Music:
Apartment,
Arab Strap,
Arcade Fire,
Arctic Monkeys,
Art Brut,
Ash,
The Bathers,
The Beta Band,
The Blue Nile,
Bob Dylan,
Blur,
Boards Of Canada,
Bonnie Prince Billy,
Bridge And Tunnel,
Broadcast,
Bruce Springsteen,
Cage The Elephant,
Carole King,
The Catheters,
Craig Armstrong,
Cut Off Your Hands,
Deacon Blue,
Death Cab For Cutie,
The Delgados,
Dirty Little Faces,
The Divine Comedy,
Dr. Dog,
Drugstore,
The Eels,
Elvis Costello,
The Flaming Lips,
The Flaming Stars,
The Four Of Us,
Franz Ferdinand,
Free Diamonds,
Freerunner,
Glen Campbell,
Gogol Bordello,
Gram Parsons,
Gravenhurst,
Heist,
iLikeTrains,
The Jam,
James Yorkston,
John Martyn,
Johnny Boy,
Johnny Cash,
Jonathan Richman,
Joni Mitchell,
Joy Division,
Keane,
Kid Harpoon,
The Killers,
The Kills,
Lamb,
Lapsus Linguae,
Le Tigre,
Leonard Cohen,
The Libertines,
Lionrock,
LOOK SEE PROOF,
Low,
Luke Vibert,
Magic Numbers,
Make Good Your Escape,
Malcolm Middleton,
Massive Attack,
Maximo Park,
Mercury Rev,
M.I.A.,
Michael Nyman,
Missy Elliott,
Mogwai,
The Mores,
My Bloody Valentine,
Mylo,
Nancy Sinatra,
Neil Young,
New Order,
Nick Cave,
Nick Drake,
Peaches,
Pink Floyd,
Plaid,
Tim Ten Yen,
The Pogues,
The Pretenders,
The Proclaimers,
Pulp,
Raconteurs,
Radiohead,
The Rapture,
Rickie Lee Jones,
Rolling Stones,
Roots Manuva,
The Runners,
Ry Cooder,
Scanners,
Scissor Sisters,
Scott Walker,
Seafood,
The Shins,
Shit Disco,
Simon & Garfunkel,
Simple Kid,
Six By Seven,
Skunk Anansie,
Smog,
Sons & Daughters,
Sophia,
The Spinto Band,
Spiritualized,
Stereolab,
Steve Earle,
The Stills,
The Strokes,
St. Thomas,
Teenage Fanclub,
The Thrills,
TIM TEN YEN
Tom Waits,
Tori Amos,
Touriste,
Travis,
Twisted Charm,
U2,
The Velvet Underground,
Vitalic,
The Walkmen,
The White Stripes,
World Party,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Yo Zushi
Books:
Charles Bukowski, Donna Tartt, Douglas Coupland, Haruki Murakami, Iain Banks, Irvine Welsh, JG Ballard, Paul Auster, Toby Litt, Umberto Eco, Michel Houellebecq, Vikram Seth, Jonathan Coe, Louise Welsh, Jack Kerouac, David Mitchell, John Banville, Wally Lamb, Mark Z. Danielewski, Tim Pears
