Chris Hunt
Interests
Science fiction, reading, writing and artwork. Engineering and science matters from steam engines to spacecraft. Drinking Real Ale with my best mate CeePee…
Favourite Writers
Ian M Banks, C J Sansom, Ellis Peters
Music
Pretty much all music from 1962 to 1980, Rock and Rock ‘n Roll, middle of the road Pop, clever lyrics, little thereafter…
Bands
Stones, Beatles, Small Faces, Rod Steward, Jools Holland, Bob Dylan, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Dire Straits, Dave Bowie, Kinks, and many 1960’s groups!
Albums
Dark Side of the Moon, St Pepper, most Stones, most Beatles and a few others
All-time Favourite Song
Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem – reminds me of my days in the 60’s, (those I can remember) …and I danced to it with my daughter, Zöe, on her wedding day…
Barry Ireland
Interests
Literature, art, music, musical instruments, engineering, physics, cosmology, classic cars, business development, food and drink.
Favourite Genre in Literature
Sci-fi, fantasy, comedy-fantasy, graphic novels, history of aeronautics and space travel.
Favourite Writers
Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Ian Banks, H.G.Wells, Mikhail Bulgakov (The Master and Margarita).
Favourite Art Genre
Impressionists, Surrealists, Pop, Graphic novels.
Favourite Artists
J M W Turner, Salvador Dali, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Miller (Sin City), the Impressionists generally.
Favourite Musical Genre
Rock, Prog rock, authentic blues, modern jazz and any mixture of those.
Musical Dislikes
Opera, Country, Opera, Folk, Most Classical, Opera, Commercial Pop ... oh, and did I mention Opera? But especially those damned groups of tenors who sing pop songs in their ridiculous strained voices.
Favourite Musical Bands/Artists
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, David Gilmore, John Bonham, Deep Purple, AC/DC.
Favourite Albums
Kind of Blue, Zep 4 and Physical Graffiti, Dark Side Of The Moon, Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scotts.
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