Rock and roll music, football, understanding why people do things, drinks, childhood obsessions, knowing when the bottleshop shuts
No-one else. first impressions last
Swamp and Skiffle. Gala Mill by The Drones, Billy Childish and the Buff Medways (and Mighty Caesars/ Headcoates/ Headcoatees, etc), Holy Bible era Manic Street Preachers, No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave, Tracey Pew, The Greenhornes, Devasatations, early Who, Wilco, Blacktop,(International) Noise Conspiracy, Holly Golighty, "I'm A Liar" by Moscow Schoolboy, This Is Hardcore by Pulp, Rocket Science, The Dead South, The Whistlestops, Johnny Thunders, The Wild, Axemans Jazz by Beasts of Bourbon
Rushmore, Croupier, Hannibal, Shawn Of The Dead, American Psycho, Rules Of Attraction (fuck off jamie, its good), In The Cut, a lot of french films with names i forget, The Royal Tenembaums, Apocalypse Now!, Mullholland Drive, The Kids Are Alright, Wonderboys, Silence Of The Lambs, Gattica
Black Books, Shooting Stars, Fifa Fuball Mundial, Toyota World Sport, Antiques Roadshow, A Place In The Sun, Dr Katz, Prime Suspect, Cracker, Mighty Boosh
Bret Easton Ellis, Henry Miller, Michael Houellebecq, Albert Camus, Jonathan Safran Foer, Thomas Harris, George Orwell, James Meek
not really heroic but: Nicky Wire, Billy Childish, Tim Rodgers("all my heros are drunk or dead"), Pete Townsende, John Entwhistle, Nick Cave, Richey Edwards, Justin Stokes, Javis Cocker, Wolf Howard, PJ Harvey, Mick Harvey, Bret Easton Ellis, my wife, mother and brother....and herbie