 | | Below are listed some of my principal hobbies and interests.
 | Consultant Petroleum Wellsite Geologist. You can view
an abridged version of my Curriculum Vitae from
the "Downloads" page.
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| Active supporter (and sufferer) of Leeds United.
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| Hill-Walker and very occasional website designer.
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Keen movie fan.
 | 2001 A Space Odyssey, Forbidden Planet, Blade
Runner, The Matrix, Solaris (both versions), The Fountain
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| The Sweet Hereafter, The Company of Wolves,
Fearless, The Last Wave, Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Donnie Darko,
Intacto, American Beauty, Hidden (Cache), The English Patient and The
Prestige. Honorable mention also for Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace
(good to see the Bond movies back on form).
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| Jacobs Ladder, Memento, Insomnia, Apocalypse Now,
Fail-Safe, Seven.
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Fargo, Oh Brother Where Art Thou ?, The Man Who
Wasn't There.
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| Traffic, Lost in Translation, 21 Grams, Crash and
Syriana.
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Magnolia (criminal of me to ignore that of late) and
Short Cuts.
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On the Beach (2000 version with Armand Assante and
Brian Brown, excellant)
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| The Mist (sensational ending), The Wrestler, CCoBB
and Waltz with Bashir. Eden Lake also for it's utter bleakness.
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| TV programmes of note include the following;
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Battlestar Galactica, Generation Kill, Lost, Lie to
Me and Dollhouse.
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Electronica aficionado .. with a throwback to some golden classics ..
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Autechre, Arovane, Plaid, Bola, Boards of Canada,
Vector Lovers, Ulrich Schnauss ... indeed
most output from Warp Records and Skam. Lamb, Aphex twin, Biosphere,
Orbital also. And of course ... Kraftwerk.
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Joy Division, Magazine, The Cure,
Cocteau
Twins, Dead Can Dance, 1980-82
Simple Minds, early New Order, The Smiths, the Durutti Column, Ultravox,
Siouxsie and the Banshees and The House
of Love.
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The Solid Steel label. And for something a little
different, Murcof and Loop Guru.
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