| General | Playing the drums, Running away from debts, Hiding my head in the sand, The soap opera that is Portsmouth FC, Green bacon | | Music | Archie Bronson Outfit, Dave Tyack, Andy Votel, Art Blakey, Brakes, Babybird, The Who, British Sea Power, Biggles Wartime Band, Billy Idol, Duracell, Joy Division, Damien Dempsey, Talking Heads, Supergrass, MC5, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Generation X, Violent Femmes, Gruff Rhys, Andrew Weatherall, Jan Garbarek, Massive Attack, Battles, Joe Henderson, Two Lone Sworsdmen, Voice Of The Seven Woods, Brian Eno, Gene Krupa, Danny Elfman, Little Feat, Lone Pigeon, the entire catalogue of Fence Records, Black Crowes, Steve Reich, Hal Blaine, The Orb, The Doors, David Byrne, Faith No More, Radio Luxembourg, Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, Big Joe Louis, Howling Wolf, Yes, Layo And Bushwacka!, Vashti Bunyan, Fonda 500, Medium 21, Stan Getz, Sam And The Plants, The Fall, The Police, Superqueens, Ten Benson, Pulp, Lali Puna, Pantera, Merz, Billy Bragg, Mum And Dad, Sirconical,Tony Williams, Ed Harcoourt, The Egg, Laurent Garnier, Nick Drake, KLF, The Green Hornets and the list goes on....... | | Movies | Brazil, This Is Spinal Tap, The Lost Boys, Angels With Dirty Faces, Naked, Big Wednesday, 28 Days Later, Telly Sevalis On Portsmouth, Breakfast Club, Batman, Get Carter, Alfie, Anything by Jacques Tati or Terry Gilliam, The Assassination Of Richard Nixon, Escape To Victory, Derek And Clive Get The Horn, | | Television | 500 Bus Stops with John Shuttleworth, Green Wing, Twin Peaks, Football Focus, New Homes From Hell, Police 5, Tell The Truth, Family Guy and pretty much anything that's on when I'm in the mood but especially weird Russian programmes on cable TV that are based around woods and feature burning torches and manically smiling kids on ice skates. | | Books | The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe), Blue Highways (William Least Heat Moon), Down And Out In Paris And London (George Orwell), The Diary Of Samuel Pepys (Samuel Pepys), Lost In The Fun House (Bill Zehme), 1984 (George Orwell), Coming Up For Air (George Orwell), Burmese Days (George Orwell), All Tomorrows Parties (William Gibson), Dear Boy (Tony Fletcher), The Last Go Round (Ken Kesey & Ken Babbs), Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt), Enduring Love (Ian McEwan), Atonement (Ian McEwan), On The Road (Jack Kerouac), Dubliners (James Joyce) | | Heroes | Keith Moon, Victor Jara, Derek, Clive, Steve Wigley (before he was a scummer), Gene Krupa, Bertolt Brecht, Laurent Fignon, Pirmin Zubriggen, Geraldine Connor, Barry Stillwell
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