Music, sushi, good company, reading, movies, dancing, travelling, singing, Donegal, coop, Mau Mau, New Zealand, my 2 beautiful nephews, sunshine, mojitos & manhattens (the latter with at least 3 maraschino cherries), Puerto Rican sunsets..much more but that'll do for now.
good folk
In no particular order...D'Angelo, Marvin Gaye, Slum Village, The Isley Brothers, Tribe Called Quest, Matthew Herbert, Donald Byrd, Koop, 4Hero, Vinia Mojica, Donny Hathaway, Nathan Haines, Dwele, Common, Raphael Saadiq, Coop, Fela Kuti, Louie Vega, Jocelyn Brown, Quantic, Carl Craig, Afronaught, Capitol A, Katie Barber, Herbie, Carl Craig, Bah Samba, Jay Dee (RIP, we miss you..), The Roots, Jeff Buckley, New Sector Movements, Atjazz, Restless Soul, Vikter Duplaix, Erro, Jazzanova, Phlasher, Lewis Taylor, Nina Simone, Kindred, Steely Dan, Mark Pritchard, Theo Parrish, The Pharcyde, Quasimoto, Roy Hargrove, Bugz in the Attic, Shuggie Otis, Patrice Rushen, 2 Banks of 4, Gill Scott-Heron, George Benson, Hi-Tek, Recloose, Johnny Hammond, Martha Wainright, Stereolab, Bahamadia, Rasiyah, Don Blackman, Portishead, J-Live, Aretha Franklin, Sly & the Family Stone, SaRa Creative, Vanessa Freeman, RedNoseDistrikt, Dudley Perkins, Masters At Work, Tortured Soul, Jaguar Wright, Seiji, Floetry, Madlib, OvaSoul7, Steve Spacek, Faith Evans, J Davey, Amy Winehouse, Syreeta, Prince, Break Reform, Rufus & Chaka, John Coltrane, Mos Def, IG Culture, Zap Mama, Omar, Ayro, Reel Peeps, Colonel Red, Little Brother, Kanye, Lauryn Hill, Anita Baker, Madlib, Bilal, Ella Fitzgerald, LyricL, Blackalicious, King Britt, Marlena Shaw, Bobby Womack, Roy Davis Jr, Naked Music, Silhouette Brown, Alice Russell, Quango, Bugge Wesseltoft, Jill Scott, Deniece Williams, Gary Bartz, Janet Kay, Dionne Warwick, Azymuth, Pharoah Sanders, Peven Everett, Fat Freddys Drop, Doug Carn, Lady Alma, Block 16, Herbaliser, Leon Ware, Dego, Talib Kweli, India Arie, Mr Scruff, Domu, DKD, Rainer Trubey, Shaun Escoffrey, De Lata, Pepe Braddock, Angie Stone, Osunlade, Fontella Bass, Incognito, Mica Paris, Monty, Gene Harris, Incognito, Michelle Escoffrey, Kaidi Tatham, Moodyman, ?uestlove, Erykah Badu, Clara Hill, Amp Fiddler, Rufus Wainright, Ursual Rucker, Koop, I:Cube, Jurgen, Kyoto Jazz Massive, 2000Black, Wah-Chu-kU, Stereolab, Truby Trio, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Eska, Clara Hill, Jamie Lidell, DJ Spinna, Breakthrough, Clara Hill, Uprock Recordings, Incognito, Home Cookin', Izzi Dunn, Yam Who?, Bjork, Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, Minnie Riperton, RAMP, Daz I-Kue, Otis Redding, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Q-Tip, Meshell Ndegeocello, Keziah Jones, Dilated Peoples, Soil and Pimp Sessions, Cinematic Orchestra, Luther Vandross, Plantlife, Jazmine Sullivan, Vivian Green.. Then my other side! Led Zep, Kings of Leon, Jeff Buckley, Beck, Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Can, The Jam, Pixies, Portishead, Massive Attack, Beach Boys, Cocteau Twins, The Killers, The White Stripes, The Police...
Ever changing though currently on an Almodovar and Wong Kar Wai tip..more recently Climates
Six Feet Under; Black Books; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Mighty Boosh; J Ross
Edward St Aubyn is genius - all titles i've read to date; Perfume; The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat; Betty Blue; The State of Africa; The Life & Death of Marvin Gaye; Wow & Flutter; The Shadow of the Wind; Dry; The Time Travellers Wife
Dylan Moran! He makes me laugh.. Joe Dukie. John Cusack. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Old Greg.