William Burroughs; Miquita Oliver; Jack Kerouac; Ed Norton; Steve Albini; Sonic Youth; Chicago, IL (USA); Darren Aronofsky; Martin Amis; Laughing at people's Facebook photos (sorry: I'm clearly not mature enough for Facebook); Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum; Hadley Freeman (The Guardian Fashion editor); Armando Ianucci; San Diego, CA (USA); Ornette Coleman; The Welsh; Angelina Jolie; Pancakes; Manchester (UK); Natalie Portman; Zatoichi; The Chapman Bros; Jim Beam; Dr John; 38E cups; Tony Wilson; Huw Stephens; Mark Lamarr; A Bout De Soufflé; Hubert Selby JR; Angela Gannon from The Magic Numbers; Charles Dickens; Butthole Surfers; Chris Morris; Scandinavian Women; Rune Grammafon Records; www.hyperdub.net; Charlie Brooker; David Mitchell; Billy Bob Thornton; The Hulk; Mutya from Sugababes; Swans; The Mighty Boosh; Kyuss; Nietzsche; Annie Mac (but not really for her radio talents); King of The Hill; Banoffee Pie (both the tasty dessert and the arts events); When Harry Met Sally; Wayne Shorter; Grace Slick; Brittney Murphy; Bill Murray; Hash Browns; Punctuation; Helmet; Adventures; John Zorn; Lindsay Lohan; Ghandy; Bret Easton Ellis; www.pitchforkmedia.com; Hippos; Touch & Go Records; Jimmy Carr; Austin, TX (USA); Rosario Dawson; Michael Marshall Smith; Glenn Branca; Bitches Brew; Guiness; Swingers; 679 Recordings; Portia de Rossi; Led Zeppelin; Haruki Murakami; Van Morrison; The Fall; Carrot Cake; MF Doom; Alice Coltrane; Johnny Depp; David Holmes; www.weirdears.com; Charles Bukowski; Bombay Sapphire; Les Savy Fav; Melvins; Joquain Phoenix; Neil Young; Tricky; Asahi Dry; Vinyl Exchange on Oldham St, Manchester; Allen Ginsberg; Women with interesting names; All-day band events organised in the Ouseburn delta (Newcastle); Sun Ra; Broken Lizard Films; The Stooges; Scarlett Johansson; Pretending to be The Bad Santa Harry Potter; Perry Farrell; Paddy Constantine; Woke; Terry Gilliam; Vocabulary; The Jesus Lizard; Ameoba Records on Sunset Blvd, LA; Mike Patton; Young God Records; John Barth; Ross Noble; Shiraz; Raymond Chandler; Richard Pryor; Pharoah Saunders; Swearing (but not gratuitously); McLusky; Record Collector, Broomhill, Sheffield; Tenchu: The Wrath of Heaven; Lester Bangs; The mighty 5-a-side (dis)abilities of Team Skill Force (nee Slee FC); Joanna Newsom; Dazed and Confused; Bill Hicks; Corona; Nigella Lawson
Albums: 1) Funhouse - The Stooges 2) Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 3) Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin 4) Pre Millenium Tension - Tricky 5) Welcome to Sky Valley - KyussSongs: 1) 1970 - The Stooges 2) Gladiator - The Jesus Lizard 3) Black Coffee - Nearly God 4) Human Cannonball - Butthole Surfers 5) Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman 'Astral Weeks' by Van Morrison is a lovely song to play when the sun rises. 'Hymn of The Big Wheel' by Massive Attack will be played at my funeral. 'Grinder' by Big Black is good to drive to.
Makes you stupid, except for the good stuff like the News.
I've read some, but not all of them. This irks me sometimes.1) Post Office - Charles Bukowski 2) On The Road - Jack Kerouac 3) Place of Dead Roads - William Burroughs 4) Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 5) Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis The best short story ever is either 'The Dead' by James Joyce; 'Horse Legs' by Ryosuke Atakawa or 'John Coltrane Lives!' by Lester Bangs.
Hunter S Thompson Charles Bukowski Mark E Smith Jack Kerouac Lester Bangs Anyone else who realises that being a drunk and a cunt do not necessarily make you wrong or a bad person.