I'd like to meet:
dean moriarty and sal paradise
Music:
elliott smith, the beatles, B.R.M.C, be your own pet, belle and sebastian, johnny cash, bob dylan, nick drake, the doors, david bowie, flying burrito brothers, gram parsons, hokum clones, i am kloot, idlewild, interpol, klaxons, larrikin love, led zep, the libertines, mamas and papas, mystery jets, pixies, the raconteurs, ramones, lou reed, velvet underground, rosemary, the shins, shout out louds, simon and garfunkel, the smiths, spinto band, seasick steve, stone roses, the strokes, two gallants, vetiver, white stripes, langhorne slim, cold war kids, devendra banhart, iron & wine, regina spektor, bonnie 'prince' billy, woody guthrie, bright eyes, leadbelly, james taylor, robert johnson, son house, tilly and the wall, blitzen trapper, vampire weekend,
Movies:
loneliness of the long distance runner, brief encounter, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, robin hood (with the foxes), die fetten jahre sind vorbei, goodbye lenin, garden state, city of god, last of the mohicans, hard days night, help, spiderman, xmen, american beauty, the usual suspects, the shining, casablanca, a scanner darkly, pan's labyrinth, little miss sunshine, control, o brother where art thou?,
Television:
spaced, green wing, lost, the clangers, neighbours, charlie chalk, blackadder, father ted, the day today, the mighty boosh, shameless
Books:
anything by george orwell, you shall know our velocity and anything else by dave eggers, the secret history, vernon god little, on the road, raymond chandler's books, catch 22, fear and loathing in las vegas