The smell of woodsmoke, spending time with those I love, staying in hotels, very fine maple syrup (not maple FLAVOURED syrup), the CBC Radio 3 Podcast, Swedish pear cider, screenwriting, Last FM, finding out things I didn't know before, driving, cooking, dancing, Japeth The Goat, watching people who are experts doing their thing, meeting loved ones at the airport, listening to new music.
I'd like to meet:
Myself, just before I parked the car on that hill with the handbrake off. I would have some advice for him.
Music:
In no order, Broken Social Scene (actually, they are my favourites), Phoenix, The Absent Sound, Boards Of Canada, The Novaks, The GLC, The Dears, Midlake, Metric (sometimes), Sufjan Stevens, Joel Plaskett, Radiohead, The Arcade Fire, My Bloody Valentine, Royal Wood, The Trash Can Sinatras, of course and all my musical friends in my friends box, and all that's new and exciting, but not like I'm being a show off, you understand? Good. I'm glad. Here's a more detailed look at what floats my musical boat...
Movies:
Mis, Hoodwinked, Dead Man's Shoes, The Crimson Pirate, Goldfinger, M. Hulot's Holiday, The Big Lebowski, The Bourne Supremacy, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Incredibles, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Dog Day Afternoon, Bad Santa, Dark Star, Snow Cake, When Harry Met Sally...
Television:
Life On Mars, Prison Break, GBH, very good TV ads, Phoenix Nights, Curb Your Enthusiasm, I'm Alan Partridge, Bakersfield PD, five's idents, Father Ted, Arrested Development, Shackleton, Frasier, Blackpool...more as I see it.
Books:
Fergus Fleming (no relation), John Irving, Simon Schama, Henri Charriere, Alessandro Boffa, Mick Foley, Simon Garfield...
Heroes:
Richard Condie, Luc Besson, Brendan Canning, John Lautner, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Rae, Kevin Drew, Sir William Ferguson Anderson, Thomas & Joseph, Steve Coogan, Mme Moreau, Stephen Fry, Germaine Greer, Rufus Wainwright, Grant Lawrence, Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Bridges and many others. It can be disappointing to meet your heroes, but I've been very fortunate.
