skateboarding (20 years committed!!), djing, drinking rum, falling over and ending up asleep on my friends doorsteps at 6 in the morning, cycling, camping in the scottish highlands..
Love the reggae music. original ska and rocksteady style to steppers dubwise. see aba shanti below! burning spear, luciano, morgan heritage, zion train, the Disciples. No dancehall though, strictly concious roots. Late eighties early nineties hip hop - because thats when hip hop was actually worth listening to. De La, JBs, Gangstaar, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Lord Finesse, Group Home, Eric B and Rakim. Nawmean? Funky shit. James Brown RIP, the JBs, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Lyn Collins and all that lot, the Meters. Afro beat, funky Lagos, Gotan Project, Ojos De Brujo, The Big Hand, Poets of Rythym, Quantic
Happy Gilmore - the only film i know that gets funnier every time i watch it, The Godfather Trilogy, the first Star Wars Trilogy, Dog DAY Afternoon, Carlitos Way,
red dust, river at the centre of the earth (2 great books about travel through China), anything by john muir. john pilger, noam chomsky and all that lot.The 'Pirates in an adventure with....' books by Gideon Defoe. Fantastically silly and funny. 'Bass Culture' by Lloyd Bradley, anyone with so much as a passing interest in the history of late 20th century music should read this for a bit of an education. 'People Funny Boy' by Lee Scratch Perry. Rogers Profanisaurus.