retreiving lost sticklebricks from the sofa, trying not to go bleddy mental, sandpit architecture, singing like a strangled tabby, native plants, trying to remember what spangles tasted like, making stuff go art-shaped and nice wicker baskets
anyone who's not a total tit. in the meantime, here's kanye and the slayer boys... not together, though it would be an interesting collaboration eh? "I ain't saying she's a gold digger but she ain't messing wit' no angel o' death, death, death..."(Also, The Hoosiers vid for 'Worried About Ray', a fantastic short film about paranoia, sure many of us can relate to that ahem...)
Editors, Keane, Slayer, Kate Bush, Soundgarden, Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Ella Fitzgerald, Micheal Nyman soundtracks, Glenn Miller and various other bits of wartime swing, Joni Mitchell, Aerosmith, Fiona Apple, Beatles, Led Zep, Thin Lizzy, Jeff Buckley, Crowded House, southern boogie, Monster Magnet, Pearl Jam, Public Enemy, Boss, Beastie Boys, Pixies, Aretha Franklin, that Tognetti bloke who did the Master & Commander soundtrack, Edith Piaf, My Bloody Valentine, T Rex, Pink Floyd, Christina Aguilera, Supergrass, Fun Loving Criminals, Who, Ry Cooder, Fleetwood Mac, Billie Holiday, Metallica, Mary J. Blige, Manic Street Preachers, Beverly Knight, Elgar, Scissor Sisters, Nick Drake and dodgy old tunes from the 20s, 30s & 40s... in short, no one trendy, and anyone tuneful.
Orlando, Saratoga, Master & Commander, the Man Who Came to Dinner, Plunkett & Macleane, Gosford Park, Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon, Fargo, la Jetee, Fifth Element, Madness of King George, Great Expectations (1945 version), Gone With the Wind, Elizabeth, the English Patient, Matter of Life and Death, Ice Cold in Alex, Lawrence of Arabia, the African Queen, Paris Texas, the Hours, the Piano, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, Enemy at the Gates, old Sherlock Holmes films, Once Upon a Time in the West, Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex, Wings of Desire, House of Flying Daggers/Hero/arty kung-fueyness, Life of Brian, I know Where I'm Going...
drug of the nation (apparently). we've got sky so that must make me pete fucking doherty right?
eliot, zola, austen, hardy, brontes basically most stuff by people who have been dead for at least 80 years (except for hunter s. thomson who just looked like he had been - poor sod)
tilda swinton (for sheer good looks), elizabeth 1st (for getting the nation back together after henry VIII's tyrannical war-mongering) and 'jones the steam' (for zen-like calm)and possibly wonder woman (who, by the way nick, could TOTALLY kick the million dollar man's ass)