I'd like to meet:
George Bush, so that I could strangle him and do us all a favour. My Dad again. John Peel and Bob Marley. The comedian Dave Allen. Deepak Chopra. Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage). Michael Palin. Arif Mardin. Kate Bush. John Williams the composer. Someone great for my Mum. Daniel Lanois.
Music:
Bob Marley, Bobby McFerrin, Underworld, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Prodigy, Underworld, Leftfield, Terminalhead, anything produced by Martin Rushent, Mainframe, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Kraftwerk, Bob James and anything Tappan Zee, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, Mainframe, Arvo Part, Echostrings, anything mixed by Mark Stent, Hex Orchestra.... list too long!
Movies:
Eraserhead, Sexy Beast, The Castle, Long Walk Home, Clockwork Orange, Apocalypse Now, Seven, Old Boy, Unleashed, Bladerunner, anything Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Jean Reno, Gary Oldman or Ray Winstone, anything very dark, deep, scary, meaningful, anything that forces a reaction. Anything Craig Armstrong has scored. Anything on Jen's list is always a good bet too. Anything deeply strange, bleak and odd. Anything absurd.
Television:
Mostly bizarre recognition comedy: Time Trumpet, Trigger Happy TV, Alan Partridge, Vic and Bob, Human Remains, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Shooting Stars, Louis Theroux obviously, anything Ricky Gervais, anything John Cleese, Anthony Bourdain, anything Peter Kay and Pheonix Nights, Steve Coogan, Grumpy Old Men, Coach Trip, Globetrekker (on Sky), Spitting Image, The Young Ones, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, League Of Gentlemen, People Like Us.
Books:
Don't get time to read; generally just scratch and sniff any pictures that may be there. Douglas Adams, Anthony Bourdain, maps of Australia. Meaning Of Liff. Does Anything Eat Wasps. Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? Sogyal Rinpoche's "The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying".
Heroes:
My Dad: introduced me to music. My Wee Jen: showed me more than I can ever have imagined. My Nan: if I'm half as bright as her when I'm 50 years old, I'll be happy. My Mum for putting up with all of it. Mr Wolfblass, the winemaker. Larry David: we have too much in common. Dave Ruffy: like my older brother I never had and a wonderfully respected dude. Beck, Henryk Gorecki, Pastorius, Steve Gadd, Stevie Wonder, Bobby McFerrin, Mitchell Froom and Stephen Lipson: geniuses.