The single-minded pursuit of quality sapphic-themed pornography
The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Sparks, XTC, David Bowie, Ben Folds (Five and solo), Paul McCartney, Donny Hathaway, Paul Simon, Harry Nilsson, Deaf School, Nellie McKay, The Wondermints, Bee Gees, Emitt Rhodes, Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac, Judee Sill, The Zombies, They Might Be Giants, ABBA, Roxy Music, Pet Shop Boys, Scritti Politti, Michael Jackson (Off The Wall and Thriller era, obviously), Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Nick Lowe, Todd Rundgren, Prince, The Kinks, Chic, The Gap Band, Marcus Miller, Al Jarreau, Don Blackman, Randy Newman, Steely Dan, Squeeze, Neil Innes, The Rutles, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, Brad, Shawn Smith, 10cc, Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, Sufjan Stevens, ELO and sundry others that, for the moment, have escaped my goldfish-like memory. Oh, and Santa Carla, naturally.
After Hours, An American Werewolf In London, Midnight Run, Stand By Me, The Game, A Hard Day's Night, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, sundry Woody Allen (but especially Annie Hall, Manhattan, Love and Death), anything John Carpenter did up to and including Big Trouble In Little China, The Odd Couple, LA Story, The Taking of Pelham 123, Charley Varrick, Goodfellas, Godfather 1 and 2 (and 3 wasn't THAT bad, admit it), Jaws, The Omen, Dog Day Afternoon, The Man With Two Brains, Airplane, Top Secret, National Lampoon's Vacation (see also European and Christmas instalments), The Howling, Ghostbusters, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The King of Comedy, This Is Spinal Tap, Stop Making Sense, A Mighty Wind, Biloxi Blues, Glengarry Glen Ross, Murder By Death, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Young Frankenstein, Life of Brian, Election, Swingers, Labyrinth, The Money Pit, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
A random selection off the top of my head: House MD, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, I'm Alan Partridge/Knowing Me Knowing You, Harry Hill's TV Burp, The Day Today, Big Brother, Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Frasier, Family Guy, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Spaced, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, 15 Storeys High, Blackadder Goes Forth, The Young Ones, Scrubs, Fantasy Football League (oh how I miss it), Match of the Day, Ghostwatch, The League of Gents, Monty Python, Arrested Development, Later With Jools Holland, The White Room (long defunct Mark Radcliffe-fronted music show), The Late Show With David Letterman, The Adam and Joe Show, The Apprentice, Dragons' Den, Deal Or No Deal (slightly losing its lustre of late, but Noel's beard has never looked so neatly cultivated)
'Complete Prose'- Woody Allen, 'Notes From A Small Island'- Bill Bryson, 'Revolution in the Head'- Ian MacDonald, 'Facts and Fancies'- Armando Iannucci, 'Rude Kids'- Chris Donald , 'Songwriters on Songwriting'- Paul Zollo, 'I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie'- Roger Ebert, 'Pure Drivel'- Steve Martin, 'Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now'- Barry Miles