Music:
kings of leon, paul weller,the zutons,terry callier, fun loving criminals,joy division,nightmares on wax,stevie wonder, air, the young knives, jurassic 5,dirty pretty things, kooks, david bowie, the who, bloc party, roachford, any northern soul,a tribe called quest,mr hudson & the library, cold war kids, richard hawley, the clash, the enemy, figure 5, elbow, the coral, queens of the stone age, the twang
Movies:
scarface, usual suspects, raging bull, rocky, city of god, la haine, crash,
Television:
sopranos,shameless,still game, phoenix nights,mock the week
Books:
sacred art of stealing (christopher brookmyre)
Heroes:
oliver reed