Leopard print. Glitter. MUSIC. Random questions. Chocolate bars. Paddington Bear. movies, telly, magazines, books. See below. Animals. Angels. Photography. Stickers. Greeting cards. Shooting stars. Glow-in-the-dark. Snow globes.
Some respect would be nice. Thanks.
"Sometimes you can't make it on your own":
♥ my Opa - guess I can wait ;-), but I'll miss you till that day
♥ Cooper (chances are I meet the following list of people first :p)
♥ Howard Marks, Dolly Parton, Ray Cokes, Thomas Gottschalk, Toby Amies, Martin Short, Shirley MacLaine & William Shatner
Mostly listen to (British)indie & rock, but also diverse genres from different decades. Love discovering new stuff, even if it's old ha. Or re-discovering for that matter. Current favourites include Apocalyptica, Disturbed, Kenna, Lady Sovereign, Karl Zero and some recommended songs by special friends :).
A selection of all-time faves:
10.000 Things, Air, Arctic Monkeys, Apocalyptica, Blur, the Bravery, Shirley Bassey, Jeff Buckley, Bloc Party, Black Label Society, Beastie Boys, the Cure, Catatonia, the Cooper Temple Clause, Clor, Crowded House, Johnny Cash, the Cribs, Depeche Mode, David Devant And His Spirit Wife, Dogs, the Dears, Dustins Bar Mitzvah, Doves, the Divine Comedy, Danny Elfman's film soundtracks, Editors, Eels, Feeder, Herbert Grönemeyer, Hope of the States, the Holloways, Heroes del Silencio, Interpol, Iron Maiden, Jamie T, Tom Jones, Jay Jay Johanson, Kasabian, Kent, the Libertines, Zarah Leander, Magnet, Mansun, Manu Chao, Morrissey, Manic Street Preachers, Oasis, Dolly Parton, Pulp, Edith Piaf, Queen, Radiohead, the Rifles, the Rakes, Supergrass, the Smiths, Stellastarr*, Super Furry Animals, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Space, the Strokes, Yann Tiersen, U2, Van Halen, the Vines, Wir Sind Helden...etc etc. Guitars RULE.
Mtv's Alternative Nation with Toby Amies was a huge influence.
Turtle Diary, Donnie Darko, Sneakers, Dog Fight, Stand By Me, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, The 7 Year Itch, Vibes, Three Amigos ("are you the singing bush?"), Big Fish, Amélie, Grumpy (and Grumpier) Old Men, The Usual Suspects, The Magnificent Seven, Pirates of the Caribbean 1&2, X-Men1&2, Lord of the Rings, Back to the Future, The Little Hut, Indiana Jones, Moonstruck, Muppets Christmas Carol, Iron Man, Jumpin Jack Flash, We're No Angels (1955), Cop Land, Papa Ante Portas, The Rock, Cactus Flower, Marx Brothers, most Disney classics, Lilo&Stitch, Toy Story1&2, Galaxy Quest, Big Fish, Star Trek, Star Wars, Zorro the Gay Blade, What's Up Doc?, Team America, My Favourite Year, 9 to 5, 40 Year Old Virgin, Chicken Run, Wallace&Gromit, anything by M.Night Shyamalan (not so much Lady from the Water though), Hitchcock, and many more
when there's time quite a few US series, no actually make that a lot of (mostly US) series/some sit-coms, crime/detective, Remington Steele, the X-Files, The Nanny, House M.D., all kinds of documentaries (Arendt & Schweiger animal documentaries are the best!!!), Father Ted, Pan Tau, Highway to Heaven, Seinfeld, Lost, music television when there was still music on it, big sports events, The Peanuts, Larry King live (great interviews)
Mr Nice, Angels Can Fly by Terry Lynn Taylor, A Long Way Down, Lord of the Rings, short stories by Edgar Allan Poe & Daphne Du Maurier, "The Plague" by Albert Camus, Enid Blyton, good crime by Agatha Christie, Ian Rankin, Mary Higgins Clark, Michael Connelly et al, cartoons/comics (what?!collected in a book - that counts!) like The Peanuts, Tin Tin, Vater&Sohn, Hagar the Horrible, and Herman (by Jim Unger), "Harpo Speaks!" by Harpo Marx, "Normal müsste man sein" by Christine Kaufmann, "Ava" by Ava Gardner, "Enter Whining" by Fran Drescher, (autobiographies in general), Die Drei ??? (the old ones), Lord of the Flies, Why Men Lie And Women Cry, The Little Prince...