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In no particular order: books and writing; music, gigs and clubbing; history; football (I'm a life-long Spurs fan, for my sins...) and rugby (Harlequins, both codes); my friends and family; movies; good conversation; art; a good night out (remembering it in the morning is a bonus...); alternative culture; making jewellery; three-hour long baths; crosswords and sudoku; burlesque and vintage glamour; theatre; people watching; long walks; politics and other esoteric issues; cats; museums and galleries; cooking; comedy; the internet. At the moment, however, most of my time is taken up with completing an Open University degree in history.
An odd selection: Neil Gaiman, and his character Death (from The Sandman graphic novels); Janis Joplin (sadly dead); film-makers Tim Burton and Kevin Smith; Tony de Vit (legendary hard house DJ and sadly dead); Henry Rollins (a renaissance man with tattoos); left-wing comedians Mark Thomas and Mark Steel; the Earl of Rochester (a notorious 17th century rake, author of rude poetry and also sadly dead); George Orwell (because I'd love to hear what he'd think about the world today, and another one who's sadly dead - are you detecting a theme here?!)
Oh god, where do I start?! OK, here goes.... Nirvana; The Stone Roses/Ian Brown; Radiohead; Faith No More; Rage Against The Machine; The Prodigy; Black Label Society; Metallica; The Wildhearts; Soundgarden; Therapy?; Green Day; Queens Of The Stone Age; Breeders; Down; Pearl Jam; Cream; Happy Mondays; Tool; Love; Sonic Youth; Bloc Party; The Orb; The Byrds; Led Zep; The Killers; Editors; Beck; The Wonderstuff; Orbital; Arcade Fire; Lo Fidelity Allstars; Eat Static; ...Trail Of Dead; Portishead; Modest Mouse; Dead Kennedys; the Stones; Basement Jaxx; Leftfield; The Specials; Maximo Park; Fleetwood Mac; The Cure; Fugazi; Black Sabbath; Janis Joplin; Mogwai; Daft Punk; Fatboy Slim; Rufus Wainwright; Ozrics; Pavement; Elliott Smith; Tori Amos; Guns 'N' Roses; L7; Alice In Chains; Coheed and Cambria; Trivium; PWEI; Faithless; Idlewild; Seth Lakeman; Foo Fighters; The Postal Service; At The Drive In; Nick Drake; Pulp; Pink Floyd; White Zombie; Aphex Twin; Jeff Buckley; Hendrix; Audioslave; White Stripes/The Raconteurs; Sigur Ros; CSS; Temple of the Dog; Joy Division/New Order; Feeder; REM; Death Cab For Cutie; Machine Head; Sepultura; Pantera (Dimebag RIP); Manics; Le Tigre; Wheat; They Might Be Giants; Massive Attack; RHCP; Carter USM; the Beatles; FSOL; Kyuss; Nine Inch Nails; Slayer; Ministry; Pixies; Depeche Mode; Screaming Trees; The Charlatans; Blondie; The Smiths; Placebo; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Super Furry Animals; Primal Scream; Rodrigo y Gabriela; Chemical Brothers; the Kinks; Sugar/Husker Du; PJ Harvey; The Clash; Smashing Pumpkins; OK Go; Razorlight; Bloodhound Gang; The Who; Underworld... I could go on forever. Also lots of: house/techno/trance; drum n bass and breakbeats; reggae/dub/ska; hip hop and electro; classic 60's soul; eighties pop; blues, jazz and classical.
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Singin' In The Rain; Casablanca; The Italian Job (the original version...); Rear Window (ditto); the original Star Wars Trilogy; Dazed + Confused; The Breakfast Club; Singles; Rocky Horror; Some Like It Hot; the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy; all the St Trinians films; The Lost Boys; Fargo; Human Traffic; Apocalypse Now; Sin City; The Godfather 1 + 2; Heathers; Withnail + I; all of Alfred Hitchcock's films; Grosse Point Blank; LA Confidential; Full Metal Jacket; Sid and Nancy; Clockwork Orange; Bullit; Pirates of the Caribbean; Velvet Goldmine; The Blues Brothers; Shallow Grave; A Life Less Ordinary; all the Monty Python films; Twin Town; Shaun Of The Dead; Bill + Ted; Ghostbusters; Trainspotting; Easy Rider; The Big Lebowski; The Thin Red Line; The Pianist; Dangerous Liasons; 28 Days Later; Summer of Sam; all of Tim Burton's films, all of Quentin Tarantino's films; The Crow; Wayne's World 1+2; all of Kevin Smith's films (except Jersey Girl...); Quadrophenia; Get Carter (the original); Wizard Of Oz; Cabaret; Yellow Submarine; loads of b+w Hollywood classics and badly-dubbed kung-fu epics.
MySpace LayoutsI am secretly guilty of watching too much trash TV (Saturday morning hangover telly, WWE and Hollyoaks, for a start!), but I also like: CSI; Law and Order; Later...; Top Gear; Heroes; South Park; Tribe; Mock the Week; Most Haunted; Without A Trace; The Simpsons; Dr Who; QI; Family Guy; Have I Got News For You?; wildlife and historical documentaries. And I love Paul O'Grady.
Also: Spaced; Red Dwarf; Blackadder; The Fast Show; Bleak House; State Of Play; Twin Peaks; Black Books; The Mary Whitehouse Experience; Father Ted; The Young Ones; Bottom; Monty Python; Babylon 5.
Lots of comedy stuff: Bill Hicks, Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Pete and Dud, Billy Connolly, Jack Dee, Ross Noble, Denis Leary, Dylan Moran, Stephen Fry, Hugh Dennis, Rob Newman, ISIHAC, The Now Show, The Goons, Round The Horne etc etc
Hunter S Thompson; William S Burroughs; PJ O'Rourke; Martin Millar; Douglas Adams; Terry Pratchett; James Ellroy; Ian Rankin; Neil Gaiman; Angela Carter; Shakespeare; George Orwell; Bill Bryson; Irvine Welsh; Sarah Waters; David Mitchell; Tolkien; Henry Rollins; Poppy Z Brite; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Margaret Attwood; Phillip Pullman; William Gibson; Alan Moore (knows the score...); JK Rowling; the Brontes; Anne Rice; Shaun Hutson; Douglas Coupland; Howard Marks; John O'Farrell; Spike Milligan; Brett Easton Ellis; Umberto Eco; Samuel Beckett; Gabriel Garcia Marquez.... and lots more. Also loads of history, biography, poetry, books on music and graphic novels.
Dorothy Parker; Bill Hicks; Mae West; Hunter S Thompson; Katherine Hepburn; George Orwell; Joe Strummer; Ellen McArthur (well, YOU try doing what she did!); the 1960-61 Spurs double-winning side; John Peel; Queen Elizabeth I; Keith Richards (because by rights he should so be dead...)