20's, 30's, 40's, 50's fashion and lifestyle.
Sewing, dressmaking, designing clothing, photography (especially early 19th/20th century), pin-ups, burlesque, tea (and cake), Zelda (esp. Ocarina oT), words -esp. etymology, facts and trivia, crosswords, travel, languages and cultures from around the world, particularly Spanish and Japanese.
Bankai.
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Sakana-kun. /
Predominantely: *Bowie* Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald (the first ladies of jazz), Big band, Rock 'n' Roll: Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Lounge jazz: Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Classical: Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov -I love my Russians. Glam and hair metal: KISS, Motley Crue, W.A.S.P, Poison, NY Dolls, Metal and Symphonic: Dragonforce, Rhapsody, Manowar, Black Sabbath and Ozzy (pref. Randy Rhoads era) Others at the moment: Nouvelle Vague, Ladytron, Xtina, Bjork, Air, Amy Winehouse, Martin Grech, Prince, Buckley, Gypsy Kings, Rasputina. Margarita Pracatan. Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnys. /
A vast plethora: Silent films of the 30's and earlier. Fireman on Fire. Die Hard with a Vengeance. Little Nicky. Zatoichi. The Hunger. Kind hearts and Coronets. Zoolander. Withnail & I, Mulholland Drive. Some Like it Hot. Casablanca. Bogie and Bacall (The Big sleep). Louise Brooks (Pandora's Box). Chaplin (part. a woman in Paris). Medem. Almodovar. Bunuel (esp. Belle du Jour) Jeunet. Godard. Truffaut. Kubrick. Hitchcock. Audrey Hepburn films -particularly Roman Holiday and Paris when it Sizzles. Crank and all affiliates. Nic Cage. Hamlet adaptations. /
Documentaries, particularly on animals and those living in sub-aqua habitats, Ray Mears and Bear Grylle. America's next top model, Project Catwalk/Runway, QI, Lost, Bleach, anime, the League of Gentlemen: daaaaave, black books. Jeremy Kyle. /
F Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen Fry. Wuthering heights (not the rest of Emily, Brett Easton Ellis, Edgar Allen Poe, Vladimir Nabokov, Brother Grimm, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, S.T. Coleridge, G. Byron, W. Blake, P. Larkin, P. Neruda, R. Dario, G. Garcia-Marquez.
Sakana-kun./..