CITIES for the buzz of bustling people, big buildings, markets, galleries & museums, graffiti, parks, grand or glass architecture, wailing sirens, going out & watching it all.
WINTER for Christmas, clear frosty mornings, snow, fresh air, skiing & boarding, mountains, big fires & feeling cosy.
SUMMER for long hot days, good food, eating out, music festivals, sandy beaches, windsurfing, roadtrips, bbq's & sitting on my roof.
FAR FLUNG PLACES for contrast, culture, getting away from it all, really living, adventure & colour.
FRIENDS & FAMILY for doing things with, following their ups and downs & them being there for my own; laughing till it hurts and then laughing about it again later, getting in trouble & sharing memories.
TAKING PHOTOS of all the above.
AiM, Air, Bowie, Beatles, Chemical Brothers, The Clash, The Cure, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, DJ shadow, Every thing but the Girl, Fila Brazilia, Fat Boy Slim, Faithless, Franz Ferdinand, Fun Lovin Criminals, Funki Porcini, Futureheads, Gorillaz, Groove Amada, Herbert, The Jam, Jurrasic 5, Joni Mitchell, Killers, Kate Bush, The Kooks, Lemon Jelly, The Magic Numbers, Massive Attack, Maximo Park, MC Solar, Mint Royal, Moby, Morcheeba, Mylo, New Order, Oasis, Orbital, Pink Floyd, Propellerheads, Rinocerose, Royksopp, Rufus Wainwright, Sneaker Pimps, St Germain, Saint Etienne, Scissor Sisters, Sting & The Police, The Subways, Supertramp, System F, White Rose Movement, Underworld, The Velvet Underground, William Orbit, Yann Tiersen, Zero 7...
Life is Beatiful (Robert Benigni) - amazing, beautiful, funny & tragic
Planet Earth
Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials and other fantasy stuff