Oliver Pickup
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Sports Journalist |
| Location | Maida Vale, London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | "I can resist anything but temptation." |
| Interests | Sport, music, art, photography, people, literature and foreign cultures. |
| Favorite Movies | Pusher(I and II), Hero, City of God, Seven Samurai, Life Aquatic, Le Mepris, Sexy Beast, Chopper, The Medusa Touch, The boys from Brazil, Manhatten, Annie Hall, American History X, The Godfather triology, A Bout De Souffle, The Seventh Seal, Citizen Kane, Blow-Up, Dr Strangelove, Ed Gein, The Usual Suspects, Run Lola Run, Leon, Das Experiment, Raging Bull, Il Postino, Life is Beautiful, Amoros Perros, Y Tu mama tambien, 21 grams, La Haine, Festen, Jules et Jim, Ghostdog, Irreversible, Scratch, Infernal affairs, Where the Buffalo Roam, Road House, District 13 ... |
| Favorite Music | Jazz, Bossa Nova, Reggae and Dub, Ska Funk, Soul, Electro, Hip-Hop, Cuban, House, Afro Beat, and Drum & Bass |
| Favorite Books | The Downward Struggle of Jeffrey Bernard: Reach for the Ground (Jeffrey Bernard), The Meaning of Sport (Simon Barnes), We (Yevgeny Zamyatin), The Sorrow of War (Bao Ninh), Blinder (Barry Hinds), Killing Pablo (Mark Bowden), Tortilla Flat (John Steinbeck), One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Black Vinyl White Powder (Simon Napier-Bell) Schott's Almanac (Ben Schott), The Great Shark Hunt, and others (Hunter S. Thompson), anything by Paul Trevillion (eg Roy of the Rovers, You are the Ref!). |