Nerds (not geeks, they're just odd), freaks, weirdos, heavy drinkers, party people, chill out people and anyone who likes me. Oh, and anyone else who's ever seen "Manos, The Hands Of Fate".
THE TOP FIVE: The Cure, Joy Division, New Order, Pixies, The Beatles. Then, choose from: The Smiths,Interpol, Husker Du, DFA 1979, 808 State, The Arcade Fire, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Walkmen, The Auteurs, The Avalanches, Babe Ruth (well, that one song really), Bauhaus, Big Black, The Byrds, Bloc Party, Bob Mould, The Boo Radleys, The Brakes, The Breeders, The Bravery (they were good at Glastonbury, honest), Brian Eno (the chill out stuff), Buzzcocks, Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Carbon Dating Service, The Cardigans, The Carrie Nations, Cast, Cerrone, The Chameleons, The Chemical Brothers, Cocteau Twins, Coldcut, Cut Chemist, Cut Copy, The Dandy Warhols, Dame David Bowie (Thin White Duke era), Dawn Of The Replicants, Iggy Pop, De La Soul, Dead Disco, Death In Vegas, MSTRKRFT, Delia Derbyshire, Depeche Mode (up to a point, though, ya knaa?), Devo, Dinosaur Jr, DJ Shadow (but not the new one), Donovan, Durutti Column (sandpaper sleeve), Echo And The Bunnymen, Editors, ELO, Electronic, Electric Six, Ennio Morricone (sleazy 70s giallo soundtracks only), ESG, Erol Alkan, Fabio Frizzi (partic. The Beyond), Feeder, Fiery Furnaces, Fingers Inc, Foo Fighters, Frankie Knuckles, Franz Ferdinand, Freddie Stevenson, Fujiya And Miyagi, Futureheads, Galaxie 500, George Harrison, Gin Blossoms, Gnarls Barkley, Go Home Productions, The Go! Team, Goblin, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Grand National, The Gossip, Grant Lee Phillips, Happy Mondays, Her Space Holiday, Hot Chip, The House Of Love, The Human League (partic. Travelogue), Idlewild, Ikara Colt, did I say Iggy Pop?, Inner City, James Dean Bradfield, Jean Michel Jarre (but non of the "shining lights on tower blocks" stuff), Joe Smooth, John Carpenter, Joy Division (worth mentioning again - I grew up in Macclesfield, you know?), Kaiser Chiefs (why not?), KC & The Sunshine Band, Kasabain (C.P.F.O.M.), The Killers (not sure about that new album though), Kings Of Leon, The Kinks, Killing Joke (some of it), Kraftwerk, KT Tunstall (aaaw!), Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre's Deceptacon, Lemonheads, LFO, Loose Joints, Lush, Magazine, Mansun, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, Apply Some Pressure by Maximo Park, Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet, Mercury Rev, Mogwai, The Monkees, Morning After Girls, Morningwood (why not?), Mudhoney, anything by mR sEGUE, Mull Historical Society, My Bloody Valentine (in small doses), Nada Surf, Neu!, New Order B-sides (In A Lonely Place), New Young Pony Club, Nick Drake, Nouvelle Vague, OMD, Orbital, Paul McCartney (in small doses), Pet Shop Boys (but nothing after Very), Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Placebo, Polyphonic Spree, Portishead, Prince, PiL, R.E.M. ("cause I like the dots"), Radio 4, The Ramones, The Rapture, Ratatat, The Raveonettes, Raymond Scott, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Replacements, Ride, The Rolling Stones, Royksopp, Sebastien Tellier, Section 25, The Shins, Simian, The Stills, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sisters Of Mercy, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Soft Cell, Sophie Ellis Bextor (swoon), Soul Asylum, Soulwax, Spacemen 3, Sparks, Squeeze, St Etienne, Stars On 45, Sterling Void, The Stone Roses, The Stooges, The Stranglers, Sugar, Super Furry Animals, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Telepopmusik, The White Stripes, Wolfmother, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zombi...I DON'T like Muse or Radiohead, so don't even go there.
Profondo Rosso, Dawn Of The Dead, Suspiria, Godzilla (1954 version, natch), King Kong, The Gore Gore Girls, The Wizard Of Gore, The Wicker Man, The Exorcist, Flesh For Frankenstein... stoopid horror films. I can't think of anything sensible I've seen in the past five years. Oh yeah: Goodbye Lenin.See http://pinknoise.blogs.com/sleazefest/ for further updates on what I'm currently watching.
The Bible.
Tom Baker, obviously. And Iggy Pop.