fast cars...cold beer...good comedy....live music...great banter....kissing....the sea, the sea...just about anything art deco.
heroes and angels; people who hunt outside the pack; those who are more comfortable with their own doubts than other people's certainties; anyone capable of great joy and intimacy; people who want to learn and grow forever.
jeff buckley...rufus wainwright....bach...joni mitchell...starsailor...teddy thompson...patti smith...nick drake...john martyn...nick cave...beth orton...bartok...itzhak perlman...
crash and my brilliant career are my top two
i worked in television for too many years to enjoy it like i used to but anything HBO and re-runs of poirot and lovejoy still do it for me.
anything with an original concept....if nobody speaks of remarkable things (jon mcgregor).. the five people you meet in heaven (mitch albom)...behind the scenes at the museum (kate atkinson)...after you've gone (maggie o'farrell). just writing my masters degree dissertation in creative writing so i'm in set-book overload...poetry that speaks to the soul and bypasses the syrup...if you've written something like that i'd like to read it......
.......just for one day!