riding my bike while listening to bruce springsteen. swimming. watching question time. walking over bridges just as a trains pass underneath. seafood.
alan rickman
aimee mann, air, air supply, andrew bird, ani difranco, antony & the johnsons, arcade fire, art of fighting, athlete, augie march, badly drawn boy, ballboy, band of horses, the bangles, barenaked ladies, bay city rollers, beach boys, the beatles, beck, belle & sebastian, ben folds, ben kweller, ben lee, bernard fanning, bernie hayes, beth orton, billy bragg, bjork, bloc party, blueline medic, blur, bob dylan, bob evans, bonnie prince billy, the boy least likely to, bran van 3000, the bravery, brendan benson, bright eyes, broken social scene, bruce springsteen, cake, cat power, chet baker, christopher o'riley, the church, clap your hands say yeah, clare bowditch, the clash, clem snide, clifford t ward, cold war kids, coldplay, cordrazine, cowboy junkies, crowded house, the cure, cyndi lauper, the dandy warhols, darren hanlon, david bowie, david bridie, david ford, david gray, de la soul, the dead salesmen, death cab for cutie, the decemberists, depeche mode, devo, dolorean, don henley, the doves, echo & the bunnymen, ed harcourt, eels, elbow, electric light orchestra, elephant gun, elliott smith, elton john, elvis costello, eric carmen, eskimo joe, evan dando, explosions in the sky, the fantastic leslie, feist, the flaming lips, fleetwood mac, francis dunnery, franz ferdinand, the fray, garbage, gary jules, gersey, glenn richards, the go-betweens, gomez, gotye, grand salvo, hall & oates, hamish, handsome boy modelling school, hanson, hartley goldstein, har mar superstar, heatmiser, hilltop hoods, hole, holly throsby, hot chip, hot chocolate, huey lewis & the news, hunters & collectors, i am kloot, icecream hands, iggy & the stooges, iggy pop, the ink spots, interpol, iron & wine, the isley brothers, jack & jeffrey lewis, jackson five, jackson browne, james, jane's addiction, janis joplin, jeff buckley, jenny lewis, jens lekman, joan baez, johnny cash, jolie holland, jon brion, joni mitchell, jose gonzalez, josh joplin, joshua radin, joy division, junior senior, jurassic 5, kanye west, karma county, keane, khancoban, the killers, kind of pluto, kings of convenience, kings of leon, lamb, lazy susan, leonard cohen, lew stone & his band, lionel ritchie, lior, lisa miller, lo-tel, lou reed, louis XIV, love outside andromeda, lucinda williams, the lucksmiths, m. ward, machine gun fellatio, magic dirt, the magnetic fields, marvin gaye, mazzy star, mcalmont & butler, mercury rev, micah p hinson, michael penn, midlake, midnight oil, miles davis, mint royal, missy elliot, modern giant, modest mouse, mogwai, moneen, morphine, the most serene republic, the mountain goats, my friend the chocolate cake, my morning jacket, naughty by nature, neil young, neko case, nelly furtado, neutral milk hotel, new order, the new pornographers, the new radicals, nick cave, nick drake, oasis, ok go, okkervil river, orson, otis redding, outkast, pj harvey, panic! at the disco, paradise motel, patrick swayze, patti griffin, paul kelly, paul simon, peaches, pedro the lion, peggy lee, the pernice brothers, peter gabriel, phoenix, the pixies, placebo, the polyphonic spree, the postal service, powderfinger, queen, queens of the stone age, rem, the raconteurs, radiohead, ray lamontagne, the raylenes, regina spektor, regurgitator, the reindeer section, rick springfield, rilo kiley, rod stewart, roy orbison, rufus wainwright, ryan adams, sarah blasko, scott edgar & the universe, scott walker & the walker brothers, seu jorge, the shins, shout out louds, sia, simon & garfunkel, sinead o'connor, skipping girl vinegar, small sips, smashing pumpkins, smog, snoop dogg, snout, snow patrol, sodastream, something for kate, stars, sting, the streets, the strokes, sufjan stevens, the sundays, surrogate turnip, swan lake, take that, ted leo & the pharmacists, teenage fanclub, tegan & sara, they might be giants, things of stone & wood, thom yorke, tilly & the wall, tom petty, tom waits, townes van zandt, transvision vamp, the travelling wilburys, turin brakes, tv on the radio, u2, van morrison, the velvet underground, voxtrot, wannadies, weddings, parties, anything, the white stripes, the whitlams, william shatner, the wrens, yann tiersen, yo la tengo, you am i, zero 7, the zutons.
the cable guy, three men & a little lady, the muppets take manhattan & citizen kane.
the west wing, arrested development, six feet under, deal or no deal.
anything by f. scott fitzgerald, nick hornby, jonathan safran foer, johnathan franzen, j.k. rowling, helen garner, george orwell, arthur miller, irvine welsh, saul bellow, tim winton, j.m. coetzee, dr. seuss & any australian political biographies & memoirs.
are invariably disappointing in real life, so lower your expectations.