I'd like to meet:
Just be real. I don't want or need to know any social climbers in pursuit of the American Dream.
oh...
...and Pépe the Prawn
Music:
Locally: The Konks, The Curses, The Kings of Nuthin, The Alrighters, Tunnel of Love, The New You, Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys, Secret Hearts, The Stumbleweeds, The Collisions, Zemog el Gallo Bueno, A .45 to Pay the Rent, Bury the Needle, The Bismarck, The Spitzz, The Tampoffs, Coffin Lids, Bourbon Princess...
Stuff that those of you from other parts of the world may have heard of: Radiohead, BATTLEs, Sons & Daughters, Happy Mondays, The Black Keys, Snow Patrol, Mclusky, Bob Mould/Sugar/Husker Du, The Gossip, Clutch, Technician, Don Caballero, Fishbone, Talking Heads, Bloc Party, The Go! Team, Doves, Elbow, Catatonia, XTC, Blur, Stiff Little Fingers, The Shins, Ivy, River City Rebels, Snowden, Pennywise, Los Straightjackets, Man or Astroman, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols, X, Soul Coughing, The Appleseed Cast, Inspiral Carpets, Working for a Nuclear Free City, Propellerheads, The Chemical Brothers, Meat Beat Manifesto, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Ride, Depeche Mode, The Stone Roses, Swervedriver, Franz Ferdinand, Audio Bullys, The Smiths/Morrissey, The Clash, Paul Weller/The Jam, The Replacements, Social Distortion, The Reverend Horton Heat, Johnny Cash, Interpol, Violent Femmes, The Pixies...
Movies:
Serenity; Roadside Prophets; Ronin; The Big Lebowski; Underworld; Snatch; Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels; Trainspotting; Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie); À la folie... pas du tout (He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not); L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment); Dirty Pretty Things; From Dusk 'Til Dawn; Hero; House of Flying Daggers; The Host; Office Space; 24 Hour Party People; True Stories; Waking Ned Devine; The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain; Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville); Bond films; Secretary...
Television:
Firefly, Northern Exposure, Father Ted, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Mighty Boosh, Top Gear...
Books:
I don't read much fiction, but I'm a fan of Kerouac, Steinbeck, Twain...