Well playing Piano obviously (see vids), writing music (rarely), listening to music especially impressionist and Romantic (by which I mean late Beethoven et al and not some cheesey orange guy), early 20th century, plus some good ole Rock and Indie/Alt, oo and jazz and swing too. Films I like tend to be either funny, have inventive action sequencing or a decent/new story or a very clever script, or all of the above. I do watch tv (shock horror) although at the moment all my programmes seem to be out of season, so basically the only thing I'm watching at the moment is stargate and the American version of the office. I like to read too - Oscar Wilde, Stephen King, Mark Gatiss etc. I also absolutely adore conversations that don't start with - Did you see, have you seen, bad weather aint it?, good weather aint it? Hows you? Hows it going? Whats up? Wassup? Will you do me a favour? OMG, you'll never guess what happened? - Anything else will get my attention lol
I'd like to meet:
Ideally I would like to meet me in 20 years. Then kill and murder myself, claiming all of my elder's possessions and money yet retaining my boyish good looks (ahem). I would also like to meet Debussy after brushing up on my French, Liszt (to see him play), Rachmaninoff (like wise), God (so I can give him a slap and stand on his beard), Rufus Wainwright, Charles Darwin, The League of Gents, Casanova, aaaaaaaand one more........ Mozart, to see if he really did have a ridiculous laugh. /font
Music:
Debussy, Bartok, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Liszt, Grieg, Faure, Vaughn Williams, Miles Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis and Ella, Cole Porter, Gershwin, Nat King Cole, ELO, Chili's, Scissor Sisters, Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Queen, Eva Cassidy, Pink Floyd, Incubus, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Blur, Gorillaz, Radiohead, Muse, Eels, etc Really far too much stuff to bother making a list, but look, I did! Silly me.
Movies:
Green Mile, Braveheart, 5th Element, Monty Python, Little Shop of Horrors, Donnie Darko, Starwars, Crouching Tiger, Gattaca, The Legend of 1900, The Pianist, The Piano Teacher, FFVII - Advent Children, Equilibrium, etc /font
Television:
League of Gentlemen, Mighty Boosh, Nighty Night, Alan Partridge, Father Ted, Peep Show, Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie, Red Dwarf, Green Wing, Will and Grace, Friends, Frasier, Cheers, Little Britain, Bo'Selecta, Only Fools, Faulty Towers, Monthy Python, also like, Stargate, The Apprentice, CSI, etc
Books:
The Vesuvius Club - Mark Gatiss, fooking genius.
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, it really really is even better than the film, I promise you.
Misery and The Green Mile - Beautifully twisted and clever, two favourite things of mine.
Oscar Wilde - Always read with a sense I'm being mocked and not knowing about it, I also think I may be a bastard son of his, but yet to be confirmed.
Dickens - Great Expectations, it was actually quite funny.
Heroes:
Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, generally fantastic composers who either changed music or just added to an abundance of fantastically beautiful music, and that goes for contemporary people too. (*Cough* Radiohead *Cough*) ..
