illustrator, mum, music snob.
i put things off. occasionally. because i need to listen to music first.
music music music, drawing, design, media, photography, kids' book illustration, movies, books, my daughter, travelling, communication/psychology, anything art
musicians, artists, photographers, writers... anyone involved with *creation*
i'm not gonna add anyone asking for it unless i know them personally - or they tell me why they think i should. :)
black rebel motorcycle club,
autolux,
richard ashcroft,
syd barrett,
black keys,
black angels,
beta band,
black mountain,
beck,
blur,
the bees,
the breeders,
brian jonestown massacre,
beastie boys,
the beatles,
the byrds,
the beach boys,
the coral,
cold war kids,
the cobbs,
(early) cooper temple clause,
cake,
chemical brothers,
the clash,
johnny cash,
the duke spirit,
the doors,
eels,
(early) foo fighters,
feist,
ella fitzgerald,
gorillaz,
guile,
the gossip,
gomez,
gonzales,
the greenhornes,
serge gainsbourgh,
p.j. harvey,
international pony,
the jesus and mary chain,
jefferson airplane,
kasabian,
the kinks,
the kills,
little barrie,
lemonheads,
last shadow puppets,
massive attack,
my bloody valentine,
morning after girls,
motorpsycho,
mr. scruff,
marcy playground,
nirvana,
oasis,
peaches,
(early) pink floyd,
(early) prodigy,
pink mountaintops,
queens of the stoneage,
radiohead,
ride,
the raconteurs,
raveonettes,
spiritualized,
supergrass,
super furry animals,
secret machines,
stone roses,
spoon,
sloan,
soul coughing,
sons and daughters,
the shins,
t rex,
underworld,
unkle,
velvet underground,
the verve,
the walkmen,
we are scientists,
the white stripes,
weezer,
tom waits,
yo la tengo,
brazil, buffalo 66, lock stock and two smoking barrels, dead man, being john malkovich, almost famous, this is spinal tap, the graduate, blow up, zabriskie point, snatch, fight club, taxi driver, jim jarmusch movies, films featuring steve mc queen, high fidelity, pan's labyrinth, nightmare before christmas, edward scissorhands - err tim burton movies generally, trainspotting, the royal tenenbaums, grosse point blank, the big lebowski, films by the coen brothers, films starring michael caine, velvet goldmine, last days, cry baby, music movies generally and many more - well, you get the picture
not much of a tv addict. watch the news and docus. get my occasional music tv fix if anything worth watching is on.
books, yes books... a plenty please. christopher brookmyre, tom robbins, chuck palahniuk, neil gaiman, christopher moore, martin amis, nick hornby, early john irving, matt ruff, lewis carroll, kerouac, ginsberg, astrid lindgren, j.d. salinger, quentin blake, t.c. boyle, tom wolfe. will update this list.
people who find out, what they're made for, then go ahead and make a difference.