Music:
Velvet Underground, The Who, Beta Band, King Biscuit Time, Flaming Lips, Super Furry Animals, Serge Gainsbourg, PJ Harvey, Led Zep, Will Oldham, Smog, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Wilco, Be Your Own Pet, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, Vetiver, Nina Nastasia, Bjork, Part Chimp, Trail of Dead, Mogwai, Espers, The Research, Secret Machines, Euros Childs, Blood on The Wall, Blood Meridian, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bright Eyes, Giant Drag, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Sonic Youth, The Lemonheads, Iggy & The Stooges, Jackie Wilson, Nina Simone, Arcade Fire, Arab Strap, Malcolm Middleton, MBV, Add N To X, Royal Trux, Pavement, Janes Addiction, Soundgarden, Interpol, Jesus & Mary Chain, Beck, Patti Smith, Neil Young, Two Gallants, Peter Bjorn & John, Archie Bronson Outfit, TV on The Radio, American Music Club, Mark Lanegan, Joni Mitchell, Screaming Trees and on and on and on...
Movies:
Volver,The Edukators.austin powers, kung fu hustle, shaolin soccer, so i married an axe murderer, zoolander, the life acquatic, rock school, happy gilmore, the holy grail, tomb raider, pirates of the carribeanthe proposition, talk to her, three colours trilogy, maria full of grace, the misfits... the red shoes, nightmare before christmas.
Television:
crufts was pretty good
Books:
the birth of venus, in the company of the courtesan (sarah dunant), i capture the castle (dodie smith), what i loved (siri hustvedt), valley of the dolls, and the ass saw the angel, myths and fairytales and beautifully illustrated children's books, historical biographies (mary queen of scots, joan of arc), and How Scots Created The Modern World, the accidental (ali smith), chronicles (bob dylan). under milk wood and / short stories (dylan thomas), On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
Heroes:
my nearest and dearest