Listening to music, reading, the odd concert, seeing friends, a bit of a conversation, red wine, playing the guitar, going to the odd art gallery, a bit of travelling every now and again
Would have said Syd Barrett, but thats not going to happen, I'm a pretty accomodating person, everyone is welcome
Jeff Buckley, John Coltrane, mid-late 70's dub, XTC, Kraftwerk, Neil Young, Blur, Beatles, Roxy Music, Talk Talk, T Rex, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Television, Jimi Hendrix, Richy-era Manics, The Clash, Curtis Mayfield, Johnny Cash, The Byrds, AC/DC, Tim Buckley, Beach Boys, Miles Davies, Serge Gainsbourg, , Talking Heads, Captain Beefheart, Velvet Underground, Scott Walker, Can, Neu!, Brian Eno, Super Furry Animals, New Order, Joy Division, Johnny Thunders, Nick Drake, Led Zeppelin, Gene Clark, Dr John, Albert Ayler, 70's Post Punk, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, Burt Bacharach, Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, David Bowie, Primal Scream, White Stripes, Flaming Lips, John Martyn, Bob Marley, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Joni Mitchell, Elliott Smith, Eric Dolphy, Peter Green, Albert King, PJ Harvey, James Brown, Augustus Pablo, Beta Band, The Stones, The Yardbirds, Pharoah Sanders, James Blood Ulmer, Sonny Sharrock, Sonny Rollins, Nirvana, Radiohead, The Go Betweens, The Pixies, Rufus Wainwright, Randy Newman, Hank Williams, Tom Waits, MC5, The Stooges, Sonic Youth, Public Image Ltd, Howlin' Wolf, Fela Kuti and afrobeat in general, any decent delta, or generally raw blues, Elbow, Stone Roses, Smiths, Queens of the Stone Age, Patti Smith, My Bloody Valentine, acid folk.....have I missed anything out?
Sergeo Leone in general, mainly also 70's US cinema, Scorcese, Terrance Malick, Coppola, Woody Allen, also The Coen Brothers, Dead Man's Shoes, Sideways, Withnail and I, Magnolia, Donnie Darko, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Quadrophenia, Paris Texas and Wings of Desire, Polankski, The Long Good Friday, Midnight Cowboy, Jim Jarmusch, Magnificent 7, Amelie, Unforgiven, Get Carter, City of God, Wicker Man, and The Wild Bunch, plus the odd music documentary i.e Don't Look Back, The Filth and the Fury
Not a massive fan, more into DVDs of old shows, i.e Old Gray Whistle Test, The Beatles Anthology, The Muppet Show, Simpsons, Phoenix Nights, The prisoner, Father Ted, Monty Python, quite addicted to news though
Loads of music biographies, otherwise generally US writers like Raymond Craver, Richard Ford, Denis Johnson, Sam Shepard, Richard Yates, a bit of JG Ballard and the odd bit of poetry if I'm in the mood