scot in exile
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | journalist, film maker |
| Location | london, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | A journalist working in television documentaries in London. A Scot who never felt at home there but who remains passionately attached to his homeland. A fool trying to get over writer's block |
| Interests | history of emotions, emotions, anthropology, theodore zeldin, an intimate history of humanity, stuart walton, politics, carol stearns, peter stearns, william reddy, lefbvre, annales, emotionology, mythology, comparative mythology, joseph campbell, jung, history, scotland, highlands, celtic, culture, intimate, music, books, films, people, social anthropology, love, hate, loneliness, despair, darkness, awe, wonder, joy, hope, atheism, religion, sex, sexuality, power, politics, intimacy, vulnerability, chaos, weakness, empathy, pride, greed, sloth, lust, envy, gluttony, vanity, music. |
| Favorite movies | the third man, blade runner, mo' better blues, local hero, a touch of evil, the big sleep, maltese falcon, chinatown, restless natives, oh brother where art thou, miller's crossing, the producers, withnail and i, koyaanisqatsi, casablanca |
| Favorite music | van morrison, funk, soul, blues, folk, king curtis, massive, john martyn, johnny cash, nick cave, edith piaf, miles davis, bob dylan, hendrix, stones, the the, aim, tricky, trip hop, billie holliday, ella, nina simone, jazz, lloyd cole, james brown, kool and the gang, dr john, frank sinatra, parliament, the meters, aim, them, kruder and dorfmeister, tom waits |
| Favorite books | ulysses, lanark, janine 1982, the power and the glory, our man in havana, the comedians, midnight's children, the famished road, war and peace, the idiot, dead souls, the master and margarita, the outsider, the songlines, what am i doing here, an intimate history of humanity, out of it: a cultural history of intoxication, homage to catalonia, down an out in paris and london, bury me standing, the first casualty, brighton rock, stamboul train |