comedy, music, shiny things
comedy fans, comedians, shiny things
Force fed a diet of brass bands, Gilbert and Sullivan, and bagpipe music as a child, I'll pretty much listen to anything except gangsta rap and the heavier metals. Boney M and ABBA were my first passionate loves (go easy on me, I was 4), but I've since moved on to Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Elbow, Goldenhorse, The Arcade Fire, The Residents, Snakefinger, Robyn Hitchcock, The Brunettes, Eddi Reader, Goodshirt, P J Harvey, David Gray, Nick Cave, Corn Mo, Peter Plumleys Playroom, Bic Runga, Don McGlashan in all his forms, Jonathan Richman, They Might Be Giants, Oleg Kostrow, The Divine Comedy, Steriogram, Nitin Sawhney, Cake, The Tokey Tones, Ron Sexsmith, King Curly, Ben Folds, Jack L, Lisa Miller.
Underground, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fargo, Peewee's Big Adventure, The Frighteners, Three Amigos, LOTR (well come on, I wouldn't be a Kiwi otherwise) Sione's Wedding, The Castle, The Princess Bride, Charade, Some like it Hot, Brazil, Thank you for Smoking, and anything with William H Macy and John C Reilly in it.
The League of Gentlemen, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Little Britain, Big Train, Sapphire and Steel, The Avengers, Love My Way, Footballers Wives, The Catherine Tate Show, Smack the Pony, Shooting Stars, Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
I'll read anything. Although I do struggle with the racing pages in the paper (there's never much of a story, and it's always about ponies). My first love was P.G. Wodehouse, and I'm still a sucker for him. I love a good bio (or even a salacious, evil one), and for some reason I'm a bandit for the history of european royalty (maybe it's because I am Anastacia) (not the singy one). I'm out and proud as a a fan of Steven King, and I love a good horror story, Clive Barker's 'Weaveworld' is a favourite. I'll read anything by Isabel Allende, Terry Pratchett and Ian Rankin, and I love anything by or about the Mitfords. Kaz Cooke's books are always brilliant, funny AND useful. Books I've read 80 million times: 'Perfume' by Patrick Susskind, 'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold, 'Birdy' by William Wharton, 'Geek Love' by Katherine Dunn. 'True Story' by Bill Maher, 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum,' by Kate Atkinson. I'll think of more I expect - I clearly need to up my highbrow quotient.