Wylie Bradford
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Location | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Introduction | Embittered, resentful, misanthropic. Enjoys a good laugh. Takes pleasure in the little things, like the pretentious and gratuitous use of Latin phrases in lecture slides. |
| Interests | Reading, TV, music, movies, cricket (occasionally) and mostly catering to and coping with a gorgeous 3 year old daughter of very independent mind and temperament! |
| Favorite Movies | By director: Cohen Bothers, Zhang Yimou, Ken Loach. Martin Scorcese. Love film noir (e.g. The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep). In terms of individual movies too many to list..... |
| Favorite Music | Jamaican (60's to 80's - ska, rocksteady, reggae, early dancehall), blues (esp Lightnin' Hopkins), jazz (esp Miles Davis, Nat Cole), R&B (40's to 70's), funk (esp early Funkadelic), Middle Eastern, old-timey country (esp 1920's Carter Family), African (esp Fela Kuti and soukous), Hip-Hop (but only up to the early 90's), The Clash, Billy Bragg and so on and so on |
| Favorite Books | Way too many to list, but anything by Tawney is right up there |