Apologies for the long lists, but I like too many too much to have
to wittle them down.
Bands: Rolling Stones, Beatles, Velvet Underground, The Sonics, The
Doors, INXS, The Smiths, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Grinderman,
Tom Waits, Babyshambles, The Libertines, The Strokes, Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club, My Bloody Valentine, Billy Childish, Johnny
Thunders, Joy Division, The Cramps, The Stranglers, Lou Reed, David
Bowie, Iggy Pop, Stray Cats, Elvis, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly,
Gene Vincent, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Seasick
Steve, Gaslight Anthem, Bruce Springsteen, HIM, Nine Inch Nails,
Tool, Down, Motley Crue, Nirvana, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic
Zeros, Keaton Henson, Josh T. Pearson, Bonnie Prince Billy, Bon
Iver, Devendra Banhart, We Are Augustines, Kurt Vile, Ariel Pink's
Haunted Graffiti, Patrick Wolf, Salem, Crystal Castles, Mozart,
Liszt, Pachabel, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Hans Zimmer, Klaus
Badelt, Holst, Preisner.
Films: 2001 Space Odyssey, Melancholia, Tree Of Life, Drive,
Buffalo '66, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Dark Knight,
Bronson, Pink Flamingos, Crybaby, Eyes Wide Shut, Blue Velvet,
Blade Runner, Scorpio Rising, Aguirre Wrath Of God, American
Psycho, Rebel Without A Cause, The Wild One, On the Waterfront, M,
Blow Up, The Godfather, Lost Boys, Edward Scissorhands, Hesher,
Withnail and I, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Monty Python & The
Holy Grail, Groundhog Day, Howl's Moving Castle, Oliver, Les
Miserables, Lars & The Real Girl, Pulp Fiction, True Romance,
Natural Born Killers, Badlands, Leon, Skyfall....not strictly a
film, but I had to include it because it's so fucking good, Game of
Thrones.
Books: On The Road, The Great Gatsby, American Psycho, Snuff, Les
Fleurs Du Mal, A' Rebours, Picture Of Dorian Gray, The Importance
Of Being Earnest, Childhood's End, Sex Crimes Of The Futcher, The
Idiocy Of Idears, Clockwork Orange, The Warriors, Dandy In The
Underworld.
