travelling, snowboarding, siestas, swimming in the ocean, eating good food, raiding dancefloors, road trips, picnics, sunday brunches, anything coconut, peace signs, seeing pretty things, acronyms, ping pong, party etiquette, obsessive list-writing, pictionary, typography, the chronic, colours and shapes, light and shadow, sunsets, organised clutter, people watching, daydreaming, vintage stuff, procrastinating, taking photos, re-potting my plants, pestering my cat, catchin up with an old friend, hanging with my crew, chillin at katy's in piha, sunday avo jazz shows and ridin the blue train...www.shinestrength.com
atcq, black star, mos def, shawn j. period, pete rock, mf doom, krush, dilla (RIP), madlib, redman, erykah badu, roots manuva, gangstarr, ge-ology, 9th wonder, pb wolf, madlib and all of stones throw, solesides crew, soul, jazz, drum and bass, reggae, al green, marvin gaye, isaac hayes, ann peebles, steely dan, bob marley, MJ, cinematic orchestra, kruder and dorfmeister, nick drake, the cure, stone roses, the knife, radiohead, stevie wonder, tears for fears, coltrane, davis, marcus intalex, calibre and strongbad techno (the system is down)...
shawshank redemption, zoolander, donnie darko, kill bill, scarface, best in show, amelie, ferris bueller's day off, toy story, crouching tiger hidden dragon, fifth element, big lebowski, disney animated, nature/animal docos, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the science of sleep.
simpsons, sopranos, aqua teen hunger force, sex and the city, family guy, geeky stuff on discovery/nat geo...tv juices your brain kids!
to kill a mocking bird, a brief history of time, any augusten borroughs, catcher in the rye, where the red fern grows, dr seuss books...
old skool chinese jiang hu legends & michel gondry