Music, film, boogie-ing my sweet ass away.
Andrew Collins, Howling Bells guitarist (FIT), Marc Bolan, Dylan Moran, Vivien Leigh, Marc Davis (Disney Animator in 50s-60s), Scott Rudin (producer), Eric Morcombe, Brian Wilson.
No particular order: Editors, Elbow, The Guillemots, Beach Boys, Hot Chip, Basement Jaxx, Hot Hot Heat, Sheryl Crow, Gorillaz, Razorlight, early Floyd, Bowie, Metric, The Long Blondes, Regina Spektor, Jarvis Cocker, Monsters are Waiting, The Zutons, The Feeling (don't mock me!), The Young knives, Kasabian, We Are Scientists, Billy Joel, Jem, Billy Joel, Republic of Loose, The Pigeon Detectives, Beck, No Doubt (and Gwen), Plantlife, Ella Fitzgerald, The Deadbeats, Kula Shaker, Paul Simon, Gershwin, Muse, Blur, the gossip, CSS, Bloc Party, Ok Go, Nelly Furtado, air traffic, Seeing Scarlet, Late of the Pier, Rumblestrips, Place to Bury Strangers, Red Romance, Yeti, Lesser Panda, Innercity Pirates, Kingsize Five, Film School, Six Nation State, Mostly Bears, Mamas and Papas, Tapes n Tapes, The Alps, Graham Coxon, Arcade Fire, Howling Bells, Me & the Atom Bomb, flaming Lips, Dirty Pretty things (cos Carl is purdy), Raconteurs, Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake and lots of wee small bands which no one will have heard of. Just to give you the general gist. Since I'm a wee small journo, I'm often at gigs for random bands.
I have no interest in Embrace, Celine Dion or Keane, and would prefer those who do want to communicate with me about them to go back to their respective chess clubs.
Twelve Monkeys, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire strikes Back, DiG, All about my mother, Wizard of Oz, Labyrinth, Garden State, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Wonderboys, Jaws, King Kong (original you heathen), Mulhuland Drive, Chinatown, Donnie Darko, I believe in the power of the blockbuster!
I don't watch much but: Family Guy, Simpsons, futurama, Black Books...
Chuck Palahniuk, Black Vinyl, White Powder - Simon Napier-Bell, Jane Eyre, Tony Parsons (i know, i know), Blockbuster - Tom Shone, the secret history, Nick Hornby, Nick Kent, Regeneration - Pat Barker, Andrew Collins, Word mag, Empire and Q, cereal boxes.
Andrew Collins. The man can write so liquid gold! Orson Welles. Dylan Moran. Stewart Lee. All marriage material.