Boys, booze, bands, buildings, Bodoni, booty, boogying, biting, bacon, Bulgarian bars, Bulgarian feta, bleu cheese, Beastmaster.Also: all things Scottish, Maggie the Dog, PIG ROASTS, US Weekly, crafty animals, naked lady photo hunt, hot dogs, World Cup soccer, The NYT crossword puzzle, dive bars, printmaking, design-y stuff, almonds that are dented because they've grown too close together, TRAP SHOOTING, and checking passports at Tap a Keg...
People who equally appreciate going out for a night that might just include some rock and roll or dancing, staying in to watch educational TV, and going to the local bar to watch sports. Other than that: Halfies, Scots, and biters. Those with a penchant for single malt scotch, Stella, and Jagermeister shots; people who take off their socks when they shag; people with a working knowledge of islands in the Mediterranean; more boys in bands; more boys who like bands; people who like texting; Tim Canterbury; a cure for cancer; Mr. Harjinder Singh - complete with his gentle but firm grasp and his magical bus; EUGENE MIRMAN again when I'm a little less drunk; more squirrels; and my Irish Car Bomb anywhere, anytime in the near future.
Radiohead, Shins, White Stripes, Spoon, Brendan Benson, French Kicks, Police, Replacements, Cure, Smiths, Jason Falkner, Sloan, +/-, Decemberists, the Franz, Interpol, Scissor Sisters, les six electrique, Dirty on Purpose, Hall and Oates, YYYs, Waxwings, Moving Units, Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, the Belles, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Death Cab for Cutie, AC Newman, Doves, Arcade Fire, Joggers, Built to Spill, GbV, Stone Roses, Maximo Park, Rogers Sisters, Earlimart, *That Danish band*. My friends' bands not already listed, anything that makes me shake my rump, lovely-sounding Power Pop boys, Mozart, bagpipe music, Northern Soul. The Phil Collins and Philip Bailey duet "Easy Lover". "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. Okay, okay - I admit it: I secretly like Billy Joel. You got a problem with that?
So I Married an Axe Murderer,A Fish Called Wanda,Friday, Kicking and Screaming (the original, Noah Baumbach, one),Office Space,Waiting for Guffman,A Mighty Wind,Zoolander,The Wedding Singer, Bottle Rocket,Withnail and I,Wet Hot American Summer,Mrs Doubtfire,Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,Bridget Jones,Four Weddings and a Funeral,Bringing Up Baby,The Idiots,28 Monkeys, Ratcatcher, Anchorman. Terms of Endearment always makes me cry.
Strangers with Candy. Food Network (no Emeril). 6 Ft. Under. NY1. The O.C. Arrested Development. The Office (both versions), I'm Alan Partridge, and Father Ted. Love all of those crazy VH1/MTV shows about celebrity couples. Laguna Beach (Season 1). The History Channel. Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. Dickens' Bleak House on Masterpiece Theater. "Craftiest Animals: Squirrels" on the Discovery Channel. Family Guy. Rescue Me. British mystery shows - Wire in the Blood is a delight and Inspector Lynley is addictive.
Bread and Jam for Frances,Goodnight Moon,Are You There God? It's me Margaret,The Westing Game,The Fountainhead,100 Years of Solitude,In Cold Blood,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Flannery O'Connor,David Sedaris,Danish Made Nice and Easy. Coming Apart at the Seams by Ms Lucy Sweet! John Updike,John Irving,Philip Roth, Richard Ford - I read a lot of books by middle-aged white men about being middle-aged white men and I love it.
Alan Partridge.