Things of the heart and mind. I love to cycle, write, read and generally be different. My band 'Cheats and Liars' formed before Christmas 2006 and we recorded in May 2007 and played a Festival of music and culture in Sicily in August 2007 as guests of the council of Porticello. I love good comedy (subjective I know), and music which is our sneak preview to heaven along with the other odd human experience.
Anyone with a story to tell, ears to listen, a mind to share and a bar bill they'll pay.
Bowie, Morrisey, Lulu, Madonna, Elvis, all the one-namers. No, I'm kidding. Anything that sounds new, fresh. The re-formed New York Dolls are great. I love Iggy, (and Mr. Bowie naturally), Smokey Robinson, Roy Harper, Morphine, Tom Verlaine, Wonderstuff, Mr. J. Cocker and Pulp, The Clash, Eels, Blur, Stevie Wonder (69-76), Robyn Hitchcock, The Finn Brothers (in all forms), Tom Waites, The Buzzcocks, Lou Reed, The Beach Boys, Big Star, Elvis Costello, Bill Nelson, Kings of Leon, Barenaked Ladies, B.B. King, John Martyn, Captain Beefheart (The Captain), The Ruts, Josh Rouse, Joe Walsh, Talking Heads, Flaming Lips, Billy Bragg, The Jam, Patti Smith, The Beatles, Mogwai,The Skids, The Killers, Television, Billie Holiday, Green Day, REM, Van Morrison, T.Rex, The Jayhawks, Nat King Cole, The Duels, Johnny Cash, John Cale, Roxy Music (early), Muse, Graham Parker, They Might Be Giants, The Who, Miles Davis, Terry Reid, The Faces, The Only Ones, Mott The Hoople, The Delays, Henry Rollins, Flaming Lips, Nick Cave, James Brown, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jeff Buckley, The Pixies, Marvin Gaye and sooooooo much more.
'Sympathy for Mr and Lady Vengence' and 'Oldboy', 'Bladerunner', 'Eraserhead', 'Primer', 'Life of Brian', 'Capricorn One','Rear Window', 'Donnie Darko', 'Helza Poppin','Duck Soup', Leon', 'Life is Beautiful','Coffee and Cigarettes', 'Bladerunner', 'Nosferatu', 'Hannibal Brooks', 'This is Spinal Tap', 'Slingblade', Galaxy Quest','Alien', 'Dirty Harry', 'Fargo', 'Man on The Moon', 'Good Fellas', 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' 'The Silent Partner', 'Team America', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Young Frankenstein', most Marx Brothers, most Woody Allen, all Kevin Smiths work and the Coen Brothers films and, naturally, Hitch's work. There are hundreds that I like, enjoy, admire. Like everything else, most films are toilet but the good ones are just great.
Favourite author - Joseph Conrad. Next up may well be Daphne Du Maurier. I read a lot and do not stick to any formula or genre. Bill Bryson is probably my favourite contemporary writer although I have enjoyed Nick Hornsby and Carl Hiaasen. Spike Milligan gets a mention as do Charles Dickens, Maya Angelou, Sebastian Faulkes, George Orwell, Giovanni Guareschi, Harper Lee (what's the new book like ?), and Oscar Wilde. The Time Travellers Wife was awesome.
Still thinking. Maybe keep adding yeah ? Dr. King, Lee Miller, Gandhi, Lennon, Lydon, Conrad, Bach, Chrissie Hynde, Berry Gordy and Max Wall. Maybe you too - I dunno ?