| General | Writing, theatre, comedy, gig-going, cooking, badminton, slacking, reading good stuff, reading bad stuff, planning holidays and then not taking them, being bullied by a kitten, reading Jodie Marsh's blog, dining out at Hull's finest restaurants, lusting after American talkshow hosts, hanging around Leeds, Manchester, York and London, Hugh Laurie 15 years ago, Hugh Laurie last week, trainers, Daisy Rock guitars, Japanese food, Hello Kitty (I know, I know...), Marlon Brando. | | Music | Babyshambles, Ben Folds, The Libertines, Sonny & Cher, Marc Almond, Grandaddy, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Beck, Shed 7, Oasis, Michelle Shocked, Basement Jaxx, Placebo, Josh Rouse, The Paddingtons, Pulp, Cat Power, Elliot Smith, They Might Be Giants, Blondie, David Bowie, The Kinks, Randy Newman, Death Cab For Cutie, The Cure, The Offspring, Madonna, Ben Harper, lots of other stuff. I have been looking at my beautiful Daisy Rock guitar for over a year now, almost ready to pick it up now. | | Movies | Anything that John Waters has produced, directed or written. Ditto for Billy Wilder (especially Some Like It Hot and The Apartment) Also Buster Keaton shorts, Chuck and Buck, Ping Pong, Goodfellas, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Singing In The Rain, All About Eve, Sunset Boulevard, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, Harvey (and most of James Stewart's films except the westerns), Once Upon A Time In America, The Wizard of Oz, Funny Girl, The Break Up, The Jerk, The Man With Two Brains, All of Me, Rebel Without A Cause, Requiem For A Dream, Chasing Amy, other stuff. Christopher Guest is a bit of a God too, I know he's a Baron, but let's make him a God as well. | | Television | House MD, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Simpsons, Spaced, The Office (USA), A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Neighbours, Brass Eye, The Day Today, Big Train, Time Trumpet, Roseanne, My So Called Life, Degrassi, Sex And The City, Ally McBeal (the Downey episodes), Moonlighting, Quantum Leap, Doctor Who, Who Do You Think You Are? Hell's Kitchen. | | Books | Maggie O'Farrell, Steve Martin, Julian Barnes, Maya Angelou, George Elliot, Robert Craig, Xinran, Banana Yoshimoto, Tama Janowitz, Angela Carter, Nabokov, Time Waster series by Robin Cooper (aka Robert Popper), Hubert Selby Jr, Art Spiegelman, Fruits and Fresh Fruits, Doraemon. | | Heroes | Maya Angelou, Xinran, Cher, Charlotte Bronte, Judy Garland. |
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