Anything that's genuinely interesting, I'm generally interested. I hate lists, they're impersonal and non-descript; and in most aesthetic areas of life I embrace reductivist approaches. (Usually while enjoying the self-satisfied tang of my own farts.)
Put simply, I like a lot of stuff and don't want to leave anyone out, so enjoy the following lists - or don't - less is generally more when you can't be bothered:
Anyone who doesn't piss me off... that's usually most of you.
A Man Called Adam, Angel, Alex Neri, Arcade Fire, Armand Van Helden, The Avalanches, Badly Drawn Boy, Barry White, Basement Jaxx, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bent, The Beta Band, Bloc Party, Blur, The Boards Of Canada, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bob Sinclair, Carlos Santana, Chemical Brothers, Chunking, The Clash, Coldplay, Daft Punk, David Bowie, Dirty Pretty Things, Dizzee Rascal, The Doors, The Earlies, Editors, Eels, Elvis Presley, Faithless, Feeder, The Feeling, Fila Brazilia, Fire Island, Foo Fighters, Frank Zappa, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratelli's, Full Intention , Funky Lowlives , The Gipsy Kings , Gnarls Barkley, The Good the Bad and the Queen, The Go! Team, Gomez, Gorillaz, Green Day, Groove Armada, Ice Cube, Iron and Wine, Jakatta, The Jam, Jamiroquai, Jefferson Airplane, Jet, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Jose Padilla, Joy Division, Just Jack, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Keane, The Killers, Kings of Leon, The Kinks, Leftfield, M-Gee, Madness, The Magic Numbers, Massive Attack, Mint Royale, Moby, Moodswings, Mos Def, Muse, Nick Drake, Oasis, The Ones, Orson, Outkast, Paul Simon, Paul Weller, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, The Pogues, Pretenders, Primal Scream, Queen, The Raconteurs, Radiohead, Razorlight, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Richard Ashcroft, Roger Sanchez, Run DMC, Röyksopp, The Sabres Of Paradise, Sam Cooke, Sergio Mendes, Seu Jorge, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Snoop Dogg, Snow Patrol, Sounds of Blackness, The Specials, Spinal Tap, SteppenWolf, Stevie Wonder, Stonebidge, The Strokes, Sun Kids, Supergrass, Supertramp, System of a Down, Talvin Singh, Tall Paul, Tenacious D, Thievery Corporation, Timo Maas, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, T-Rex, A Tribe Called Quest, Ultra Naté, The Verve, Violent Femmes, Warren Clarke, The White Stripes, Yukimi Nagano, Zero 7, The Zutons, etc.
Godfather 1 and 2, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, The Usual Suspects, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lord of the Rings (Trilogy), Kung Fu Hustle, Raging Bull, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Corporation (doc.), Anchorman, High Fidelity, School of Rock, Cry Freedom, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Hobson's Choice, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Killing Fields, Bowling for Columbine (doc.), The Shining, Double Indemnity, Roger and Me (doc.), Life of Brian, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Shawshank Redemption, Paths of Glory, Apocalypse Now, Scarface, Get Carter (original),The Untouchables (De Palma remake), Trading Places, Coming to America, The Fifth Element, Close Encounters, Bladerunner, Arlington Road, American Beauty, Team America, Fahrenheit 9/11 (doc.), Twelve Monkeys, Devil's Advocate, The Deerhunter, Groundhog Day, Babbette's Feast, Annie Hall, Cidade de Deus (City of God), Cinderella Man, Memento, Insomnia, Hostel, Das Boot, Westworld, Quick Change, What About Bob, Swingers, Go, Lost in Translation, Mad Dog and Glory, Broken Flowers, Missisipipi Burning, Léon, 12 Angry Men, Schindler's List, Hotel Rwanda, Amores Perros, Million Dollar Baby, Zatoichi, Gattaca, Full Metal Jacket, Cool Hand Luke, Once Upon a Time in America, Fargo, The Green Mile, A Time to Kill, Wedding Crashers, Spinal Tap, Dodgeball, Hope and Glory, The Sunshine Boys, Oh God, Brazil, Let It Ride, Forrest Gump, The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Chocolat, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Pretty Woman, The Wedding Singer, Spanglish, 50 First Dates, Donnie Darko, Spellbound (doc.), Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Independence Day, Grave of the Fireflies, Spirited Away, Toy Story 1 and 2, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Cars, Antz, Friday, Batman Begins, Insomnia, Shaun of the Dead, Elf, Old School, etc.
Soccer AM, Sky Sports News, Friday Fight Night, Super Sunday, UFC, The Contender, Chappelle's Show, Extras, Fawlty Towers, Life in the Undergrowth, Planet Earth, Dragon's Den, My Name is Earl, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Porridge, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Futurama, Family Guy, Mock the Week, Peep Show, Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Only Fools and Horses, The Fast Show, Catherine Tate, Grand Designs, Frasier, Cheers, South Park, King of the Hill, Bo Selecta, The Office, The Simpson's, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, The Sopranos, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Property Ladder, The A-Team, V, etc.
Mr Nice, Stupid White Men, (Roy) Keane The Autobiography, The Medium is the Message, Deliverance, Das Kapital, Lord of the Rings, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Holy War, Cantona on Cantona, The Idiot, Dude, Where's My Country, Human, Ubik, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Airframe, Money, All Too Human, Catch-22, Lord of the Flies, The Castle, The Big One, Robinson Crusoe, On the Road, The Power and the Glory, Managing My Life My Autobiography (Sir Alex Ferguson), The Power of One, Odyssey, Rules for the Direction of the Mind, Viz Annual, The Murdoch Archipelago, etc.
The European Ryder Cup Team, Manchester United FC, Muhammad Ali, Alex Ferguson, Nelson Mandela, Richard Prior, David Attenborough, John Peel, George Burns, Peter Griffin, Michael Moore, etc.