Note: I wanted to add "Shock The Monkey" by Peter Gabriel to this list but sadly, it's not available on playlist.com for legal reasons. Oy!!

Been a fan of Duran Duran since 1983. Vital Stats: John Taylor (favourite member); "Rio" (favourite album, 80s), "Medazzaland" (fave album, 90s), "Astronaut" (my favourite for the new millenium so far); "Hungry Like The Wolf"/"The Chauffeur"/"Hold Back The Rain" (a three-way tie for favourite song--sorry, can't help it. Long versions for HLTW & HBTR preferred); "New Moon On Monday" (favourite music video...for today); July 16th, 2003 (first concert--I know, I know...what took me so long?); Current number of DD concerts attended: four; Craziest thing I've ever done as a fan: Had a life-sized image of myself fashioned into a cardboard cut-out then had friends take it to a Duran Duran concert that I was unable to attend in person. Managed to get all the band member signatures on "me" except one from Simon LeBon. The mission continues...; Lesser known Duran Duran songs that I wish casual/non-fans would hear: "Instant Karma" (John Lennon cover...rousing chorus does justice to the original), "White Lines" (Grandmaster Flash cover...awesome song but when done live, it simply ROCKS!! Thanx B 2 Warren Cuccurullo!!), "Secret Oktober" (in the same vein as "The Chauffeur"...mesmerizing), "Salt In The Rainbow" (why this demo song was never included in the final tracklist for Astronaut is something I'll never understand and they'll always regret), "Perfect Day" and "Lay Lady Lay" (covers of Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, respectively...Simon's sexy voice made me *momentarily* forget who John Taylor was ).

reading; drawing; choral singing; collecting vinyl records (7" singles); listening to music (fave artists: Duran Duran, U2, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, The Police, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Peter Gabriel); travelling; learning another language; playing Scrabble; either watching or playing volleyball/hockey/baseball; viewing documentaries and classic films; indulging in the comic adventures of "Calvin and Hobbes".

New hobbies I'd like to start: scrapbooking, photography, learning about CSS (cascading style sheets--web design stuff).