Books: Titus Groan, The Sibley Guide to Birds, John McPhee, The
Mayor of Casterbridge , Snow Country, The Last Temptation of
Christ, Madman's Drum, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Road to
Sata, Bill Bryson, Angle of Repose, Women of the Dunes, Terry
Tempest Williams, Black Rain, Robertson Davies, E. O. Wilson, The
Mind of the Raven, A. A. Milne, John Donne, The Ball is Round,
Watership Down, Richard II, Graham Greene.
Movies: Mishima, Prospero's Books, Ran, Ugetsu, The Third Man,
Grave of the Fireflies, The Lives of Others, The Fog of War,
Rashomon, Halloween, Man on Wire, Harakiri, Rivers and Tides, Seven
Samurai, Ikiru, The Times of Harvey Milk, Sholay, Titus, Amores
Perros, Pecker, Odd Man Out, Straight to Hell, Gates of Heaven,
City of Lost Children, The Spirit of the Beehive, Rocky Horror, The
Damned United, Once Upon a Time in the West, Grizzly Man, City of
God, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, Twilight Samurai,
Delicatessen, The Eel, Jean de Florette, Wickerman, Watership Down,
Tokyo Story, Let the Right One In, the King's Speech, The Cook, the
Thief, his Wife, and her Lover.
TV Shows: The Singing Detective, The League of Gentlemen, The
Prisoner, Hell's Kitchen, The Office (BBC), Life On Mars, the
Sandbaggers,The Young Ones, Wolf's Rain, Jubai Chan.
Music: Puccini, Gravenhurst, Christy Moore, Mozart, The Jam, Paul
Weller, Elvis Costello, The Clash, Manic Street Preachers, Randy
Rhoads, Van Morrison, Bollywood, Waterboys, the Magnetic Fields,
Jesus Christ Superstar, Catpower, Morricone, Cesaria Evora, Carl
Orff, Cymande, Patsy Cline, Pixies, Sam Cooke, Coltrane,
Mogwai,Talking Heads, Ludovico Einaudi, Neil Young, Mario Lucio,
Singing Detective Soundtrack, Bob Wills, William Byrd, Silly
Wizard, .
Food: Sushi, Indian, Thai, Mexican, Smoked Salmon, Kitsune Udon,
Soups, fresh greens, Cheese, Grommit!, fresh heirloom tomatoes,
Artichoke Hearts.
