Music, movies, books, art, general cultural stuff, sport, foreign food, rum, vodka, cocktails, raves, gigs, travelling, chilli, politics, current affairs, sunday footy, learning to be a madskillz DJ, buddha, more music, being lazy, being energetic, sleeping, lots of dancing, drugs, sex etc. etc.
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Some random favourites: Rage Against The Machine, Beastie Boys, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Tool, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Roots Manuva, The Prodigy, Massive Attack, Fad Gadget, System of a Down, One Minute Silence, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Madness, Beck, Deekline and Wizard, The Doors, Michael Jackson, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, Andy C, Logistics, Mampi Swift, Blame, Simon Bassline Smith, Happy Mondays, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, The Gorillaz, NWA, Scratch Perverts, Stanton Warriors, Dillinger, Bob Marley, Run DMC, The Misfits, Basement Jaxx, Kool and the Gang, The Ratpack, Deftones, Jamiroquai, The Shivers, Iggy and the Stooges, Wu Tang Clan, Korn, Carcass, Soulfly, The Rolling Stones, Alice in Chains, Cypress Hill, De La Soul, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Sepultura, Machinehead, Queens of the Stone Age, Nirvana, Eminem, Marilyn Manson, Rammstien, Faith No More, Stone Roses, Pantera, Public Enemy No 1, Tenacious D, Bloodhound Gang, Bjork, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Propellorheads, Ben E King, Outcast, Audioslave, I'm From Barcelona, Jimi Hendrix, loads of random DJs and producers, lots of DnB, Aphex Twin, Captain Beefheart, Squarepusher, lol so many more but that will do for now. Also motown and some classic cheese.
Ok this is only the short version, but in no particular order: Donnie Darko, The Shawshank Redemption, True Romance, Fight Club, Alien, Aliens, Terminator 1 + 2, Pulp Fiction, The Borat Movie, The Matrix, Stand By Me, Misery, Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings, City of God, Toy Story 1 + 2, Wallace and Gromit, Old Boy, Airplane!, Battle Royale, The Killer, The Omen, Halloween, American Werewolf in London, Infernal Affairs, Very Bad Things, Fargo, Spinal Tap, Braindead, 28 Days Later, Gladiator, LA Confidential, Liar Liar, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Goodfellas, The Godfather 1 + 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Blair Witch Project, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Silence of the Lambs, Rosemary's Baby, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Wicker Man, Dodgeball, Zoolander, Happy Gilmore, the Star Wars, Indy Jones and Back to the Future trilogies, anything by Monty Python or Mike Myers, and many many more. Mostly horror, crime, comedy, action and sci-fi. Also lots of japanese/asian cinema.
Family Guy, Southpark, American Dad, Simpsons, Friends. Old British comedy like Fawlty Towers, the Young Ones, Not The Nine'O'Clock News and Blackadder. Anything satirical like Have I Got News For You, The Day Today and Brasseye. The Fast Show, Peep Show, Men Behaving Badly, Alan Partridge, Red Dwarf, Green Wing, Father Ted, Ali G, Borat and Bruno. Stand up comedy (Eddie Izzard, Billy Connelly, Bill Bailey, Ricky Gervais, Jack Dee, Bill Hicks, Alan Davies etc.), The Office, Extras, Neighbours, 24, MotD, anything by David Atttenborough, 30 Days, QI, occasional drama two-parters.
John King, Orson Welles, Chuck Paluhniak, Terry Pratchett, Irvine Welsh, Bret Easton Ellis, some Stephen King, Roald Dahl's (seriously twisted) short stories for grown-ups, Tolkien, Howard Marks, Michael Connelly, Thomas Harris, James Herbert, Dick Francis, Hunter S Thompson, Naomi Klein, Joseph Stiglitz, Noam Chomsky. The Independent and the Guardian, Private Eye, Trebuchet Magazine (its not out yet but sneak preview at www.trebuchet-magazine.com!)
Also of particular mention: Zach de la Rocha, Liam Howlett, Tony Benn, Ridley Scott, Chuck D, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Fincher, Peter Jackson