Dated November 24, 1999

Author's note:I am only accountable for any opinions that might or might not be entertained on this page for the exact moment when I wrote them down. I'll update it from time to time!

Name: John Wesley Harding

Real Name: Wesley Harding Stace

Birthdate: 22nd October 1965

Birthplace: Hastings, East Sussex

Place of residence: Seattle, WA, USA

Places of education:

• St.Andrews, Pangbourne, Berkshire
• Milbourne Lodge, Claygate, Surrey
• The KingŐs School, Canterbury, Kent
• Jesus College, Cambridge

Height: Ten feet tall

Weight: Between 100 and 200 pounds

Recorded works: see discography

Favourite male voices:

• Bob Dylan
• Robert Wyatt
• Bert Jansch
• Leonard Cohen
• Serge Gainsbourg
• David Bowie
• Ray Davies

Favourite female voices:

• Elizabeth Barraclough
• Kelly Hogan
• Mary McCaslin
• Ronee Blakeley
• Mary Margaret O'Hara
• Abba

Greatest Songwriters ever:

• Bob Dylan
• Bruce Springsteen

Folk Family Tree:

Woody Guthrie
John Prine
Loudon Wainwright
Steve Goodman
Phil Ochs
Tim Hardin
Jesse Winchester
John Fahey
Tom Waits
Bert Jansch
John Renbourn
Nic Jones
Richard Thompson
The Copper Family
Shirley And Dolly Collins
Fairport Convention
Nick Drake
Martin Carthy/Dave Swarbrick
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
Gordon Lightfoot
Neil Young

People It's Not Cool To Like But I Do:

• Al Stewart
• Jim Croce
• Gordon Lightfoot
• The Carpenters (depending on your point of view)
• The Babys
• Cat Stevens

Some People I wish were alive:

• Eddie Cantor
• Danny Kaye
• Buster Keaton
• Phil Ochs
• Peter Sellers
• Cecil Sharp
• Laurence Sterne

Some People Who Make Art I Like:

• Carla Bley
• Michael Nyman
• Peter Sellars
• Gavin Bryars

Favourite Film Makers:

• Preston Sturges
• Frank Capra
• Buster Keaton
• Powell/Pressburger
• Martin Scorsese
• David Lynch
• Frederick Wiseman

Football Team: Arsenal

Cricket Team: Kent

Favourite Food: Almost certainly curry

Favourite authors:

• Charles Dickens
• Laurence Sterne
• Thomas Pynchon
• William Gaddis
• Vladimir Nabokov
• Don Delillo
• Ian McEwan

Easy way to get hold of me: jwh@armory.com

Just as easy: P.O.Box 460717, SF, CA 94146

What is on my desk now and on my bulletin board(24 November 1999): an inventory:

• One Blue Infile
• One large notebook (black and purple, contains many songs)
• This iBook
• Another MAC that I am slowly phasing out
• One Card Filing System (unused)
• Photo of me aged six (as in it Happened One Night)
• SingerŐs Saving Grace Throat Spray
• One Silver Christening Mug (1965)
• One thing of Scotch tape
• A Fantastically real but ultimately fake Cricket from Japan (in cage)
• One scanner
• One small dog god statue given to me by Siva
• One Arsenal Football Crest painted by father in 1970(ish)
• Some Philosophy lip balm
• A Diary, which shows that tomorrow, is Thanksgiving
• A stamp with the RSPCJWH address on it
• An alarm clock bought for me by Kirk Swan in Germany
• A Shandy Hall mug with broken handle
• An endorsement stamp for rspcjwh checks
• A mousepad with Mexican wrestlers on it (no longer required)
• A votive candle
• A guitar strap
• A Noddy Alarm Clock from my childhood
• A photo of Shelley Jackson
• A photo of Bergkamp, Overmars and Wright after winning the double
• A free ticket to Disneyland
• A backstage pass to Cheap Trick
• A long postcard of The Brighton Pavilion
• A 3d postcard of Gulliver
• A photo of David Lewis
• A photo of me, Hammi and Linda
• Three plane tickets
• A James Brown autograph
• A David Seaman autograph
• Some stamps
• A Gainsbourg biography by Gilles Verlant
• A letter opener
• A box containing the literary remains of Mark Brand
• A very small calculator
• A signed (though not really) postcard of Danny Kaye
• A letter opener
• A wallet
• An address book
• Some Maxell Tape Cleaning Solution
• Pages of novels and songs
• A little box with anti-smoking signs from Mexico on it

If there are any questions you've been frequently asking yourself about Wes, mail Rose (rose@wesweb.net) and she'll pass them on to Wes.
If you have any deeper questions that you've frequently wanted to ask Wes, mail him at (jwh@armory.com).

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