Essentials
We all have our little pecadillos to get us through our lives here are a few of mine...
                                 Movies

Austin Powers - 1,2 and 3
I love the 60s spy spoof genre. This is always rich in fashion music and humour.

In Like Flint and Our man Flint
Same again.

Casino Royale
and again.

Mars Attacks
Sci-fi spoof with a fantastic cast

Dead Presidents
Wow what a dark movie

Tank Girl
Love the comic love the movie

Existenz
David Cronenberg at his best. I actually think this is a better film to the Matrix which came out at the same time.

Matrix Reloaded
On the subject of the Matrix trilogy, I think this had the correct balance of mystism vs fx. The last film I feel went a tad too far.

Kill Bill - vols 1 + 2

You gotta say that Tarantino gets better. Ultra violence done beautifully.


Duel
An old movie that is so filled with suspense

The man with the golden arm
Sinatra as heroin junkie shock!

Dougal and the blue cat
I was born to love the Magic Roundabout. Dougal was a rock god.


Planet of the apes
Its gotta be all the early 70s heston movies and their spin offs not the disappointing remake

Screamers
Dark sci-fi

Capricorn One
Conspiracy Stuff - but great

Butterfly Effect
Chaos theory made understandable.
                                 Music

Individual songs

Sunspots - Julian Cope
Shangrila - The Kinks
Mary Mary - The Monkees
She's a woman - The Beatles
Paint it black - Rolling Stones
Gut feeling - Devo
(Just get a ) Grip (on yourself) - The Stranglers
Grendel - Marillion
Back of love - Echo and the Bunnymen
Eagle - Abba
Do you believe in shame - Duran Duran
I feel love - Donna Summer
Could it be magic - Barry Manilow/ Take That
Blue monday - New Order
Living on the ceiling - Blancmange
Crucified - Army of Lovers
Grendel - Marillion
The Happening - Diana Ross
Artists
Aqua - Rene for President
Beatles - Love George not Macca
Cardiacs - See
www.cardiacs.com
Pizzicato 5 - Shame they split
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Ibizarre - great chillout music
Ministry of Sound - Great chillout compilations
Broadcast - Clever and smooth
Baccarach - His work with Andy Williams WOW
Velvet Underground - Inspiring
Laurie Anderson - Ahead of her time
Art of Noise - Dance music before you could
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - for the 1st album
Ultra Lounge - great cheese compilation series


                            Writers

Steven Wells - Vatican Bloodbath
Eric Schloss - Fast Food Nation
No Logo - Naomi Klein
David Icke - Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Centre Disaster (and his other books)
Douglas Adams - Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series

                    TV
The X files
The Office
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/ Angel
Comic Strip Presents
Magic Roundabout
Chorlton and the Wheelies
Battlestar Galactica
Becker
Just Shoot Me
South Park
The Simpsons
UFO
The Prisoner
                 Places to go

Ibiza - Cafe del Mar, where chillout can be felt by thinking about it.
India
- My families home, and my father's resting place
Ian's Books and Comics - where the coffee is steaming and the vibe is free
Graphic Novels

Fathom
Transmetropolitan
Y last man
Watchmen
Dark Knight Returns
Codename Knockout
Spirit of the Tao
Powers
Sam and Twitch


              Food and Drink
Vegetarian
Tea and Coffee must be hot sweet and black
Bread must ideally be homemade with seeds
Indian
Thai food
Mexican
Italian
Lets not forget water!!