Nabokov, Perec, Calvino, Queneau, Dostoevski, Coe, Borges,
Danielewski, Sterne, Pavic, Leopardi, Poe, Omar Khayyam,
Majakovski, Roland Barthes, Sade etc.
Recently loved: The remains of the day; Flowers for Algernon; La
caverne des idées; books about the history of Italian cuisine;
Bartleby.
Rock, folk, some shining pop music; indie pop, indie rock; weird
punk; music with brasses and horns; singer-songwriters; movie
soundtracks; grunge and riot grrls 90s style; foreign languages
songs; twee-pop; leftish politycal hymns; some metal; songs with
sarcastic lyrics; italian 70's progressive rock; swedish
jingle-jangle; some jazz but aint expert; the 60s and 70s; irish
folk and drinking songs; Girls just want to have fun by Cindy
Lauper; gipsy; some classical. I hate electro, techno, house, and
such.
Random list of names: Sigur Ros, Beirut, Amanda Palmer and Dresden
Dolls, Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Tullycraft, Smiths, Beatles, Neutral
Milk Hotel, Tori Amos, Bjork, Regina Spektor, The White Stripes,
Nick Cave, Ennio Morricone, Joe Hisaishi, Jens Lekman, Belle And
Sebastian, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Rage Against The Machine,
Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Flogging Molly, Modest Mouse, Bruce
Springsteen, Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Gogol Bordello,
Damien Rice, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Elliott Smith, Goran Bregovic
etc. etc.
Kitano, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa, Ozu; Wong Kar Wai, Park Chan Wok;
Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Gondry; Woody Allen; all those old
beautiful classics, and silent movies; Kubrick; Hitchcock; Big
Lebowski; He died with a felafel in his hand. Sergio Leone. Czech
'60 movies.
The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Monty Python Flying Circus.