Music:
in no particular order.....blondie, JOHNNY CASH and against me, nina simone and bjork and the dandy warhols, the weakerthans, dolly parton,le tigre, mars volta, LEONARD COHEN and rickie lee jones, missy elliot, john martyn, the velvet underground, ry cooder(esp paris, texas, beuna vista social not river rescue), BOB DYLAN and rumbleseat, the white stripes, bonnie rait, TOM WAITS, gwen stefani, staying at home, the shins, the white buffalo, JOHN PRINE, Billy Bragg, Lucero, new order, air and creedence clearwater revival and the eels, peaches, fear like us and elliot smith and the frida soundtrack and eternal sunshine of the spotless mind soundtrack, goldfrapp, the international (noise) conspiracy, turbonegro, SKIP JAMES, nancy sinatra and lee hazelwood, the finn brothers, the proclaimers, TALKING HEADS, rocky votolato, and some others also
Movies:
amelie and frida and paris,texas and the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, chocolat, quills, female troubles and anything else made by john waters, napoleon dynamite, the best little whorehouse in texas if only for dolly parton, blue velvet and lost highway, mermaids, so many movies i love, batman, life is beautiful, seven, velvet goldmine, 28 days later - i loved the triffids, anything made for television associated with danielle steel, the royal tenembaums and rushmore, hotel rawanda, team america and sob movies, empire records and mallrats for remembering sleepovers in high school. Breakdance and Breakdance 2 'electric boogaloo' possibly best movies ever.
Television:
the staricase, The Chaser, arrested development, neighbours and re-runs of seinfeld. murder she wrote at niamhs house. Queer eye for the straight guy at midday. media watch and the simpsons. rickie lake and antique roadshow on foxtel, rage.
Books:
perfume by patrick suskind is one of my favourites, so is my friend the painter by lygia bojunga nunes- it's a childrens novel but i love it. anything by roald dahl is wonderful
Heroes:
My Granny, My parents, my brother Rhys, Elle, Niamh, Kaf Fi, Caroline and Kelda, Nerissa and Bindi, Hossein Valamanesh, Stiletto NYC, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Miriam Schapiro, Barbara Kruger, Loulou De La Falaise, Irina Volkonskii, Olive Cotton, Peter Blake, Roger Vivier, Deborah Harry and Robert Hughes, Joshua Davies, Phillip Sarjet and Ted Noten and many others.