SOULCIALISM and Northern Soul; the global funk PANDEMIC; Psychogeography; Radical anglophilia and the Old Weird Albion; Iain Sinclair; Peter Ackroyd; Alfred Watkins; Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.; Funk; Afro-beat; traditional American and English music; Liverpool F.C.; redneck wrestling; Ninja stuff; crop circles, chalk hill figures, and other traditional rural graffiti land-art; Pittsburgh Steelers; contemporary technological artwork; contemporary conceptual art; get-rich-quick plans and pyramid schemes; receiving as much spam email as possible.
Other irrelevant and irreverent folks.
As of November 9, 2008: For writing - Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, The Copper Family, Carthy & Swarbrick, Mekons "Natural" [] For dancing - Marvin Gaye, "Love Starved Heart," Tom Jones, "Dr. Love," The Vibrating Vibrations, "Surprise Party for Baby," Ace Spectrum, "Don't Send Nobody Else," Delegates of Soul, "I'll Come Running Back," Sitar Beat Vol. 2, American Bhangra, Fanfare Cio. [] For review - Hot Chip, Connie Price & the Keystoners, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, The Four Mints (wow!), The Pipettes [] For research and the love of it - CHUCK CORBY!!
The Wicker Man (original) [] Stax/Volt anniversary DVD's [] Miller's Crossing [] Barton Fink [] Big Lebowski (notice a trend?)
30 Rock, The Office (USA), SPACED (as usual)
Iain Sinclair, "Edge of the Orison" [] Jean Overton Fuller, "The Magical Dilemma of Victor Neuburg" [] Graham Greene, "Brighton Rock" [] E.V. Lucas, "Highways and Byways of Sussex" [] Hilaire Belloc, "The Old Road"
Iain Sinclair, Hilaire Belloc, The Numero Group, Mekons, Bill Drummond, The Antiquarian Society, Circlemakers, etc.