Partying with my friends, cooking, eating, drinking, talking, going to gigs, staying in, going out, saying I'm staying in and then going out, dressing up, clever monkeys, new people, new places, picnics in the park, sitting in hot spas outdoors in February, sunshine with a breeze, laughing, breathing a sigh of relief that the Summer is upon us (when it is). Days out, days under the duvet. Those bits on top of buildings in London you only see from the top deck of a bus when you look up, little bits that look like bandstands and weird pulpits and stuff, I like to imagine in the olden days people actually doing stuff up there.
I believe you meet the people you are supposed to meet along the way, the reasons usually become apparent. Most of the time I love meeting new people but there are always exceptions. Bands: don't be offended if I don't add you, most of you are a disgrace so unless I know you personally or am genuinely a fan of your music I will DENY.Oh and if you are from Nigeria, Turkey or some other foreign land looking for a wife... I have a beautiful boyfriend, I DO NOT WANT TO MARRY YOU!
.. width="425" height="350" .. Bowie, Jason Falkner, Jellyfish and all related offshoots, Brendan Benson, Redd Kross, Beatles, Wildhearts, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Silver Sun, Science, Regina Spektor, Hanoi Rocks, Mooney Suzuki, Barth, Ash, C33X, Beach Boys, Beck, Bellrays, Eels, Elvis Costello, White Stripes, Ramones, NY Dolls, Lou Reed, Electric 6, Frank Sinatra, Foo Fighters, The Grays, Nirvana, Beatles, Beach Boys, Dictators, Joan Jett, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, The Mood Elevator, Nirvana, Dresden Dolls, Queen, QOTSA, The Stones, Silversun, Stone Temple Pilots, Supergrass, TV Eyes, Aimee Mann, Umajets, Uncle Sam, Veruca Salt, Ween, Weezer, Black Light, The outstanding Ben Folds (and 5), Pink Grease, Scissor Sisters, ACDC, Zeppelin and a load of classic rock, there's nothing funnier than being drunk and having a singalong to some old tat like Boston or Journey or whatever. Oh and I love a bit of 40's/50's RnR, Jive, Swing ala Lady Luck, I am not that knowledgeable about it but I love it. I sometimes think I have 'gone off' music but then something happens that makes me realise that bands today just aren't as good. Of course I am fully aware that this makes me a cliched grown up. Back in my day... blah blah blah, but sometimes I do hear a new thing and like it. I know, check me out.
Buffalo 66, The Big Labowski, The Spirit of '76, Leon, SFW, Freeway 2 - Confessions Of A Trickbaby, Amelie, 200 Cigarettes, School Of Rock, Breakfast At Tiffanys, Benny & Joon, Interview With The Vampire, Johnny Depp in anything, Christopher Walken in most things etc etc
.. width="425" height="350" ..Six Feet Under, Buffy, Lost, The OC, Nip/Tuck, Sex & The City, Pimp My Ride, MTV2, VH1 Classic, Most Haunted, Malcolm In The Middle, Freaks & Geeks, The Simpsons, Will & Grace, Friends, Dawsons, Cheaters, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Ab Fab, The Mighty Boosh.
Rock biographies or any books about Rock 'n' Roll especially Please Kill Me which is a fantastic account of NY in the 70's, Hunter S Thompson, Bukowski, The Master & Maragarita by Bulgakov, Henry Rollins, Anne Rice's vampire novels, Roman Dirge's Lenore, anything that takes my mind off the journey to work.