Music:
Super Furry Animals, Stephen Malkamus, Pavement, Weezer, the Beatles, Beach Boys, Common, 2 Many DJs, Soulwax, Spiritualized, Dangermouse, Dizzee Rascal, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Oasis, Spoon, Beck, Kings of Leon, the Flaming Lips, Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Dandy Warhols, Al Green, Jamie Liddell, Stone Roses, Ween, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Led Zepplin, Wolfmother, Regurgitator, Gorrilaz, and Plenty More.....
Movies:
Anything by Stanley Kubrik - especially A Clockwork Orange, 2001, Dr Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket, Donnie Darko, Pi/Requiem For a Dream (Darren Aronofsky - what a genius!!!), Kill Bill,Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs (QT has done some wonderful things!!!), Seven Samurai, Naked Lunch (Kronenburg is a weirdo!!!) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Human Nature, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation (Spike Jonez, Charlie Kaufmann and Michel Gondry are the best!!!) all musical docos like DIG and really alot of other films that I cannot mention here in this small space......
Books:
Classics: Breakfast at Tiffany's (and anything else by Capote), To Kill a Mocking Bird, Junk, Naked Lunch (Burrough's other stuff)Weird: Anything by Brett Easton Ellis - especially American Psycho and Glamorama, Kevin Sampson (especially Powder and Clubland), Nick Hornby, Irvine Welsh (loved Porno and Trainspotting of course!!!), Stephen King (Awesome - especially his early stuff written under the pen name of Richard Bachman)Legal/psychological thriller fiction: Scott Turow, Faye Kellerman and I guess I read the odd Grisham for fun....
Heroes:
Stanley Kubrik, Douglas Adams, Irvine Welsh, Kevin Sampson, Pearl Jam (we love you Eddie!!!) John Bonham (drummer from Led Zepplin), Gryuf (Super Furry Animals) the Beatles and my Dad....