Music, books, movies, games, stuff 'n' things and drinkin'
Against all evidence to the contrary I am, apparently, a universal genius!
The little man in my head who whispers things to me as I sleep.
People often say you should never meet your heroes and I tend to agree. Having said that, most of the people I would like to meet are dead so it's not an issue. Here are some of them:
Joe Zawinul (1932-2007) Missed two chances to see him play in Oz
Dimebag Darrell (1966 - 2004) What a day that was when I heard that he'd died.
Jaco Pastorius (1951 - 1987)
Charles Mingus (1922 - 1979)
Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Amon Tobin, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Old Mans Child, Gotye, NIN, Massive Attack, Tricky, M.I.A., Jaga Jazzist, Primus, Cornelius, Atari Teenage Riot, Angra, My Dying Bride, Cradle of Filth, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Jerk, Strapping Young Lad, Soilwork, Pantera, Chalice, Turmion Katilot, Tool, African Head Charge, Andrew Bird, Antibalas, Charles Mingus, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Oomuo Sangare, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, Bela Fleck, At The Drive-In, Dark Horses, Beasts of Bourbon, Dizzee Rascal, Fugazi, Jello Biafra & The Melvins, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Sufjan Stevens, The Fuelers, The Flaming Lips, VAST, B.R.M.C., Cypress Hill, and probably more
Code 46, The Return, Little Otik, The Machinist, House of 1000 Corpses, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original, the remake sucked), Secretary, Yesterday, Oldboy, Tsotsi, Nausica and the Valley of the Winds, Porco Rosso, Bully, Ken Park, Brother, Howl's Moving Castle, 9 Songs, Akira, Spirited Away, Hells Whores and High Heels etc n so forth n whatever
Futurama, The Mighty Boosh, Heroes (what a fuckin' Marvel ripoff), Life Support, South Park, The Office, The IT Crowd, Drawn Together, The Simpsons, My Name is Earl, Top Gear
Catch-22, anything by Terry Pratchet, This Is Your Brain On Music, Survivor, Fight Club, The Foundation and Empire series, The Ringworld series, Neutron Star, The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, Dreampark, The Mote in God's Eye, Fallen Angels, The Space Traders, The God Delusion, Hell's Angels, Naked Lunch and graphic novels like DMZ, Preacher, Transmetropolitan, Ex Machina, 100 and Y: The Last Man
Jaco Pastorius, Richard D. James (Aphex Twin), Amon Tobin, Joe Zawinul, Rex Brown, Dimebag Daryll, Trent Reznor, Terry Pratchet, Hober Mallow, Larry Niven, Silenoz, ICS Vortex, Michael Winterbottom, Pria Viswalingam, Terry Gilliam