It was a dark and stormy night ... when the music began to play.
Favourite Bands / Artists
Hundreds, ranging from Canadian folk rock (Neil Young) to classic rock to jazz to electronica (especially progressive house).
I would rather poke myself in the eye, than listen to...
cover songs.
My favourite movies
Apocalypse Now, Silence Of The Lambs, The Wall, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Fahrenheit 911, To Live & Die in LA, Oceans 11/12, The Usual Suspects, Casablanca.
Favourite Books/Mags
A Prayer For Owen Meany (Irving), Catch-22 (Heller), Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Tolkien), Animal Farm (Orwell), Lord of the Flies (Golding), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kesey), The Dead Zone (King), To Kill A Mockingbird (Lee), Atlas/Fountainhead (Rand), almost anything by Asimov, Heinlein, Agatha Christie, early Tom Clancy, or James Herriott.
Makes me happy
Pretty much everything. I'd be happy living in a brown paper bag.
Makes me sad
Eating blue food. Except blueberries; I love them.
Instruments that I play
Guitar & piano, plus a bit of drums, bass guitar, clarinet, alto sax.