Tottenham, Ajax, Puppets, Muppets, Native American culture, political and military history, Stencil Art, Football Manager, Estonia, good food, real ale, internet, travel and politics.
Myspace has turned me on to Estonian rock, Israeli indie and Brazilian Goth Metal. I love it.
I've also just started running to try and get some of my fat carcass to disappear (swimming just wasn't my thing).
In no particular order,
The Cult, The Mission, The Sisters of Mercy, I Am Ghost, A Perfect Circle, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, Lily Green, Lamb,The Smiths, Morrissey, Mansun, Dean Martin, Led Zeppelin, Nina Simone, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Alabama 3, Aphex Twin, Janis Joplin, Kings X, Black Sabbath, Public Enemy, Woody Guthrie, Pop Will Eat Itself, Jimi Hendrix, Patti Smith, Disposable Heroes of Hypoprisy, Anthrax, Holy Barbarians, Camp Freddy, Sergio Mendez, Buena Vista Social Club, Kasabian, Maelstrom, Brides In Bloom, Primo Levy, PJ Proby, Evan Dando, The Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield, Spiritualized, Hayseed Dixie, Uriah Heep, Senser, Everything But The Girl, Robert Johnson, Killing Joke, Power Station, Asia, Nina Simone, The Genders, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, The Editors, Joy Division, New Order, The Dresden Dolls, Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, The Who, Frank Sinatra, Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, Smashing Pumpkins, AHA, The Loving Spoonfull, The Byrds, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Johnny Cash, Ofra Haza, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Perry Como, Jeff Buckley, HIM, Therapy?, Motley Crue, Guns & Roses, Nine Inch Nails, Cry Of Love, De La Soul, Son House, John Lee Hooker, The Answer, Free, Thin Lizzy, Ryan Adams, The Black Crowes, Deep Purple, The Feeling, The Killers, The Offspring, NOFX, Julianna Hatfield, Willie Nelson, Rancid, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Keith Caputo, System Of A Down, Life Of Agony, Shelter, Andy Williams, Ray Lamontagne, Elton John, Fields of the Nephilim, Nirvana, Wilson Pickett, Jackie Wilson, Alice In Chains, NWA, Stone Temple Pilots, Beastie Boys, Otis Reading, Matisyahu, Catatonia, Blind Melon, Grand Theft Audio, Pitchshifter, Megadeth, Gogol Bordello, The Young Rascals, The Four Tops, James Brown, Kraftwerk, The Scorpions, Whitesnake, Duran Duran, Thursday, Gary Numan, Rival Schools, Ice T, Manic Street Preachers, The Datsuns, The Hives, (early) Stereophonics, Cerys Mathews, U2, ACDC, The Beatles, Kajagoogoo, Bread, UK Subs, Bad Religion, Pennywise, The Rolling Stones, X, Dead Kennedys, The Damned, Alien Sex Fiend, Snoop Dogg, N*E*R*D, Modest Mouse, AIR, The Flaming Lips, Helmet, Dog Eat Dog, Dub War, Monaco, The Waterboys, The 60ft Dolls, Smokehand, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, The La's, Steve Miller Band, Sam & Dave Bauhaus, Diamanda Galas, Ride, Black Grape, Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays, Blur, Funeral For A Friend, BRMC, Christopher Rees, Dayer, Doc Savage, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Chas & Dave, Smokey Robinson, Booker T & The MG's, Al Green, Tori Amos, and much much more....
James Bond, Fu Manchu, The Ipcress File, Jackie Chan, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Citizen Kane, Betty Blue, A Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Deathmatch, Buena Vista Social Club, Spinal Tap, Money Can't Buy You Love, The Sure Thing, Full Metal Jacket, 2001: A Space Odyssey, John Wayne, Twins, Animal House, Old School, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner, Star Wars, Pirates of the Carribbean, Indiana Jones, Jet Li, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Ed Wood, and loads more..
Sensing Murder, Most Haunted, Rebus, Criminal Minds, Doctor Who, Blackadder, Coupling, Spooks, Wire In The Blood, Dalziel & Pascoe, The Office, Time Trumpet & anything with Peter Kay .
I'm currently reading or have just read The Messiah Myth by Thomas L Thompson, Warhorse by Phillip Sidnell, Stalin and his Hangmen by Donal Rayfield, and Angels & Demons by Dan Brown.
My favourite author is Douglas Coupland.
I also read the following Blogs:
Chase Me Ladies
James Wolcott
Mike Power
Johann Hari
Normblog
Harry's Place
Baghdad Burning
Israel/Palestine Blogs
Sadly No
Jesus' General
Cardiff Terrifies Me!
John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Dr. Timothy Leary, Morrissey, Gazza, Lineker, Nelson Mandela, Harry Houdini, Golda Meir, Ian Astbury, Woody Guthrie, Anne Frank, Banksy, Copernicus, Glenn Hoddle, Simon Wiesenthal, Bill Hicks, Yitzhak Rabin & Johnny Cash
Also people who support these kinds of projects are heroes in my eyes...
Amnesty International
Liberty
B'Tselem
Jewish Voice For Peace
Control Arms
Act For Women
War Child