Ambergris, Bas-Lag, Bent Crayon, Byzantine and Roman History, Cthulhu, Dungeons and Dragons, Golden Age of Islam, Gormenghast, Minimal Electronic Music
"Keep calm and lie down on the floor."
A Place to Bury Strangers, Astro, William Basinski, Bauhaus, Brighter, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Chapterhouse, Richard Chartier, The Church, Claro Intellecto, Cocteau Twins, Coil, Julian Cope, Crass, The Cure, Current 93, Deathprod., Taylor Deupree, The Dylans, Dynarec, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, Emeralds, Epic 45, Fennesz, The Field Mice, Gang of Four, GAS, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Heavenly, Robyn Hitchcock (this includes both The Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians), Inspiral Carpets, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Josef K, July Skies (one of the best artists no one's ever heard), Lightning Bolt, Lush, Math and Physics Club, Mindflayer, My Bloody Valentine, Nurse With Wound, Orange Juice, Andrea Parker, Port-Royal, Portal, The Pogues, Ride, RootSix, Screaming Trees, Sinner DC, Skatebard, Slowdive, The Smiths, The Softies, Stars of the Lid, The Stone Roses (empirical data proves that they are, in fact, the greatest band of all time), Sunn0))), Swans, Swell Maps, Talulah Gosh, Television Personalities, Throbbing Gristle, Urban Tribe, Whitehouse, Wolf Eyes, Wooden Shijps, Yellow6
Akira, The Big Lebowski, Brick, The Fall, Far From Heaven, Fistful of Dynamite, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Hot Fuzz, The Incredibles, M, Monsters Inc, No Country For Old Men, Nosferatu, Out of the Past, Ratatouille, Shaun of the Dead, Superbad, The Testament of Dr Mabuse, There Will Be Blood, Tokyo Story, We're No Angels
Jane Austen, J.G. Ballard, Iain M. Banks, Jorge Luis Borges, William S. Burroughs, Raymond Chandler, Susanna Clarke, Michael De Larrabeiti, Alexandre Dumas, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Dashiell Hammett, M. John Harrison, Fritz Leiber, Sinclair Lewis, H.P. Lovecraft, China Mieville, Michael Moorcock, Alan Moore, Haruki Murakami, Michael J. Nelson, John Julius Norwich, George Orwell, Adam Roberts, Norman Spinrad, Neil Stephenson, Jeff VanderMeer, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde, Robert Anton Wilson, P.G. Wodehouse, and Gene Wolfe. My favorite book of all time is Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake.
Steve, the best friend ever. ..