"I like... skinny skiing... going to bullfights on acid..."
John Stossel's Moustache, and Lemmy's Mole
Gang of four, devo, the fall, naked eyes, joy division, wire, television, echo & the bunnymen, stars, love & rockets, apartment, the futureheads, the chameleons, !!!, the stills, radio 4, divine comedy, stephen duffy, a certain ratio, bloc party, stone roses, OMD, british sea power, the editors, a-ha, broken social scene, the finn brothers, the cure, orange juice, ned's atomic dustbin, big country, ambulance ltd, talk talk, lucksmiths, the cribs, marion, modern English, the go-betweens, aztec camera, pulp, medium medium, buzzcocks, blue nile, adam and the ants, human league, the Libertines, early simple minds, hefner, magnetic fields, trash can sinatras, Interpol, new order, tom vek, the sound, lotus eaters, the departure, gene, railway children, nada surf, catherine wheel, nick laird clowes, psychedelic furs, the libertines, depeche mode, wild swans/lotus eaters, jesus & mary chain, the squeeze, duran duran, ennio morricone, pernice brothers, josef k, wedding present, the smiths/morrissey, clinic, Kings of Convenience, the raveonettes, vhs or beta, Nick Heyward - synth pop, new wave, jangle pop, twee, post-punk . . I could go on all day
Officespace, Spinal Tap, Caddyshack, Napoleon Dynamite, Sixteen Candles, They Live, [The Hitcher, Blade Runner – I love Rutger Hauer], Buffalo 66, Cinema Paradiso, Amelie, any Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western, Garden State, Jaws, Lost In Translation, Trading Places, Trainspotting, Bubba Ho-Tep, Angel Heart, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper’s), Raising Arizona, the Big Blue, Better Off Dead, Predator 1 & 2, Slingblade, Warriors, Eternal Sunshine, Fargo, Platoon, Princess Bride, Full Metal Jacket, Groundhog’s Day
Father Ted, The Young Ones, Only Fools and Horses, Dr. Katz, Insomniac
currently: "Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are" by Steven Quartz
My parents.