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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Use the time I have left here at Edinburgh Uni wisely. i.e. make the most of expensive studio equipment.
ABOUT ME
Describing myself as a person is not an overly easy thing for me to do. But here goes: I'm a really nice guy with a pretty good sense of humour. That'll do.
PHILOSOPHY
I live my life largely for the simple things. I like making people happy. My political belief lies on the side of liberalism for the most part; especially economically, but also socially.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Well, I'm new to this game.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Well, I did host some people earlier on this year. I am yet to surf myself though.
Interests
Well, I do love listening to music in as high a fidelity as possible, either on vinyl or a CD quality (or above) file. My interests lie in the realm of the science of music and audio engineering.I should probably put some sport down here. I do like to ski, but this is generally weather permitting.I am a very passionate home cook, and I generally like cooking dinner for people. But if it's someone's birthday, i generally can't resist baking a cake. Or indeed brownies or muffins.
- cooking
- baking
- music
- skiing
- sports
- engineering
- science
Music, Movies, and Books
Well, I am no great reader; though I tend to read non-fiction when I do.
Films: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Wings of Desire, The Skin I l Live In, Blue Velvet, Bad Lieutenant, most Pixar films, Dancer in the Dark, 2001 (A Space Odyssey), Vertigo, North By Northwest, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Batman, Memento, Mulholland Drive, American Beauty, Volver, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Taxi Driver, The Departed, The Room, Grizzly Man, Gran Torino, Blowup, Persona, Pan's Labyrinth. (That will do for the time being I think. I'll add more later.)
Music (starting with the most popular at the time of publication): Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Alberto Iglesias, ANBB, Einstürzende Neubauten, Slint, Talk Talk, Mark Hollis, Benjamin Britten, Iannis Xenakis, György Ligeti, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, ABC, Bark Psychosis, Bernard Herrmann, Björk, Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac, Boris, Burial, Max Richter, David Bowie, Dire Straits, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsom, Fennesz, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Hue and Cry, John Cage, John Martyn, Scott Walker, Kate Bush, Low, Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Pink Floyd, Richard Thompson, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, The Beatles, The Durutti Column, The Knife, Radiohead, Trifonic, XTC. That'll do for the time being.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Er, well, I'm not really sure if I have done anything genuinely incredible. I'll let you know when I have.
Teach, Learn, Share
My younger sisters used to refer to me as 'Big Wise Owl' due to my seemingly endless pit of information I have gathered over the years. I can certainly give you a lecture as to why a vinyl sounds superior to any other format if you treat it with respect, why a large proportion of music produced today is bad, and how many various things work and operate (especially if they are at all musically related).