I don't like ale (or any wine or spirits for that matter).

I have (scarily) residual conservative ideas about some things.

I am old (51) but new (about 5 years) to folk music.

I don't give a good goddamn about definitions of folk. I tried, and I am sorry but life is too short.

I have not yet attended a big proper folk festival.

I like foreign films like Amelie and love anything of the House of Flying Daggers ilk.

I like trance music Dreadzone and some Indie / alternative Placebo, and girl stuff. Rasputina. I am going gaga over old old (scratch that itch) blues stuff. Especially the wimmenz.

I can only listen to Irish tune sessions for so long before I want to open a vein. (I think this will change when I have time to start actually learning and playing along because I do like blending with a group as I did when I sang in choirs).

I have never (to my knowledge) eaten the internal organs of any animal. I do not eat lamb. I rarely eat beef and pork. I eat no wild meat - too gamey.

I don't have a beard (yet). When/if that happens, I will take HRT.