Scot of the Antipodes
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Gippsland, Victoria, Australia |
| Introduction | Slow moving, garden-vareity writer-type who gets a little toooo much joy from digging in the sand with his toes. |
| Interests | Riding mountain bikes, flying big kites, riding the kite buggy, skimming rocks, head-butting waves, snorkeling, digging in the dirt, growing things, building things, camping and walking in the bush, kayaking in the ocean, Didjeridu, home made flutes, growing food, photographing wildlife, ancient Australian art, language, sunsets, alternative power, composting dunnies, religion, war and peace |
| Favorite movies | LOTR, Pirates Of The Carribean, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Farenheit 911, V For Vendetta, Aeon Flux, Matrix, Amelie, Baraka, Three Colours White, Australian Rules, Jindabyne, The Black Balloon |
| Favorite music | Aussie urban folk/rock (Butterfingers, Hilltop Hoods, Tripod), Qawwali (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), 1930's big band jazz (Al Bowlly, Lew Stone), Delta blues of the same period, Turkish religious music (Alevi and Sufi styles and ezan), 1980s Aussie protest music (Midnight Oil, Redgum, Goanna), and the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack. |
| Favorite books | Affluenza, The Book Thief, Dirt Music, The Turning, anything by Ben Elton, my bird books, The Lost World of the Kimberley, Earth Garden and Mad magazine |
What kind of tape is best for creating a sculpture?
Tape WORM. What's the worst thing about living in a capitalist democracy? When dumb ideas are sold to the masses (WMD, the Iraq war, children overboard, refugees)