shortys whose names end with the letter 'm', magic realist fiction, hard time at the gym, bass guitar, euro sports like badminton, social theory, cigars on long drives, boiling water, etc...
Musicians (see blog for details), badminton players and Polish hip-hop crew, WWO... elo, elo! ..
Polish Hip Hop: WWO, Mercedesu, Liroy, Hemp Gru, My girl's Bhangra music, John Legend, DJ Shadow, Dilated Peoples, Chopin, System of a Down, Tool.
Tsotsi, The Proposition, City of God, In This World, Thank You For Smoking, The Thin Red Line, Pan's Labyrinth
Scrubs, 4am infomercials
Fiction: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, The Garden of Forking Paths, Crime and Punishment, The Outsider, Paradise Lost, PerfumeNon-Fiction: The Ego and its Own, The Gay Science, The Force of Prejudice: On Racism and its Doubles, Gramsci is Dead, Articulated Experiences
Subcomandante Marcos: Because he gave up a cosy job to live amongst the indigenous people of Chiapas of Mexico with whom he struggles in solidarity for democracy, justice and liberty. Stay in tune for next week's hero.