myself in a dark alley
Magnetic Fields
The Divine Comedy
Overrocket
Elefant
Supercar
Judy & Mary
The Polyphonic Spree
Granddady
Pink (yes, PINK)
Leonard Cohen
Baby Ford (remember...?)
David Devant & his Spirit Wife (Auntie Mabel!)
Desmond Dekker
Jet
Robbie Williams
Takako Minekawa
Soul Asylum
Elbow
Towa Tei
Cornelius
Gorillaz
Echo & the Bunnymen
Toy Dolls
Shellyan Orphan
Smokey & Miho (but not Beck)
Oranj Symphonette (still not Beck, though)
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Zongamin
The Walkmen
Buck Owens
Link Wray
Her Space Holiday
The Flaming Lips
France Gall
Francoise Hardy
Chantal Goya
Jacques Brel
They Might Be Giants (shut up. i'm a geek.)
Throwing Muses
Belle & Sebastian
The Be Good Tanyas
Bratmobile
Drugstore
The Darkness
Daisy Chainsaw
The Streets
Graham Coxon...
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Roman Holiday
Wonderful Life (Afterlife)
Toto le héros
My Life as a Dog
Sabrina
Quadrophenia
The L-Shaped Room
Love, Actually
Betty Blue
Ping Pong
Kikujiro
Masculin, féminin
Happenstance
Amélie
Defending Your Life
Mean Streets
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Koi... Mil Gaya
Night on Earth
Heathers
Authors who can do no wrong:
P.G. Wodehouse
Haruki Murakami
Augusten Burroughs
Kurt Vonnegut
Dave Eggers
Terry Pratchett
W. Somerset Maugham
Lynn Picknett
Douglas Adams
David Sedaris
James Gleick
Specific books:
T.E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Brian Greene - The Elegant Universe
Ruth Ozeki - My Year of Meats
Donna Williams - Nobody Nowhere
Philippe Bourgois - In Search of Respect
Monica Ali - Brick Lane