BEST: Music. Friends/family. Vegetarian/vegan food. Lauren. Books. Opera. Originality. London. Italian coffee. Red wine. Debbie Harry. Animal welfare. New York City. Quiffs. Creativity. Organic fruit and vegetables. Intelligent people. Polka-dot dresses. Witty People. Moody women. Naomi Cleaver. Talented people. Comedians who are actually funny. Opinionated people. Badges. Eccentrics. Travel. Scots humour. English humour. Great writing. Stylish individuals. Well-dressed people. Vinyl records. Religious art. Stimulating conversation. The English language. Scots with English accents. Female C-Curves. Left-wing politics. AC Fiorentina. Sarcasm.
WORST: Starbucks. Stadium/arena music. Witless singer-songwriters. Tina Turner. Apathy. Making phonecalls. Royalty. Meat. The fur trade. Animal cruelty. McDonald's. People who like conforming to cultural stereotype. TV talent (sic) and other brain-dead "reality" shows. KFC. Coca-Cola/Pepsi. Bandwagon-jumpers. Fence-sitters. Popcorn. Disney. The Raconteurs. Golf. Sleeping. Drugs. Bernard Matthews. Smoking. Drunks. David Cameron. Muse. The Simpsons. Nationalism. Patriotism. Sexism. Racism. Xenophobia. Homophobia. Lengthy guitar solos. Big Brother . Skateboarding. Bad English. Clichés. Prog rock. EastEnders. Stereotypical notions of beauty. Americanisms. Groupies. Successful people with no talent. Right-wing politics. Juventus . New Rave/Old Rave - it's all shit . Woolly liberals.
Edwyn
Too much but particularly: The Smiths/ Morrissey/ Orange Juice/ Adam and the Ants/ 60s & 70s soul & funk/ Elvis Presley/ The Fall/ The Cramps/ Scritti Politti/ Madonna/ Scott Walker/ CSS/ Tony Bennett/ Shirley Bassey/ Siouxsie and the Banshees/ Josef K/ Haircut 100/ The Pastels/ Fire Engines/ Aztec Camera/ Belle and Sebastian/ Lloyd Cole and the Commotions/ Sons and Daughters/ Franz Ferdinand/ Camera Obscura/ The Mackenzies/ A Witness/ bIG fLAME/ C86/ Gang of Four/ Tamla Motown/ Saturday Night Fever soundtrack/ The Damned/ Gene/ Elastica/ 50s & 60s Cliff Richard/ Edwyn Collins/ Joy Division/ PJ Harvey/ The Dears/ The Duke Spirit/ Dean Martin/ Pet Shop Boys/ Sir Tom Jones/ Frank Sinatra/ The Divine Comedy/ The Organ/ Autoban/ Fight Like Apes/ Delorentos/ Betamax Format/ Cowboy X/ Party Weirdo/ Cap Pas Cap/ Stagger Lee/ Evil Harrisons/ A Lazarus Soul/ Dark Room Notes/ The Immediate/ Poppy & the Jezebels/ Story of Hair/ Michael Knight/ Nicola Benedetti
The Godfather/ The Godfather Part 2/ Donnie Darko/ The End of the Affair/ The Company of Wolves/ Macbeth/ Chinatown/ Rosemary's Baby/ The Ninth Gate/ The Tenant/ Knife in the Water/ Cul-de-Sac/ Bitter Moon/ The Fearless Vampire Killers/Repulsion/ Una Pura Formalita/ Le Placard/ La Haine/ Belle De Jour/ Three Colours Trilogy/ La Dolce Vita/ Il Postino/ Monty Python and the Holy Grail/ Monty Python's Life of Brian/ Pretty In Pink/ Rebel Without A Cause/ The Family Way/ A Taste of Honey/ Nosferatu (1922)/ Gothic/ The Seventh Seal/ The Devils/ The Old Dark House/ Carnival of Souls/ The Exorcist/ Dog Day Afternoon/ Spartacus/ Planet of the Apes (1972)/ Withnail and I/ Eyes Wide Shut/ Star Wars/ Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Inside I'm Dancing/ Cinema Paradiso/ Malena/ Romeo and Juliet (1968)/ Heat/ Goodfellas/ The Wicker Man/ The Blair Witch Project/ The Last Broadcast/ Sebastiane/ Jubilee/ Caravaggio/ The Tempest/ Great Expectations (1946)/ Carry on Dick
Mainly British and/or on BBC or Channel 4. I like TV made for people not ashamed of having an IQ of over 10. Favourites old and new: Doctor Who/ The Sweeney/ Monty Python's Flying Circus/ The Sopranos/ Have I Got News For You/ Morecambe and Wise/ Tommy Cooper/ Les Dawson/ Newsnight/ One Foot In The Grave/ Jonathan Creek/ Life On Mars/ The Saga of Noggin the Nog/ Fawlty Towers/ Nighty Night/ Coronation Street/ Sapphire and Steel/ Twin Peaks/ The X Files/ Countdown (Richard Whiteley RIP)/ Location Location Location/ Other People's Houses/ The Apprentice/ Red Dwarf/ Black Books/ Never Mind The Buzzcocks/ CSI Miami/ CSI Las Vegas/ University Challenge/ Harry Hill's TV Burp/ Father Ted/ Yes Minister/ Jim'll Fix It/ The Goodies/ The Magic Roundabout/ Spooks
Shakespeare. Edgar Allan Poe. Daphne Du Maurier. Mark Z Danielewski. Oscar Wilde. AA Gill. Umberto Eco. HP Lovecraft. Dante Alighieri. Susan Hill. John Fowles. Emily Bronte. DH Lawrence. Simone De Beauvoir. MR James. Jeremy Paxman. Lionel Shriver. Byron. Minette Walters. John Connolly. Charles Dickens. Margaret Drabble. JS Le Fanu. Donna Tartt. Iain Banks.
Fernando Benedetti. Morrissey. Adam Ant.