Music, films, playing with my little boy and listening to him laugh, writing songs, ancient history, saving the world or at least trying to make it a better place, beachy head, understanding people, cooking, sewing, knitting, walking my dogs...just finding comfort in the simple things in life.
Musicians and writers,comedians, actors, artists and creative people in general, fans of 80's girl pop, yummy slummy mummies, people who want to make a difference and anyone interesting or who is giving something away for free...
Bands and artists include The Cure, Cyndi Lauper, Thea Gilmore, Suede, The Levellers, Snow Patrol, Johnny Cash, Kirsty MacColl, Muse, Ann Peebles, The Editors, Keane, Afro Celt Sound System, Eliza Carthy, Winter, Tom Russell, The Cranes, Tori Amos, Kristen Hersh, Nina Simone, Medieval Baebes, lots of folk, antifolk, classical, americana, bluegrass, jazz and so on...
Anything that helps me escape the banality of everyday life, most things with Johnny Depp (he who can do no wrong), 80's bratpack and Michael J Fox movies, Labyrinth, things involving Tim Burton and/or Danny Elfman, Lord Of The Rings trilogy...nothing groundbreaking here I'm afraid...vampires, Harold and Maude, Garden State, Me Without You, Starstruck...
Not a lot...The Simpsons, Doctor Who, QI, Jamie Oliver saving the nation, Gordon Ramsey swearing at it and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall showing how much of it can be eaten, reality shows featuring people who make me feel superior, Extras, Scrubs, stuff on BBC 3 and 4...
Terry Pratchett, Maggie O' Farrell, Stephen Fry, Tony Hawks, Joanne Harris, The Moomins, and the sort of rubbish novels that don't require more than 0.2% of my brain power at any one time (as that's all I have left going spare)...
Cyndi Lauper, Kirsty MacColl, Stephen Fry, Mark Thomas, Robert Newman...I still hope to find some really...