music journalism, live music, art exhibitions, reading books that i can't put down, talking on the radio and playing my favourite new tunes.
musicians/journalists/photographers/radio types/friendly gig goers. Too many musicians that inspire me to mention but Iggy has to go in this bit. For starters on my wish list: Judd Apatow, Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan, Woody Allen, Peter Kay, Eddie Izzard. Maybe in the next life: John Peel, Bruce Lee, Totoro, Marylin Monroe, Hunter S Thompson, Lester Bangs.
depeche mode, joy division, the smiths, new order, pink floyd, basement jaxx, bikini kill, le tigre, tsunami bomb, underworld, regina spektor, jeff buckley, ani di franco, portis head, masive attack, L7, joseph arthur, death from above 1979, the metric, the automatic, viva machine, saul williams, zero 7, sia, jose gonzalez, fiona apple, paula cole, spanky wilson, the quantic soul orchestra, mogwai, isis, the temptations, ben e king and the drifters, the clash, the chemical brothers, the wombats, bloc party, pgmg, mj old skool and the jackson 5, css, blood red shoes, the gossip, arctic monkeys, assembly now, Pull Tiger Tail, The ting Tings, LCD Sound System, Operator Please, Be your own Pet plus loads more!
jesus son, buffalo 66, sliding doors, irriversable, infect, audition, old boy, funny games, the dreamers, waking the dead, my summer of love, delicatessen, the descent, closer, boys don't cry, breakfast at tiffanys, pillow talk, stand by me, seven, resovoir dogs, the usual suspects, the return of the cat, my neighbour totoro, true romance, natural born killers, battle royal, all about lilly chou chou, leon, ronin, wasabi, feeling minesota, hocus pocus, this is spinal tap, the green mile, spirited away, palendromes, xmen, y tu mama tambien, the goonies, karate kid 1, manhattan, the seven year itch, some like it hot, cronos, etre et avoir, junebug, risky business, 16 candles, pan's labyrinth, 28 weeks later, this is england.
peep show, scrubs, arrested development, mr. show, mission hill, human remains, spaced, jam, seinfeld, weeds, starved, phoenix nights, cold feet, eerie indiana. salad fingers, undeclared, shameless, ugly betty, heroes, lost, queer as folk, six feet under.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. Favourite authors: aphra behn, shakespeare, toni morrison, harper lee, irvine welsh, hunter s. thompson, william burroughs, nick hornby, jane austen, tolkien, ian banks, robin cooper.
Everyone who helps Manchester music! Terry Christian for being a gobby encyclopaedia manc legend. Tony Wilson and John Peel for teaching us to embrace the new. You've left your mark upon generations and we'll continue to remember what you've done for decades to come xxx