Reading, writing, arithmetic.
my maker.
Johnny Cash, be your own PET, Klaxons, Hot Chip, Elmore James, Joe Jackson, Shitdisco, Vanessa Paradis, New York Dolls, Eagles of Death Metal, Royal Trux, BORN RUFFIANS! Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey, Devo, Rolling Stones, Two Gallants, CSS, Gang of Four ,Grey Revell, Bruce Springsteen, Dinosaur Jr, Biffy Clyro, Nina Simone, Led Zepellin, Interpol, Young Knives, Clor, Emiliana Torrini, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Editors, 80's Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Fischerspooner, The Black Keys, Tom McRae, Bright Eyes, Sons and Daughters, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, The Rogers Sisters, Madonna, David Bowie, Razorlight, Guns n Roses, Maximo Park, Sonic Youth, The Only Ones, N.E.R.D., Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop, Be Your Own Pet, Kings Of Leon, Shea Seger, The Cooper Temple Clause, Arcade Fire, Beck, And you will know us by the trail of dead, The Ettes, Blondie, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, The Cure, Bloc Party, The Modern Lovers, Dolly Parton, Kate Bush, Joy Division, Its Jo and Danny, Kenickie, Mad Action, The Replacements, Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys, My Morning Jacket, Magic Numbers, Patti Smith, Peaches, Pixies, Primal Scream, XTC, Devo, J Geils Band, Prince, The Ramones, The Rapture, Spiritualized, Queens of the Stone Age, Jose Gonzalez, Tom Waits, Dolly Parton,Yo La Tengo, Nirvana, Generation X, Ride, The Stone Roses, New Young Pony Club, Gossip, and on and on it goes............
Spinal Tap, Annie Hall, Mary Poppins, When Harry Met Sally, Roman Holiday, Godfather 2, Manhattan, Some Like It Hot, Anchorman, Pecker, On The Waterfront, Adaptation, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Splendor, My Fair Lady, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Raging Bull, Breakfast at Tiffanys, ET, Back To The Future, True Romance, and a whole load of others that I cannot recall now and will no doubt add later.
I'm trying to give it up.
Catch 22, Post Office, Tender Is The Night,The Hotel New Hampshire,The Secret History, The Old Man and the Sea, Sarah, Ham on Rye, Amsterdam, Disgrace, Wait Until Spring, Bandini.
Never put anyone on a pedestal. Sooner or later they'll fall off and then where would you be?..