My honey, music, movies, my friends, caffeine ingestion, books, my cat, my nieces & nephews, collecting shit (mostly cheap jewelry), video games & computers, telling dumb jokes
The women of G4 (specifically Layla and Olivia), Margaret Cho, Angelina Jolie, Mark Ruffalo, Jill Hennessy, Eva Mendes, Lauren Graham, Diane Lane, Audrey Hepburn, Kylie Minogue, Jason Statham, Shirley Manson, and Big Bird. Seriously. Dude kicks ass. I'm just gonna have to ignore the fact that he's really just a guy in a suit holding his arm up for long stretches of time.
I like music. A lot....
Hip-hop/R & B/Dancehall - DJ Shadow, RJD2, K-os, Diplo, Pitbull, Lupe Fiasco, Gym Class Heroes, Clipse, Psalm One, Gina Rene, Northern State, Common Market, The Roots, Kelis, Esthero, The Spooks, Kanye West, Ludacris, Alicia Keys, Atmosphere, Digable Planets, Missy Elliott, Blu Cantrell, Ciara, Aaliyah, Glenn Lewis, NEILA, Maxwell, Mystic, Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Tamia, Amel Larrieux, Floetry, Christina Milian, Goapele, Mos Def, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown (tho I'm really old enough to know better), 2Pac, B.I.G., Bay music, Tami Chynn, Sean Paul, Lady Saw, Nadine Sutherland, Sizzla, Lexxus, Tantro Metro & Devonte, Horace Andy, Elan, Sasha, Wayne Wonder, T.O.K., Nina Sky, Daddy Yankee, Wisin Y Yandel
Freestyle - Jocelyn Enriquez, Nancy Martinez, Pam Russo, Cover Girls, Corina, Sharyn Maceren, M:G, Angelina, Lisa Lisa, Judy Torres, Sweet Sensation, Expose, Buffy, Nancy Martinez, Sa-Fire, Trinere, Lisette Melendez, Lil Suzy
Euro/Trance/House - 2 Unlimited, Real McCoy, N-Trance, Alexia, La Bouche, E-Type (old school), Bad Boys Blue (Old school), Modern Talking, Ferry Corsten, Double You, Scooter, Flip & Fill, Amber, Armin Van Buuren, Billie Ray Martin, Tina Cousins, Culture Beat, 4 Strings, Fragma, Milk Inc., Kate Ryan, Deep Dish, Iio, Deborah Cox, Crystal Waters, Amber, Sentidos Opuestos, Monica Naranjo, Noemi, Tim Dawes, Speedbreaker, BT, Kelly Llorenna, Shapeshifters, Narcotic Thrust, Sneaky Sound System, Kaskade
UK Garage: 2-Step/Grime/4x4/Speed Garage/UKG/Bassline/Niche (or any other damned name they come up with) - Craig David (before he was pop), Wiley, Kano, Lady Sov, Dizzee Rascal, Shystie, Jamieson, T2, Roll Deep, Skepta, Stanton Warriors, Sunship, Big Ang, Ed Case, MJ Cole, Sticky, Ms. Dynamite (A Little Darker is the comeback for everybody that missed Dynamit-tee chattin'), Akala, Big$hot, Wookie, Elisabeth Troy, The Streets, So Solid, Pay As U Go, Donae'o, Richie Dan, Riko, JME, Tinchy Stryder, Terror Danjah, Target, Femme Fatale, Wideboys, Agent X, Artful Dodger, Roll Deep, Gemma Fox, Ears, Lauren Mason, Baby Blue, Matt 'Jam' Lamont, El-B, Karl Brown, Todd Edwards, Mask, Witty Boy, Jamie Duggan, Burga Boy
Drum 'n Bass finally got its' own section - Drumagick, Chase & Status, High Contrast, Bungle, Photek, Nu:Tone, Danny Byrd, Craggz, Mistabishi, Shy FX & T-Power, Skynet, Commix, Logistics, Electrosoul System, Jenna G, Marky & XRS, DJ Rap, DJ Zinc, DJ Hype, Total Science, Cyantific, Roni Size, Pendulum, Kosheen (when they're d'n'b), J Majik, Goldie, Dylan, Robyn Chaos, Calibre, Tech Itch
Downtempo/chillout, sad kids with musical instruments and four-tracks - Badly Drawn Boy, Beta Band, Dido, Norah Jones, A Girl Named Eddy, Feist, Sade, Soulstice, Morcheeba, Portishead, Everything But The Girl, Annie Lennox, Massive Attack, Tricky, Sia, Laika, Sarah McLachlan, Cat Power, Burial, Pinch
Rock - Rooney, IMA Robot, The Sounds, Juliette And The Licks, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Scanners, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rilo Kiley, Gorillaz, Texas, Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett, The Go Gos, Bloc Party, Le Tigre, The Start, My Chemical Romance, All-American Rejects, Fall Out Boy, Marianne Faithfull, The Killers, Green Day, No Doubt, Speedway, Heart, U2, Garbage, Bush, Killer, Elastica, Blondie, Berlin, The Bangles, David Bowie, Pretenders, Michelle Branch, John Mayer, The Bravery, The Click Five, Pat Benatar
Jazz/Standards - Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Anita Baker, Blossom Dearie, Billie Holiday, Astrud Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Carmen McRae, Shirley Bassey, Dean Martin
Everything else - Colbie Calliat, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Natasha Bedingfield, Kelly Clarkson, Robbie Williams, Fiona Apple, Cyndi Lauper, Yazoo, Eurythmics, Savage Garden, Prince, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Shania Twain (pre Up!), Patsy Cline, Shakira, Anastacia, Trisha Yearwood, Minnie Driver, Shelby Lynne, Rachel Stevens, Gwen Stefani, George Michael, Kim Sanders, Nelly Furtado, Fefe Dobson, Moloko, Taylor Dayne, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Gabrielle, The Corrs, Pink, Spice Girls, Tiffany, Mariah Carey, Playgroup, Ladytron, Vanity, Kwan, Frank Popp Ensemble, DJ Food, Sofia Essaidi
Been falling for a fair bit of Glitch/Dubstep/8-Bit lately...if you've got any of that I should desperately be listening to, shoot it my way, cool?
Heavy rotation:
Truly random listing of some of my favorite movies:Breakfast At Tiffany's, Juno, Bend It Like Beckham, Run Lola Run, Hackers, Hitch, About A Boy, The Wedding Planner, Kissing Jessica Stein, Clueless, The American President, A History Of Violence, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Dirty Pretty Things, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Station Agent, Coyote Ugly, Imagine Me & You, Smoke Signals, Trainspotting, City Of God, Ma Vie En Rose, City of Lost Children, Amelie, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, Love Me If You Dare, Nobody Knows, Maria Full Of Grace, Tipping The Velvet, Garden State, Real Genius, Funny Face, Singing In The Rain, Victor/Victoria, 13 Going On 30, Fried Green Tomatoes, D.E.B.S., The Goonies, High Art, Unfaithful, The Hours, To Catch A Thief, Indian Summer, Under The Tuscan Sun, Far From Heaven, I'm The One That I Want, Notorious C.H.O., Serendipity, The Breakfast Club, Grandma's Boy, Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Waiting, Zoolander, Gia, When A Stranger Calls (original...not that 2006 piffle), Feast, Slither
TV ate my brain: Heroes, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Pushing Daisies, Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty, ER, Grey's Anatomy, The L Word
BBC America is like my second home: Torchwood, Doctor Who, Life On Mars, Wire In The Blood, Sea Of Souls, Waking The Dead, Spooks/MI:5, Hex, Robin Hood, Waterloo Road, Bromwell High, Green Wing, Black Books, Red Dwarf
Thank God for reruns & dvd box sets: Crossing Jordan, The Facts Of Life, Gilmore Girls, Full House, Growing Pains, The Golden Girls, Friday The 13th, Farscape, Star Trek: TNG, Danger Mouse, Invader Zim
I can't explain these: Attack Of The Show!, Unbeatable Banzuke, Ninja Warrior, The View, Little People, Big World, Pimp My Ride, Scarred (omg, that dude's testicle), House Invaders, Celebrity Fit Club, You Are What You Eat, Kitchen Nightmares (preferably the original)
Swerve, 1984, Wasted...Robert Heinlein, Zadie Smith, Sandra Cisneros, Alisa Valdes Rodriguez, Jennifer Weiner, Phillip K. Dick, Greg Bear, Stephen Cannell, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Nick Hornby, John Irving
Miss Piggy