David Pugh
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Happily Retired |
| Location | Holbæk, Denmark, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Old and grey. I have spent over 50 years bouncing back and forth between the two great Yin and Yangs: Communism and Christianity. And still suspect that in their purest form they are the same thing - Judaism revisited. |
| Interests | (Being constantly amazed how much), God, (loves this old reprobate), religion, politics, Israel, Kibbutz, Middle East, saints, sinners, war, (the sickness called), terrorism, music, books, walking the dog, my family, (who have almost as many warts as I have), my step son, (always a special place for him). |
| Favorite music | John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Steve Ray Vaughn, Mozart (anything), Bethoven (String Quartets and Symphonies), Bach (Cello), Pablo Casals, Beatles, Sonny Boy Williamson, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarreau, Albinoni, Alicia Keys, Allan Toussaint, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Basie, Bill Evans, Billie Holliday, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Buena Vista Social Club, Cahrlie Mingus, Cistercian Monks of Stift Heligenkruez, Anne Linnet, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Dave Grusin, Dave Koz, Dave Weckl, David Sandborn, Diana Krall, Dire Straits, Donald Fagin, Duke Ellington, Dusty Springfield, Earth Wind and Fire, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Dolphy, Fourplay, Grover Washington Jr., Holly Cole, Howlin' Wolf, Huey Lewis, Jackson Browne, Jan Gabarek, Janis Joplin, Quincy Jones, Klezmer, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffet, Jimmy Smith, Karl Jenkins, Keith Jarrett, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Lenny Kravitz, Little Feat, Lynard Skynard, Michael McDonald, Doobie Brothers, Michael Brecker, Michael Franks, Michel Petrucciani, Mose Allison, Motown, Muddy Waters, Ofra Haza, Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, Randy Newman, Ravi Shankar, Ry Cooder, Sade, Santana, Sarah Vaughan, Spyro Gyra, Steely Dan, Earl Klugh, Joe Sample, The Rippingtons, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Nat King Cole, Gershwin, Van Morrison, Yellowjackets. |
| Favorite books | The Bible, Morning and Evening Prayer, The Psalms, The Water Babies, Just William, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The 39 Steps, My Family and other Animals, Zorba the Greek, The Magus, The Honourable Schoolboy, The Last Temptation of Christ, Midnight's Children, The Seven Storey Mountain, The Long Goodbye, The Big Sleep, Disgrace, The Name of the Rose, The Siege of Krishnapur, Casino Royale, Monsignor Quixote, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Get Shorty, The Colossus of Maroussi, The Alexandrian Quartet, Exodus, Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia, Cider with Rosie, The catcher in the Rye, Portnoy's Complaint, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, Couples, Slaughterhouse-five, Brideshead Revisited, Sword of Honour, Zen Bones, Scandinavian Detectives. |