I heart: the fact that MySpace makes you feel like a minor celebrity and also...good films, bad films, The Sunday Times Style supplement, Rene Gruau, Andy Warhol, DEAN CHALKLEY, journalism, backcombing, THE WEEKENDS, social life sponsorship c/o Virgin Trains, frappucinos, PARIS, boys who look like they should be in the best band in the world, high art, low art, ANIMAL PRINT, nice handwriting, card making, smudged eyeliner, witty, extended and unabbreviated texts, American Apparel, ALEXA CHUNG, la langue française, tights in every colour of the rainbow, dressing inappropriately for every occasion and climate, sarcasm, STRAWS, Cherry Lambers, corridors, LONDON TIMES, singing (loudly), Clairol semi-permanent hair colour (Dark Brown), pear cider (too much), HOT DATES AND HOTT DATE.
I don't heart: MY FAVOURITE PEOPLE LIVING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. Also, rain, camping, the absence of at least one 'x' at the end of a text, when my hairdresser cuts my fringe too short, indie imposters indie imposters indie imposters, SHARKS (I shark, you shark, he/she sharks...), poor spelling and/or grammar, having 129788756413 items of clothing yet NOTHING...TO...WEAR and knowing I will never be as cool as Karen O, VV from the Kills or Leila from The Duke Spirit. Ladies, I salute you.
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS: THE BEATLES, The Strokes, The Libertines (RIP), The Kills, The Duke Spirit, Kings of Leon, Kings of Convenience, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Donna Summers, Eurythmics, Le Tigre, Goldfrapp, The Velvet Underground, Miss Kittin, BLONDIE, Interpol, Blur, The Long Blondes, Ladytron, Peaches, The Maccabees, Jack Penate, Test Icicles (again, RIP), Kate Nash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Organ, MIA, Good Shoes and about 123981283 others.
CURRENTLY CURRENTLY CURRENTLY: The Presets, New Young Pony Club, CSS, Get Shakes, LATE OF THE PIER, Kap Bambino, Goose, Kissy Sell Out, Tapedeck, Team Megamix, Peggy Sue and The Pirates, Elle Milano, Shy Child, METRONOMY, Adele, The Ghost Frequency, Laura Marling, Friendly Fires, Mikamiko, LOTS of random good/bad remixes, The Blow, that latest Britney tune, Dizzee Rascal, Autokratz, Yelle, PARTYSHANK, Yo Majesty, Out Hud, BIG FACE, Simian Mobile Disco, JUSTICE, Black Kids, Cool Kids Can't Die, Maths Class, Billion Dollar DJs, Herve, Neon Plastix, Black Lips, Clarky Cat, Uffie, Sebastian, Load Click Shoot, The Teenagers, MGMT, Slagmalsklubben, Hercules and Love Affair, Kitsune-shaped stuff, Hoodlums, Chromeo, Foals, Slow Club, IPSO FACTO and THEORETICAL GIRL, Neon Neon, Ladyhawke, Miss Odd Kid, The Shoes, Plug in City, Bumblebeez, The Black Ghosts, Midnight Juggernaughts and about 123981284 others.
Amelie * Y Tu Mama Tambien * Amadeus * Ghost World * American Beauty * The Virgin Suicides * Sunset Boulevard * Napoleon Dynamite * Roman Holiday * The Royal Tenenbaums * Abigail's Party * The Goodbye Girl * Almost Famous * This is England* Quadrophenia and De battre mon coeur s'est arrete.
PEEP SHOW PLEASE.
Cult fiction (see: Douglas Coupland, Jeffrey Eugenides, Irvine Welsh and Charles Bukowski). GRAZIA, SUPER SUPER, DISORDER, ELLE, VOGUE.