Charms and trinkets, old letters and photographs, tattoos, 40s/50s vintage clothing, art deco, surrealism, showgirls, pearls, high heels, anything related to Hawaii or Las Vegas, rum cocktails, red lipstick, staying in, going out, afternoon tea, hotels, motels and tropical fish.
I'd like to meet:
People with lots of money! Just kidding, people looking for a bit of tropical escapism (without all that pesky sand and sun), people who love dressing up, looking glamourous (most of the time), people who appreciate all things slightly ridiculous.
Music:
Lots of things. Beastie Boys, Beach Boys, Elvis, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, Chet Baker, Jeff Buckley, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash, Foo Fighters, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The View, The Distillers, The Pixies, Interpol, The Clash, The Smiths, Green Day, Rancid, Smashing Pumpkins, Dolly Parton, Cher, Sparkle Moore, Loretta Lynn......
Movies:
Anything set in Vegas (Fear and Loathing, Ocean's Eleven (the original)), anything involving long journeys across America (Thelma and Louise), anything with Marylin (Some Like it Hot), anything Johnny Depp (Cry Baby, Pirates), anything Dolly Parton (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 9 to 5, and that one where she plays an angel sent down to bring a family together at Christmas - brilliant). Oh, and Mary Poppins, The Shining, The Good Girl, Napoleon Dynamite, Bonnie and Clyde and Capote.
Television:
Simpsons, Friends (old ones), Prison Break, Desperate Housewives, American Idol, LK Today, The OC, anything involving miraculous makeovers, CSI, old school Saved By The Bell, Murder She Wrote, Happy Days, The Wonder Years. And Party of Five. And Baywatch.
Books:
Valley of the Dolls, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Less Than Zero, Factotum, Motley Crue - The Dirt, Last Exit To Brooklyn, Modern Ranch Living, Kon Tiki, Non Fiction, Kingdom of Fear
Heroes:
Mary Poppins, Joan Collins, Dolly Parton, Salvador Dali (see my homage above), Sailor Jerry, Liberace, Gertrude Bell.
