Film, propping up the bar, dancing like a prick, laughing till it [really] hurts, pretending like I know what I'm talking about... typing FADE OUT:
My dream-self, who the odd nightmare aside, has things pretty sweet.
Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Mclusky, Ben Harper, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CocoRosie, Fingathing, Incubus, Juliette & the Licks, QOTSA, Portishead, Sigur Ros, Zero 7 etc etc...
Anything by Billy Wilder or Hitchcock, Random foreign flicks (SHOW ME LOVE, FUNNY GAMES, RUN LOLA RUN, OLDBOY, everything Takashi Miike), Classic 80's teen comedy (WEIRD SCIENCE, BREAKFAST CLUB, FERRIS BUELLER), a fair bit of Hollywood mainstream (LEON, Tarantino, FIGHT CLUB, ALIEN, CRUEL INTENTIONS) and a whole load of films with a skewed outlook on life (DONNIE DARKO, DARK CITY, MATRIX). I could go on forever.
Right now?
MAD MEN, BSG, LOST, GREEK, SUPERNATURAL...
Lately:
End of the Affair -- Graham Greene
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World -- Haruki Murakami
Watchmen -- Alan Moore
Anyone who gets to do what they want for a living; Anyone who puts others before themselves; Anyone who learns from their mistakes; Anyone who isn't afraid to do what they want; Anyone who isn't full of shit; Anyone who can convince me that I'm wrong; Everyone who puts up with me...