John Barleycorn

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Social Housing Professional
Location Penrith, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Introduction Lancashire-born banjo player and bibliophile.
Interests Bluegrass, banjo, science fiction, travel, Mongolia, Calabria, Appalachia, Yorkshire Dales, Bowland, River Weaver, Ullswater, boats, camping, cycling, hiking, running, roving, rambling, gambling, chess, board games, bored games, RPG, line illustration, real ale, Belgian beer, whisky, whiskey, moonshine, poteen, politics, history, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, social housing, EC Comics, clogs
Favorite Movies Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Mystery Train, Once Upon A Time in the West, Junior Bonner, Wild Bunch, The Getaway, Elephant Man, The Prestige, Tenet, Goodfellas, My Darling Clementine, A Night at the Opera, Duck Soup, Dredd, Thor: Ragnorak, They Live, Fellowship of the Rings, Lost Highway
Favorite Music Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Flatt & Scruggs, Bob Wills, Truckstop Honeymoon, Jeff & Vida, Glen Campbell, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Uncle Earl, Tramp Attack, The Stairs, Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Reno & Smiley, Stanley Brothers, Ricky Skaggs, Louvin Brothers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Leroy Troy, KLF
Favorite Books Grapes of Wrath, The Wanderer, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The Gulag Archipelago, Crime and Punishment, Emphyrio, Gravity's Rainbow, The Devils of Loudon, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Down and Out in Paris and London, To the Lighthouse, Ulysses, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, The Dharma Bums, Little Big Man, Dracula, The Evolution Man, Vanity Fair, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Voyage of the Beagle, The Face That Must Die, Brighton Rock, The Count of Eleven, The Horse's Mouth, The Lord of the Rings, Lyonesse, Eyes of the Overworld, Call of the Wild, Wind in the Willows, Watership Down, The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck