Global football, terraces, British hooligans, 1979, 1980, cups of hot bovril, Marco Van Basten in his prime, the last line of defence in 5 a side, internet football forum post match backlash, spending more time at school practising goal celebrations than football (Bebeto, Tomas Brolin, Fabrizio Ravanelli), Britpop memories, shoegaze dreams, grunge reconstructions, drum machines, club nights that don't play the Pipettes, but club nights that do play Eloise by The Damned, pre-judging films I haven't seen, Matthew Modine in Full Metal Jacket, I like people who respect television as being as important as books/films, TV viewing figures, chart positions, maps, serial killers (Jeffrey Dahmer, Willie Bosket, Stephen Wright?), grubby shoes, same dress sense as in 1999, sweatbands, harking back to the Empire, abusing hippies, Carling Weekend memories rather than Glastonbury, the American Dream, baseball, kind females, drawing on people when drunk, being drawn on when drunk, chinchillas, never having seen a real badger, the Isle of Wight, sick jokes, bad jokes, far right flirtations, local history, the Thatcher years, everything from Palmerston through to Churchill (the first term), smoking weed while listening to Fugazi, Challenge TV, constant toying with the idea of getting facebook (oh look I've joined, what an idiot I am. Myspace is way better), moaning about work, air hockey aspirations, Alan Hansen impersonations, Newcastle Brown, all day every day in pubs, Chessington World of Adventures, happiness over money, and eventually world domination.
I love it when Paul Westerberg sings about Alex Chilton. It is probably my favourite song. But I also like...Ikara Colt, Belle And Sebastian, The Replacements, Primal Scream, Faith No More, Cheap Trick, Sleeper, The Arcade Fire, The Get Up Kids, Carter USM, Grandaddy, Neutral Milk Hotel, Hot Hot Heat, Big Star, The Field Mice, Spiritualized, Guided By Voices, Idlewild, The Dismemberment Plan, The Stone Roses, Calexico, Stephen Malkmus, Weezer, Nada Surf, Modernaire, Llama Farmers, The Hives, Stellastarr*, Mclusky, Erase Errata, The Jam, The Kinks, Def Leppard, The Decemberists, The Lemonheads, Camper Van Beethoven, The Ramones, The Murder City Devils, Oasis, The Wrens, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Oxford Collapse, Cooper Temple Clause, The Futureheads, Brassy, Franz Ferdinand, Amen, The Dead Kennedys, Clearlake, Kate Bush, Mull Historical Society, The Rentals, The Streets, Depeche Mode, Stars, Dizzee Rascal, The Answering Machine, Bare Jr, Ladytron, The Smiths, Phoenix, Panic! At The Disco, Fallacy, The Catheters, The Music, She Wants Revenge, The Who, New End Original, Andrew WK, The Clash, Pulp, Texas Is The Reason, Roxy Music, The Pixies, Soulwax, Suede, They Might Be Giants, The Moldy Peaches, The Wannadies, Beulah (the band), Tom Petty, Morningwood, All-American Rejects, The Specials, The Beta Band, The Parkinsons, Rilo Kiley, The Walkmen, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Death In Vegas, Crashland, Madder Rose, Greenskeepers, Bearman, Skepta, Simple Kid, Rialto, Phonotype, Duran Duran, Elastica, Fugazi, Rush, Pavement, Chapterhouse, Jeff Buckley, British Sea Power, Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Carly Simon, Webb Brothers, The Stills, Late Of The Pier, Beachbuggy, Television, The Bloodhound Gang, The Vandals, At The Drive-In, INXS, The Black Halos, Mazzy Star, Self, The Killers, Elliot Smith, Pantera, Ratatat, The Small Faces, Eels, Longwave, Pedro The Lion, Superdrag, The Unicorns, Young Heart Attack, The Postal Service, Aesop Rock, Busdriver, Blur, The Nextmen, Van Halen, Goose, The Delgados, The Triffids, Badfinger, Nick Cave, Jesus And Mary Chain, Black Box Recorder, The Zutons, The Strokes, Supergrass, Fountains Of Wayne, The Propellerheads, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Mr Bungle, That Petrol Emotion, Trail Of Dead, Sublime, The Violent Femmes, Pearl Jam, The Auteurs, Luke Haines, Delays, Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr, The The, Rocket From The Crypt, The Undertones, Sway, Thea Gilmore...I am semi-mainstream boy.
Full Metal Jacket, Dead Man's Shoes, Heathers, No Man's Land, Papillon, Midnight Express, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Get Carter, Westworld, Croupier, Team America, Election, Bill & Ted, American Beauty, Aliens, Critters, Summer Of Sam, Ghost Dog, Gremlins 2, Harold & Kumar, Battle Royale, Sideways, Brewster's Millions, Falling Down, Rear Window, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, Vanishing Point, Ratcatcher, Grease 2, American Pie: The Wedding, Tromeo & Juliet...I hate The Life Aquatic more than you can possibly comprehend.
Peep Show, The Office, The Crystal Maze, South Park, Knightmare, Finders Keepers, Byker Grove (the Geoff era), Eastenders, The Day Today, The X-Files, Oz, Extras, Match Of The Day, Nathan Barley, Have I Got News For You, Crapston Villas, Soccer AM, Harry Hill, Mr Bean, Question Time, Adam & Joe, Eerie Indiana, Mind Your Language, Strike It Rich, Takeshi's Castle, Chucklevision, MTV2, Channel U, The Vault...
in Phil Tufnell voice "I know nothing about books"
Not heroes in the same way as say Flash Gordon, but great people all the same...David Davis, Bryan Roy, Marco Van Basten, Sam Wood, Peter Crouch, Maggie Thatcher, Andy Hunter (From Eastenders),Louise Wener, Jeff Stelling, Kyle Broflowski, Dave Benson Phillips, Alex Chilton, Paul Westerberg and anyone who lacks drive in their life...we can watch the world go by together.