Eyes, over-indulgence, under-production, open roads, standing on the edge of a cliff, the chord C sharp minor (root E), summer breezes, getting caught in the rain, my breath being taken away by the thought of my life stretching out in front of me, making people smile, making a fool of myself, everything preceding, proceeding and succeeding this point, falling asleep to the sound of trees blowing in the wind and/or my favourite album, crap jokes, the immense pride that goes with writing a song, every minute I spend in awe of my family and friends, the lull before the storm, crashing waves, people using the word "fuck" when talking about something they passionately believe in, driving nowhere fast, time to kill, the Japanese, BMXing (which I haven't done for about 18 years), the needless bonus features on a DVD, the cumbersome clunk of a video player, salad (in theory), cooking badly, Chinese takeaways, beans on toast, Strongbow, digging my toes into the sand, antihistamines, speed-walking, spouting useless and quite often boring facts, winding people up, Sega, the view from Exmoor over the Bristol Channel, civic pride, men, my lovely V6 24v 2.5 Mitsubishi Galant, spontaneity, the local music scene, the warmth of vinyl, the clarity of a CD, curling up in bed, the family that is my band, agoraphilia, love, lessons learnt, the hairs on the back of my neck standing up, Lester Burnham, cheesecake, my hi-fi, birthdays, true romance and joy opposites, Christmas, solvency, proving my worth, Dave Sardy's handiwork, Stephen Brodsky's artistry, sex not "sex", 5.30pm on a pay day, falling over on a dancefloor to a song I adore, "your secret's out", the sound of an acoustic drumkit, the shimmer of an electric guitar, the roar of a piano, the buzz of a synth, the boom of a bass, "break!", giving to charity when I can, heart is the mind of the matter, quiescent socialism, politically-correct scumbags, dogs, making my parents proud, the celebrity of Warhol, logarithmic differentiation, E=mc², 3.141592..., 0-60 mph, 360°, knowing you're there, and last but certainly not least: just letting go. Forever. And ever. And ever. The end.
John Meredith, Stephen Brodsky, Kate Bush, Ken Andrews.
And you, over there, you'll do.
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65daysofstatic, 93 Million Miles, A Perfect Circle, A-ha, Alanis Morissette, Appleseed Cast, Ash, At The Drive-In, Battles, Bear Vs. Shark, Beth Orton, Billy Talent, Björk, Bloc Party, Bluetip, Bonnie Tyler, Boy Sets Fire, Brand New, Brandtson, Brazil, Bush, Cable, Camber, Camden, Cave In, Centaur, Chevelle, Coheed And Cambria, Coldplay, Cross My Heart, Daniel Bedingfield, David Bowie, Days Ago, Death Cab For Cutie, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Downward Thing, Dragonflies Draw Flame, Dredg, Drowningman, Duran Duran, Editors, Ef, Elastica, Elbow, Electric Six, Failure, Faith No More, Far, Feeder, Felusia:End, Filter, Fireside, Fixit Kid, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Forever Until October, Fugazi, Garbage, Garrison, Girls Aloud, Glassjaw, Go West, Gorilla, Grade, Handsome, Head Automatica, Helmet, Hitechjet, Hole, Hot Water Music, Hum, Human Waste Project, Hundred Reasons, Incubus, Interpol, INXS, Isis, Jetpak, Jimmy Eat World, Joy Division, Karate, Kate Bush, Kid Kilowatt, Kids Near Water, Knives, Kraftwerk, Like Hurricane, Lostprophets, Low, Lower Forty-Eight, Madonna, Mastodon, Melt-Banana, Melvins, Michael Jackson, MÃnus, Muse, My Awesome Compilation, N.E.R.D., New Order, Nirvana, No Doubt, Oasis, Orange 9mm, Pachinos, Panic! At The Disco, Pelican, Pink Floyd, Pitchshifter, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Plans And Apologies, Queen, Queens Of The Stone Age, Quicksand, R.E.M., Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Randy, Refused, Replicants, Revolvo, Rival Schools, Samiam, Sense Field, Seven Story Mountain, Shellac, Shots Fired, Shudder To Think, Silent Drive, Silverchair, Slint, Smashing Pumpkins, Snapcase, Someday I, Something Corporate, Soulwax, Sparta, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sunshine, System Of A Down, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Terrorvision, Texas Is The Reason, Text, The Arcade Fire, The Cardigans, The Chemical Brothers, The Crownhate Ruin, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Fall Of Troy, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Mars Volta, The Police, The Postal Service, The Rise, The Used, Therapy?, Thursday, Tinfed, Tomahawk, Tool, Tori Amos, Tribute To Nothing, U2, Understand, UNKLE, Vex Red, Vision Of Disorder, Waterdown, Weezer, Will Haven, Year Of The Rabbit, You Judas.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, Aliens, Alien³, American Beauty, Back To The Future trilogy, Battle Royale, The Birds, Brokeback Mountain, Carrie, A Clockwork Orange, Cypher, Deliverance, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Full Metal Jacket, The Incredibles, Indiana Jones trilogy, Jacob's Ladder, The Jungle Book, Jurassic Park trilogy, Kill Bill, The Matrix trilogy, Natural Born Killers, North By North-West, The Planet Of The Apes, Rear Window, Seven, The Shining, Solaris, Taxi Driver, Terminator trilogy, The Vanishing, Vertigo.
Lost, The Simpsons, Shooting Stars, South Park.
I'm not a great reader but books I have thoroughly enjoy include, but are not limited to: The Shining by Stephen King, The Timewaster Letters by Robin Cook, Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx, Down Under by Bill Bryson, Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. I also get an odd kick out of glancing through maps, atlases, academic books and encyclopædias.
My parents.