Scottish mythology. Especially the fearsome half-infant-half-salmon creature and the magic sealion which poses as a woman to seduce men then gives birth to their children in the sea.
Dougie Vipond or Richard Bacon.
Belle & Sebastian, Acoustic Ladyland, Smog, Grandaddy, The Fall, Cat Power, James Yorkston, Múm, Malcolm Middleton, Modest Mouse, Bis, Yip-Yip, Vampire Weekend, The Horrors, Adem, The Gossip, Klaxons, Les Enfant Bastard, Patti Drew, Mogwai, Arcade Fire, ON FIRE, Animal Collective, Explosions In The Sky, Bat For Lashes, Zoey Van Goey, Joy Division, Ballboy, Midlake, Three Dog Night, Ddeeeerrhhooooff, Daft Punk, Gang Of Four, NOON, Devo, Kraftwerk, Beethoven, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Laura Veirs, Kate Bush, Polar Bear, V For Victory, Popup, Soledad Brothers, The Foundling Wheel, My Latest Novel, The Royal We, Damn Shames, AIDS Wolf, Kap Bambino, Camera Obscura, Trouble Funk, The Raveonettes, Karine Polwart, Lord Cut-Glass, The Pipettes, Brakes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cansei De Ser Sexy, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Test Icicles, Data Panik, The Go! Team, Primal Scream, Low, The Hives, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Josef K, Mike Heron, Elle S'Appelle, Elliott Smith, The Cure, Orange Juice, Beruit, Elvis Perkins, Emma Pollock Cold War Kids, Aberfeldy, The Magnetic Fields, Dolby-Anol, The Magnificents, The Maccabees, Nouvelle Vague, The Shins, Willy Mason, Weather Report, The Velvelettes, Tim "Love" Lee, Teenage Fanclub, Sonic Youth, Sons & Daughters, Strike The Colours, Vashti Bunyan, The Delgados, Arab Strap, BARR, Aereogramme, King Creosote, Kid Carpet, Kings Of Convenience, De Rosa, Datsun Sunny, Gush Oven, Happy Crayon, Tea & Toast Band, Noise Bitch, Jeff Buckley, King Biscuit Time, Captain Beefheart, Lovin' Spoonful, The Cinematic Orchestra, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, I'm From Barcelona, Terry Dactyl and The Dinosaurs, Carole King, Abba, Flying Matchstick Men, Things In Herds.
Anything that has a car chase, explosions, mild humour, relationship problems and Lynsey Lohan.
Neighbours and Eastenders are about all i watch nowadays.
Stroke Books.
Graham "fucking" Peel.