Cloud watching
No internet freaks please?
I'd rather go to a gig than a rave. Must be growing up...Amon Tobin, Arctic Monkeys, Aretha Franklin, Amadou and Mariam, Andy C, Aim, Arab Strap, Bad Science, Ben Harper, Bonobo, Blackalicious, Broken Social Scene, Bonnie Prince Billy, Bjork, Battles, Blur, Cat Power, The Clash, Curtis Mayfield, Chemical Brothers, Cold War Kids, Chris Liberator, Calyx, CSS, Cinematic Orchestra, Dangermouse and Gemini, DJ Shadow, The Doors, Dillinja, EST, Electrelene, Fat Freddy's Drop, Freestylers, Fuck Buttons, Gang of Four, G-Corp, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Godspeed!Youblackemperor, Hole, Holy Fuck, Herbaliser, Hype, Interpol, Joy Division, James Lavelle, Jeff Buckley, Joanna Newsom, Jeffery Lewis, Jurassic 5, King Tubby, Krust, Kruder and Dorfmeister, LCD Soundsystem, Lamb, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Leftfield, Mogwai, Massive Attack, Marissa Nadler, Moondog, Moishe's Bagel, Nils Petter Molvaer, Nina Nastasia, Nextmen, Otis Redding, Ojos De Brujo, Pixies, Prefuse 73, Portishead, Pulp, Pink Floyd, Prodigy, Quannum, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Red Snapper, Regina Spektor, Ray Charles, RJD2, Roland The Bastard, Roots, Rhythymites, Rolling Stones, Roots Manuva, Rodney P, The Stooges, Shitdisco, Slint, DJ SS, Semifinalists, Sofa Surfers, Sonic Youth, TV On The Radio, The Cat Empire, TeeBee, Unkle, Underworld, Yeah Yeah Yeahs etc. etc. etc.
I love watching them on a Sunday with friends and a hangover. If I can remember correctly - Alfonso Cuaron, Pedro Almovodar, David Fincher are pretty good.
Excuse me?
Anything and everything (apart from "chick lit" Yuk.) Love Irvine Welsh, Iain Banks, Stephen King, Isabelle Allende, Jung Chang, Aldous Huxley, Jeffery Eugenides, Primo Levi, George Orwell...
All my friends for being so goddamn amazing! And John Peel, obviously. And my mum.