbearable Lightness Of Being / Immortality / The Book Of Laughter & Forgetting / Ignorance... indeed anything by Milan Kundera. Veronika Decides To Die / 11 minutes/ The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho. The Picture Of Dorian Gray / De Profundis/ The Soul Of Man Under Socialism / The Importance Of Being Ernest, anything by Oscar Wilde, especially his one-liners...the master! Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit / Art Objects - Jeanette Winterson. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte. The Story Of Eye - Georges Bateille. The Inside Story Of VIZ - Chris Donald. Michael Moorcock...especially the Cornelius Quartet and various relative tomes!
The Vampyre / The Mummy / Feasting With Panthers - Tom Holland. Interview With The Vampire / Servant Of The Bones / The Tale Of The Body Thief / Memnoch The Devil... indeed anything by Anne Rice. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (quintet)- Douglas Adams; surpassing the Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom! (Desert Island book choice)
Divorcing Jack / The Cycle Of Violence - Colin Bateman ...and absolutely loads of stuff from thon damn sexy poet, playwright, writer Willie Shakespeare
Heroes
The positive, the caring, the compassionate, the humane, the get up and do it for yourself motley crew, the inspirational, those who shine & bring a bright light from themselves to others, those who make/fight/dance their dreams come to fruition. My Mum & Dad, Gran & Granda Stewart. Leonard Cohen. Bob Dylan, Patti Smith. Tom Waits. Maya Angelou. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde. Pablo Picasso. John Peel. Fred Dibnah. Banksy. Matthew Collings. David Attenborough. Joe Strummer. John Lydon. Vivienne Westwood. Quentin Crisp. Kate Bush. Henri Cartier-Bresson. Stephen Patrick Morrissey. Johnny Marr. Dorothy Parker. Terri Hooley. Kelly Morris. David Hockney. Andy Goldsworthy. Anais Nin. Marlon Brando. Clint Eastwood. Virginia Woolf. Dave Hyndman. Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder. Helen Mirren.
About me: Ordinary guy attempting extra-ordinary things... have history of such! In astonishingly wonderful, radiantly beautiful world, made smaller and uglier by small, ugly people with imagination by-passes, but enough of the dross!
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> BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
........Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive...#########################
Conceived and created an arts television & radio programme series which I called ' A R T E R Y ' ...surprise, surprise, the only dedicated, contemporary arts / culture / music, features and review programme series on N.I. television (bar none!) First broadcast (as 1 hour radio show) - NVRadio 100.6 FM every Saturday. Then re-conceived as a Television programme series - every Friday from 5.00pm on NvTv. 2004 - 2007(Northern Visions Television - Belfast) www.nvtv.co.uk. ******************
The Artery> Radio programme is currently aired every Tuesday 1.30 - 2.30 on Feile FM 103.2 FM - listen live online at: www.feilefm.com
********************************On a (world) wide spectrum ' A R T E R Y > ' is aired/accessed here on the official artery> myspace site - Look out for new & archive editions...Snippettes and special features!...please let me know what you think, feel, recommend, loathe, are most taken with... look forward to reading all comments..........I'm on a singular mission to make TV & radio programmes which are the opposite to the rank mediocrity perpetuated by Ulster media dinosaurs - BBC NI & UTV, whose shows, generally make me puke!(and from talking to hundreds of intelligent, creative, fellow Ulster citizens, I'm not the only one!)Thanks to the hundreds who signed the petition supporting the 'artery' show and it's continuation. Thank you all
Who I'd like to meet: people who know it's an honour & privledge to live, love and laugh on this small blue/green planet.
...the positive, vibrant, radiant, imaginative, creative, quirky, naturally sexy, the hopeful & joyful...those who are a flame...those who when they smile, its from the inside out...integrity & sincerity is the key.......
Anyone who's not detrimental to my health, physical or mental!
Hi there.
Hope all is well with you. Prepare your ears and heart for some new
compositions from Cybiont. “Demon on my shoulder” is a dark
tune. ‘What happened to the time’? is a kind of a jazzy industrial
cabaret. Both in their crude versions – rough mixes. Additionally the debut
album has been completed and we just got the 2 first reviews in. Welcome over
for a visit:) Looking forward to your comments
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