THINGS I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT...... Jamaica, great fragrances, enough $ to get by, Lucien Freud, Billy Connolly, Mike Tyson, being by the sea, John Currin, Quentin Crisp, Festival+fried fish from Hellshire, Jordan (Katie Price), Sub Commondante Marcos, Chanel 19, Oliver Reed, Sensual/Passionate strong minded men, De La Guarda, English Chocolate, Bubble bath,Peanut Punch, Ziggy Marleys' smile, BBC News, Mike Leigh, the Jackie 60 crew, Joe Orton, Paul Robeson, my 2 passports, Spike Milligan, Jacob Miller, pedicures, IM's from abroad, Listening to men speak arabic, Vic Reeves, Great (european) lingerie, Leigh Bowery, Lee Miller, PG Tips tea, Doctors without Borders, chillin' in Kingston, David Blaine (I know hes a wanker but i do fancy him), The Motherboards, Marks and Spencers foodhall, laughing, Ellen von Unwerth, Oscar Wilde, Larry David, Chris Rock/John Leguizamo humor, The Simpsons, Ras Kassa,Kiva.org, Nick Broomfield docs, Bukowski, Sedaris, Red current Votivo candles, massages, boxers (as in fighters not the undies), Seth McFarlane, Little Britain, Jo Brand, Alan Partridge, early AbFab, and Viz comic. And Liverpool....... am homesick....
Mike Tyson.
Roots rock reggae.... Prince, Fela Kuti,Marc Bolan,John Holt, The Four Brothers, Rachid Taha, Bob Marley,Janet Jackson, Change, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliot, Marvin Gaye, The Dead 60's, Otis Redding, Nina Simmone, Joy Division, Ray Charles, Joanna Newson, Peech Boys, The Specials, Mavado, Jacob Miller, Tupac, King Jammy, U Roy, Dianne Reeves, Perry Farrell, Adam Goldstone, James Blunt, Womack & Womack, Luther, Dwight Yoakham, Kate Bush, Kanda Bongo Man, Al Green, Joni Mitchell, Pete Gabriel, The Clash, Seal,Bjork, Bowie, Patsy Cline, Pistols, Eno, Debbusy, 2Pac, Iggy, Toumani dibbati, T-rex, John Lennon, Nick Drake, Augustus Pablo, Elephant Man, Billie Holiday, John Martyn, Public Enemy, Blue Nile, Peter Coyle, Earth Wind and Fire, Ian Dury, Cheb Mami, Ian McNabb, Mystere Des Voix Bulgare, Ziggy Markey, Tanya Stephens, The Byrds, Damian Marley,Patsy Cline, Edwyn Collins, Anita Baker, Donny Hathaway, Maze, Michael Jackson, Sting, Lady Saw, Lou Reed, Mary J, Neil Young, U2, Aretha, Sean Paul, Linton Kwesi Johnson
Blue Velvet, Blade Runner, Seven, Meantime, Contol, Pulp Fiction, Seven, Crumb, What about Bob, Lost in translation, Secretary, Vera Drake, Something Wild, Tsotsi, Meantime, King of Comedy, Rockers,God Grew Tired of Us, The Sixth Sense, Barbara Koople' Fallen Champ doc,Bunuel, Goodfellers, 40 year old virgin, The Fisher King,Letter to Brezhnev, Galaxy Quest, Rockers, City of God, Remains of the Day, The Piano, Network, Goodbye Girl, Mildred Pierce, Monsters Ball, The Lunatic, Six Shooter, Paradise Now, Heavenly Creatures, Out of the Blue, Beaches, Juice, The Harder they Come, Eternal Sunshine, Black and White, Showgirls (!), Bound, Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Funeral.An d, The Lover.
Documentaries.... Curb your enthusiasm...Family Guy.....Little Britain....You Are What you Eat, Trigger Happy TV...Footballers Wives.....The First 48....Mr Ben...Surreal Life... BBC News... Rhoda....Upstairs and Downstairs....PBS .. Acorn Antiques....Royal Palm Estate ..Hill and Gully ride.
Rod Serling, Sedaris, Helen Walsh, Martin McDonagh, Kahlil Gilbran, Oscar Wilde, Bukowski, Quentin Crisp, Joe Orton, Luis Bunuel. Biographies. Any travel books about Africa or Middle East.
My Dad, Paul Robeson, Sub-Commandante Marcos, MLK, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Steven Biko, Kwame Nkrumah, Any medic from Doctors without borders.(Medecins Sans Frontieres)