All things 50's & 60's : the music, the clothes, the movies, the TV shows, the kitschy household crap, the lifestyle, the hairstyles.....! Also, the art of Shag ,Tim Biskup (particularly Gama-Go) and Jim Flora shoes, lamé.., this picture dancing, laughing. Crazy japanese stuff (like Nyanko and Wan Room) TIKI! shiny things, Coffee, chocolate, dates and almonds. Cute lanky guys with - hang on a minute, didn't we just cover this?!
Cool people with the same interests as me, all my friends who are already on here and lots of new ones too, hopefully! Particularly any cute lanky guys with shaggy bowl cuts, massive sideburns, a big nose and glasses (optional!)
Buy these immediately! Late 50's/early 60's R'n'B (particularly stuff like Las Vegas Grind, Frolic Diner, Jungle Exotica) 60's Garage (the Garage Punk Unknowns series is a fav.) Surf (Strummin' Mental series is a good un) British Beat, Rockabilly, Rock'n'Roll, Cramps, Ramones blah, blah, blah....!
Fav. directors include: Terry Gilliam, JOHN WATERS, Tim Burton, The Coen Brothers. Also: Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Scorsese... David Lynch, Sam Raimi, David Cronenberg.... so many....! Fav. films of all time are Withnail and I and This is Spinal Tap. .. Anything with Johnny Depp in is always enjoyable! (but not necessarily for his acting skills!)
Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development... The Mighty Boosh, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, The Goodies...Police Squad, Soap, The Gong Show, Lancelot Link (Secret Chimp)...Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters... and more recently Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Prison Break. Oh, and I just LOVE Flight of the Conchords - Bret you are so dreamy.......!
Anything with nice Shag pictures in (favs include Beatsville, The Art of Tiki and all his own ones - of course!) The Taschen Icons series (particularly Bizarro Postcards (what is going on there?!) and Krazy Kids Food) Fav. authors include Chuck Palahniuk (funny, smart and "slightly" twisted!) Douglas Adams (very funny and ingenious) Michael Marshall Smith (what an imagination!) and Robert Rankin (hilarious!) Fav. books of all time: Catch 22, 1984 and The Wasp Factory, and more recently Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is fantastic - a must read!