music, writing, wandering the streets of london, literature, ricky gervais podcasts, vintage clothes, collecting really old stuff ..
charles schulz
the libertines, the smiths, the stone roses, the small faces, the beatles, the kinks, blur, the charlatans, the posies, pulp, belle and sebastian, velvet underground, the pixies, the zombies, the rolling stones, the who, black rebel motorcycle club, the strokes, apples in stereo, the village green, super furry animals, the creation, white stripes, morrissey, nick drake, rem, jesus and mary chain, suede, the la's, ash, joy division, radiohead, bob dylan, syd barrett (& early pink floyd), my bloody valentine, supergrass, the jam, graham coxon, new order, the supernaturals, jimi hendrix, the doors, blondie, led zeppelin, ian brown, leonard cohen, jim croce, the primitives, teenage fanclub, the animals, john lennon, the police, david bowie, dirty pretty things, babyshambles, special needs, the refuseniks, larrikin love, the futureheads, the coral, interpol, the clash, the ramones, madness, simon & garfunkel, franz ferdinand, elliott smith, psychid, kaiser chiefs, new order, the cure, the cooper temple clause, captain soul, ride, otis redding, mamas & papas, dusty springfield, lupen crook, 747s, littl'ans, metro riots, the holloways, spencer davis group, the hollies, the vells, nirvana, the dandy warhols, yeti, arcade fire, maximo park, the shins, hope of the states, yeah yeah yeahs, love, johnny cash, the byrds, the verve, oasis, janis joplin, jimi hendrix, cream, idlewild, the vines, john dowland, chopin, vivaldi, bach......
the graduate, to kill a mockingbird, bedazzled, heavenly creatures, shaun of the dead, once, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, rushmore, amelie, life of brian, lost in translation, spinal tap, rosemary's baby, bonnie & clyde, napoleon dynamite, a perfect world, the shining, little miss sunshine, being there, stripes, school of rock, donnie darko, the butcher boy, hope and glory, quadrophenia, shallow grave, thelma & louise, a degree of murder, a hard day's night, help!, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, fargo, a fish called wanda, charlie is my darling, a shot in the dark, roman holiday, breakfast at tiffany's (anything with audrey hepburn), the gods must be crazy, a wonderful life, to sir with love, groundhog day, about a boy, the rutles, trainspotting, rabbit proof fence, virgin suicides, secrets and lies, apartment zero, guess who's coming to dinner, heathers, clockwise, truly madly deeply, arthur, shirley valentine, foul play, the sound of music, snoopy come home, the red balloon..
the office (uk, obviously...), fawlty towers, monty python's flying circus, ready steady go, extras, absolutely fabulous, spaced, trigger happy tv, peep show, band of brothers, saturday night live ('75-'80 only), the wonder years, freaks and geeks, ugly betty..
to kill a mockingbird, the bell jar, lost in music, wuthering heights, 84 charing cross road, inside daisy clover, sons and lovers, hotel new hampshire, the world according to garp, the great gatsby, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, east of eden, broom of the system, prozac nation, virgin suicides, of human bondage, anywhere but here, sheila levine is dead and lives in new york, go ask alice, you're a good man charlie brown, around ireland with a fridge, alice in wonderland, house at pooh corner, paddington bear series; and pretty much anything by charles dickens, oscar wilde, jd salinger, david sedaris, nick hornby, truman capote, douglas coupland, augusten burroughs, aa milne, bill bryson; various literature on mental illness, freaks or weirdos..
who needs them?