Music (obviously), DJing, Films, Traveling, Clothes, 30's-70's furniture and design, scooters, old cars, car-boot sales, hunting for the above, politics, history of youth-culture... The list goes on.
One of my all time fave Tages tracks. Even though they're much more famous for their later, and more advanced, songs I asolutely love "I should be glad"
Likeminded people with a passion for music.
Oh where to begin...
I have a huge passion for Beat, Blue Eyed Soul, Freakbeat, Early soul, R&B, Popcorn (if anyone can really define what that is), 50's/60's jazz, Psych, French YeYe, etc. I could use up all the space dropping names but the above should give it away.
As I've become old enough to realize that I also like "modern" music.
Following are some styles I enjoy from time to time:
70's: Undertones, Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, similar kinds of new wave and early punk stuff. Also dig some of the mod revival stuff. I was brought up on a coctail of all the above with sprinkles of Lambrettas, Squire, Jam etc.
Thanks to my big brothers (Morten & Tom) for their musical tastes and inspiration!
Even more modern: Smiths, Gene, Pulp, Suede, Kula Shaker (Yeah i know what you're thinking...) etcetc.
Don't mind some of the music happening in the UK at the moment either.
Almost forgot to mention: Creme Brulee!
All that said my heart will always be lost in the 60's Beat!
"Scrubbers!", "We want the finest wines known to humanity and we want them now!"
Withnail & I, Alfie (the original), Ghost goes gear (fantastic music, poor story), Delicatessen, Ghost World, High Fidelity, Blow Up, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Team America, To Sir With Love, Coen Brothers, Amelie, Virgin Suicides, Broken Flowers, Look Both Ways, etc...
Prisoner, Little Britain, Office, League Of Gentlemen, Spaced, Futurama, Simpsons, Never mind the Buzzcocks, QI...
Guess this changes all the time but stuff by authors like:
Douglas Coupland, Nick Hornby, Ben Elton, Erlend Loe, Ingvar Ambjornsen, Haruki Murakami, Will Self. Also some of the old classics.
For a more fact (?) based reading I enjoy the book By Alan Rubin called "Hasj - Himmel og helvete" (in norwegian). Not a smoker myself but even I can see that this guy is short of a marble or two :)
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More Inspiration than heroes: Scott Walker, Michael Caine (surprise surpsrise), Paul Smith, Jacques Dutronc, Peter Sellers, Papa Lazarou, Vicky Pollard,Stephen Fry etc.