PG Wodehouse, Somerset Maugham, Edgar Allan Poe, HG Wells, PD James, DM Thomas, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Greg Egan, Herman Hesse, Gunther Grass, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Frank Herbert, Greg Egan.....
The Foundation Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, Ulysees, The Blandings castle and Psmith books (and the Jeeves books), Tropic of Cancer, Siddharta, Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, The Flounder, The Tin Drum, .....
2001: A Space Odyssey, Forrest Gump, Citizen Kane, Solaris, Nosferatu: Phantom der nacht, Aguirre: Wrath of god, the seventh seal, notorious, the rope, psycho, spellbound, vertigo, strangers on a train, the man who knew too much, vivre se vie, 8 1/2, Belle de Jour, the mississippi mermaid, the 400 blows, alphaville, ......
coupling, monty python's flying circus, yes minister, .....
Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Sir Ian McKellen, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Day Lewis, Robert deNiro, Nathan Lane, .....
most rock, old jazz/swing/R & B, classical, gangsta rap, some hip-hop, alternative, international music, ...
Nirvana, pearl jam, queen, AC/DC, pink floyd, metallica, led zeppelin, the beatles, the rolling stones, aerosmith, the who, simon and garfunkel, the eagles, soundgarden, audioslave, oasis, defleppard, iron maiden, megadeath, jimi hendrix, miles davis, louis armstrong, johnny coltrane, dizzy gillespie, django reinhardt, stefan grapelli, billy halliday, ella fritzgerald, U2, the corrs, linkin park, tool, staind, korn, washed, rob zombie, dave matthews band, .....
Soccer, cricket, basketball, hockey (both field and ice), lawn tennis, racquetball, ....
NJ Nets, NJ Devils, Minnesota Vikings, AC Milan, Yorkshire (haha), ....