Movies - from stuff with explosions and large robots all the way
through to New German Cinema. I particularly enjoyed: Being John
Malkovich, Fight Club, Heimat, Wings of Desire, Pulp Fiction, The
American Friend, O Lucky Man and - testimony to my lack of
sophistication - the entire Star Trek Franchise (yes, even V: The
Final Frontier, though on second thoughts, probably not X:
Nemesis)
TV - Star Trek (mainly TNG and Voyager), IT Crowd (actually,
anything with Christopher Morris in it), South Park, Peep Show,
Extras, Top Gear, Monty Python (or anything funny with Pythons in
it), Big Train, Happy Tree Friends, Jackass, MXC, etc.
Music - British Sea Power, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Boxer Rebellion,
Kasabian, Go Team, MGMT, Cut Copy, Sisters of Mercy, The Smiths,
Laibach, Fields of the Nephilim, Some Gabba/Terrorcore,
Playradioplay! Owl City, Bondage Faeries, Killers, Dizzee Rascal,
and many more.
Books - I don't read much fiction (apart from the odd Steven Fry
novel). Prefer non-fiction, particularly if it relates to my work.
I really am a barrel of laughs.
However, just in case I've come across too much as a boorish oik,
I'll give an example of my favourite piece of poetry from which, no
doubt, you'll induce an hypothesis on my literary tastes.
There once was a limerick by me
that didn't rhyme at all.
It didn't have the two lines in the middle that are much shorter
than the others.
There was no scansion.
That limerick by me.
And there was one line too many.
(author: M.Smith and G.Rhys-Jones)
Food - oh yes please! Unless I'm doing hard sums, in which case I
sometimes forget.