officer in Communist party of Canada-Manitoba

History of ideas, political economy; labour movement; urban studies; religion; rites and myth; the Arts, Jazz aficionado; gardening

Mozart, Bach, Mahler, Holst, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Scott, Anita O'Day Lou Reed. The Ramones, New York Dolls, The Clash, Bob Dylan, Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Billy Bragg, Vadim Kozin Vladimir Visotsky

Goodbye Lenin, Matewan, Salt of the Earth, Battleship Potemkin, Rebel without A Cause, Rear Window, Burnt by the Sun Утомлённые солнцем

One Flew over the Cukoo's Nest, Canterbury Tales, Wise Blood, Collected Stories of Flanneri O'Connor

Shetland, Broadchurch, Six Feet Under, Codco, Sopranos