I can be interested in just about anything, the trouble, for me, is retaining that interest. I really like documentaries, science programming, films made for the sake of revelling in the nature of film, books, the visual arts, microscopy of cellular material, and daydreaming.
Music:
in no particular order: (current favourites in bold)
m ward, arab strap, sufjan stevens, matson jones, the decemberists, gogol bordello, leningrad, world/inferno friendship society, mclusky, soul coughing, deVotchKa, dani siciliano, psapp, miho hatori, [the real] tuesday weld, gruff rhys, charlotte gainsbourg, daedelus, final fantasy, tarmac, the faint,tom waits, cibo matto, death from above 1979, ladytron, meg lee chin, m83, ratatat, enon, neutral milk hotel, quasi, travis morrison, belle and sebastian, lush, augie march, the arcade fire, broken social scene, dogs die in hot cars, john s. hall/king missile, xiu xiu, the unicorns, reverend glasseye and his wooden legs, one ring zero, super furry animals, cursive, the goodlife, iron and wine, pulp, placebo, they might be giants, the dining rooms, the avalanches, ani difranco, sleater-kinney, lou barlow, nicole blackman, Joan Osborne (except for that stupid g-d song), aceyalone, blackalicious, del the funky homosapien, dos one, boom bip, sage francis, sixtoo, the gift of gab, gorillaz, flat earth society, john zorn, matthew good band, the tragically hip, morphine, muse, gary numan, oingo boingo, the pixies, the fixx, dj akira, edith piaf, jacques brel, serge gainsbourg, arthur h, bjork, elysian fields, mono, portishead, royksopp, sneaker pimps, dinosaur jr, modest mouse, wilco, stephen jones, lois, relaxed muscle, the list goes on...
Movies:
city of lost children, delicatessen, amelie, seven, fight club, dark city, SICK: the life and death of bob flannagan super masochist, anything by Errol Morris, kontroll, rushmore, shaun of the dead, ghostbusters, old school, nightmare before christmas, man bites dog, the dinner game, army of darkness, dead alive, citizen kane, citizen x, paradise lost, the qatsi trilogy, marjoe, the professional(Leon), Le Samourai, napolean dynamite, eternal sunshine, goodbye lenin, cure (really any of the well made japanese new wave horror, thought that whole genre is starting to get watered down), everything is illuminated, the science of sleep, Cabinet of Dr Caligari, state of seige,
Television:
law and order, the daily show, late night with conan obrien, mr show, sifl and olly, jeopardy, house (m.d.), randall and hopkirk (deceased), alexei sayle's stuff, the young ones, monty python, connections, secret life of machines, mythbusters, the mighty boosh, life on mars, monk, psyche, twin peaks, off the air, sledge hammer, SCTV, the Office (both versions), everyone hates Chris, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Books:
The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky), A Prayer for Owen Meany (Irving), Church of Dead Girls (Stephen Dobyns), Lost in the Barrens (farley mowfat), The Secret History (Donna Tartt), Wrestler's cruel study (Dobyns), Survivor (Chuck Paluhniuk), The Egypt game (Zylphia keatley snyder), Notes from underground (dostoevsky) the trial (kafka) Fast one (paul Cain) The Fountainhead (ayn Rand) the cheese monkeys (chip kidd) house of leaves (not even going to try to spell his name off the top of my head) night of the avenging blowfish (john welter) The Wind Up Bird Chronicles (Murakami)Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Tristam Shandy (laurence sterne)Microserfs (coupland) the evolution of useful things (henry petroski) Marabou Stork Nightmares (Welsh)
Heroes:
Howard Roark, Dorothy Parker, Billy Smith, Terry Jones, Charlie Brooker, Errol Morris
