alcohol, bread, cycling, dogs, England, friends, good times, hugs, Indian food, jumpers, kids, lightning, marmalade, new experiences, oceans, progressive trance, quality, respect, snogging, travel, watches, Xenia, Yorkshire Dales, zzzzz's
I'd like to meet:
Orson Welles, Mike Meyers, Derek Zoolander, Stewie Griffin, Sir Jonathan Porritt, Joe Simpson (Touching the Void), Peter Kay, and ....anyone who loves to dance all night!
Music:
House music is in my blood! Otherwise I listen to: Massive Attack, Midlake, The Beach Boys, Abba, Kasabian, The Stone Roses, Elvis Costello (and his wife Diana Krall), Keane, Echo and the Bunnymen, The White Stripes, The Bee Gees, Gnarls Barkley, Thin Lizzy, Pet Shop Boys, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Squeeze, Jamiroquai, Take That, Stevie Wonder, De La Soul, The Cardigans, The Pretenders,early Simple Minds, The Clash, Gary Numan, The Sweet, Happy Mondays, Beastie Boys, T-Rex, The Feeling, James Brown, early and late Madonna, Brian Wilson, No Doubt, Boney M, Basement Jaxx, Zero 7, Jeff Buckley, Mary J. Blige
Movies:
This is Spinal Tap, Wayne's World, Shaun of the Dead, Midnight Run, The Shawshank Redemption, Election, Blinkende Lygter (The best Danish film ever!), Pirates of the Caribbean, Fearless, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, The Constant Gardener, Best in Show, Mars Attacks, Delicatessen, Friday the 13th, Highlander, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Man with Two Brains, The Motorcycle Diaries, Dam Busters, Silent Running, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, We're No Angels, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Diva, Ringu, Fight Club, Subway, King Kong (The Fae Wray version!), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Breathless and, of course The Italian Job!
Television:
At the moment I am particularly enjoying "Family Guy" - it's subliime! Anytime else I would be very happy watching The Simpsons, Grand Designs, I'm Alan Partridge, Phoenix Nights, Dragon's Den, Fawlty Towers, Newsnight, Futurama, Blackadder, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Brass Eye, Seinfeld, The Office, CSI, The Day Today, The Fast Show, Shooting Stars...
Books:
Murakami, Tove Jansson, E.F. Schumacher and Dan Brown! This week I have been mostly reading "Discourse on Method and the Meditations" by Rene Descartes.....Niiiice!
Heroes:
My Dad, John Peel, Eddy Irvine, Brian Wilson, Matt Le Tissier, Homer Simpson, He Man, Richard Branson, Lance Armstrong, Derek Zoolander(!) and anyone who manages to live a more authentic and environmentally-friendly life then me.