"I was brought up to the sound of the synthesizer."

lily allen, tori amos, the beatles, the beautiful south, beck, bel canto, belle and sebastian, bjork, black box recorder, blur, david bowie, brazilian girls, kate bush, the cardigans, nick cave, cocteau twins, elvis costello, crowded house, danielle dax, anneli drecker, the divine comedy, dubstar, everything but the girl, neil finn, goldfrapp, pj harvey, junior boys, the knife, kristin hersh, le tigre, annie lennox, kirsty maccoll, massive attack, m.i.a., omd, pet shop boys, sam phillips, portishead, pretenders, radiohead, happy rhodes, the rolling stones, saint etienne, shakespear's sister, jane siberry, sigur ros, siouxsie, patti smith, the smiths, soft cell, sons and daughters, split enz, sufjan stevens, style council, the the, throwing muses, u2, suzanne vega, yaz, yeah yeah yeahs

the 400 blows, almodovar films, beautiful thing, cat on a hot tin roof, the celebration, a clockwork orange, dancer in the dark, east of eden, kill bill vol. 1, krzysztof kieslowski's three colors trilogy (blue, white, red), magnolia, marie antoinette, muriel's wedding, priest, proof, rebel without a cause, schindler's list, shaun of the dead, shortbus, short cuts, a streetcar named desire, suddenly last summer, who's afraid of virginia woolf?, the winter guest, y tu mama tambien, zhang yimou films (particularly raise the red lantern and ju dou)

24, absolutely fabulous, the amazing race, american idol, angel, the book group, buffy the vampire slayer, the daily show, dead like me, desperate housewives, entourage, er, the family guy, fawlty towers, footballer$ wives, grey's anatomy, little britain, lost, nip/tuck, the oc, the office, the prisoner, the riches, rome, the simpsons, snl, south park, strangers with candy, this life, twin peaks, veronica mars, wonderfalls

the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, at swim, two boys, margaret atwood, nicholson baker, bee season, augusten burroughs, dave eggers, bret easton ellis, nick hornby, the hours, life of pi, vladimir nabokov, jeff noon, reading lolita in tehran, the secret history, david sedaris, zadie smith, lemony snicket, patrick suskind, tennessee williams