Princess Superstar is still my heroine du jour.oh, and Benazir Bhutto. Whom, sadly, I will never get to meet.
Princess Superstar. TIGA. The Knife. Spank Rock. Benny Benassi. Superpitcher. Miss Kitten. Tiefschwarz. Bjork. Trentemoller. LCD Soundsystem. Plump DJs. Lamb. Akufen. Massive Attack. Hot Chip. Kings of Convenience. Swayzak. Tracey Thorn. the list goes on... (add to that Alex Smoke & Lali Puni, and...)but if I must go old school, my nostalgia fixes are Blondie. The Police. Roxy Music. U2. Depeche Mode. The Sex Pistols. PIL. New Order. Public Enemy...oh, and Kate Bush.whatever. Trash it Up & Mash it Up
Recently? I liked the XMen stuff. and Kill Bill. I also really love the films of Pedro Almodovar.
NIP/TUCK. Heroes. 24. Lost. + Jon Stewart/Colbert Report. that is all. *appendum*: "So You Think You Can Dance"?... only TV show worth watching this summer. wow.
Franzen's "The Corrections". Yann Martel's "Life of Pi". + the usual suspects: Umberto Eco, Marquerite Duras, Nabakov, Rushdie, Kundera, Calvino...