Making the most of a night out/creative rhythm guitar/blues harp/ backdrops on talc/teaching Texans the 'Madchester two-step'/accents/interesting drink suggestions/hijacking stereos at parties/Minis 1959-2001/Sunday Guinness/comedy look-a-likies/motorbikin'/good food/keeping the faith + pushing on through.
Any of the bands I love, people who enjoy having good times, brothers and sisters of the road, Dave Gorman, Bruce Parry, the 'Dude' Lebowski, Columbo and new friends who like to raise the bar.
Indie/Rock/Rock 'n' Roll/Northern Soul/Funk/Blues/ Bluegrass/Folk/60's Beat/Ska/Skiffle/ Boogaloo - basically anything played with instruments that moves you (see blog). Electronic stuff has a place in my cd collection too, however I'm drawing the line at this new wave of 'Rhythm 'n' Blues' which I find franky unlistenable.
The Big Lebowski/Quadrophenia/ The Blues Brothers/Star Wars/Ferris Buellers Day Off/Scarface/A Mighty Wind/The Italian Job (1969)/Batman the Movie (1966)/The Life of Brian/Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure.
(see 'videos').
I like loads of varied reads, books are ACE. Kerouac/Deaver/John King/biographies, whatever. If I could reccomend anything it would be Phillip Pullmans 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. (movie of the 1st book 'Northern Lights/Golden Compass in cinemas now)
My closest friends, Malcom and Angus Young, Bon Scott, John Peel, Keith Moon, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Dylan, Hendrix, Richards, Cash, The Gallaghers, Ian Brown, Tim Burgess, Sir Tom Finney, The Pythons, Homer Simpson, Reeves and Mortimer, Bill Hicks.