Music:
Otis Redding, The Temptations, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, The Stone Roses, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, N.E.R.D, Nas, Jamiroquai, The Who, Arrested Development, Bee Gees, The Kinks, Queen, Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix ,The Kooks, Common, Talib Kweli, Black Eyed Peas (pre-Elephunk), Blur, James Brown, Little Richard, Lupe Fiasco, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Joss Stone, Kanye West, The Killers, The Byrds, Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, The Roots, The Eagles, Candi Staton, Jay Z, Cast, Pink Floyd, Chuck Berry, The Commodores, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Tweet, The Verve, Counting Crows, D’Angelo, The Detroit Spinners, The Supremes, The Doors, Dr Dre, Dusty Springfield, The Four Tops, Frank Sinatra, Gwen McRae, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Ash, Martha Reeves, Basement Jaxx, The Beach Boys, The Jam, James, Janis Joplin, Wilson Pickett, The Zutons, , Kings of Leon, Libertines, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Catatonia, The Charlatans, The Chemical Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, The Manics, Marlena Shaw, Missy Elliott, Moloko, Mos Def, Ike and Tina Turner, Musiq, Nirvana, Norah Jones, Al Green, Alicia Keys, Gomez, Gorillaz, Guns N Roses, Har Mar Superstar, Edwin Starr, David Ruffin, The Animals, The Police, Primal Scream , Pulp, Queen, Elton John, Erykah Badu, Eva Cassidy, Ray Charles, Razorlight, Chilli’s, Richard Ashcroft, The Rolling Stones, George Michael, Sam Cooke, Amy Winehouse, Lauryn Hill, Led Zep, Levellers, Angie Stone, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Paul Weller, The Small Faces, Smokey Robinson, Snoop Dogg, Jefferson Airplane, Jet, Joe Cocker, John Legend, Stereophonics, Sweatshop Union, Thicke, Tom Jones, The White Stripes, and all sorts of Northern Soul. Basically anything but Robbie Williams, Coldplay and fucking trance.
Movies:
Lock Stock, Rocky, Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, Silence of the Lambs, Teenwolf, Goodfellas, Donnie Darko, Back to the Future, Motorcycle Diaries, Zulu, City of God, Anchorman, Man on Fire, Quadrophenia, Jaws, Forrest Gump, This is Spinal Tap, The Italian Job, The Goonies, Devils' Advocate, Zoolander, The Departed, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wolf Creek.
Television:
The Office, Phoenix Nights, Peep Show, Shameless, Fawlty Towers, Mock the Week, BBC News, 24
Books:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Silence of the Lambs