water, culture, photography, laughter, compact fluorescent light bulbs,photography, alternative energy sources (you've probably got two at the end of your legs), architecture, scandinavia, technology, tomatoes, toothpaste, collecting potted meat, other than that there's always sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
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Annie Lennox, Adam Ant, Afrika Bambaataa, Alien Sex Fiend, Alliance Ethnik, Amon Tobin, Attwenger, Bauhause, Beastie Boys, Ben Folds, Bent, Birthday Party, Billy Idol, Blonde Redhead, Blondie, Brian Eno, Cabaret Voltaire, Camille, Cassius, Cheb Khaled, Chambao, Cheb Mami, Christian Death, Chris and Cosey, Clan of Xymox, The Clash, Chemical Brothers, CMX, Cocteau Twings, Cramps, Creature, Cure, Coldplay, Common, The Damned, David Byrne, David Sylvian, David Bowie, Death in Vegas, Dead or Alive, Depeche Mode, Digible Planets, Diamanda Galas, Dixie Chicks, Doves, Dresden Dolls, Duran Duran, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Edo Majka, Echo and the Bunnymen, Efterklang, Ella Fitzgerald, Emiliana Torrini, Eurythmics, The Fall, Farid, Faye Wong, Fields of the Nephilim, Fila Brazilia, Flaming Lips, Foals, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand, Front Line Assembly, Peter Gabriel, Gary Numan, Generation X, Gang of Four, George Michael, Gene Loves Jezebel, Funki Porcini, Giant Robot, Gilberto Gil, Godspeed you black emperor!, Goldfrapp, The Good, The Bad and the Queen, Gorillaz, Grandmaster Flash, gusgus, Gwen Stefani, Groove Armada, Hassisen Kone, Iggy Pop, Interpol, Ismo Alanko, Jackson 5, The Jam, Jamiroquai, Jane's Addiction, Japan, Jeff Buckley, Jesus and Mary Chain, John Mayer, Joy Division, Justin Timberlake, Kent, Kauko Royhka, Karminsky Experience, Ketama, K.U.K.L., Laurie Anderson, Loreena McKennitt, Love and Rockets, Leonard Cohen, Lene Lovich, Leningrad Cowboys, Luomo, Mad Professor, Magnetic Fields, Madonna, Malkit Singh, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Marc Almond, Mark Farina, Marlene Dietrich, Massive Attack, Mc Solaar, Meat Beat Manifesto, Miguel Bose, Ministry, The Mission UK, Mogwai, Mouse on Mars, Mos Def, My Bloody Valentine, Natacha Atlas, Moev, New Order, Nick Cave, Nina Hagen, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Noir Desir, Nouvelle Vague, Nuspirit Helsinki, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Oasis, Sinead O'Connor, Os Mutantes, Outkast, PJ Harvey, PIL, Paco de Lucia, Pepe Deluxe, Petter, Pixies, Plone, Police, Prince, Psychedelic Furs, Public Enemy, Pussy Galore, Queen, Rachid Taha, Radiohead, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Roxy Music, Sigur Ros, Seal, Sade, Sielun Veljet, Sex Pistols, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Cell, Smog, Sonic Youth, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, Spiritualized, Sugarcubes, Tappi Tikarrass, Talking Heads, T. Rex, Television, The The, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Thievery Corporation, Thunderball, This Mortal Coil, Tindersticks, Tom Waits, Trabant, Tosca, Tricky, Tones on Tail, 22 pistepirkko, Ultra Bra, The Verve, Villeneuve, Vladislav Delay, Wimme, Wire, Wonder Stuff, Wu Tang Clan, Xmal Deutschland, and ZZ Top.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Ocean's 11,12, and 13,Bourne Identity,Supremacy and Ultimatum, anything and everything by Almodovar, Science of Sleep,Trust (the Hal Hartley one), Night on Earth, Run Lola Run, Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Harold and Maude, Subway,Elizabeth, Oscar and Lucinda, Lagaan, Monsoon Wedding, Bend it Like Beckham, My Life Without Me, Everything is Illuminated, Little Children, Sex, Lies, and videotape...
Zadie Smith, Bill Bryson, Icelandic sagas,Madeline L'Engle, Harlan Ellison, Reza Aslan, Peter Hoeg, Milan Kundera, Bret Easton Ellis,William Gibson, Joostein Gaarder, Barack Obama, Keith Haring journals....
“I can say what I want in my own language but only what I know in other languages,†Finnbogadóttir said, quoting Finnish author Antti Tuuri.