Damon

I'd like to meet:

Upfront people with like interests.
People who aren't afraid to live outside their comfort zone.

Music:

60s Soul (Chuck Jackson, Baby Washington, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Lou Johnson, Dionne Warwick, etc...)

60s Mod Pop (Who, Small Faces, Creation, Eyes, Move, Action, etc...)

60s Girl Pop (Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Cilla Black, etc...)

60s Pop Pop (Hollies, Byrds, Tremeloes, etc...)

Ska/Rocksteady/early Reggae (Kingstonians, Paragons, Toots & the Maytals, etc...)

Old Country (Louvin Brothers, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Carter Family, etc...)

More MODern stuff (Jam, Style Council, Public Enemy, Smiths, Blur, '80s jangly REM, EPMD, The High Dials (Canada's Best Band EVER!), Coral, Three Times Dope etc...)

Movies:

Great Classic Films

Dr. Strangelove, To Sir With Love, Malcom X, Billy Liar, Saturday Night-Sunday Morning, Alfie, High Fidelity, Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Barrels Smoking

Zoolander, Undercover Brother, Be Cool

Television:

Everybody Hates Chris, Arrested Development ("Nobody's running any cocaine through this prison without daddy getting a taste."), The Office (UK and US versions), Bernie Mac, Method & Red (very witty but also very cancelled... you should have watched it!), Little Britain (if you haven't seen this yet, you're missing out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams are on par with the Pythons. Brilliant characters), Strangers With Candy, Lenny Henry, Steve Coogan, Anything Alan Partridge-related, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Seinfeld, Catterick, Everybody Hates Chris, Later With Jules Holland, Mr. Show, Anything David Cross-related, Ready-Steady-Go...

... and last but certainly not least, Dave Chappelle's Show! Some of the funniest U.S.-produced TV EVER. I'll miss this most of all.

Radio: The Boosh.

Books:

The Autobiography of Malcom X, White Teeth, To Sir With Love, Paid Servant, Dr. Strangelove, Ready-Steady-Go, The Lonely Londoners, The Long Firm, Trainspotting, Glue, Ordinary Guy (poetry by Black Liverpudlian Mark T. Watson).

Heroes:

My Parents Malcom X Jack Johnson (the boxer not the modern musician) Donnie Elbert Bobby Robinson Don Gardner Juggy Murray Curtis Mayfield Berry Gordy Paul Weller Baby Washington Sandie Shaw Chuck Jackson