My brother, Going for walks, Finding treasure on footpaths, Tea time, Being inside when it storms, Snow, Reading gaffiti, Clunky old cameras, Clothes, The Age Concern, Regional television, Dads, Dad skill and secret knowledge, The way summer smells at 7.30pm, Playing Super Mario!
belle and sebastian, 1980's indie pop, the math and physics club, the lucksmiths, the would-be-goods, my bloody valentine, the pastels, the smiths, the flatmates, felt, camera obscura, the jesus and mary chain, pulp, the cure, pavement, interpol, the velvet underground, lenord cohen, nick cave, guided by voices, clap your hands say yeah, the strokes, pixies, joy division, the associates, shout out louds, the radio dept, radiohead, elbow, bob dylan, boards of canada, apex twin, prefuse 73, dj shadow, rjd2, dj format, squarepusher, explosions in the sky, sigur ros, broadcast, four tet, miles davis, the shop assistants, the beatles, wiskeytown, ryan adams, regina spektor, the sea urchins, echo and the bunnymen, the national, bjork, the postal service, the new pornographers, wire, gang of four, the fall, looper, elliot smith, neutral milk hotel, the beta band, cat power, echo and the bunnymen, mercury rev, talking heads, jonny cash, architecture in helsinki, adem, my latest novel, bright eyes, death cab for cutie, isabelle campbell, the gentle waves, broken social scene, soul position, gorillas, idlewild, suede, the small faces, the who, roxy music, david bowie, the jam, nightmares on wax, doves, josh ritter, t-rex, charlie parker, the shins, the streets, dizzy rascal, imperial leisure, the herbalizer, nine lazy nine, the pycadellic furs, frankie lane, lloyd cole and the commotions, chicks on speed, le tigre, lou reed, kinicky, kawaii, the popguns, the june brides, language of flowers, king creosote, dj danger mouse, julian donkey boy, aidan smith, badly drawn boy, kid carpet, alfie, misty dixon, mum and dad, blueprint, field music, arab strap, blockhead, mercury rev, the flaming lips, handsome boy modelling school, nick drake, jeff buckley, love, kings of convenience, aberfeldy, felt, pipas, kings of leon, suburban kids with biblical names, the dears, blur, brendan benson, the walkman, the libertines, john lennon, the buzzcocks, hope of the states, sufjan stevens, simon and garfunkle, marvin gaye, joni mitchell, neil young, UNKLE, the specials, the beach boys, bearsuit, ben & jason, the notwist, smokey robinson and the miracles, teenage fanclub, ABC, the human league, nick cave and the badseeds, sparklehorse, chas & dave, graham coxon, the verve, two loan swordsmen, david kitt, martha reeves, ride, ron sexsmith, ed hardcourt, frank sinartra, diplo, dexys midnight runners, everything but the girl, billy bragg, cut chemist, the pogues, the dubliners, new order, kraftwerk, julian donkey boy, the search map, cherry ghost, polytechnic, good shoes, rumble strips,
the loneliness of a long distance runner, saturday night sunday morning, a kind of loving, billy liar, a taste of honey, all the carry on's,
the likely lads, hancocks half hour, steptoe and son, the young ones, a bit of fry and laurie, up pompeii, the mighty boosh, father ted, the day today, brass eye, early doors, the afternoon play, talking heads, the les dawson show, any music hall acts, seinfld, frasier, family guy, the simpsons, victoria wood, neighbours, one foot in the grave, bloody murder, blackadder, not the nine o'clock news, pugwall's summer and so, so many other kids tv programs
Tony Harrision, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, John Berryman, Byron, Sylvia Plath, Simon Armitage, W. B. Yeats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, J. D Salinger Oscar Wilde, Shelagh Delaney, Joe Orton, Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Alan Benett Martin Amis (the one and only!) Henry James, Oscar Wilde, George Gissing, Stan Barstowe,
Stuart Murdoc - he knows.