New Romanticism, electronica, machinery, animals, neon, origami and cake.
Reasonable individuals with nice manners.
Knights, Rex The Dog, Japan, Duran Duran, A Flock Of Seagulls, Data, Berlin, Ronny, The Modern, Fischerspooner, John Foxx, Plastic Fantastic, Viva, Scarlet Soho, Scritti Politti, Gwen Stefani, Roxy Music, Blondie, Tubeway Army, Visage, Freezepop, DMX Krew, John B, Indochine, Mylene Farmer, The Specials, Girls Aloud, Desireless, Gazebo, Fascination, Shiny Toy Guns, 1ere Classe
Liquid Sky, Scarface, Edward Scissorhands, Running Man, Terminators 1 and 2, Rocky IV, Minority Report, Dog Day Afternoon, I Lived With You, Flashdance, Breakdance, Ring, Battle Royale, Maurice, The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari.
The Hits, Takeshi's Castle, Nathan Barley, The Wonder Years, The IT Crowd (especially Maurice Moss), The Office, I'm Alan Partridge, The Simpsons, Peep Show, documentaries about exotic beasts or New Romanticism, the KFC advert from 2004 with the gorgeous, blond, chicken-munching New Romantic in it, the Beechams All-In-One advert with the coughing walrus in it, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.
The Penultimate Truth by Philip K Dick, Affinity by Sarah Waters, Collected Ghost Stories by MR James, Diary Of A Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith, Take It Like A Man by Boy George, The Complete Saki, The Framley Examiner.
David Sylvian, Ronny, Nick Rhodes, Ivor Novello.