Arts, books, music, footy, left wing political history
All sorts: Electronica - Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Plaid, Bola, Four Tet (Warp stuff) Left Field - Coldcut, Mr Scruff, Two Lone Swordsmen, Qemist (Ninja Tune stuff) American Indie - Pixies, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr, American Analogue Set, Throwing Muses (Subpop, 4AD) Reggae/Ska/Dub - Marley, Lee Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Prince Buster, Horace Andy, King Tubby, Jah Shaka, Jah Lloyd. (Trojan Records, Studio One, Blood and Fire) Plus lots of Blues (especially Chicago) and Blue Note jazz. And of course, the mighty Rolling Stones
Swingers - utter genius Beautiful Girls - utter utter genius Star Wars (yes, yes, the new ones are pap but light sabers are still cool)
Lots of Uk comedy - Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Brass Eye, Spaced, etc US Comedy - Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development UK Drama - Shameless, Teachers Match of the Day!!
Mostly US - anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo, Bret Easton Ellis, Donna Tart. UK stuff includes Ian McEwan.Also a soft spot for Margaret Atwood
Kurt Vonnegut, Benjamin Zephaniah, Keith Richards