the internet, reading the paper, nice gardens, scrabble, clean teeth, gigz n pubz.
Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, and anyone involved in the shambles of the 1970s New York Scene.
The Arcade Fire, The Auteurs, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, The Bees, Ben Kweller, The Beta Band, Billy Bragg, The Birthday Party, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cat Power, Chet Baker, Cibo Matto, Crowded House, The Cure, Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males, Dangerdoom, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, The Drones, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Gang Of Four, The Go! Team, Iggy Pop, Jens Lekman, Joanna Newsom, John Lennon, Joy Division, The Kinks, Lou Reed, M.I.A, The Magnetic Fields, The Modern Lovers, Modest Mouse, The New Pornographers, anything Nick Cave, Nico, The Notorious B.I.G, N.W.A, Outkast, Patti Smith , Paul Kelly, Phoenix, Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Pogues, Radiohead, The Rosebuds, The Shins, Sleater-Kinney, The Smiths, Sufjan Stevens, Supergrass, Talking Heads, Television, Tom York, The Thrills, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, Wu-Tang Clan, You Am I, The Zombies, etc.Plus: assorted hip hop, trip hop, jazz, reggae, rocksteady, soul, electro, and the Australian indie rock i dug as a 12 year old.
Dont Look Back, City Of God, Annie Hall, DIG!, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Edward Scissorhands, No Direction Home, Train Spotting, American History X, Mysterious Skin, The Royal Tenembaums, Requiem For a Dream, A Streetcar Named Desire, Purple Rain, Ghost world, Jawbreaker, 24 Hour Party People, Lost In Translation, most things Kevin Smith, 80s and 90s teen flicks.
Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Richard Hell, Billy Ficca.
Please Kill Me, Go Ask Alice, And I Dont Want To Live This Life, To Kill A Mocking Bird, A Drink With Shane MacGowan, 1984, and that 'Good Weekend' magazine that comes with The Age on Saturdays.