john peel (r.i.p. there's always the next space and time life thing), jeremy paxman, jonathan ross, johnny depp, evan dando, norman blake, bob dylan, mick jagger, jonathan coe, norman maccaig (another for the next place), em i can't think of anyone else... richard.e.grant. yeah him too. oh yeah and stephen fry! how could i forget stephen?!
mainly 50s and 60s rnb, soul, garage, nuggets... here is a list of some specific stuff and some other stuff. despite the length of this list, i know there's stuff i've forgotten.adam green, ann peebles, arab strap, aretha franklin, arthur lee, barbara acklin, beach boys, belle & sebastian, ben kweller, betty everett, bettye laVette, bettye swann, blondie, bob dylan, bobby "blue" bland, bonnie "prince" billy, the breeders, brenton wood, bright eyes, the byrds, camera obscura, carla thomas, cat power, the contours, the cure, curtis mayfield, darrell banks, dean parrish, deathcab for cutie, the delgados, diana ross, dobie gray, the duke spirit, dungen, echo & the bunnymen, eddie holman, editors, edwin starr, ella fitzgerald, elliott smith, erma franklin, etta james, eugene kelly, evan dando, figure 5, the five aces, the flaming lips, the flirtations, fontella bass, the four tops, frankie valli & the four seasons, freda payne, garnet mimms, gene chandler, gladys knight & the pips, glasvegas, gloria jones, the go-betweens, gorkys, herbert hunter, honey & the bees, honey cones, hope sandoval, ike & tina turner, interpol, irene reid, iron & wine, the isley brothers, jackie wilson, the jam, james carr, the jesus and mary chain, jim o'rourke, jimmy radcliffe, jimmy ruffin, jj barnes, johnny cash, joy division, julianna hatfield, kim weston, kings of convenience, the kinks, kraftwerk, laura greene, lavern baker, lemonheads, life without buildings, linda griner, linda jones, lonnie lester, loraine ellison, lou rawls, love, luther ingram, major lance, maritime, marlena shaw, martha reeves & the vandellas, the marvelettes, marvin gaye, maxine brown, mel williams, mercury rev, millie jackson, modest mouse, mogwai, morrissey, múm, my bloody valentine, nada surf, neil young, new order, nick drake, nolan porter, nouvelle vague, the organ, otis redding, patti smith, pavement, pixies, pj harvey, the postal service, primal scream, pulp, radiohead, the ravonettes, rod stewart, rolling stones, rufus thomas, ryan adams, sam cooke, serge gainsbourg, the shins, sigur rós, sister sledge, the small faces, the smiths, sonic youth, sons & daughters, the specials, the spinners, spiritualized, sufjan stevens, super furry animals, t.rex, talking heads, teenage fanclub, the temptations, timi yuro, the vaselines, the velvelettes, the velvet underground, the walkmen, wilson pickett, yeah yeah yeahs, the zombies...
withnail & I..., wild strawberries, some like it hot, the edukators, edward scissorhands, la gloire de mon père, le château de ma mère, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, the last great wilderness, donnie darko, high fidelity, lost in translation, amèlie, i ? huckabees, chronicles of narnia, my fair lady, run lola run, the pianist, the life aquatic...
blackadder, Q.I, only fools and horses, the mighty boosh, home and away, university challenge, grey's anatomy...
anything by jonathan coe or j.k. rowling, to kill a mockingbird - harper lee, catch 22 - joseph heller, down and out in paris and london/1984 - george orwell, the soul stylists - paolo hewitt, everything is illuminated - jonathan safran foer, an equal music - vikram seth, sweet soul music - peter guralnick... books about music in general.