Music, Music, Going out, My Friends, Running, Swimming, Tennis, Music, Gigging, Music and erm..... oh yes, Music.
Santa Claus, the guy who invented jelly,
This could take a while so bare with me .... Bedouin Soundclash, Henry Mancini, The Isley Brothers, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Lenny Kravitz, James Horner, The Stranglers, The Feeling, The Shards(of course), Fairport Convention, Fleetwood Mac, The Black Crowes, Van Morrison, The Four Tops, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, M.I.A., Thomas Newman, Yes, Arctic Monkeys, Genesis, George Benson, Muse, George Harrison, Aerosmith, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Gram Parsons, Antony and The Johnsons, Greatful Dead, Guns 'n' Roses, Kaiser Chiefs, k.d Lang, Kanye West, Kate Bush, The Killers, Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Kings of Leon, Seth Lakeman, The Kinks, Kirsty MacColl, Kraftwerk, Deep Purple, Kris Kristofferson, KT Tunstall, Kula Shaker, Bonnie Raitt, Damien Rice, David Bowie, Derek & The Dominos, Supertramp, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Dido, Tim Buckley, Dire Straits, Don McLean, Donovan, Depeche Mode, The Doors, Dr.Dre, Duran Duran, Tom Petty & The Heartbrakers, George Michael, Dusty Springfield, Public Enemy, ABBA, ABC, AC/DC, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, Corinne Bailey Rae, Amy Winehouse, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin, The Pogues, Weather Report, White Stripes, Whitney Houston, The Who, Charlies Mingus, Willie Nelson, INXS, Iron Maiden, Issac Hayes, The Cure, ZZ Top, The Zutons, Television, Eagles, Edwin Starr, ELO, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Elvis Presley, ELP, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Cliff, U2, UB40, Oasis, The Originals, Otis Redding, Rush, Queen, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Carole King, Cat Stevens, The Chemical Brothers, Chet Atkins, The Clash, Coldplay, The Contours, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stiils, Nash & Young, Crowded House, Curtis Mayfield, Cyndi Lauper, The Raconteurs, Macy Gray, Madonna, The Magic Numbers, The Mamas And The Papas, Manic Street Preachers, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Marvelettes, Emmylou Harris, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Massive Attack, Meatloaf, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Mike Oldfield, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, The Flaming Lips, B.B. King, Badly Drawn Boy, The Band, Barrett Strong, Barbra Streisand, Barry White, Basement Jaxx, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Iggy Pop, The Beatles, The Beautiful South, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Bjork, Black Sabbath, Blind Faith, Blondie, Bloc Party, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Brenda Holloway, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Holly, Buena Vista Social Club, Burt Bacharach, The Byrds, Fugees, Talking Heads, The Tempatations, Texas, Tina Turner, Tom Waits, Tony Bennett, Tori Amos, Toto, Tracy Chapman, Funkadelic, Hard-Fi, Herbie Hancock, Hootie & The Blowfish, Human League, The Stooges, Traffic, Santana, Bee Gees, Screamin' J Hawkins, Seal, Sex Pistols, Sheryl Crow, The Smashing Pumpkins, Simon & Garfunkel, Simply Red, Sly & The Family Stone, Small Faces, The Smiths, Smokey Robinson & The Mircles, Specials, Steely Dan, Steve Winwood, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Stone Roses, The Streets, The Strokes, Suzanne Vega, Jose Gonzalez, Jack Johnson, Jackson 5, The Jam, James Blunt, James Brown, James Taylor, Jamiroquai, Janet Jackson, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, XTC, Jeff Buckley, Jeff Wayne, Jet, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Ruffin, John Coltrane, John Lennon, John Martyn, The Go! Team, John Mayall, John Mayer, Joni Mitchell, Joss Stone, Joy Devision, Junior Walker & The All Stars, Maximo Park, R.E.M., Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, The Moody Blues, Ramones, Randy Newman, Rare Earth, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Richard Thompson, Ringo Starr, Robert Johnson, Robert Wyatt, Roberta Flack, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers, Roxy Music, Ryan Adams, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, The Libertines, Lionel Richie, Lou Reed, Love, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Thom Yorke, Nat King Cole, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, Neil Young, The Neptunes, New Order, Nick Drake, Nicki Allan, Nirvana, Norah Jones, P J Harvey, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Paul Weller, Pearl Jam, Peter Frampton, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Phil Spector, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Polar Bar, The Police, Portishead, The Pretenders, Primal Scream, Prince, The Prodigy, Pulp, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Richard Hawley ...... plus plenty of others, it's taken a whole "Magic Numbers" album to list all that shit.
Also into quite alot of flims ...... Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction(genius), West Side Story, Cabaret, Sideways, Fahrenheit 9/11, Spirited Away, Silence of The Lambs, E.T., To Kill A Mockingbird, A Beautiful Mind, Truth or Dare, Lawrence of Arabia, Deer Hunter, This is Spinal Tap(it's scary just how realistic this is), Reds, Closer, American Beauty, Schindler's List, The Godfather(and Godfather 2 of course), A Clockwork Orange, Midnight Cowboy, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Lost In Translation, Million Dollar Baby, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Monster, Finding Nemo, The Lion King(my guilty pleasure) The list could continue....
Modern Toss(the best thing ever!!!!!), Friends, South Park, Simpsons, Ally McBeal, The Friday Night Project, The Vicor of Dibley, The Office, Extras, Sex and The City, Little Britain, Later..... With Jools Holland.
The Color Purple, Animal Farm The Da Vinci Code, Independence Day, Elbow Room, Proof, A Thousand Acres, The Killer Angels, Diary of a Salesman, 1984, Rabbit At Rest, The Hours, The Great White Hope, Matilda, David Copperfield, any kinda pop-up books and of course ....... The Karma Sutra ;-)