My family, my friends, my show, music, movies, politics, reading, writing, taking photographs...
I'd like to meet:
..... my maker, eventually, in as painless a way as possible.
Music:
Jaysus...... Right then - from my mp3 player alone: A House, Arctic Monkeys, Barenaked Ladies, Beck, Ben Folds, Bob Dylan, Charles Trenet, Coldplay, Count Basie, David Kitt, Dean Martin, The Eels, Elvis Costello, Fountains Of Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Hard-Fi, Jack Johnson, Jamie Cullum, Janis Joplin, Jay-Z, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Josh Ritter, KT Tunstall, LCD Soundsystem, Lemon Jelly, Leonard Cohen, Linkin Park, Miles Davis, Missy Elliot, Noel Coward, Public Enemy, REM Sammy Davis Jr, Serge Gainsbourg, Snow Patrol, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, The Beautiful South, The Chalets, The Cure, The Divine Comedy, The Flaming Lips, The Go! Team, The Killers, The Magic Numbers, The Monkees, The Polyphonic Spree, The Stones, The Smiths, The Statler Brothers, The Streets, The Stunning, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Toasted Heretic, U2, Van Morrison..... That's just the tiny, tiny tip of the iceberg...
Movies:
Too, too many to list... Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Jacques Tati's Playtime, David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia and Brief Encounter, The Godfather (1 & 2), Kane, Casablanca, The Birds, Vertigo, The Producers (original), Ocean's 11 (new), Spider-Man 1 & 2, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Easter Parade, Jaws, A Clockwork Orange, Muriel's Wedding, The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, Keeping The Faith, Before Sunrise, Amadeus, The Player, Bob Roberts, Moulin Rouge, About A Boy, The Great Dictator, Some Like It Hot, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, Annie Hall, Sleeper, Manhattan, Hannah And Her Sisters, Mighty Aphrodite, Bullets Over Broadway, Everyone Says I Love You, Groundhog Day, Smokey & The Bandit 1 & 2 but not 3, Superman 1, 2 and even 3(!), Pump Up The Volume, The Fifth Element, 3 Colours: Blue, Spirited Away, anything by Pixar, anything with Gerard Depardieu in it, High Fidelity, V For Vendetta, Grosse Pointe Blank, Memento, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, The Conversation, Star Wars 4, 5, 6, Guys & Dolls, Funny Girl, Calamity Jane, Oldboy, Battle Royale, Coneheads, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Trading Places, Bowling For Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Roger & Me, Se7en, Fight Club, The Italian Job (original, as if you had to ask!), O Bother Where Art Thou, Sullivan's Travels, The Matrix, anything with Godzilla in it except the American one with Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pretty In Pink, The Truman Show, Sunset Boulevard, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Goodfellas, A Bout De Souffle, Bicycle Theves, must stop now...
Television:
Extras, Classic Star Trek, Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, The Prisoner, The Sky At Night, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The IT Crowd, Horizon, My Name Is Earl, Dr Who, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Blizzard Of Odd, University Challenge, The Simpsons (pre-2001), Family Guy (series 1 & 2)... Don't watch a lot really.... :-)
Books:
George Orwell - 1984, Lynne Truss - Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point, Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials Trilogy, Donna Tartt - The Secret History, Hunter S Thompson - Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little, Bill Zehme - Lost In The Funhouse: The Life And Mind Of Andy Kaufman, Salman Rushdie - The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Terry Southern - The Magic Christian, Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife, Robert Evans - The Kid Stays In The Picture, Cynthia True - American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story, Douglas Adams - The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Noel Coward - Diaries, Alice Sebold - Lovely Bones, Greg Palast - The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, James Ellroy - American Tabloid, David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas, Alain DeBotton - The Consolations Of Philosophy, Joseph Heller - Catch-22, Nick Hornby - High Fidelity, James Plunkett - Strumpet City, Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar, Chuck Barris - Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind...
Heroes:
Noel Coward, Bill Hicks, John Peel, John Pilger, Andy Kaufman, Sinatra, Noam Chomsky, Johnny Cash, Zane Lowe, Christy Moore, Lenny Bruce, Sylvia Plath, Bob Geldof, Bono...
