Singing, listening to music, playing guitar, films, dancing, meeting new people, comedy, free time, food, travel, sunshine, snow, walking in the rain, hot soup, parents' cooking, kisses and cuddles, art, museums, lovely buildings, bbqs in the park, chillin' and a billin'...
Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, The Smashing Pumpkins, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Otis Redding, Neil Young, Sonic Youth, Sam Cooke, Nick Cave (and The Bad Seeds), Elliot Smith, The Orb, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Bright Eyes, Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, The Mars Volta, The Everly Brothers, Charlie Patton, The Reverend Gary Davies, Miles Davis (50s work), Nina Samone, Björk, Ryan Adams, The Fugies, Dangermouse, DJ Hype, Mogwai, Counting Crows, David Bowie, At The Drive-In, Fugazi, The Doors, J.S.Bach, Beethoven, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Nitin Sawhney, Buena Vista Social Club, Bright Eyes, The Smiths, Zed Zeppelin... the beat goes on
Manhattan, Ghost Dog Way of the Samurai, The Hustler, Withnail and I, The Last Mitterand, Metropolis (2001), Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adaptation, North by Northwest, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, This is Spinal Tap, Twelve Angry Men, Midnight Cowboy, Platoon, Stand By Me, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Nightmare Before Christmas, In the Heat of the Night, The Insider, Sweet and Lowdown, Belleville Rendezvous, The Deer Hunter, Being John Malkovich, The Pianist, Forrest Gump, Fargo...
Films, music, news, comedy: particular favourites include Later with Jools, Six Feet Under, Newsnight, Only Fools and Horses, Operation Good Guys.