Music, pc games, brazilian jiu-jitsu, single malt whiskies.
People who will influence me. I want to be influenced.
Favourite song at the mo: Kings of Leon - Knocked Up
Otherwise: Holy Hail, Bromheads Jacket, My Brightest Diamond, Various Productions, Soft Pink Truth, Dandi Wind, Rubicks, Revl9n, My Latest Novel, Similou, Datarock, Longcut, Scissors For Lefty, Peter Bjorn and John, CSS, Soho Dolls, Maccabees, The Noisettes, The Kooks, Placebo, New Young Pony Club, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, We Are Scientists, Battle, The Rakes, Suicide Sports Club, Wolf Parade, She Wants Revenge, The Spinto Band, The Presets, Ladyfuzz, The Decemberists, Architecture In Helsinki, Alterkicks, Arctic Monkeys, The Faint, Ladytron, Cocorosie, Imogen Heap, Clor, Idiot Pilot, Metric, White Rose Movement, Hard-Fi, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Miss Kittin, Gorillaz, !!!, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bright Eyes, Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, Frou Frou, Goldfrapp, Sigur Ros, Husky Rescue, Suede, Libertines, Sneaker Pimps, Belle and Sebastian, Ian Brown, Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Dresden Dolls, Primal Scream, Portishead, Mercury Rev, Radiohead, Tindersticks to name a few of my more recent or all time favourites.
Always tough to choose. If I have to name a few, House of Flying Daggers, Lord of the Rings (Battle of the Pelennor Fields - phwoar!), Boondock Saints, Bram Stokers Dracula, Romeo and Juliet, foreign films that just tell a life story in a different place etc.
Not much. Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Daily Show(when I get to see it). A few sitcoms; The Office, Frazier, Seinfeld and a couple others. Oh and Samurai Jack rules. Jack is the bomb:)
Fantasy stuff and maybe a few classics.
Dunno 'bout heroes. In his younger days Brett Anderson was a bit of an idol of mine.