Craig Ranapia

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About me

Gender Male
Location North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
Introduction Born in the Year of the Rat, he lives in an unfashionable but appreciating suburb on Auckland's North Shore with one student loan and Mr. Better-Half, who really is. He currently contributes 180 Seconds With Craig Ranapia to Public Address Radio, a delightful audio pot pourri that can be found on Radio Live stations nationwide, Saturday from 2pm.
Interests Living a life of blameless excellence, reading, drinking coffee I didn't have to make.
Favorite Movies North by Northwest, Vertigo, The Seven Samurai, Spirited Away, The Lion in Winter, Metropolitan, Hero, .
Favorite Music Sign o the Times, 'Spike' by Elvis Costello, 'Chicago' (Original Broadway Cast), 'Showbiz Kids: The Best of Steely Dan', and pretty much everything ever written by Elgar.
Favorite Books Anything by Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, P.G. Wodehouse. 'Rationalism in Politics' by Michael Oakeshott, 'Churchill' by Roy Jenkins, 'The Sandman' by Neil Gaiman, 'The Shock of the New' by Robert Hughes, 'Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady' by Florence King.