I teach primary children somewhere in the West of Scotland.

In my spare time I teach guitar to the stars of tomorrow.

Flaming Lips. Bob Dylan. Teenage Fanclub. Beatles. Smiths. The 'Nuggets' box set. The Fall. Stax. Motown. Paul Weller. Radiohead. The La's. Led Zeppelin. Rufus Wainwright. Super Furry Animals. Northern Soul. Elliot Smith. Beach Boys. Captain Beefheart's 'Clear Spot' album. Phil Spector's Wall of Sound - the Ronettes, Crystals, Darlene Love, all of them. Aretha. Stevie. Marvin. Jimi Hendrix. Elvis. Trash Can Sinatras. Dennis Wilson's 'Pacific Ocean Blue' and the Rolling Stones up to 1972. Hey, that rhymes!

12 Angry Men. Delicatessen. The Star Wars trilogy (but not any of the new ones). Reservoir Dogs. Betty Blue. Gregory's Girl. Woody Allen.

The 3 'S''s:, 1. Simpsons, 2. Sopranos, 3. Six O'Clock News................................., ...............and the Office

'Ham On Rye' Charles Bukowski, 'A Clockwork Orange' Anthony Burgess, 'The Hammer Of The Gods' Stephen Davis, 'Hells Angels' and 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' Hunter S Thompson, 'The Da Vinci Code' Dan Brown, The Oor Wullie annual, 'Last Train To Memphis' Peter Guralnick, 'Chronicles' Bob Dylan