Interests
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Doom and heavy metal, 70's classic rock and prog, vinyl, classic and contemporary sociology (e.g Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Veblen, Gramsci, Lukasc, Merton, Becker, Foucault, Giddens, Ritzer, Beck), youth subculture theory, Maltese and European political history, theology, animal rights & welfare, classic horror (Lovecraft, Shelley, Poe, Stoker, Conan Doyle etc) some sci-fi, British comedy...English Soccer (namely the legendary Liverpool FC) and my favourite local side - Floriana FC!!! (Come on you boys in Green!!)
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Favorite Music
Black Sabbath, Judas Priest,Pentagram, Witchfinder General, Angel Witch, Pagan Altar, Place of Skulls, Trouble, St Vitus, Iron Man,Revelation, Count Raven, Candlemass, Krux, Solitude Aeturnus, Thunderstorm, Doom Sword, Reverend Bizarre, Solstice, Pale Divine, Cirith Ungol, Witchfynde, Manilla Road, Dark Quarterer, Dio, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Hawkwind, Motorhead, Saxon, Krokus, Raven, Venom, Destruction, Celtic Frost, Possessed, Mercyful Fate/King Daimond, Onslaught,Saint, Axe Witch, Axe Hammer, Battle Axe, Manowar, Sortilege, Ostrogoth (Belgium, NWOBHM), Elixir, Lord Liege, Grim Reaper, Savage, Satan, Tobruk, Tokyo Blade, Avenger, Pariah,Excalibur and all those who have forged metal from true steel!!!
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Favorite Movies
Loads but I'll restrict myself to my two favourite genres:
Classic WWI/WWII movies e.g. A Bridge too Far, The Eagle Has Landed, Where Eagles Dare, Das Boot, Cross of Iron (with James Coburn...great Sven Hassel novel adaptation!), Aces High, Paths of Glory, Midway, Patton, Brige on the River Kwai, Tora, tora, tora!, The Blue Max, The Red Baron, Battle of Britain, Guns of Navaronne, The Great Escape, The Green Berets, The Longest Day, All Quiet on the Western Front and more recent (classic films IMO) like Enemy at the Gates, Saving Private Ryan, Downfall, Schindler's List, The Pianist and Nuremberg. Also love some cool cold war movies like The Crimson Tide, The Whistle Blower,The Hunt for Red October and Red Dawn...
Classic hammer horror movies (e.g. Taste the Blood of Dracula, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing rule!!) and definitely most of the stuff by Dario Argento (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Profondo Rosso [deep red], Tenebre,Two Evil Eyes, Inferno, Opera Phenomena, Non Ho Sonno [Sleepless] etc..by far the master of horror!!!
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Favorite TV Shows
Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Monty Python, Dad's Army, French and Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley, One foot in the Grave, Bottom, Black Adder, Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister, Porridge, Fry and Laurie, The Young Ones, The Two Ronnies, The Office, South Park ..the Soap of to end all Soaps... yes...Eastenders!!!, The Persuaders, Colditz, The Professionals, Star Trek...that's about it really...not too chuffed with what passes for TV entertainment these days!!!
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Favorite Books
Sociology/Political Theory:
Outsiders - H.S. Becker
Prison Notebooks - A. Gramsci
Capital - K.Marx
Economy and Society - M.Weber
Suicide - E.Durkheim
Asylums, Stigma - E. Goffman
Discipline and Punish - M.Foucault
Distinction - P.Bourdieu
Social theory and Social Structure - R.K.Merton
Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang - A.K.Cohen
Delinquency and Drift - David Matza
The Sociological Imagination - C.Wright Mills
Resistance through Ritual - T.Jefferson et al
Subculture - D.Hebdige
McDonaldisation thesis - G.Ritzer
Culture and Imperialism - E.Said
The New Criminology - J.Young
The Exclusive Society - J.Young
Fiction /Classics:
The Hound of Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery and Imagination - E.A Poe
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dr Zhivago - Boris Pasternak
At the Mountains of Madness and other novels - HP Lovecraft
1984, Animal Farm - George Orwell
My Family and other Animals - Gerald Durell
The Old Man and the Sea - E. Hemingway
The Power and the Glory - Graham Green
Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
Foucalt's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Popular Fiction:
James Herbert - Fluke, Shrine
Sven Hassel - March Battalion, The Commissar, Court Martial
Clive Barker - Books of Blood series
Stephen King - Night Shift, The Stand, Misery
Dan Simmons - Carrion Comfort
Poetry ; Wilfred Owen, Poe, Lovecraft, Milton etc..
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Journal
Nomad Son announce that their debut "First Light" CD album is available from the band for 14 Euros (excluding postage and shipping costs). Band logo t-shirts (all sizes) with the Nomad Son cross motif on the back and band beer mugs are also available for purchase from the band each for 14 Euros (also excl.shipping costs). A Nomad Son button badge will be given free to all those who order both a cd and a t-shirt. Those interested can either send us a message via myspace or else contact the band directly at info@nomadson.com.
Anyone interested in distributing the cd should write directly to our label (metal-on-metal records, Italy) at the following email address for wholesale prices: simone@metal-on-metal.com.
The album may also be purchased from Metal on Metal Records (check out the label's shop at www.metal-on-metal.com)...low bit samples of both "Shallow Grave" and "Empyrean Fade" as they appear on album (better sound quality from the demo versions of both songs on our myspace page) may also be checked out at the label's web page.
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