Just about any and everything...REALLY. I'm very open minded; have done and seen alot, and if i do and see more, well....
In general, music (especially old skool hiphop and the electro scene i.e. 2manydj's), gritty graphic novels, graffiti, cinema (especially east asian cinema), designer shoppin (not a materialistic thing, it just has more individuality opposed to high street shoppin), shots and spirits (not really a beer drinker), makin money is just me (i cant help it)...oh and makin pics and sex (but that's obvious isn't it) ;)x
Being in the 'business' for some time now, i know i have good taste, but it always surprises people when the hear my what's on my mp3player.
Constant Rotation: Snoop Dogg, Beck, Ray Charles, Young Bleed, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Soulwax/2manydj's, Kanye West, B.I.G, 2Pac, Dr Dre, QOTS, Greenday, Felix Da Housecat, Eric Morillo, Oasis, Blur, Graham Coxon, Weezer, Cee-Lo, Audio Bullys, Armand van Helden, Mylo, Bob Marley, MIA, Wu-Tang, Jack Johnson, Grandmaster Flash, Leftfield, Blur, Ludacris, LCD Soundsystem, System of a Down, Arctic Monkeys, Mark Ronson...
Overall, my top 5 influential albums (order of when i first heard them): Oasis - Definately Maybe; The Prodigy - Fat of the Land; 2Pac - All Eyez On Me; 2manydj's - Radio Soulwax Pt2; Erick Morillo - My World
Definately a film fanatic.
Stateside: Big Lebowski, Se7en, Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill BIll, Fight Club, Kevin Smith's Jersey Franchise, Swingers + Made, Crash, American Psycho, Rules of Attraction, Heat, Goodfellas, Hi-Fidelity, Secretary, Donnie Darko, Brick, Pretty Persuasion, Leon, Glengary Glen Ross, Swimming with Sharks...
Homegrown: Clockwork Orange, Trainspotting, Love Honour & Obey, Sexy Beast...
Worldwide: Oldboy, The Ring, Zatoichi, Infernal Affairs, Mr Vengeance, City of God, Los Debutantes, Amelie, Life is Beautiful, Tale of 2 Sisters, Ran, Battle Royale, Audition, Ichi The Killer, Perfect Blue, Ghost in the Shell, 2046, JSA, Bad Guy, Hard Boiled, Pan's Labyrinth...
Family Guy, American Dad, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Basilisk, Gantz, Gungrave, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office (UK), Extras, Starved, Phoenix Nights, Lost, Sopranos, My Name is Earl, Dave Chapelle Show, Peep Show, Smoking Room, Nighty Night, Mock the Week, Skins, Brasseye, Nathan Barley
Battle Royale (more the graphic novels), Ghost in the Shell, Banksy's War and Piece, The Sin City Series, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, David Mack's Kabuki, Bomb Queen, Luna Brothers' Ultra & Girls, 30 Days of Night, Wormwood:Gentleman Corpse, Lore, Popbot (just about anything involving Ashley Wood), Bret Easton Ellis Novels (well used to through college), Brian Bendis' Torso, Goldfish and Jinx, and not forgetting the outstanding Crooked Little Vain
Magazines: Arena, Graphotism and Mixmag (mainly for the CD now)
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Wouldn't go as far as calling 'em heroes, but they've definitely been inspirations and influences on me:
Comedians: Richard Pryor, Eddie Izzard, Chris Rock, DL Hughley, Dave Chappelle, Cedric the Entertainer, Bill Bellamy, Lee Evans, Steve Harvey, Chris Morris, Jamie Foxx, Ricky Gervais, Will Ferrel, Mike Myres, Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Paul Whitehouse
Directors: Coen Brothers, Tarantino, Takeshi Kitano, Takeshi Miike, Kevin Smith, Chan-Wook Park, Ki-duk Kim, Ji-woon Kim, Martin Scorcese, John Woo, Francis Ford Copolla, Kurasawa, Hideo Nakata, Andrew Lau, Kenta Fukasaku, Kar Wai Wong
Artists/Illustrators: Dali, Banksy, Takeshi Murakami, Mac, Frank Miller, David Mack, Masamune Shirow, Jo Chen, John Jean, Luis Royo, Ashley Wood, Ben Templesmith, Jenny JeNoosh, Julie Bell & Boris