Portrait of the Artist as a Consumer

RECORDS

Better Scream — Wah! Heat In the Grey Light — Virgin Prunes Theme from “Midnight Express” Theme from “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Ol’ Blue Eyes — Frank Sinatra Happy Xmas (War is Over) — John Lennon (my first single) Hello Huray — Alice Cooper (my second single) Alternative Ulster — Stiff Little Fingers Faithful Departed — Radiators From Space The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle — Bruce Springsteen

FILMS

The Tin Drum If Alfie Lord of the Flies The Graduate Monty Python and the Holy Grail Kim Novak (favorite movie person)

READING MATTER

The Bible Lord of the Flies — William Golding The Rise and Fall of Western Civilization and Thought — Francis Schaeffer Five Go on an Adventure — Enid Blyton One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — Ken Kesey Smash Hits Hot Press Jetlag (U.S. magazine)

TV

Hawaii Five-O Hall’s Pictorial Weekly (Irish programme) The Sky at Night Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Bamber Gascoigne (favourite TV person)

FOOD AND EATING PLACES

Cornflakes Eating Smarties with a spoon Stewart’s in Dublin Poons Chinese Restaurant in Soho

FAVOURITE PERSON

My girlfriend Alison

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