I have delusions of culturedom - so I love most Art forms, in particular: Medieval, Baroque & Modern architecture Some forms of art - including abstract. I'm also a big film nut, especially European cinema and anything by Wes Anderson. Music- mainly the more intellectual side of pop and Latin - with forays into jazz, rock, classical and opera.
Pretty eclectic but my favourites are, The Divine Comedy, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, U2, Lizzie West, Lemonjelly, Bob Dylan, Ash, The Frames, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Green Day, Garbage, The Clash, The Levellers, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, REM, Blondie, Burt Bacarach, The Beach Boys, The Cure, Elvis Costello, Damien Rice, Bell X-1, Kate Rusby, Rory Gallagher, Squeeze, The Killers, Keane, The Ramones, Mic Christopher, Jeff Buckley, The Stunning, Goldfrapp, Caf del Mar, The Smiths, David Bowie, Cat Stephens, Mogwai, Manu Chao, Dean Martin, Jean Baptiste Lully, Juanes, Mika... width="425" height="350" ..
Anything by Wes Andersen and Christopher Guest; Anything with Michael Caine or Brendan Gleeson; Withnail & I, Life of Brian, Y tu Mama Tambien, Lawrence of Arabia, Secretary, Metropolis, Blue Angel, The Holy Grail, The Meaning of Life, Fargo, Amelie, Delicatessen, Talk to Her, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Ghost World, Hard Day's Night, early Carry On films, Easter Parade, High Fidelity, Chocolat, The Closet, The Actors, Breakfast at Tiffany's, How to Steal a Million, How to Marry a Millionaire, Some Like it Hot, Kid Creole, The Most Fertile Man in Ireland, Breakfast on Pluto
A confirmed history nut with televisionholic tendencies my favourites are: Time Team, Who Do You Think You Are?, Most Haunted, Meet the Ancestors, Discovery history and engineering programmes, Will & Grace, Malcom in the Middle, Scrubs, My Life in Film, Shameless, CSI, Sharpe, Hands (an Irish programme made in the early 80s), How Clean Is Your House? Judge Judy and Top Gear!!!.
"The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" by Robert Tressel, War & Peace, Alan Bennett biogs, The daVinci Code Decoded , most Doris Lessing, Poppy Z. Brite, T.E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
The architect Borromini, Baroque genius and designer of my favourite building. (snarfled from www.everlasting-star.net)