My main interests are the seaside, music and food. My musical interests are far too broad and I’m a sucker for anything with a hypnotic beat or anything weird that’s influenced by jazz but isn’t. I also collect a lot of electronic disco and my main obsession is Italo-disco. I devote far too much time tracking down these obscure ’80s Italian dance twelves, but thankfully many have been re-issued which has saved me from bankruptsy. I also love abandoned, obsolete and derelict buildings structures and places. Oh, and cars. My favourite cars are the '70s Mercades SL, the '70s BMW 3.0csl coupe, the Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV and the Citron DS.
Andy Warhol, Saint Etienne (again), but only after I have become a swan or butterfly, Chris Lowe, Jonathan Ross (he seems nice), Iggy Pop (I just wanna be his dog), the Man on the Moon, the Kids in America, the kids sleeping on the moon.
My main inspiration comes from music. I love the aesthetic, epoch evoking music of Saint Etienne and the emotive, melancholic and quietly subversive music of the Pet Shop Boys. I also love Italo-disco, N.Y. Punk, Post-punk, Blondie, Eurythmics, Prince, Joni Mitchell, Giorgio Moroder, Ambient/soundtracks, some electronica, a little bit of Jazz and a pinch of folk...
I'm not very interested in films and I hate going to the cinema more than going to the dentist, which I quite enjoy. However, here are a few films that I remember enjoying: Don't Look Now, Walkabout, The Wicker Man, the Witchfinder General, some Sci-Fi (Bladerunner, Dune, Star Wars), Nuts In May, Abigail's Party and a bit of seventies horror and lots of John Waters.
The Day of the Triffids was quite good as far as I can remember...oh, and Nuts In May and the Boy from Space (from Look & Read).
Not David Bowie but: Andy Warhol, John Waters, Deborah Harry, John Lydon (the shit-stirring, self-indulgent arse), Prince (when I was younger and sartorially), Saint Etienne (the ultimate art pop group), Pet Shop Boys (the ultimate pop art group), Joni Mitchell: creatively self indulgent ideologically flawed (has also made some great records).